The Bavarian marque will contest the full IMSA campaign in the new-for-2022 GTD Pro division that replaces GT Le Mans with two all-new M4 GT3s run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
Five of the six drivers that were part of BMW’s assault on last year’s Michelin Endurance Cup-only program return for the Rolex 24 – Jesse Krohn, John Edwards, Augusto Farfus, Connor de Phillippi and Philipp Eng.
Krohn, Edwards, Farfus and de Phillippi will share the #25 car, while Eng is joined in the #24 machine by two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann, Nick Yelloly and Sheldon van der Linde.
Wittmann made his Rolex 24 debut with BMW Team RLL last year, while fellow DTM racer van der Linde and Aston Martin F1 simulator driver Yelloly are newcomers to the squad.
Yelloly has prior experience of Daytona with BMW customer team Turner Motorsport, while van der Linde first contested the Florida classic back in 2018 in a Land Motorsport-run Audi R8 LMS.
BMW’s head of motorsport Mike Krack commented: “With…
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