BMW has chosen Eng's replacement for GTP, to be announced in December

BMW has already decided who will replace Philipp Eng in its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP programme, according to motorsport director Andreas Roos. The announcement will wait until the manufacturer's Night of Trophies on 4 December. Sportscar365 understands that Dan Harper, the British driver who won this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona with Paul Miller Racing, is the favourite for the No. 25 BMW seat. Harper has completed multiple tests with the BMW M Hybrid V8.

Roos declined to confirm the driver but said the team's test programme was not a signal in itself, noting that several drivers, including Max Hesse, Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts, have been testing the car. He added that BMW did not rule out a full-season WEC driver taking the seat, as the two series will not clash next year. Eng's departure after 11 years with BMW was described by Roos as a mutual agreement, with Eng wanting to pursue something else.

Marco Wittmann, who co-drove with Eng this year, faces uncertainty because of his commitments in the DTM, which clash with the GTP schedule next season.