BMW Media Site #24 BMW M8 GTE Will Start the IMSA Finale from Second Row on the Grid – Eng Comes Third in Qualifying. Contact:   Ingo Lehbrink Spokesperson BMW Group Motorsport +49 (0)176 – 203 40 224 (office) ingo.lehbrink@bmw.de Benjamin Titz Head of BMW Group Design, Innovations & Motorsports Communications  +49 (0)179 – 743 80 88 (office) benjamin.titz@bmw.de #24 BMW M8 GTE Will Start the IMSA Finale from Second Row on the Grid – Eng Comes Third in Qualifying. Philipp Eng finished third in GTLM qualifying at Road Atlanta. P9 for Colton Herta at the wheel of the second BMW M8 GTE. Eng: “The balance of the car was just great”. Road Atlanta. The stage is set for a gripping finale of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta (USA). In GTLM qualifying, Philipp Eng (AUT) recorded the third-fastest lap time at the wheel of the #24 BMW M8 GTE of 1:15.784 minutes. The gap to the Ferrari on pole position was 0.145 seconds. Colton Herta (USA) had to make do with a time of 1:16.327 minutes and ninth on the grid.Eng will share driving duties with John Edwards (USA) and Jesse Krohn (FIN) over the course of the 10-hour Petit Le Mans on Saturday. In the second car, Herta will alternate in the cockpit with Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Tom Blomqvist (GBR). Philipp Eng (#24 BMW M8 GTE, third place): “First of all a big thank you goes to the team. I’m the supporting driver here, and still they allowed me to qualify the car. I really appreciate that. It felt great to be out there without any traffic. The balance of the car was just great. We have done a good job in improving the car from first free practice to now. I just want to win this race. The same goes for my team-mates. We are really fired up for the race.”Colton Herta (#25 BMW M8 GTE, ninth place): “I was elected to do my first qualifying session in IMSA competition but I just didn’t get the most out of the car. On my first push lap I made a mistake. Then it was very difficult to get the right temperature into the tyres. I think for the race we have a really good car though.”Media Contact.Ingo LehbrinkSpokesperson BMW Group MotorsportPhone: +49 (0)176 – 203 40 224E-mail:  ingo.lehbrink@bmw.deBenjamin TitzHead of BMW Group Design, Innovations & Motorsports CommunicationsPhone: +49 (0)179 – 743 80 88E-mail:  benjamin.titz@bmw.de Media Website.http://www.press.bmwgroup.com/globalBMW Motorsport on the web.Website:  www.bmw-motorsport.comFacebook:  www.facebook.com/bmwmotorsportInstagram:  www.instagram.com/bmwmotorsportYouTube:  www.youtube.com/bmwmotorsportTwitter:  www.twitter.com/bmwmotorsport