BMW's M Hybrid V8 is ready for Daytona.
Back in June, BMW gave us our first look at its first top-level prototype racer in decades, the. Now, we know what the car will look like when it debuts at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January.
The car will race in both IMSA GTP and the FIA World Endurance Championship's hypercar class, but it is based on the IMSA-rooted LMDh ruleset. That means it is built around the heart of an LMP2 chassis provided by Dallara, but the car is completely unrecognizable fromMost notably, the M Hybrid V8 features a radical integration of BMW's corporate face. Its giant kidney grilles give it a significantly more squared and geometric nose than any other prototype racing today.
The M Hybrid V8 is powered by a twin-turbo flat-plane V-8 built on an engine previously used in the DTM in the mid-2010s. With the help of a ruleset-standard hybrid system, the car is capable of a combined maximum ouput of 697 horsepower. In practice, complicated balance-of-performance math meant to keep the series competitive means that most cars in the class will produce power below that number.
The four will be joined by other drivers at various endurance races throughout the year, but BMW has only revealed one of those names so far. That distinction goes to Colton Herta, a reigning LMP2 winner in class at Daytona and a previous class winner with BMW's M8 GTE program.
for the 2023 season before licensing issues got in the way. Herta is confirmed to join the program for its debut race at Daytona.In 2024, BMW will send M Hybrid V8s to race in Europe with the LMP2 standard-setters at WRT. That means the car will not race at Le Mans this year, but its debut in the biggest sports car race in the world is approaching quickly. Until then, the program has Daytona, Sebring, Petit Le Mans, and an IMSA championship to chase.
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