Sportscar Racing News
Bruno Spengler
THE BMW M8 GTE MAKES ITS FAREWELL APPEARANCE IN NORTH AMERICA
This Saturday marks the end of an era. After four successful years, the BMW M8 GTE will contest its final race at the MOTUL Petit Le Mans endurance classic at Road Atlanta (USA). BMW Team RLL has competed with the BMW M8 GTE in the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship since 2018. During these … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL READY FOR REDEMPTION AT 2021 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING
The Sebring International Raceway has been a successful venue for BMW Team RLL. From 2010 through the 2020 season the team has totaled two victories, four second and three third place finishes at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring. Last year, with the race’s traditional March date delayed until November because of … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL LOOKING TO REPEAT WINNING PERFORMANCE AT LAGUNA SECA
BMW Team RLL looks to add a seventh consecutive podium finish at this weekend’s Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship when it returns to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, Calif., for the penultimate round of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. With two victories, two second place and five third place finishes so far this … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL ADDS AUGUSTO FARFUS AND COLTON HERTA TO PETIT LE MANS LINEUP
BMW Team RLL will welcome back Augusto Farfus and Colton Herta for this Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans. Farfus will line up with John Edwards and Jesse Krohn in the No 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE and Herta will support Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler in the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE. A … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL SCORES DOUBLE PODIUM FINISH AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
BMW Team RLL extended its podium-finishing streak to five IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races at the October 10th race, finishing a strong second and third in the GTLM class. John Edwards and Jesse Krohn led a race-high 42 laps in the No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE before ultimately finishing second. Teammates Connor De Phillippi … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL READY FOR CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
BMW Team RLL looks to extend its podium-finishing streak to five races in-a-row. The race is the second GT class-only race of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season and will offer up some significant differences from recent races. The event will be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 2.32-mile, 10-turn “roval” circuit – a first … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES SECOND AND FOURTH AT MID-OHIO
BMW Team RLL will line up in the second and fourth starting positions for this afternoon’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. With a 1:18.36-minute lap Jesse Krohn secured the outside of the GTLM front row, only .376 seconds from the pole winning Corvette C8.R. Krohn will co-drive the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL LOOKING TO MAINTAIN PODIUM MOMENTUM AT VIR VIR
BMW Team RLL hopes to keep the podium momentum, a third-place finish at Road America in the last round of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, at this Saturday’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIR. VIRginia International Raceway, in Alton, Virginia, is one of North America’s oldest natural terrain road racing courses. Featuring cars in the … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL RECHARGED AND READY FOR ROAD AMERICA
BMW Team RLL is planning a renewed attack on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTLM class championship beginning at this weekend’s IMSA Championship SportsCar Weekend at Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wis. The race will see the BMW M8 GTE on its best footing since the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January – a race won … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES FOURTH AND FIFTH AT SEBRING
BMW Team RLL finished fourth and fifth in today’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring. Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler equaled their fourth-place finish two weeks ago at Daytona in the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE, finishing just over one minute behind the winning No. 4 Corvette C8.R. John Edwards and … Continue reading
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