"I had a couple of days of practice with Bruno and Jesse," Catsburg said. "BMW has been upping its game when it comes to sim racing. It’s so cool to come back with a 1-2-3. To give you a sense of how big this was, I just got a message from Jens Marquardt, who is the BMW motorsports director. He was watching. It shows the importance of this event. Maybe it is helping us – and I really enjoyed it."
Third place went to the third factory BMW in the field, the No. 24 BMW Team Black M8 GTE driven by 2020 Rolex 24 At Daytona winner Jesse Krohn. A second BMW Team Black entry, the No. 23 expected to be driven by IndyCar standout and 2019 Rolex 24 At Daytona winner Colton Herta did not make the race due to connectivity issues.
Krohn took third place from Sage Karam in the No. 8 Porsche 911 RSR with just over an hour remaining and preserved the BMW podium sweep, finishing 11.746 seconds behind the winner.
"Today I couldn’t match the pace of Bruno and Nicky," Krohn said. "I pushed as hard as I could. By the time I found some pace it was too little, too late. It was a great experience. It was good to have this on the mind given what else is happening in the world. This has been good for IMSA fans; the feedback has been super good."
The original release can be found at IMSA.com: Spengler Leads BMW Sweep of IMSA Sebring SuperSaturday on iRacing