BMW M Team WRT showed strong pace with both BMW M Hybrid V8s battling for a podium position over long stretches. Penalties ultimately didn’t reflect their on-track performance with #15 ending eighth and #20 thirteenth.

The 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season opener - Qatar 1812km - was the first WEC race for the BMW M Hybrid V8 and the first ever race for the Lamborghini Z63.

On Monday and Tuesday, the two BMW M Hybrid V8s and the pair of BMW M4 GT3s each completed around 500 test laps during the Prologue at the Lusail International Circuit (QAT) as the team provided the best possible preparation.

Thierry Tassin, BMW M Team WRT’s Sport Director, talks about the team’s ambitions with the BMW M Hybrid V8 in WEC.

Thierry Tassin, four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, talks about his role in the BMW M Team WRT running the BMW M Hybrid V8 in WEC before and during the races (part 1).

Discover the 4 BMW M works drivers who will line up in the BMW M Hybrid V8 for the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) in 2024 with Dries Vanthoor and Sheldon van der Linde.

Ben Keating took the lead on lap six with his #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsport Oreca LMP2 07 and handed over to Mikkel Jensen who kept the lead until the end clinching the Rolex 24 pole position in the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class.