BMW has emerged as a serious World Endurance Championship contender in the third year of its Hypercar programme. Robin Frijns and Rene Rast lead the Hypercar standings at the halfway point of the season, while BMW itself sits second in the manufacturers’ standings, behind only Toyota.
It’s a major turnaround from where the German brand was just last season in the WEC, when it ended up fifth in the championship on 87 points. This year, after just four of the eight rounds, it has already amassed 127 points.
Coming into 2026, the BMW M Hybrid V8 project was under scrutiny. The car was already three years into its life cycle in IMSA and had…
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