[7] In June 2021, BMW formally announced they would join IMSA's GTP class in 2023, using an LMDh-compliant racing design.

[9] A partnership with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to campaign the cars in IMSA was announced in November 2021, continuing a relationship that began with the BMW M3 GT2 in 2009.

[11][12][13] In August 2022, it was announced BMW would bring the car to the FIA World Endurance Championship as well, operated by Team WRT.

[15] In the opening hour of the race, a problem with the hybrid system forced Yelloy to the garage for an MGU replacement.

24 car was relegated to sixth after encountering brake and electrical problems in the closing hours.

[16] Farfus qualified ahead of De Phillippi at the 12 Hours of Sebring; they started sixth and eighth, respectively.

25 car recovered from a brake change in the final 2 hours to finish second after Mathieu Jaminet, Filipe Albuquerque, and Felipe Nasr collided.

[19][20] One month later at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, Yelloly qualified in fourth while Farfus took fifth.

25 car lost a tactical exchange of position and fell to eighth with a tyre disadvantage.

[24][25] De Phillippi and Yelloly started ahead of Eng and Farfus at the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen after qualifying was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

24 car retired with heavy damage after Farfus crashed at the exit of turn 1 on the opening lap.

25 BMW in the final minutes prior to the race ending behind the safety car, finishing in second.

[28] Later, BMW inherited the victory after the Porsche was disqualified for illegal skid block wear.

[31] Eng almost hit a safety vehicle during the first full course yellow period while Farfus made contact with Renger van der Zande's No.

[33] De Phillippi spun on the first formation lap was forced to start from tenth and crashed at turn eleven.

24 car was tenth after Eng made contact with Bourdais on the opening lap and encountered electrical issues.

[38] De Phillippi ran fourth after the second full course yellow and dropped to seventh after running wide at turn 10a while Farfus dropped to ninth after serving a drive-through penalty for changing lanes before crossing the start finish line at the start.

[39] Sheldon van der Linde collided with Alexander Sims in the pits during the third full course yellow period and received a nose change as well as stop plus 60 second hold penalty for running the red light at the exit of the pits, and drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.