BMW M Staff RLL Wins at Indy!

BMW M Staff RLL has ended it’s lengthy successful drought with an distinctive week on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Simply days after the BMW M Hybrid V8 secured its first podium end within the FIA World Endurance Championship, the LMDh automotive triumphed with a formidable 1-2 end within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Throughout the 6-hour race at Indianapolis (USA), Philipp Eng (AUT) and Jesse Krohn (FIN) within the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 edged out their teammates Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Nick Yelloly (GBR). This marked their inaugural 1-2 end since becoming a member of the GTP class and their first victory of the present season.

At their house occasion, near firm headquarters, BMW M Staff RLL reached a major milestone following a troublesome season. The crew navigated difficult situations on the “Battle on the Bricks,” which started with rain and transitioned to a drying observe. They maintained flawless efficiency and made strategic choices that paid off. Notably, the #24 crew was the primary to change to slicks among the many prime contenders, positioning themselves forward. Within the last laps, each BMW M Hybrid V8s fended off opponents amidst dense visitors, making certain that victory belonged to them. Eng and Krohn not solely celebrated their maiden win but additionally their first podium end within the IMSA sequence’ prime class. Beforehand, De Phillippi and Yelloly had secured the one different GTP class win in the course of the 2023 season at Watkins Glen (USA).

Within the GTD class, Turner Motorsport earned one other podium with Robby Foley, Patrick Gallagher, and Jake Walker (all USA) driving the #96 BMW M4 GT3 to second place. Within the GTD PRO class, Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers, and Neil Verhagen (all USA) within the #1 BMW M4 GT3 from Paul Miller Racing completed in eighth place.

Andreas Roos (Head of BMW M Motorsport): “This has been an extremely profitable week for our LMDh programme with the primary podium within the FIA WEC and the primary one-two end within the IMSA sequence. Congratulations to BMW M Staff RLL, which, regardless of the troublesome season to this point, has continued to push along with our BMW M Motorsport engineers, making this nice success attainable. I’m more than happy that we’ve got now managed to transform the potential that our BMW M Hybrid V8 has proven steadily this season into corresponding prime outcomes twice in a row. That is the deserved reward and a fantastic motivation for everybody concerned in our LMDh venture. Congratulations additionally to Turner Motorsport for an additional podium within the GTD class, the place the crew is having an impressive season with the BMW M4 GT3.”

Bobby Rahal (Staff Principal BMW M Staff RLL): “It is a nice day for us. I’m blissful for everybody on our crew, however much more for our joint venture with BMW M Motorsport. We’ve had good and unhealthy days this season, saved preventing, and by no means gave up. Now we’ve got rewarded ourselves with this one-two end result – proper right here, on probably the greatest racetracks on this planet. I’m extremely blissful.”

Philipp Eng (#24 BMW M Hybrid V8, 1st place): “I’m nearly speechless. I’m extraordinarily blissful for everybody at BMW M Motorsport and BMW M Staff RLL. Everybody has greater than earned this success. For me personally, this win may be very emotional as a result of I’ve skilled exhausting instances right here in North America when the hoped-for outcomes simply didn’t come. Right now was our day. Now it’s time to rejoice.”

Jesse Krohn (#24 BMW M Hybrid V8, 1st place): “That is my eleventh yr with BMW M Motorsport, and now I stand right here, at probably the most legendary locations in motorsport, having received a race within the prime class. That’s unimaginable. I’m very grateful for the journey I’ve been allowed to take all this time. I’ve now received in each race automotive that BMW M Motorsport has put me in.”

Nick Yelloly (#25 BMW M Hybrid V8, 2nd place): “What a incredible crew end result! I’m extremely blissful for the crew, which after a superb season in 2023 with a win and 5 podiums needed to undergo exhausting instances this yr. To have the ability to reward them with this one-two result’s nice. I’m additionally blissful for Philipp and Jesse, who actually deserved their first win.”

Connor De Phillippi (#25 BMW M Hybrid V8, 2nd place): “An exceptional weekend for the whole crew. All of us did a fantastic job collectively, and everybody contributed their half to this success. The primary one-two for the BMW M Hybrid V8 is incredible, despite the fact that I’d have preferred a special order, after all. However so long as considered one of our automobiles is on the very entrance, every little thing is nice!”