The repaved 4.048-mile Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin presented a new challenge to the riders, teams and to Dunlop, the official Superbike series tire supplier.
Following six podium finishes at MotoAmerica Superbikes at Road Atlanta in April, BMW Motorrad Motorsport M 1000 RR customer racing teams captured five podium spots in Round 3 at Barber Motorsports Park - One 3rd place finish in the Medallia Superbike race and four podium finishes between the two Stock 1000 races.
After a hard two-hour-and-forty-minute IMSA MOTUL Course de Monterey race today at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, BMW M Team RLL finished fifth and eighth in the GTP class.
BMW M Team RLL will start tomorrow’s IMSA MOTUL Course de Monterey from the seventh and eighth GTP class positions.
BMW M Team RLL returns to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the May 14th two-hour-and-forty-minute IMSA Motul Course de Monterey race hoping the success of previous years at the iconic Northern California road course will continue with the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the new GTP era.
This past weekend’s MotoAmerica races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta saw BMW Motorrad Motorsport M 1000 RR customer racing teams clinch two wins and six total podium finishes around the 2.55-mile track in the Superbike and Stock 1000 classes.
Today, BMW M Team RLL had an excellent day at the beach.
Prior to this afternoon’s qualifying session for tomorrow’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, BMW Team RLL drivers Nick Yelloly and Augusto Farfus had perhaps only one hour’s practice time on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit in preparation for their first Long Beach start.
Following a second place overall, and GTP class finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 18th, BMW M Team RLL has now prepared both BMW M Hybrid V8 racing cars for the shortest race of the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar season.
BMW of North America Customer Racing teams and a dozen BMW M4 GT4 and BMW M4 GT3 racing cars as well as five BMW M2 CS Racing cars are entered in the opening rounds of the 2023 SRO season opening weekend at Sonoma Raceway, in Sonoma, California.
At its second race outing, the new BMW M Hybrid V8 claimed its maiden podium result.
24 years after the BMW V12 LMR won the 1999 12 Hours of Sebring, and 23 years after the revolutionary prototype last turned a wheel at the classic road racing circuit, BMW M Motorsport returns to the 3.74-mile, 17-turn circuit with two BMW M Hybrid V8 racing cars in new for 2023 Grand Touring Prototype class.
