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Road America (USA), 2-4 August 2024. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, GTP, LMDh, #24 BMW M Hybrid V8, BMW M Team RLL, Philipp Eng, Jesse Krohn.

IMSA Road America: Class victory and podium for the BMW M4 GT3 – BMW M Team RLL in seventh place.

Jeff Seabrook 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Monday August 5, 2024

Mixed feelings for the BMW M Motorsport teams after the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series) race at Road America (USA). BMW M Team RLL had a challenging weekend with its two BMW M Hybrid V8s. There was great celebration among the BMW M4 GT3 crews as Turner Motorsport celebrated a class victory in the GTD category. In the GTD PRO, Paul Miller Racing finished in second place.

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Andrea Schwab
BMW Group

Road America. Mixed feelings for the BMW M Motorsport teams after the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series) race at Road America (USA). BMW M Team RLL had a challenging weekend with its two BMW M Hybrid V8s. There was great celebration among the BMW M4 GT3 crews as Turner Motorsport celebrated a class victory in the GTD category. In the GTD PRO, Paul Miller Racing finished in second place .

For Turner Motorsport, the class victory by BMW M works driver Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher (both USA) marked the end of a long dry spell. The team, led by team principal Will Turner, had last stood at the top of the IMSA podium in 2022 at Mid-Ohio (USA). For the BMW M4 GT3, it was the eagerly awaited first triumph of the current IMSA season. After their third podium of the season, with a second place at Long Beach (USA) and a third at Laguna Seca (USA), Foley and Gallagher are in a promising position in the GTD drivers' standings. Paul Miller Racing saw an end to a difficult time this season. The podium finish for BMW M works driver Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers (both USA) was the team's first since the third place at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) at the start of the season.

BMW M Team RLL’s two BMW M Hybrid V8s did not achieve the hoped-for first podium of the season. Philipp Eng (AUT) and Jesse Krohn (FIN) missed qualifying due to an accident in practice but fought their way from the back of the GTP class field to seventh place in the race. Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Nick Yelloly (GBR) were in contention for podium positions in the first hour of the race, but then Yelloly lost control of the car, slid into the track barrier, and retired. Fortunately, Yelloly was uninjured.

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Nürburgring (GER), 26-28 July 2024. Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe, GTWC, Endurance Cup, ROWE Racing, #98 BMW M4 GT3, Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann, Nick Yelloly.

GT World Challenge Europe: ROWE Racing finishes fifth at the Nürburgring.

Jeff Seabrook 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sunday July 28, 2024

Nürburgring. Philipp Eng (AUT), Nick Yelloly (GBR), and Marco Wittmann (GER) have secured fifth place in the Endurance Cup of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS at the Nürburgring (GER). The trio, driving the ROWE Racing Team #98 BMW M4 GT3, even had a podium spot within reach at one point but were set back by a penalty. The ROWE Racing sister car, the #998 BMW M4 GT3 in the design of BMW M Motorsport partner MultiBank Group, also had a strong pace on the Eifel track but lost its podium chances after just a few corners.

Augusto Farfus (BRA), Dan Harper (GBR), and Max Hesse (GER) secured a promising eighth starting position in Sunday morning's qualifying. However, contact in the tight opening stage followed by a spin relegated the #998 BMW M4 GT3 to 29^th place after just a few corners. Subsequently, the Team ROWE Racing trio had strong pace, fought their way up to eleventh place – and narrowly missed a top-10 finish in the final stage.

The #98 BMW M4 GT3 also had a strong Eifel showing and having worked its way up from 13^th place to fourth after about an hour. However, due to a too-short pit stop, the trio had to serve a 15-second penalty which took away all chances of a podium finish. In the end, Yelloly, Eng, and Wittmann finished fifth at the Nürburgring.

Unfortunate race for BMW M Team WRT.

Virginia International Raceway (USA). 19th to 21st July 2024. BMW M Motorsport, GT4 America, BMW M4 GT4.

BMW M Motorsport News, 22nd July 2024.

Jeff Seabrook BMW Motorsport News Monday July 22, 2024

In our BMW M Motorsport News, we regularly offer you a selection of photos as well as a compact and informative overview of the racing action in various championships worldwide and the successes of the BMW M Motorsport teams.

Björn Lellmann, Head of Customer Racing at BMW M Motorsport:

“Once again, this past weekend, BMW M Motorsport teams thrilled us with spectacular races and successes. Congratulations to Berkay Besler and Gabriele Piana from the Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport team, who provided fans with fantastic racing in the BMW M4 GT4 at the GT4 European Series at Hockenheim. In North America, all eyes were on Virginia this weekend. In the GT World Challenge America, ST Racing and Turner Motorsport once again showcased the potential of the BMW M4 GT3, added by Justin Rothberg’s first win in the GT America. In the GT4 and TC America, the teams demonstrated that the BMW M4 GT4 and BMW M2 CS Racing are always among the favourites. The weekend also featured a highlight in Automotive Gaming with the iRacing 24h Spa-Francorchamps, where we can congratulate the BMW M Teams on a victory and a third place.”

Hockenheim (GER), 19-21 July 2024. Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe, GTWC, Sprint Cup, Century Motorsport, #991 BMW M4 GT3, Dan Harper, Darren Leung.

GT World Challenge Europe: Great race weekend for the BMW M4 GT3 in Hockenheim.

Jeff Seabrook 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sunday July 21, 2024

The third race weekend of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup could hardly have gone better for the BMW M Motorsport teams. Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts (BEL) climbed onto the podium twice at the Hockenheimring (GER) in the BMW M Team WRT #32 BMW M4 GT3 and lead both the overall standings and the Sprint Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe

Hockenheim. The third race weekend of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup could hardly have gone better for the BMW M Motorsport teams. Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts (BEL) climbed onto the podium twice at the Hockenheimring (GER) in the BMW M Team WRT #32 BMW M4 GT3 and lead both the overall standings and the Sprint Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe. In the Silver Cup, Calan Williams (AUS) and Sam De Haan (GBR) celebrated a class win and a second place. Dan Harper and Darren Leung (both GBR) triumphed twice in the Bronze Cup.

Vanthoor and Weerts showed an impressive comeback in Saturday's race after a disappointing qualifying, moving up from 19th place to second. On Sunday, Vanthoor placed the #32 BMW M4 GT3 third on the grid, and, although the car's speed was not quite as good as the day before in hot temperatures, the WRT duo managed to fight for another second place. Thanks to these strong results, Vanthoor and Weerts lead both the overall GT World Challenge Europe standings, which include both endurance and sprint races, as well as the sprint classification. In both team classifications, WRT is at the top.

The Belgian team also had plenty of reasons to celebrate in the Silver Cup. Williams and De Haan won the Sunday race in Hockenheim in their class in the #30 BMW M4 GT3 and finished second on Saturday. At the same time, they took excellent fifth places in the overall classifications, further extending their already clear lead for the drivers and team in the Sprint Cup standings. In the Bronze Cup, Harper and Leung shone with two class wins in the Century Motorsport Team #991 BMW M4 GT3. They also lead the Sprint Cup drivers' standings in their class, as does Century Motorsport in the team standings.

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