It was the race debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2023.
The BMW M Hybrid V8 debuted at Daytona and in this video you will be able to experience it minute by minute. It was the race debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2023, a historic moment for the brand. It was the first BMW M Motorsport race car with a hybrid powertrain, a team that had been preparing for the last 18 months to get to this precise moment.
“After 18 months of intensive preparation and hard work, the BMW M Hybrid V8 celebrated its race debut at the 2023 Daytona 24 Hours. The premiere of the first BMW M Motorsport race car with a hybrid powertrain became a roller coaster of emotions. A story of emotion, great moments, setbacks and fighting spirit”, said the brand.
Last year BMW M Motorsport celebrated the public debut of its new racing beast at an event in Los Angeles. There they also presented the drivers and the decoration that the car would wear. Then the special decoration on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of BMW M that it initially sported was withdrawn, opting for a combination of the well-known M colors with black and white tones.
And the racing car made its debut at the Rolex 24 in Daytona, in the United States, under a climate of tension and emotion. The BMW M RLL team raced two BMW M Hybrid V8s in the GTP class at the opening round of this season’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. A race that you can see in the video that we bring you where all the details of this first test are known.
