Bobby Rahal is using its BMW 8 Hybrid V8 cars to lead the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship this season.
Therefore, this US Auto Racing Legend will shut down things for the Montere Sportscar Championship on Sunday, 11 May.
The command will be grand martial for the fourth round of the IMSA season to start the engine for two hours around the historic road course on the Montaneri Peninsula, a 40 -minute race (3 am ET, NBC and Peacock).
Rahal, who started his Laguna Seka with a formula Atlantic race in 1976 in 1976, said, “It is a great honor and privilege that obviously what is one of my favorite tracks,”, who made his Laguna Seka with a formula Atlantic race in 1976. “As a driver and as a owner, both have gained a lot of success here. It is a real adventure, part of the breed part in your name. Laguna is going out for Laguna, actually one of the crown jewels of the American Road Racing Circuit, it was an adventure, and it is still a thrill today.”
#7: Porsche Penscay Motorsports, Porsche 963, GTP: Felip Nasr, Dane Cameron, #25: BMW M Team RLL, BMW M Hybrid V8, GTP: Conver D. Philippi, Nick Yelloli, Start
Number 7 Porsche Penky Motorsport 963 and No. 25 BMW M Team RLL M Hybrid V8 in the beginning of Last year’s Laguna Seka Race (Michael L. Late/Late Image).
Laguna Seka was named in honor of Rahl, a directly for its famous Corkcrow Turn, which would be on the track on several race weekends in 2025, with his Indycar and IMSA teams.
This number 24 BMW M Team has started a fast start for RLL M Hybrid V8, which has won the position of the Grand Touring Prototype Poll in three conserving races with driver Drya Venthoor to start the 2025 season.
After lagging behind the first two years of the first two years of the EMSA’s revived premiere Hybirid Prototype category, Rahal’s cars have improved. But some drivers, teams and strategic errors have contributed to the absence from Verry Lane as Porsche Pennske Motorsport No. 7963 has swept away the first three races.
“Unfortunately, we are not able to keep all this together,” Rashal said, who BMW teams indicated that they have held their pit stops for Laguna Seka. “Come on the race day, we are on-track, but the traffic wrapped in Detonona and the sebring hurt our opportunities at the end of the race. Looking at the long beach, we got up a little in the pits and all this was taken, I am afraid.
Number 7 963 has won three IMSA races this year.
“So, we hope to complete the work this time. We were very early last year, so we have a proper chance … We have learned more about the car this year. Laguna track, especially since they rebuilt it (in 2023), it’s a little bit in our wheelhouse.”
There is a feeling of urgency for Rahal, whose sports car teams have been running BMW in GT and prototype classes since 2008. This is a contract year for RLL with the German manufacturer, and many outlets have reported that BMW is considering options with other teams For 2026.
“I don’t want to go into her nuances, but we are clearly hoping to continue this long relationship that we have done with BMW that is back in 2008,” Rahal said. “I know that you see some of these articles and a lot of speculation, but three quarters of the season are left. For us and BMW Motorsport, this is the same thing. Everyone really focuses on this upcoming race and after the race.
With a win in France, Porsche Porskay can earn motor sprits -star history and a career springboard.
“We win some races, and it solves a lot of problems. So we intend to do so.”
But the competition is very rigid in the top class of IMSA, with 11 entries and five manufacturers in Laguna Seca. Ekura, Cadilac and Eston Martin will be struggling with BMW to separate the unbeaten Porsche.
“It speaks of IMSA that the number of manufacturers involved in all classes,” Rahal said. “It is unprecedented that all types of sports car racing and IMSA today include years compared to years. And these cars have complications, in some cases, they can be more complicated than a Formula 1 car. It is just a different level.
“I think GTP category but IMSA is in an unprecedented place as right now, and we have never seen anything like that.”
Here is Start Times, Daily Schedule and Streaming Information for 2025 IMSA Montere Sportscar Championship in Laguna Seka:
2025 Imsa Laguna Seka Sportscar Championship
When: Sunday, May 11 at 3 pm
Distance: A two-hour, 40-minute race on 11-turn, 2.238-mile road courses in Montere, California.
Forecast: According to Weather undergroundIt is expected to be 47 degrees with the possibility of 4% rainfall on green flag.
Admission List: Click here to see 36-car area in GTP, GTD Pro and GTD classes 2025 IMSA Montere Sportscar for Championship in Laguna Seka,
How to see Imsa in Laguna Seka
TV/Streaming: Montere Sportscar Championship in Laguna Seca will be television on NBC and Stream on peacock On Sunday, May 11, from the flag starting from ET to the flag.
The NBC Sports Broadcast will include Announcers of Brian Till and Calvin Fish. Dave Burns, Chris Wilner and Matt Yokam Pitt are reporters.
Radio: All sessions live at imsa.com; Siriusxm Live Race Coverage starts at 3 pm on May 11 (Siriusxm Channel 206, Web/App 996)
Imsa Laguna Seka Sportscar Schedule, Start Times
This week is a runout of the IMSA schedule, which is in Vedtec Racewe Laguna Seka (all the time ET):
Friday, 9 May
11: 25-11: 45 pm: Mustang Challenge Practice
12: 10-1: 10 pm: Michelin Pilot Challenge Practice
1: 25-2: 10 pm: Lamborghini Super Tofio Practice
3: 10-3: 40 pm: Mustang Challenge Practice
4-5 pm: Michelin Pilot Challenge Practice
5: 20-6: 50 pm: Vedretake Sportscar Championship Practice
7: 10-7: 55 pm: Lamborghini Super Tropio Practice
8: 10-8: 25 pm: Mustang Challenge qualifying
8: 40-9: 15 pm: Michelin Pilot Challenge qualifying
Saturday, May 10
11-11: 35 pm: Lamborghini Super Tofio qualifying
11:50 AM-12: 35 PM: Mustang Challenge Race 1 (Peacock)
12: 55-2: 25 pm: Vedretake Sportscar Championship Practice
3: 45-5: 45 pm: Michelin Pilot Challenge Weathertec Racewe Laguna Seka 120 (Peacock)
6: 15-7: 25 pm: Vedretech Sportscar Championship Qualifying (Peacock)
7: 45-8: 35 pm: Lamborghini Super Tropio Race 1 (Peacock)
Sunday, 11 May
11:25 am-12: 15 pm: Mustang Challenge Race 2 (Peacock)
12: 35-1: 25 pm: Lamborghini Super Tropio Race 2 (Peacock)
3: 10-5: 50 pm: Tirerack.com Montere Sportscar Championship (NBC, Peacock)
2025 season ricaps
round 1: Felip Nasar of Porsche Penscay closed Rolex 24 in the Dayona victory for the second coniferous year
Round 2: Porsche Painske Motorsport Sweeps Top Two Spots in twelve hours of Cabing
Round 3: Vein, be perfect with Porsche in Tandi Long Beach win