1301 Views / 0. 911 and No. The race clock was restarted with 30 minutes to go to allow the field to circulate behind the safety car and make pit stops for wet tires.The green flag waved with just more than seven minutes to go with Edwards racing the No. BMW Team RLL finished third at the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar race at Road America.
No.24 was in the run for the top spot. As a result, fifth place was the best the #25 car could achieve.This latest triumph sees BMW Motorsport add another chapter to its success story at Daytona where BMW first won at the ‘World Center of Racing’ back in 1976 with the BMW 3.0 CSL.
Nut under a deluge of rain on the final lap, Edwards aquaplaned off the track in the Kink. The third place went to Porsche as well.Antonio Garcia brought the debuting No. Using such technologies as artificial intelligence, CFD and 3D printing, the engineers were able to reduce weight and improve traction, while perfecting the aerodynamics of the car, even down to the rims.
3. 25 M8 GTE of Colton Herta, Bruno Spengler, Philipp Eng, and Connor De Phillippi suffered technical and mechanical issues. The. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R across the line in fourth.BMW’s No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE had John Edwards and Jesse Krohn behind the wheel. The #24 BMW Team RLL M8 GTE driven by John Edwards, Jesse Krohn, Augusto Farfus, and Chaz Mostert won the GTLM class in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 2020 season opener for the IMSA WeatherTech Series. The fantastic thing is, right now everywhere over the vehicle might be …
Connor De Phillippi (BMW Team RLL, #25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE): “Today everyone executed perfectly.It was a team effort.
911 Porsche 911 RSR to take the lead. Auberlen, who had taken over the No.
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On the last lap the heavy pooling of water caused the car to aquaplane and slide off the track.
Over the course of the race, the No. The No.
In the final hour of the race, Krohn made a bold pass on Nick Tandy in the No. In the last hour of the endurance race, Porsche’s Tandy led Krohn by 4.8 seconds. It was also forced to make a lengthy trip to the garage in the sixth hour after debris damaged the oil line.