BMW works driver Alessandro Zanardi attracted global attention with his start at the 24 Hours of Daytona in the BMW M8 GTE. The Italian was the focus of reporting all over the world and was the fans’ favourite at Daytona. Run by BMW Team RLL, the #24 BMW M8 GTE that Zanardi shared with John Edwards, Jesse Krohn and Chaz Mostert, had been modified with a special hand-operated braking system by BMW M Motorsport. After several minor set-backs in the race, the quartet came home ninth in the GTLM class. Victory went to the sister car, the #25 BMW M8 GTE, with Connor De Phillippi, Augusto Farfus, Philipp Eng and Colton Herta at the wheel. In an interview, Zanardi looks back at the “24 Hours of Daytona” project.
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“It has been simply fantastic all the way”.
Alessandro, the big adventure is over. What was your highlight of the 24-hour race at Daytona?
Even if, for your car, you did not get the result you had hoped for, you have a big smile on your face because your team BMW Team RLL got it: the long awaited victory at the 24 hours. How happy are you with that?
What was the biggest challenge in this project?
Alex Zanardi, BMW Motorsport works driver.„ I sat in the car and everything was just right! “
Has there been something in this entire project that surprised you?
