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The BMW M Hybrid V8 raced 40 times in the World Endurance Championship between 2024-2026. For its full race history, browse the BMW profile or any season's calendar.
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Circuits · 5 min read
What is the history of the 6 Hours of Spa?
The [6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps](/circuits/spa-francorchamps) has been a WEC fixture every year since the championship's 2012 inaugural season, making Spa the most-raced circuit in WEC history with 15 events from 2012 through 2026. The race traditionally runs in early May, three weeks before [Le Mans](/answers/who-has-won-le-mans-hypercar-era), and serves as the canonical dress rehearsal for La Sarthe. The all-time winners' list is heavily Toyota-tilted in the LMP1-Hybrid era, with [BMW M Team WRT](/teams/bmw-m-team-wrt) breaking into the win column for the first time at the 2026 round.
Manufacturers · 4 min read
What is the fastest LMDh car?
On raw lap time in our archive, the fastest LMDh car is the Cadillac V-Series.R: its 1:24.498 at Interlagos in 2025 is the quickest race lap any LMDh has set in the WEC, six hundredths ahead of the best from the Porsche 963. But the honest answer is that Balance of Performance keeps the LMDh field inside a window where "fastest" changes hands by circuit and by season, and the gap from best to fourth-best is under a second.
Classes · 3 min read
What does LMDh stand for?
LMDh stands for Le Mans Daytona h, with the lowercase h officially left ambiguous but universally read as hybrid. The name was chosen in 2020 when the ACO, organiser of Le Mans, and IMSA, organiser of the Daytona 24, agreed on a common prototype platform that could race for outright victory in both. The clumsy capitalisation is the point: the category belongs to both races at once.