BMW M Group RLL Wins at Indy!

BMW M Group 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 powerful 1-2 end within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Through 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 dwelling occasion, near firm headquarters, BMW M Group RLL reached a major milestone following a troublesome season. The staff navigated difficult circumstances on the “Battle on the Bricks,” which started with rain and transitioned to a drying monitor. They maintained flawless efficiency and made strategic choices that paid off. Notably, the #24 staff was the primary to change to slicks among the many prime contenders, positioning themselves forward. Within the remaining laps, each BMW M Hybrid V8s fended off opponents amidst dense visitors, guaranteeing that victory belonged to them. Eng and Krohn not solely celebrated their maiden win but additionally their first podium end within the IMSA collection’ prime class. Beforehand, De Phillippi and Yelloly had secured the one different GTP class win throughout 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 collection. Congratulations to BMW M Group RLL, which, regardless of the troublesome season up to now, has continued to push along with our BMW M Motorsport engineers, making this nice success attainable. I’m more than happy that we’ve now managed to transform the potential that our BMW M Hybrid V8 has proven continuously this season into corresponding prime outcomes twice in a row. That is the deserved reward and a terrific motivation for everybody concerned in our LMDh mission. Congratulations additionally to Turner Motorsport for one more podium within the GTD class, the place the staff is having an excellent season with the BMW M4 GT3.”

Bobby Rahal (Group Principal BMW M Group RLL): “This can be a nice day for us. I’m completely satisfied for everybody on our staff, however much more for our joint mission with BMW M Motorsport. We’ve had good and dangerous days this season, stored combating, and by no means gave up. Now we’ve rewarded ourselves with this one-two outcome – proper right here, on top-of-the-line racetracks on the planet. I’m extremely completely satisfied.”

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

Jesse Krohn (#24 BMW M Hybrid V8, 1st place): “That is my eleventh 12 months 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 unbelievable. 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 unbelievable staff outcome! I’m extremely completely satisfied for the staff, which after an excellent season in 2023 with a win and 5 podiums needed to undergo exhausting occasions this 12 months. To have the ability to reward them with this one-two result’s nice. I’m additionally completely satisfied for Philipp and Jesse, who actually deserved their first win.”

Connor De Phillippi (#25 BMW M Hybrid V8, 2nd place): “An outstanding weekend for the complete staff. All of us did a terrific job collectively, and everybody contributed their half to this success. The primary one-two for the BMW M Hybrid V8 is unbelievable, despite the fact that I might have preferred a distinct order, in fact. However so long as one in every of our vehicles is on the very entrance, every little thing is nice!”