Overview

• BMW has secured homologation for its LMDh M Hybrid V8 prototypes in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship until 2032.
• The automaker confirmed it will not renew its 17-year partnership with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing after the 2025 IMSA season.
• Belgium’s WRT team, widely tipped as BMW’s new IMSA partner, has begun staffing a Charlotte facility to support the GTP program.
• Alpine has delayed plans for an IMSA GTP entry and will focus on its ongoing WEC LMDh collaboration with Signatech.
• BMW’s endurance effort has produced two IMSA victories since 2023 but is still chasing its first WEC Hypercar win.