Category: IMSA

Acura has finally shown their new ARX-06 LMDh car without camouflage. The car will participate in the IMA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the brand new GTP category, and has the possibility to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But the current indications are not pointing towards that in its debut season. The team has already started testing the car now, and it will have it’s race debut at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January 2023, where the new GTP category will…

The Belgian WRT outfit has chosen to end their long commitment with Audi Sport. The team has been synonymous with the German brand pretty much since its foundation in 2009, but that will come to an end following the 2022 season. But there is a new task for them, in the shape of the BMW LMDh programme, which will start in the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2024 onwards. The 2023 season will consist of testing the car, prior to it’s FIA WEC debut. The two parties are not ready…

BMW has started their testing with their brand new LMDh car, and confirms their return to Le Mans. The new BMW M Hybrid V8 drove the first meters yesterday at Varano in Italy, near the Dallara factory. BMW has chosen Italian manufacturer Dallara to build the car, which is based on a LMP2 car, but with added hybrid system, it’s own bodywork, and a custom-made BMW engine. Connor De Phillippi and Sheldon van der Linde got the honour of racing the first meters in the car, which was a collaboration…

Lamborghini has announced their first two drivers for their upcoming LMDh programme. It comes to no surprise, that those two drivers are Mirko Bortolotti and Andrea Caldarelli, since those two has been synonymous with the Italian brand for many seasons. Bortolotti had a single season with Audi in 2020, before returning to the Italian brand, that he has raced with since 2014, and been official works driver for since 2015 – except for 2020. Caldarelli has been part of the brand since 2017, and has won the Blancpain GT Series,…

Porsche Motorsport has revealed more details about their upcoming LMDh programme in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. As previously announced, there will be two works cars run by Team Penske in both IMSA and the FIA WEC. The team will run under the Porsche Penske Motorsport banner. The cars will be white and red, with the model designation 963. There will be a base in Mannheim for the FIA WEC team, while the IMSA team will be run out of Mooresville, North Carolina. Porsche…

Cadillac has revealed the first concept pictures of their new LMDh car. The car will be built by Dallara, just like the current cars are, and will have a brand new 5,5 liter engine, which will be connected to the standardized hybrid system, which all the LMDh cars will have to run. The team will compete in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship, where Chip Ganassi Racing and Action Express Racing have been chosen to run the cars. CGR has already doubled their IMSA…

Lamborghini has confirmed their upcoming LMDh car will a collaboration with Ligier. The French manufacturer was officially without any partners in the upcoming LMDh regulation until now, but they did have the Italian brand on their hands. It’s just under a month ago, that Lamborghini announced their LMDh programme, which will be totally independent of the one that Porsche is doing. Their sister brand has chosen Multimatic as the chassis manufacturer, and will be running a completely different engine. Today’s press release confirms that we will see the new Lamborghini…

BMW has presented their new LMDh car, which they will use during the 2023 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The name will be BMW M Hybrid V8, which refers to the engine type, but also a hybrid system, which will be new to BMW in motorsport. The hybrid part, however, is common with all the other LMDh teams, since that is part of LMDh concept – hybrid, but in a cheap way, where individual development cost is not allowed to explode. So everybody will run a standard system,…

Acura has shown the first pictures of their new ARX-06 LMDh car. They have however decided to put on a camouflage design, so it’s not possible to see too many details. But the car looks very much like the current ARX-05, which they are competing with in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The car will be build by ORECA, just like their current 05 model is. That one has won the IMSA championship in both 2019 and 2020 with Team Penske, before they handed the cars over to Meyer Shank…

After several years of rumours, it’s finally confirmed – Lamborghini will enter Prototype racing. The Italian car manufacturer is ready with an LMDh car from 2024 onward, in addition to their various GT programmes. The cars will be participating in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the new GTP category, which will start in 2023, while a FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar category is planned as well. They have already found their partners on both sides of the Atlantic, but their names were not mentioned in today’s…