Colton Herta rides Daytona for BMW M Team RLL

At the beginning of the summer, we reported that BMW introduced the latest hypercar of the LMDh class, which will debut in the US IMSA championship in 2023.

But then the Bavarian car manufacturers only talked about the car, and now the BMW M Motorsport racing division, together with its American partners, made a bright presentation in Los Angeles, where the car was shown “live” already in full war paint, and the presented the composition of the team with which the 24 Hours of Daytona will start on the last weekend of January next year.

Curiously, the 2023 BMW M Team RLL factory drivers will be joined by Colton Herta, whose name has been in the motorsport press in recent weeks, albeit in a very different context. He will be the new teammate of Connor de Phillippi, Augusta Farfus and Nick Yelloli.

“We are proud to return to the motorsport scene with the BMW M Hybrid V8 sports prototype in the year of BMW M’s 50th anniversary,” said Franciscus van Meel, Chief Executive Officer of BMW M. “We are delighted that this adventure in North America, as it is the most important international market for our company.

After all, the BMW M Hybrid V8 is more than just a race car. It paves the way for an electric future for our division…”

The BMW Hypercar is powered by a twin-turbocharged V8 engine integrated with the ERS hybrid system standard in the LMDh class. Behind the test program in Europe on the tracks of Italy and Spain, and passed the first test in the US just a few days ago at the track in Sebring.

In October and December, BMW will also participate in the official IMSA testing at Road Atlanta and Daytona, with the next scheduled for next week at Watkins Glen.