BMW has confirmed its driver line-ups for the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship campaigns.
In an announcement made at its end-of-year Sports Trophy event on Friday night, BMW firmed up its roster across its factory WEC team and its customer RLL Racing IMSA squad.
Two of the 2018 BMW M8 GTEs will enter the WEC next year, joining a hotly-contested GTE-Pro class that already features Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin and Ford.
BMW factory drivers Antonio Felix da Costa, Nick Catsburg, Augusto Farfus and Martin Tomczyk will share the two cars across the 13-month ‘super season’.
The quartet will be joined by Tom Blomqvist, Alexander Sims and Philipp Eng for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
What have Martin Tomczyk, Nick Catsburg, António Félix da Costa and Augusto Farfus have in common? They are the regular BMW drivers for the @FIAWEC. #MISSION8 pic.twitter.com/SmmFld9YK7
— BMW M Motorsport (@BMWMotorsport) December 15, 2017
In IMSA, the RLL Racing team will once again field Sims and John Edwards, who will be joined by the incoming Connor De Phillippi and Jesse Krohn.
Check out the BMW Team RLL line-up of regular drivers for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Challenge... #BMWSeasonReview17 @IMSA pic.twitter.com/a7ESN9fgVh
— BMW M Motorsport (@BMWMotorsport) December 15, 2017
BMW also confirmed on Friday night that Tom Blomqvist would see out the Formula E season with its Andretti-affiliated team, having been benched for Kamui Kobayashi in Hong Kong.
Season 4 of the @FIAFormulaE will see some #ELECTRICITEMENT... With @afelixdacosta and @tom_blomqvist racing for MS&ADAndretti. @AlexanderSims will be the official reserve driver. #BMWSeasonReview17 pic.twitter.com/fZ7FBQ85AA
— BMW M Motorsport (@BMWMotorsport) December 15, 2017