BMW Team RLL starts the IMSA endurance season at the Rolex 24 at Daytona

Munich, Germany – After two wins in the previous two years, BMW Team RLL is eager to bring home its next success at the Rolex 24 at Daytona (USA) in 2021. On 30^th/31^st January, two MOTUL BMW M8 GTEs with strong driver pairings will contest the GTLM class. In the #24 car, John Edwards (USA), Jesse Krohn (FIN) and Augusto Farfus (BRA) are eager to repeat their Daytona win from last year. They will be supported by BMW works driver Marco Wittmann (GER). In the #25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE, Bruno Spengler (CAN), Connor De Phillippi (USA), Philipp Eng (AUT) and Timo Glock (GER) will take it in turns at the wheel. BMW Team RLL will contest only the four IMSA endurance classics at Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta (all USA) in 2021, which make up the Michelin Endurance Cup. Edwards and Krohn won that title in 2020.

The Michelin Endurance Cup proved to be extremely successful for BMW Team RLL last season. Edwards and Krohn celebrated two wins and two third places in the four races, which saw them clinch the drivers’ title. In addition, the team title went to BMW Team RLL and the manufacturer’s title to BMW.

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The team is embarking on ‘Mission Title Defence’ with three regular drivers per car. In the #24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE, Edwards, Krohn and Farfus will contest all four IMSA endurance races. In the sister car, Spengler, De Phillippi and Eng make up the regular crew. At Daytona, they will be joined by Wittmann and Glock. It will be the first appearance at the ‘Daytona International Speedway’ in the MOTUL BMW M8 GTE for both BMW works drivers. Wittmann returns to Daytona for the first time since representing Turner Motorsport in the BMW M6 GT3 in 2016, while Glock makes his debut.

BMW Motorsport and BMW Team RLL will again be supported by strong partners MOTUL, Akrapovič and PUMA this season.

Milestone for Turner Motorsport

Turner Motorsport will contest the GTD class of the Rolex 24 at Daytona with a BMW M6 GT3 and is set to reach a very special milestone. Team principal Will Turner’s (USA) crew will be contesting their 400^th race for BMW. Bill Auberlen, Robby Foley, Colton Herta (all USA) and Aidan Read (AUS) will take it in turns at the wheel. Auberlen and Foley will race for Turner Motorsport at every event of the 2021 IMSA season. Read will support the duo at all endurance races.

The 59^th edition of the Rolex 24 at Daytona gets underway at 3.40 pm local time (9.40 pm CET) on 30^th January. From 22^nd to 24^th January, all the BMW teams will be preparing for the first highlight of the season at the ‘Roar before the 24’, the official test drives.

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