BMW Team RLL aiming for more success at Virginia International Raceway.

Munich
.
BMW Team RLL returns to Virginia International Raceway this
weekend for the ninth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship season. Last year, the classic 3.27 mile, 17-turn race
track near Alton (USA) was the site of the team’s very first victory
and double podium finish with the BMW M8 GTE.

 

Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Alexander Sims (GBR) took the VIR
victory in the #25 BMW M8 GTE with teammates John Edwards (USA) and
Jesse Krohn (FIN) just four seconds back in the #24 sister car in
third. This year, De Phillippi shares the #25 cockpit with Tom
Blomqvist (GBR).

 

The race at VIR is the second GT class only race of the 2019 IMSA
season with 22 cars entered from the GTLM and GTD classes this year.
The green flag for the two-hour-and-forty-minute race falls at 1:35
p.m. local time on Sunday, 25th August.

 

Quotes ahead of the race at Virginia International Raceway.

 

Bobby Rahal (Team Principal BMW Team RLL):
“Obviously, we had a great race at VIR last season, scoring
the first win for the BMW M8 GTE. I am optimistic about the event this
year as we have been showing pace.”

 

Tom Blomqvist (#25 BMW M8 GTE): “Virginia is another
race track well suited to our car. I think we will be strong there. I
like the layout of the track; it looks fun, we just need to eliminate
all the little errors that have been compounding over the previous
events and have a clean weekend. We’ll be looking to put the
disappointment of the last round behind us that’s for sure.”

Connor De Phillippi (#25 BMW M8 GTE): “VIR has a
great combination of high speed and low speed sections, but also
offers some great elevation change as well making it extra technical.
Last year we proved to have a package capable of winning and I know we
will have the same this year. Now we just need to execute.” 

John Edwards (#24 BMW M8 GTE): “VIR is a fun and very
challenging track, and it’s the spot of the M8’s first win a year ago.
It’s also my closest race to home so I’m hoping we can pull off
another victory for BMW this weekend.”

Jesse Krohn (#24 BMW M8 GTE): “I like the GT only
races, especially at VIR. I prefer being the fastest class on track as
you get to decide when and where to pass instead of trying to predict
where a faster class car is going to dive bomb you. This combined with
one of the best tracks on the calendar makes this the most enjoyable
GT only race of the year.”