BMW Team RLL, BMW M8 GTE, IMSA

2019.04.15

BMW Team RLL finishes IMSA Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach in seventh and eighth positions.

For the first time in this IMSA WeatherTechSportsCar Championship season, BMW Team RLL and the BMW M8 GTE weren’t able to contest for podium finishes. In the ‘IMSA Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix’ at Long Beach, the #25 BMW M8 GTE, driven by Tom Blomqvist and Connor De Phillippi, finished seventh in the GTLM class. John Edwards and Jesse Krohn finished eighth in the #24 BMW M8 GTE.

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Edwards was running fifth before the only pit stop of the race, but a problem with a loose wheel-nut on the tyre change firstly cost the team some time to fix and then resulted in a drive through penalty. The 100-minute race was won by the #912 Porsche.

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BMW Team RLL, BMW M8 GTE, IMSA

REACTIONS TO THE RACE AT LONG BEACH.

Connor De Phillippi (#25 BMW M8 GTE, 7th place):

“During the first part of my stint we seemed very competitive and I was happy with the car in comparison to yesterday. As the stint went on however, the others just seemed to have a bit more pace than we did but we knew that this weekend was going to be a difficult weekend for us. The next tracks suit our car really well and we will focus on fighting for podiums again in the next events.”

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Tom Blomqvist (#25 BMW M8 GTE, 7th place):

“We simply did not have the pace this weekend to really challenge the competition. We just had to run a smart race but there simply was not enough that happened for us to make any gains. So, now we look ahead to Mid-Ohio, a track that should suit us a bit more.”

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John Edwards (#24 BMW M8 GTE, 8th place):

“A disappointing result but the car was much improved over yesterday’s qualifying so our pace was a bit better. Unfortunately it is a very short weekend so if the car is not right in qualifying you start in the wrong spot. We were able to move up a couple of spots but then had trouble on the pit stop.”

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Jesse Krohn (#24 BMW M8 GTE, 8th place):

“Today was difficult. At the end of the day we didn’t have a bad race car, we just got a little bit unlucky in the pit stop. Something happened with the rear tyre, I do not know exactly what but just cannot recover from such an incident a short race such as Long Beach. Overall, I am happy with the steps we made with the car and even starting last, without the tyre issue, there was a chance to maybe make something happen.”

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