Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean will return to top-level motorsport in 2024 by taking the wheel of Lamborghini’s new LMDh race car.
Grosjean, who raced for Renault, Lotus and Haas during his time in F1, was named driver for Lamborghini Iron Lynxthe factory-backed team that will compete in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2024 with Lamborghini’s new LMDh race car.
Previously confirmed drivers include Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti, both existing Lamborghini factory drivers.
Grosjean, after leaving F1 at the end of 2020, partly due to an injury sustained in an accident that year Bahrain Grand Prix, spent most of his time in IndyCar. He will now join Lamborghini Iron Lynx in 2023 to help develop the LMDh, while also competing in select GT racing driving an Iron Lynx-lined Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2.
Romain Grosjean
“It’s an honor to join Lamborghini, it’s such an iconic brand for everyone who loves cars, including myself and my children,” Grosjean said in a statement.
Lamborghini has yet to reveal its LMDh, but we do know that it will use a chassis sourced from Ligier, one of four chassis suppliers for LMDh, and will also use a V-8 hybrid powertrain, the V -8 to be a new twin-turbo. unit developed by Lamborghini’s own Squadra Corse racing arm, although believed to be related to the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V-8 fitted to Lamborghini’s Urus SUV. The hybrid component will be a single motor-generator integrated into a 7-speed transmission.
Rival teams’ LMDh cars will begin racing in 2023, in the GTP class of the SportsCar championship and the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship. Acura, BMW, Cadillacand Porsche will enter LMDh racing cars in 2023, with Alpine and Lamborghini to join the fray in 2024. ByKolles, Ferrari, Glickenhaus, Peugeotand Toyota are all entered in the rival LMH car class.
The first race that will see LMDh cars hit the track will be the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona next month. It will serve as the opening round of the 2023 SportsCar Championship.