BMW Team RLL finishes seventh and eighth at Virginia International Raceway.

Munich. BMW Team RLL had a difficult race in the IMSA
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia
International Raceway (USA), ultimately finishing seventh and eighth
in the GTLM class. Having finished first and third there last
season, the team could not equal the pace of the other GTLM
competitors this time. The #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 finished
11th in the GTD class after an early race incident.

 

Brandon Fry (Technical Director BMW Team RLL): “We
came here with high hopes after last year but we struggled all
weekend. We just could not find the performance to battle with the
rest of the GTLM field. We have a lot to look at where we can make
adjustments to turn things around and have a better race at Laguna Seca.”

 

Connor De Phillippi (#25 BMW M8 GTE, 7th place):
 “Obviously not the result we wanted this weekend,
especially coming off of the win here last year. We drove a
mistake-free race but did not have what we needed. We have to find
some more performance in the car and work towards a better result at
Laguna Seca.”

 

Tom Blomqvist (#25 BMW M8 GTE, 7th
place): 
“We expected to be competitive but did not have the
pace that we needed. We thought that we might get better and better
during the race but things did not work out as we expected.” 

 

John Edwards (#24 BMW M8 GTE, 8th place):
“We really did not have the needed pace today. We were pushing very
hard, trying to get the most out of the car. In the end, it did not
affect the results however.”

 

Jesse Krohn (#24 BMW M8 GTE, 8th place):
“Not our weekend as we did not have the pace that the others had. The
cars were very good handling-wise but we need to look to see how we
can improve our performance overall.”