Overview

• BMW released images and details of a major front-end overhaul featuring a smaller kidney grille, a new splitter, revised air channels and improved cooling for its LMDh prototype.
• The package was co-developed with Dallara and has completed private running, including at Circuit Paul Ricard, to correlate CFD data with track behavior.
• A first public appearance is scheduled at the WEC collective test following the Austin round in early September, offering rivals and fans a first in-person look.
• Use in competition remains subject to homologation, with BMW planning a debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2026 and framing the update within the series’ limited performance-joker rules.
• BMW has reaffirmed its long-term LMDh commitment to WEC and IMSA; RLL exits after 2025 and multiple outlets report WRT is poised to take over IMSA operations in 2026, though that handover is not yet official.