BMW M Motorsport kicked off the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season with the extremely anticipated Qatar 1812 km race on the Lusail Worldwide Circuit close to Doha, UAE. This 12 months, BMW M Group WRT entered into the Hypercar class with two BMW M Hybrid V8s. Nonetheless, the debut race proved difficult for the prototypes, as each vehicles completed outdoors the highest ten.

Within the Hypercar class, the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8, piloted by a world trio of BMW M works drivers – Sheldon van der Linde from South Africa, René Rast from Germany, and Robin Frijns from the Netherlands – managed to safe a twelfth place end. Their teammates, Dries Vanthoor from Belgium, Raffaele Marciello from Switzerland, and Marco Wittmann from Germany, confronted further hurdles with the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8. A quick restore within the pitbox, required simply an hour earlier than the race’s conclusion, noticed them ending in sixteenth place, underscoring the challenges confronted by the group within the Hypercar class.

Porsche Penske Motorsport secured its first FIA World Endurance Championship victory for the Porsche 963. No. 12 Hertz Group JOTA Porsche ending second and the No. 5 Penske Porsche in third. No. 2 Cadillac V-Sequence.R got here in fourth.

BMW M4 GT3 Misses Podum By Seconds

Within the LMGT3 class, Group WRT #46 BMW M4 GT3, with a powerful lineup together with Italian racing legend Valentino Rossi, Maxime Martin from Belgium, and Omani driver Ahmad Al Harthy, completed in fourth place, narrowly lacking out on the highest three by only a few seconds.

Moreover, the #31 BMW M4 GT3, consisting of BMW M works driver Augusto Farfus from Brazil, Sean Gelael from Indonesia, and Darren Leung from Nice Britain, additionally confirmed promise by ending in sixth place within the LMGT3 class. Within the LMGT3 class, Manthey PureRxcing secured the victory with the No. 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R. No.27 Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo completed solely 4.8 seconds behind.