Lamborghini joins growing LMDh class for Le Mans and Daytona

Lamborghini has become the latest manufacturer to announce its intention to join the World Endurance Championship and IMSA series in 2024 with an LMDh entry.

As opposed to the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) category in World Endurance Championship competition, the Le Mans Daytona hybrid (LMDh) LMDh rule set will allow Lamborghini to race in WEC as well as IMSA in North America, joining Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Porsche and Alpine on the entry list.

Developing an LMDh racer for the 2024 season, Lamborghini's entry will see it not only compete in the two championships on either sides of the Atlantic, but also have its first crack at overall honours in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Daytona 24 Hour.

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Lamborghini Chairman and CEO Stephan Winkelmann said the move to racing for outright rather than class wins in GT racing was overdue for the Italian marque, as the company also looks to make its entire road car line-up plug-in hybrid by 2024.

“This step up into the highest echelon of sports car racing marks an important milestone for our company,” said Winkelmann.

“We will be measuring ourselves against the very best, on the most demanding proving grounds. On one hand, this will give our successful motorsports program even more visibility, but it will also allow us to test future technologies: our LMDh prototypes will become our most sophisticated open laboratory on four wheels.”

Manufacturers in LMDh are allowed to buy a chassis from one of four constructors – ORECA, Ligier, Multimatic and Dallara – with the freedom to use their own road car-influenced bodywork over the top, as well as mating their own engines (capped at 470kW) to a spec 50kW electric motor.

In addition to its aforementioned LMDh competitors, Lamborghini's 2024 Le Mans team will be up against the LMH entries of Toyota, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, Peugeot, Ferrari and Vanwall/ByKolles.