{"id":38696,"date":"2022-12-20T21:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T02:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38696"},"modified":"2022-12-20T21:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T02:01:55","slug":"bmw-m-hybrid-v8-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38696","title":{"rendered":"BMW M Hybrid V8 Faces Development Challenges Due to Tight Timeframe"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a fan of both BMW and motorsport, it\u2019s easy to get excited about the BMW M Hybrid V8<\/a>, Bavaria\u2019s latest entry into the Le Mans Prototype class of endurance racing. However, the team at BMW M who was given the task of building the car was only given 18 months, from the blank sheet of paper to a 24-hour race, and that timeframe is proving difficult to handle.<\/p>\n

According to Autosport<\/em><\/a>, BMW\u2019s LMDh project leader Maurizio Leschiutta, development of the BMW M Hybrid V8 has been like \u201crolling a rock up a hill.\u201d<\/p>\n

This report comes just a week after previous reports claimed the M Hybrid V8 suffered gearbox failure during testing. Due to such difficulties, BMW is throwing every resource it has at the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put everybody\u2019s heads together,\u201d said Leschiutta. BMW M pulled everyone from the GT and Formula E programs and said that BMW feels the M Hybrid V8 is \u201cpriority one for BMW M Motorsport now.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, BMW isn\u2019t the only team feeling the pressure. Cadillac is another brand that\u2019s been putting an LMDh car together for the upcoming season on a tight timeframe. And while Cadillac\u2019s cars have seemingly been suffering fewer issues, its development hasn\u2019t been easy and it doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019s going to get much easier.<\/p>\n

Laura Wontrop Klauser, GM\u2019s racing manager, agreed with Leschiutta about the difficulties of developing a car on such short notice. \u201cWe still have a mountain to climb, and Maurizio is right about it feeling like pushing a rock constantly uphill,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Klauser said that supply chain issues have been troubling, as her team has struggled to find enough quality parts to not only field three race cars but also stockpile backups. Typically, you want several backups; backups for the backups; but that might not happen anytime soon.<\/p>\n

The Daytona 24 Hours is just a month away and BMW is going to have to scramble to get the the M Hybrid V8 ready in time. Leschiutta said that just finishing the first race is the main priority right now. Obviously, BMW wants to win but you need to walk before you run and, in this case, probably crawl first.<\/p>\n

[Source: Autosport<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a fan of both BMW and motorsport, it\u2019s easy to get excited about the BMW M Hybrid V8, Bavaria\u2019s latest entry into the Le Mans Prototype class of endurance racing. However, the team at BMW M who was given the task of building the car was only given 18 months, from the blank sheet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":38697,"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-38696","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\/38696","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}