BMW at the 24h Le Mans 2024 - Interview Andreas Roos
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00:00So our general summary of the 24 hours of Le Mans 2024.
00:06I mean, to be honest, it was a full roller coaster from the beginning to the end.
00:10I mean, we started actually quite well in the pre-test where the car felt already quite well.
00:16The drivers were happy and then, I mean, the best was the qualifying lap from Dries when he was really on pole.
00:22So we showed the pace of our BMW M-Hybrid V8.
00:26Because to be here the fastest car around the track in Le Mans is really something unique.
00:31Then for the race, I think, especially in the hypercar class side, we did definitely too many mistakes.
00:38We lost our cars quite early to mistakes.
00:41We managed with the 15 car to come back and move again up into the top field, let's say, of the hypercar.
00:48But then, unfortunately, Dries was involved in an accident where he was hit by another car and ended up in the barrier,
00:56which was actually a very harsh and hard accident.
00:59But the most important is that Dries is well off.
01:03He has no major problems.
01:06He's a bit dizzy, but I think he will be fine.
01:08So on the hypercar class side, we have to say this was not the race we expected.
01:14So there is still some work to do, what we have to improve.
01:17We have to use it as a lesson learned.
01:19But on the other hand, on the GT side, I mean, we can celebrate a podium here.
01:24And as you said, the first podium of BMWs after 2011, we are on V2.
01:29This we can definitely take as a positive.
01:32Unfortunately, also there, the 46 car with Valentino Rossi, Maxime Martin and Ahmad Al-Harty,
01:40it was also unfortunately in difficult conditions.
01:45We lost this car, had an accident, and so the car had to be retired.
01:49So at the end, we were only fighting with one GT3 car until the end.
01:53But still, we were fighting for the podium.
01:55And it was a V2 at the end.
01:57Also, a unique thing was our 20th Art Car.
02:01Actually, the 7th Art Car, which is a race car from Jury Maretto.
02:06Everybody was loving the car when you saw it on track.
02:10Also there, we managed to repair the car again after the accident we had and the problem.
02:15So we managed to put the car outside again on the track to really finish the race with the Art Car.
02:21Because this is also something unique to be a 24-hour race Le Mans finisher.
02:26So we managed this with our unique Art Car.
02:29Thanks to everybody who was involved in the whole project, being here in Le Mans.
02:33Our team WRT, all the people back home from BMW and Motorsport, but also here supporting on site.
02:39I think it was a very big event for BMW coming back after 25 years in the top category in Le Mans.
02:47Now we take our points from here and for sure we come back stronger.
02:51The guys are motivated to show what we really can do.
02:55And then we will show 2025 that we will be on the top step hopefully.