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 Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:02 am Post subject: ALMS: BMW Team RLL aims for 1-2 finish at Road Atlanta |
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With the American Le Mans Series GT Team and Driver championships secured at Laguna Seca on Sept. 17th, BMW Team RLL has three goals set for the 14th annual Petit Le Mans this weekend. The team has set it sights on winning a second consecutive GT Manufacturer title, move drivers Bill Auberlen and Dirk Werner to second place in the driver point standings and win Dunlop the Tire Manufacturer’s championship.
The 1000-mile race also serves as the penultimate round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup where BMW Team RLL will represent BMW Motorsport for a second time this season. The first was the 12 Hours of Sebring where the team finished first and second with the same six-driver lineup that will pilot the potent BMW M3 GTs this weekend.
Joey Hand, Dirk Mueller and Andy Priaulx will co-drive the No. 56 M3 GT. Hand, Mueller and Priaulx won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Hand and M ller winning the next two rounds at Long Beach and Lime Rock Park. Three more podium finishes in the next five rounds allowed Hand and M ller to clinch the Driver’s title at Laguna Seca with a second place finish.
Bill Auberlen and Dirk Werner will be joined in the No. 55 M3 by Augusto Farfus. The trio finished second at the 12 Hours of Sebring with Auberlen and Werner finishing on the podium three more times in the next seven rounds. Auberlen and Werner stand third in ALMS driver points, only nine points in arrears, and with a strong Petit Le Mans finish could move to second place.
“BMW Team RLL is extremely pleased to have clinched the driver and team championships, but there is more work to be done to win championships for BMW and Dunlop,” said Bobby Rahal, Team Principal. “We intend to go all out in pursuit of those titles as well. But championships aside, to win Petit Le Mans would be a major accomplishment for us and our drivers. This is a grueling race on the team and the car and we need to manage ourselves so that we can be in the hunt at the end.”
Bill Auberlen, driver No. 55 M3 GT - “Petit Le Mans has mixed emotions for me. I am pumped up because it’s one of the world’s great endurance races, but it’s also the last race of the year and no racing driver wants the season to end. Joey and Dirk have clinched the Driver and Team Championships, but this team has two more championships to nail down.”
Dirk Werner, driver No. 55 M3 GT –“I am really looking forward to the season’s finale. Of course, we want to add the manufacturer’s championship. We expect it to be a hard race, due to the long distance and the high number of starters. Bill and I are still keen to celebrate our first victory of the season, so I am highly motivated. The car will be very good – like it always has been throughout the season.”
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