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In 1979, a BMW M1 sporting a livery designed by Andy Warhol took the start in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. A Pop Art masterpiece was applied directly to the bodywork, inspiring an impressive performance and remarkable result in the race. Consequently, this Art Car has become one of the most famous and valuable racing cars in motorsport history.

Entered in the 1979 24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans by&nbsp;Herv&eacute; Poulain, the&nbsp;BMW M1 decorated by&nbsp;Andy Warhol embodied speed, performance and art. After finishing sixth overall, the car emerged as the quintessential Art Car of the BMW era.

<h2>Andy Warhol: the Pop Art Pioneer Takes on a Racing Car</h2>

Born in&nbsp;Pittsburgh in 1928, Warhol&nbsp;trained in advertising graphic design before revolutionising contemporary art at The Factory, his&nbsp;studio in New York City. He transformed everyday objects and popular icons into works of art. In 1979, BMW entrusted its fourth Art Car to Warhol.&nbsp;Like his predecessors, he&nbsp;received no payment, but&nbsp;unlike the other artists, he refused to&nbsp;settle for a scale model, painting&nbsp;the car himself&nbsp;directly onto the bodywork.

Andy Warhol:&nbsp;I have tried to show speed as a visual image. When an automobile is really traveling fast, all the lines and colors are transformed into a blur.&nbsp;In just 28 minutes, he applied nearly 6 kg of paint, transforming the&nbsp;BMW M1&nbsp;into a vibrant and destinctive canvas.

The #76&nbsp;BMW M1 fielded in the IMSA category was shared by&nbsp;Herv&eacute; Poulain, Marcel Mignot and&nbsp;Manfred Winkelhock. After qualifying 23rd, the car&nbsp;proved its&nbsp;potential during the race, reaching the chequered flag in sixth place overall and securing one of the top results for any BMW Art Car ever at the&nbsp;24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans.

Herv&eacute; Poulain: I was expecting a livery based on Marilyn Monroe and cans of soup.&nbsp;Instead, Andy Warhol was most interested in the mixing of the colours.&nbsp;He wondered which colour would prevail over another at 300 kph.

An extraordinary&nbsp;work of art, an authentic racing car and a&nbsp;Pop Art emblem: the&nbsp;Andy Warhol BMW M1 transcended the&nbsp;status of&nbsp;mere machine to claim&nbsp;definitively&nbsp;its role in the legacy of the&nbsp;24 Hours of Le Mans.

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BMW Art Cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – BMW M1 Andy Warhol: absolute icon

Last year, Ford Racing announced its return to the top tier of the endurance discipline. Today, the team has provided more details concerning its Hypercar programme.

Ford Racing steps up the pace in preparation for the 2027 24 Hours of Le Mans and FIA World Endurance Championship. Having publicised its intentions to enter <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/ford-in-the-top-class-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-in-2027-59293" target="_blank">a Hypercar entry</a>&nbsp;in January 2025, the American manufacturer spent a year putting together its programme, posing the technical foundations and forming a team. Now, twelve months later, the marque has revealed the scope of its campaign and the philosophy behind it.

The Ford Hypercar will be powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.4-litre &lsquo;Coyote&rsquo; V8 engine entirely developed inhouse and based on its Dark Horse R, GT4 and GT3 powerplants. The strategy is presented as a nod to Ford&rsquo;s glorious past at Le Mans, in particular the historic 1966 victory. According to the press release, the Dearborn team has been working with Red Bull Ford Powertrains to &ldquo;marry high-voltage technology to raw, Detroit-born power.&rdquo;

<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/ford-partners-with-oreca-for-hypercar-programme-launching-in-2027-59768" target="_blank">Ford has elected to use an Oreca chassis</a>. The aim is clear: to build a Hypercar capable of winning WEC races in its first season, 24 Hours of Le Mans included.

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<h2>Preparation in real conditions</h2>

Three drivers have already been named: Sebastian Priaulx, Mike Rockenfeller and Logan Sargeant. The first two are already members of the Ford family. In 2025 they drove the <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/ford-mustang-gt3-a-major-evolution-introduced-for-2026-60189" target="_blank">Mustang GT3</a>&nbsp;to victory in two rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Former 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (in 2010 with Audi) Mike Rockenfeller brings precious experience to the campaign.

As for Logan Sargeant, with 36 Formula One races to his name, he brings technical expertise and solid experience of racing single-seaters with high downforce &ndash; a great advantage in Hypercar development. An American driver at the wheel of a Ford at Le Mans is symbolic, and reminiscent of icons Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt.

Sebastian Priaulx and Mike Rockenfeller will take part in the European Le Mans Series 2026 in LMP2. The goal is to build up a methodology, refine procedures and garner operational experience ahead of the Hypercar entry. Ford is likely to turn to Proton Competition and its Oreca 07-Gibson for support. Ford Racing&rsquo;s hypercar programme manager Dan Sayers summarises the learning phase as a way of taking: &ldquo;the building blocks of this programme and stress-test them under the most demanding conditions on the planet.&nbsp;We are building more than just a car; we are building a legacy. We are reclaiming our seat at the top table of endurance racing. We are America&rsquo;s Race Team, and we are coming for the world.&rdquo;

Ford Racing is well and truly on the way back to the top tier of endurance. The next stage is no doubt the unveiling of the Hypercar ahead of the first track tests this summer.

Ford Racing has announced details of its Hypercar programme

In 1977, the BMW Art Car series turned to Pop Art with a comic-inspired design by Roy Lichtenstein for the new BMW 320i Turbo. The car covered in the artist’s famous Ben-Day dots crossed the 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans finish line.

In 1977, a major figure of Pop Art took on the challenge of turning a race car into a work of art. Roy Lichtenstein was the third artist, and the third American after <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/bmw-art-cars-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-bmw-3-0-csl-by-calder-the-pioneer-60204">Alexander Calder</a> and <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/bmw-art-cars-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-bmw-3-0-csl-by-frank-stella-the-graph-60206">Frank Stella</a> to illustrate a BMW fielded at Le Mans. The BMW 320i Turbo combined striking artwork with excellent results, claiming ninth place overall and a class win.

Lichtenstein turned to his emblematic Ben-Day dot pattern to decorate the BMW 320i Turbo, adding a reference to the car&rsquo;s racing environment on the sides. The design is reminiscent of the comic strip inspiration favoured by Lichtenstein since the sixties, and also portrays the surroundings through which the car is driven.

That year the initiator of the Art Car project Herv&eacute; Poulain shared the wheel with Marcel Mignot. The #50 started the race with the firm intention of finishing. &ldquo;Roy Lichtenstein used the sun rays and dots that are part of all his work, because they both were the right match for the 24 Hours of Le Mans,&rdquo; explained Poulain. &ldquo;The dots gave the car a feline look.&rdquo;

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<h2>An Art Car at the finish of the 24 Hours of Le Mans</h2>

The 1977 Art Car was a different model to the previous ones. The 320i Turbo was part of the 3 Series introduced in 1975 to replace the celebrated BMW 2002 and BMW elected to field the new car opposite the Porsche 935 in the new Group 5 classification. Its first Le Mans appearance was in 1977.

Marcel Mignot remembers being on tenterhooks throughout the race. &ldquo;Around 8 pm, I noticed the oil pressure was at zero. I went in and they sent me back out. The pressure went up from time to time, then back down again later on. I decided to ease off to protect the engine.&rdquo; Both drivers skilfully make up for the default and despite temperamental weather ranked sixth by daybreak. 
The BMW 320i Turbo gradually lost power as the hours ticked by, yet soldiered on.&ldquo;By the end of the race, the car was more and more difficult to handle due to the lack of power, but we finished ninth all the same,&rdquo; says Marcel Mignot. A remarkable result overall, and a class win. &ldquo;The sun on the car&rsquo;s side probably acted as a good-luck charm&rdquo; jokes the driver.

The BMW 320i Turbo by Lichtenstein marked an important stage in the Art Car saga: for the first time, the car didn&rsquo;t just attract attention in the early hours of the race as a work of art, it finished the race. In a fusion of Pop Art, endurance and mechanical engineering, the BMW Art Car went from cultural exhibit to real race car, earning a place in the history books.

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In a tribute to a half-century of fantastic liveries, this year&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.retromobile.com/en/">R&eacute;tromobile show</a> (28 January to 1 February at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles) will be showcasing the seven 24 Hours of Le Mans BMW Art Cars including the BMW 320i Turbo by Roy Lichtenstein.

BMW Art Cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – BMW 320i Turbo: the Pop Art performer

McLaren Racing has named Mikkel Jensen as driver for its 2027 24 Hours of Le Mans entry and FIA World Endurance Championship campaign.

McLaren Racing will be fielding a Hypercar at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2027. The British manufacturer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/2025-24-hours-of-le-mans-mclaren-introduces-the-world-to-its-hypercar-59772" target="_blank">took the wraps off</a> the twin-turbo V6 Hypercar&nbsp;with its Dallara-designed chassis at the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans. The time has come to constitute a driver crew. Mikkel Jensen is to race for the official McLaren United AS WEC Hypercar Team.

The 31-year-old&rsquo;s professional career began in 2017. He was rapidly successful in the various international GT classes and won European Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship titles at the wheel of prototypes, catching the eye of the Peugeot scouts who hired him to drive the 9X8 from 2023-5.

McLaren will spend 2026 developing its Hypercar. Mikkel Jensen has an important role to play in the programme. Meanwhile, he will be racing under the United Autosports banner in the Asian Le Mans Series and at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, round 1 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Mikkel Jensen: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m extremely proud to be joining the World Championship-winning McLaren family and excited to be a part of its Hypercar project from the early stages. Stepping onto the boulevard at the McLaren Technology Centre gives me goosebumps &ndash; it not only brings to life how much history McLaren has in Formula 1 but the 1995 Le Mans-winning F1 GTR reminds me that we have an incredible endurance story to continue.&rdquo;

James Barclay, McLaren Endurance Racing&rsquo;s Team Principal: &ldquo;Announcing Mikkel is another important milestone in the formation of our newHypercar team. He has already proven himself as one of the most competitive and well-rounded sportscar racing drivers in the world and will bring with him a wealth of experience from the Hypercar category. 
We will enter the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans in what will arguably be the most-competitive season of all time. We are delighted to have a driver of Mikkel&rsquo;s calibre, experience and future potential. Like us, he is a true racer and is therefore a great fit with our philosophy on people and culture, which has been integral to McLaren Racing&rsquo;s world championship-winning success in Formula 1. OurWorld Endurance Championship team is coming together nicely and Mikkel is a fantastic addition.&rdquo;

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McLaren Racing announces its first Hypercar driver

The 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans featured the second BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car, with a contrasting style to the previous year. After Alexander Calder’s explosion of colour came a black and white grid design by Frank Stella based on oversize graph paper.

The BMW 3.0 CSL by Frank Stella fielded at the 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans introduced a striking new Art Car: a technical drawing becoming a work of art as the car&rsquo;s livery.

Following on from the first Art Car, the <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/bmw-art-cars-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-bmw-3-0-csl-by-calder-the-pioneer-60204">BMW 3.0 CSL by Alexander Calder</a> fielded in 1975, BMW continued the series, offering racegoers a new artistic experience. Once again, the Bavarian manufacturer chose an American artist to design a livery. Motorsport aficionado Frank Stella was said to be delighted &ndash; honoured even &ndash; to accept the commission. Stella&rsquo;s design set colour aside to concentrate on structure.

<h2>An Art Car intended to attract attention</h2>

The distinctive black and white made the BMW 3.0 CSL stand out from the crowd, with the previous year&rsquo;s blocks of colour replaced by a reference to the squared paper used for technical drawing. The grid pattern highlighted the design of the car itself, as if it were wearing its structure on its bodywork. Applied by Walter Maurer, BMW&rsquo;s bodywork artist, the paintwork turned the 3.0 CSL into a fast-moving graphical object, in stark contrast to the many coloured liveries in the field. &ldquo;Painting cars, I think, is insanely difficult. You have to think of a new idea, and I didn&rsquo;t think of this idea. It was just luck. It was the first thing that I did, but it worked out quite well,&rdquo; said Stella.

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The strict lines hint at the formidable machinery beneath. With 750hp, the BMW 3.0 CSL was quick, and required expert driving. In the hands of Brian Redman and Peter Gregg it lived up to its potential, clocking the eighth best time in qualifying. But Le Mans is unforgiving and an oil issue forced withdrawal from the race.The car was not necessarily destined to win Le Mans, but &ldquo;They just wanted to take the lead, so that they could be in the newspapers. [The car] turned out to be a bonanza, because black and white reproduces really well so it separated itself from the field, you could really see it in the photos. So, it really served its purpose.&rdquo;

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<h2>The car on display for the 50th anniversary of R&eacute;tromobile</h2>

Frank Stella&rsquo;s career took a new turn thanks to the Art Car. A three-dimensional design was very different to flat surfaces. It fleshed out his work. &ldquo;The car must have had some influence because after that I tried to make shapes that were wavy and had more volume.&rdquo;

The BMW 3.0 CSL by Frank Stella confirmed the Art Car as an annual statement by BMW at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. As a reflection on volume, speed and perception, Stella&rsquo;s work confirmed the Art Car&rsquo;s status as part of the culture of the world&rsquo;s greatest endurance race.

In a tribute to a half-century of fantastic liveries, <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/all-seven-le-mans-bmw-art-cars-on-display-at-retromobile-2026-in-paris-60209">this year&rsquo;s R&eacute;tromobile show </a>(28 January to 1 February at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles) will be showcasing the seven 24 Hours of Le Mans BMW Art Cars, including the BMW 3.0 CSL by Frank Stella.

BMW Art Cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – BMW 3.0 CSL by Frank Stella: the graph

Lilou Wadoux is to pursue her collaboration with Ferrari as factory driver. With an IMSA title and several records already to her name, the Frenchwoman intends to continue making endurance racing history, 24 Hours of Le Mans included.

Ferrari has confirmed the renewal of Lilou Wadoux&rsquo;s contract for several years to come. Since she joined the manufacturer in 2023, she has become a rising star, winning the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class and earning several international podium places.

<h2>Already in the history books</h2>

Wadoux, who was born in the northern French town of Amiens on 10 April 2001 rapidly gained an international standing. Before joining Ferrari, she learned the ropes in the Peugeot Series in France and then competed at European level in the Alpine Elf Europe Cup. Her already impressive endurance career began in the FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 class with Richard Mille Racing Team.

Since 2023, Wadoux has driven a Ferrari in 32 races, banking four wins and seven more top three finishes. She was 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class champion, contributing to the manufacturer and team titles won by Ferrari and AF Corse. Lilou Wadoux was also the first woman to win a FIA WEC race since the championship began in 2012 &ndash; the 2023 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in LMGTE Am.

She took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023 and 2025 at the wheel of the Ferrari 488 GTE and 296 LMGT3. Her 24 Hours of Le Mans performance proves she can hold her own in one of the world&rsquo;s most demanding endurance races, where technical mastery, strategy and physical resistance are all-important.

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<h2>Ferrari&rsquo;s faith in the future</h2>

Antonello Coletta, Global Head of Ferrari Endurance and Corse Clienti: &quot;We are pleased to renew the collaboration with Lilou, who has now been part of the Ferrari family for three complete seasons. Over this three-year period our driver has shown significant growth, which has led her to achieve victories in different championships, as well as to win a title in a demanding and very important series such as the IMSA. We are confident the future will bring many more successes.&quot;

Lilou Wadoux:&quot;Continuing my journey with Ferrari makes me happy and proud. In my first three years as an official driver for the Prancing Horse I have always felt part of an extraordinary family. During this period, moreover, I achieved some important race successes and an IMSA title that means a great deal to me The aim is to continue along this path to achieve many more victories, continuing to write motorsport pages with Ferrari.&quot;

With noticeable performance in IMSA, Super GT in Japon and the FIA WEC, Lilou Wadoux has demonstrated the versatility and the grit that characterises great endurance drivers. The renewed Ferrari contract paves the way to victory on the world&rsquo;s circuits, including Le Mans.

Lilou Wadoux to continue her journey with Ferrari

Alpine Endurance Team has confirmed Victor Martins as their new recruit for the 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans (10-14 June 2026) and the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship. The Frenchman’s first experience of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be at the wheel of one of the two Alpine A424s entered in the Hypercar class.

Aged 24, Victor Martins comes to endurance racing after a successful spell in single-seaters. An Alpine Academy pupil, he has earned a seat in the Alpine A424 Hypercar following three seasons in Formula 2. 
He replaces Mick Schumacher who will compete in the 2026 IndyCar Series.

&ldquo;I&rsquo;m overjoyed to be joining the Alpine Endurance Team for 2026,&rdquo; said the 2022 Formula 3 champion, who did a test drive in the Alpine A424 in the 2024 FIA WEC Rookie Test in Bahrain. &ldquo;This will be my first 24 Hours of Le Mans and first FIA WEC. It&rsquo;s truly extraordinary. It&rsquo;s an important career milestone. I&rsquo;m grateful to Alpine for believing in me. We&rsquo;ll do all we can to put Alpine among the leaders.&rdquo;

Last October, Alpine Endurance Team announced that <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/antonio-felix-da-costa-set-to-join-alpine-s-fia-wec-programme-from-2026-60056">Ant&oacute;nio&nbsp;F&eacute;lix da Costa</a> had joined the team. The team&rsquo;s FIA WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans squad is therefore composed of: Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Makowiecki, Jules Gounon, Charles Milesi, Ferdinand Habsburg, Ant&oacute;nio F&eacute;lix da Costa and Victor Martins.

Related story &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/alpine-endurance-team-one-win-in-2025-how-many-in-2026-60143" target="_blank">Victory for Alpine Endurance Team. A sign of things to come in 2026?</a>

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A multicoloured BMW 3.0 made a splash at the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car, designed by Alexander Calder and driven by Hervé Poulain failed to reach the finish line, but successfully launched the lineage of BMW Art Cars. Motor racing and art: a winning combination.

Alexander Calder&rsquo;s artwork on the BMW 3.0 CSL sparked a lasting trend that combines creative expression and powerful machinery.

Art auctioneer and ardent motor racing fan Herv&eacute; Poulain had the idea of commissioning an artist to decorate his BMW 3.0 CSL to compete at the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans. He chose Alexander Calder, a Francophile American sculptor who had lived in Paris in the 1920s. The result was a splendidly colourful 3.0 CSL. Response was phenomenal and the Art Car was born.

Developed from the 3.0 CS and the 1971 3.0 CSi, the 3.0 CSL was awarded a special racing homologation in 1972. Crowned European Touring Car Champion in 1973, the car was class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and subsequent two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. 
Poulain and his teammates Sam Posey and Jean Guichet had to retire from the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans but not before the Calder-Mobil art had made its mark on all who laid eyes on it.

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The BMW 3.0 CSL by Calder was the first of a series of 24 Hours of Le Mans BMW Art Cars that saw liveries by such legends as Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. The German manufacturer became known and respected for its artistic penchant, with iconic designs celebrating the meeting of speed and creativity.

In a tribute to a half-century of fantastic liveries, <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/all-seven-le-mans-bmw-art-cars-on-display-at-retromobile-2026-in-paris-60209">this year&rsquo;s R&eacute;tromobile show</a> (28 January to 1 February at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles) will be showcasing the seven 24 Hours of Le Mans BMW Art Cars with the BMW 3.0 CSL Calder in pride of place.

Photo:&nbsp;Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

BMW Art Cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – BMW 3.0 CSL by Calder: the pioneer

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