BMW Team RLL
“We had a very productive test at Mid-Ohio about a month ago”, said Bobby Rahal, Team Principal. “I’m hopeful that will give us the insight that we need to win. It’s a good track for the BMW M3 GT. We’ve shown in past years that we can manage the pace - just not for enough time. Hopefully Dunlop and our team can produce a good handling car that will figure strongly in the race. Mid-Ohio is a handling course not a horsepower track like Mosport. I feel confident that from a handling perspective we’re better than anyone out there.”
Commenting on the team he continued, “This is a mature team. We’ve been racing a long time. We’ve seen it all. Some days you get a little good luck and some days you get a little bad luck, but you hate to rely on that. Frankly we got lucky in Mosport when the winner did not pass tech. All of our guys have been around and yes we have had some really tough races but I don’t see any hand wringing. We can win this championship. It’s still wide open. We closed in on the Corvette a little bit at Mosport. We’ll just keep our heads down and focus on what we can do to make our car better every lap.”
Bill Auberlen, driver No. 55 M3 GT - “Mid Ohio here we come. At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park we had a fast car, but we had a bit of drama. Now we’re all about fighting back. We tested at Mid-Ohio earlier this year and feel like we have a pretty good car, but the competition will continue to be extremely tough.”
Jörg Müller, driver No. 55 M3 GT -”After the bad result at Mosport I’m really looking forward to the race in Mid-Ohio. Not only is it BMW Team RLL’s home track, but our test went very well. Mid Ohio is a very nice circuit and it definitely has a lot more possibilities to overtake than Mosport.”
Joey Hand, driver No. 56 M3 GT - “I like to drive Mid Ohio. Of all the tracks in the US this one gives an advantage if you have the knowledge of the circuit and some tricks learned from experience. I lived in Ohio so in some ways it is my home track. We had a good test there a month ago and that’s always a good thing.”
Source : BMW Team RLL