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Milner blasts ‘soiled’ techniques from BMW after harm prices him GTD Professional lead
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Milner blasts ‘soiled’ techniques from BMW after harm prices him GTD Professional lead

By Miles Cooper January 26, 2025
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Tommy Milner didn’t maintain again his frustrations after his ultimate stint on the 2025 Daytona 24 Hours, having blasted the Paul Miller BMW staff following their battle for the GTD Professional lead.

“That is not what racing is about. It is not what sports activities automobile racing is about,” he advised IMSA Radio.

It got here with lower than three hours remaining after Milner had been main his class within the #4 Corvette. However the IMSA veteran was being hounded by Connor De Phillippi within the BMW, but it was the BMW in entrance of the race chief that proved to be the true problem.

Augusto Farfus – operating a number of laps down – was holding up Milner with aggressive blocks that allowed the sister BMW to shut. Race management took discover and issued a drive-through penalty for blocking, but it surely was too late.

Moments later within the worldwide horseshoe, Farfus’ gradual entry brought on Milner to make a mistake. His Corvette bobbled and he slammed doorways with De Phillippi, tearing again the left facet of the bumper cowl.

Farfus dove to the pits for his penalty on the finish of the lap and an irate Milner opened his window to point out him the center finger as he raced on.

Milner blasts ‘soiled’ techniques from BMW after harm prices him GTD Professional lead

#48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO: Dan Harper, Max Hesse, Jesse Krohn, Augusto Farfus

Picture by: Andreas Beil

On the following pitstop, the Corvette staff tried to tape up the flailing bodywork but it surely was left unfinished by the point fuelling was achieved.

Milner returned to the race in second, just for the bodywork to peel again once more. Race management issued him a mechanical black flag and he was compelled again into the pits. 

The 38-year-old advised IMSA Radio that Farfus, the staff and BMW “ought to be embarrassed for that form of racing”.

“It’s staff racing right here however not like that,” he added. “You bought a automobile that is laps down, out of the race, whose solely job is mainly assist a teammate and never like that — lap after lap after lap, blocking, blocking, blocking and ready for me.

“Like I mentioned, it isn’t how sports activities automobile racing ought to be. It is disappointing. I haven’t got a difficulty with the primary automobile [De Phillippi] — these guys are in their very own race. It is simply the sister automobile that’s on the market simply to be a nuisance. It is poor sportsmanship, poor driving. Simply embarrassing on their half.”

Milner claimed that the #48 BMW was timing its pitstops to make sure it got here out simply forward of Milner and that it occurred twice.

“Their solely purpose is to race soiled,” he added. “Once more, it is simply disappointing. It is not how this sort of race ought to go.”

Images from Daytona 24 Hours Race

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