BMW is undertaking its first WEC programme since its M8 contested the GTE Pro class in 2018-19, and embarking on a first bid for outright success at the Le Mans 24 Hours since its V12 LMR won in 1999 with Yannick Dalmas, Pierluigi Martini and Joachim Winkelhock.
But the German manufacturer heads into this weekend’s Qatar 1812km event on the back of a troubled showing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s blue riband event in Florida, where the best of M Hybrid V8s finished 13 laps down in seventh place.
