The No. 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 will start on the pole position for the 24-endurance race that opens the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar championship season. This is BMW’s first pole position in Grand Touring Prototype, which is entering its third season as the premier class in IMSA.

BMW’s M5 has entered its hybrid era and now faces a new breed of rivals. How does it compare with another tech-packed German, Porsche’s Panamera Turbo E‑Hybrid?

Porsche held on to victory in the 63rd running of the Daytona 24 Hours after fending off late challenges from Acura and BMW.Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor took top honours in the factory #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh after Nasr passed the sister PPM entry of Matt Campbell at the Le Mans chicane with just 22 minutes remaining.

As Porsche secures back-to-back Rolex 24 wins, IMSA teases a GTP expansion with McLaren and Ford on the horizon.

By combining petrol and electric power, these two super- saloons are more potent than ever, but which is best?

At least two manufacturers are concerned about high voltage issues with the spec hybrid system in Daytona

Diuguid indicated that Porsche Penske changed a total of six battery “assemblies” and “parts and pieces” since the start of the Roar in order to mitigate the issue that had plagued the 963s, as well as the BMW M Hybrid V8 at Daytona in testing and practice.

Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Laurens Vanthoor is leading the 63rd Rolex 24 At Daytona with four hours to go, but BMW M Team RLL is interjecting itself between the two factory Porsches.

Ferrari will contest the Intercontinental GT Challenge this season as a registered manufacturer for the first time since 2022, as customer squad Arise Racing GT gears up to contest this weekend’s Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour.

Porsche, Cadillac, and BMW have all led the race for stretches, but the story of the first twelve hours is the heavy top-class attrition.