Team WRT will revive one of BMW’s most recognisable historic colour schemes at the 2026 WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, with the #69 BMW M4 GT3 EVO set to race in a Jägermeister-inspired orange livery.
Anthony McIntosh, Dan Harper and Parker Thompson will carry the latest retro design during the sixth round of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship, continuing a season-long programme that has seen the #69 adopt a different tribute livery at each event.
The Fuji design draws from the famous orange colours that appeared on BMW touring and sports cars during the 1970s and became closely associated with some of the manufacturer’s most striking competition machinery. It follows earlier tributes including the Tic Tac-inspired scheme and BMW Parts design used during the 2026 campaign.
Jägermeister-inspired orange returns to BMW
The orange Jägermeister colours became closely linked to BMW motorsport during the 1970s, appearing on a range of competition cars at a time when sponsorship liveries increasingly became defining elements of racing machinery.
Among the notable drivers associated with the colours were Niki Lauda and Hans-Joachim Stuck. Lauda competed in a BMW 3.0 CSL carrying the distinctive appearance, while Stuck later raced a BMW 320 Group 5 in similar colours.
Those cars helped establish the bright orange design as one of the recognisable liveries from BMW’s extensive racing history. WRT has now drawn on that heritage for the latest appearance of McIntosh’s #69 M4 GT3 EVO.
The modern car does not simply recreate one specific historic machine. Instead, the design uses the familiar orange appearance as inspiration while adapting it to BMW’s current LMGT3 challenger and the wider retro-livery concept used throughout McIntosh’s WEC campaign.
WRT links Fuji design to bold era of racing
WRT highlighted the personality associated with the historic colour scheme when presenting its Fuji design.
The Belgian team described the livery as “synonymous with an era of bold colors, big wings and even bigger characters — something that rings true with the No. 69 trio.”
The bright orange design should ensure the #69 remains one of the more visually distinctive cars on the LMGT3 grid when track action begins at Fuji Speedway.
It also continues an approach that has helped differentiate the entry throughout the season. Rather than carrying one permanent design across all eight rounds, McIntosh has used each race to reference a different part of BMW’s motorsport and commercial history.
McIntosh planned eight different liveries for 2026
McIntosh revealed before the start of the campaign that the #69 would feature a different special tribute design at every WEC round.
The concept has allowed WRT to revisit several instantly recognisable BMW looks while keeping the car visually different from one event to the next.
Earlier in the season, the #69 raced with a Tic Tac-inspired livery before adopting a BMW Parts tribute at Spa-Francorchamps. Other rounds have continued the rotating theme, with Fuji now providing an opportunity to revisit one of the brightest colour combinations associated with BMW competition machinery.
The programme has accompanied an encouraging first full WEC campaign for McIntosh, Harper and Thompson. Their season has already included victory at Imola and a runner-up finish at Interlagos, giving the distinctive car competitive results to accompany its changing appearance.
Fuji continues #69 BMW’s retro theme
The Jägermeister-inspired design arrives for one of the final three races of the 2026 WEC season, with Fuji scheduled from 25-27 September.
McIntosh will again share the BMW with Harper and Thompson as Team WRT fields its two M4 GT3 EVOs in LMGT3. The trio will look to add another strong result to a campaign that began with victory at Imola while continuing to attract attention through its rotating collection of historic-inspired liveries.
Fuji represents another distinctive chapter in that project. Whereas previous designs have drawn on different periods of BMW’s history, the orange scheme recalls an era particularly associated with dramatic silhouettes, prominent sponsorship and some of the manufacturer’s most memorable racing cars.
With three rounds remaining, McIntosh’s season-long concept still has further designs to reveal. However, the Jägermeister-inspired Fuji livery is likely to rank among the most recognisable of the collection given its close association with BMW’s racing heritage.
