BMW confirms 2024 Le Mans entry for its LMDh Hypercar

BMW will return to the top class at Le Mans in 2024 with its V8 hybrid LMDh Hypercar. The World Endurance Championship entry will come a year after debuting in IMSA

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July 26th 2022

BMW has confirmed that it will enter the World Endurance Championship [WEC] and Le Mans 24 Hours in 2024 with its new LMDh Hypercar.

The German manufacturer has already revealed the first images of its V8 hybrid car, which is due to compete in next season’s IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Today it announced that it will enter both series in 2024, which will mark 25 years since BMW won Le Mans with its last prototype appearance.

“I am very excited to be challenging for overall victory as BMW M Motorsport again at this classic and in the whole World Endurance Championship for the first time for decades,” said Franciscus van Meel, CEO of BMW’s M division.

P90473314_highRes_varano-de-melegari-i — BMW won Le Mans the last time they entered

“The decision to run the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the IMSA series from 2023, and the WEC from 2024, is a milestone for the project.”

BMW will join a burgeoning grid in the World Endurance Championship, limning up alongside top-category cars from Toyota, Peugeot, Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac and Lamborghini.

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The BMW M Hybrid V8 is due to make its racing debut at Daytona in January next year, and completed its first track test this week.

Due to the very tight schedule for the LMDh project, the plan has always been to focus on one field of application in the first season in 2023,” said Andreas Roos, head of BMW M Motorsport. “The IMSA series is perfectly suited for this.

“However, our mid-term goal was obviously to race on two fronts with the BMW M Hybrid V8, and also to use the major platform provided by the WEC and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We are now working determinedly towards this, at the same time as our programme in North America.”

The team’s line-up for IMSA and WEC, and the number of entries is yet to be announced.