The pair were named on Wednesday along with Rene Rast and Robin Frijns when the German manufacturer firmed up the line-ups in the two M Hybrid V8 LMDhs that will compete under the BMW M Team WRT banner during its maiden season in Hypercar.
Marciello and Wittmann will be teamed in the #15 entry with Dries Vanthoor, who was listed against the car on the publication of this season’s WEC entry list at the end of November.
Rast and Frijns will drive #20 together with Sheldon van der Linde, who was also confirmed as part of the WEC programme on the release of the entry.
Marciello moves into a role in BMW’s WEC squad as expected after joining the marque from Mercedes at the conclusion of last season.
The Italian, a kingpin of Mercedes’s GT3 roster from 2018, had been set to drive Lamborghini’s new SC63 LMDh until BMW made an approach over the summer.
BMW stalwart Wittmann moves over to a full prototype programme after making three IMSA SportsCar Championship starts last year aboard a Rahal-run M Hybrid V8 alongside his assaults on the DTM and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with the BMW M4 GT3.
Rast and Frijns are both longtime regulars with WRT from their time as Audi factory drivers prior to moving to BMW in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Source: Autosport