BMW M Workforce RLL Wins at Indy!

BMW M Workforce RLL has ended its 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.

In the course of 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 Workforce RLL reached a big milestone following a troublesome season. The group navigated difficult situations 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 group was the primary to modify to slicks among the many prime contenders, positioning themselves forward. Within the remaining laps, each BMW M Hybrid V8s fended off rivals amidst dense site 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 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 Workforce 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 potential. I’m more than happy that now we have 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 venture. Congratulations additionally to Turner Motorsport for one more podium within the GTD class, the place the group is having an excellent season with the BMW M4 GT3.”

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

Philipp Eng (#24 BMW M Hybrid V8, 1st place): “I’m virtually speechless. I’m extraordinarily completely happy for everybody at BMW M Motorsport and BMW M Workforce 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. Immediately 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 some of the 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 improbable group end result! I’m extremely completely happy for the group, which after a superb season in 2023 with a win and 5 podiums needed to undergo exhausting occasions this yr. To have the ability to reward them with this one-two result’s nice. I’m additionally completely happy for Philipp and Jesse, who actually deserved their first win.”

Connor De Phillippi (#25 BMW M Hybrid V8, 2nd place): “An exceptional weekend for your complete group. 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 improbable, regardless that I’d have appreciated a special order, in fact. However so long as one in every of our automobiles is on the very entrance, all the pieces is nice!”