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BMW has revealed that Team WRT’s #20 M V8 Hybrid will become their celebrated 20th ‘Art Car’, and will be
The 20th BMW Art Car will participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race this year, with Robin Frijns, Sheldon van der Linde, and Rene Rast as the drivers. The car’s design, created by artist Julie Mehretu, features a combination of obscured photographs, dotted grids, neon-colored spray paint, and Mehretu’s distinctive markings. Using a 3D mapping technique, the design was transferred onto the vehicle’s contours, resulting in a unique artistic foiling. Mehretu was chosen to design the car in 2018 by a jury from the art world and will also design the drivers’ racing suits. This marks BMW’s return to the top class of sportscar racing since their victory at Le Mans in 1999.
