BMW started the IMSA SportsCar Championship season on the back foot with the least-developed car against rivals Acura, Cadillac and Porsche. Its reality check came when it finished 15 laps behind the winner in the Daytona 24 Hours, leading to the Rahal Letterman Lanigan-run team working tirelessly at Zionsville, Indiana in tandem with BMW’s headquarters in Munich to catch up.
An inherited runner-up finish in the Sebring 12 Hours has now been followed by another second position for Nick Yelloly and Conor De Phillippi at Long Beach, where the car set the fastest lap in its pursuit of the leaders.
