{"id":32181,"date":"2022-09-24T12:33:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=32181"},"modified":"2022-09-24T12:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:33:22","slug":"bmw-lmdh-program-makes-more-sense-than-f1-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=32181","title":{"rendered":"BMW Argues The M Hybrid V8 Makes More Sense Now Than F1 Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/09\/24\/bmw-lmdh-program-makes-more-sense-than-f1-return\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 22\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 22\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-22-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 22\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bmwad\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"67.993421052632\">\n<p>With Mercedes-AMG highly successful in recent years in Formula 1 and the Volkswagen Group signaling its intentions to join with Porsche and Audi, some are left wondering whether BMW wants to join the fray. The short answer would have to be no, with various head honchos from Munich explaining why F1 doesn\u2019t rank high on the list of priorities. Company officials told German magazine <em>Motorsport-Total.com<\/em> why it\u2019s not feasible to return to the competition after 2009 when it parted ways with Sauber.<\/p>\n<p>BMW M Motorsport boss, Andreas Roos, told the publication the company\u2019s absence from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/07\/07\/bmw-m-boss-explains-why-lmdh-higher-priority-over-f1\/\">F1<\/a> is \u201cnot an issue for us,\u201d adding that the racing division is \u201cdefinitely not interested at the moment.\u201d He went on to say that to get back the massive investment made to enter F1, a team needs to be successful for an extended amount of time. BMW doesn\u2019t want to go down that road, deciding instead to stick with the \u201cbig bouquet of projects\u201d it\u2019s working on.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-435049\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 17 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 17 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-435049\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 17 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bmw-m-v8-hybrid-reveal-17.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw m v8 hybrid reveal 17 830x553\"\/><\/p>\n<p>His sentiments are echoed by BMW M chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/17\/bmw-m4-csl-color\/\">Frank van Meel<\/a>, who told <em>Motorsport-Total.com<\/em> that LMDh is more important than F1. One of the main reasons has to do with the connection between race cars and road-going M models. While lessons learned from the LMDh program will be implemented into future high-performance vehicles for the street, F1 cars are \u201ctoo far away from our series M products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although BMW M\u2019s top brass admitted the increased brand exposure F1 can provide is unquestionable, he clarified the luxury marque is not interested in doing \u201cmotorsport purely for marketing reasons.\u201d He argued there needs to be a direct bond between the track and road cars, which wouldn\u2019t be the case with F1.<\/p>\n<p>For these reasons, BMW is hard at work developing and testing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/09\/23\/photos-bmw-m-hybrid-v8\/\">M Hybrid V8<\/a> instead of thinking about an F1 return in 2026 when Porsche and Audi are set to join. The electrified endurance race car will compete next year in IMSA before joining WEC a year later when it\u2019ll compete at Le Mans. 2024 is going to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the V12 LMR\u2019s triumph on Circuit de la Sarthe.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport-total.com\/formel-1\/news\/kein-interesse-an-der-formel-1-bmw-setzt-ganz-auf-sportwagen-22092403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motorsport-Total.com<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/bmw-no-current-interest-in-entering-formula-1\/10373883\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motorsport.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BMW M shares their future plans\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wrJN2ul8nlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVERTISEMENT With Mercedes-AMG highly successful in recent years in Formula 1 and the Volkswagen Group signaling its intentions to join with Porsche and Audi, some are left wondering whether BMW wants to join the fray. The short answer would have to be no, with various head honchos from Munich explaining why F1 doesn\u2019t rank high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":32182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}