10% off your first order — create a free account

Create free account
✓ 14-day returns ✓ Hand-checked before dispatch ✓ Secure checkout
My account

BMW M8 GTE #81 Team MTEK M. Tomczyk / N. Catsburg / N. Yelloly 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018 Minichamps 1:18

Sold out
BMW M8 GTE #81 Team MTEK M. Tomczyk / N. Catsburg / N. Yelloly 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018 Minichamps 1:18 155182981 Diecast
1 / 6
Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW M8 GTE #81 reproduces Team MTEK's entry at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by Tomczyk, Catsburg, and Yelloly. A detailed piece marking BMW's comeback to Le Mans GT racing.
BMW M8 GTE #81 Team MTEK M. Tomczyk / N. Catsburg / N. Yelloly 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018 Minichamps 1:18
Current price: £154.00
Out of production

This model is currently sold out. Enter your email and we'll let you know when it's back in stock.

Browse BMW models
Pay securely with
Specifications
Car Brand
BMW
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155182981
Genuine articles Sourced from manufacturers
5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
Hassle-free returns 14-day no-quibble returns
Secure payment Bank-level encryption

About the BMW M8 GTE #81 Team MTEK M. Tomczyk / N. Catsburg / N. Yelloly 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW M8 GTE #81 reproduces Team MTEK's entry at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by Marco Wittmann's successors Tomczyk, Catsburg, and Yelloly. It captures BMW's factory return to Le Mans GT racing in genuine race-spec detail.

BMW's factory GT programme had been absent from Le Mans for years before the M8 GTE arrived, and this diecast marks that return rather than just another livery variant.

Race-Spec Detail Built for a Factory GTE Effort

Minichamps' motorsport line is built on getting factory liveries exactly right, and the #81 MTEK car carries the wide, flared bodywork and roof-mounted air intake typical of GTE-class prototypes derived from road cars. The diecast reproduces the vents, splitters, and sponsor graphics with the sharp tampo printing the brand's race models are known for, and the wide rear haunches of the M8's competition bodywork are captured with genuine presence rather than a softened approximation. Weight and heft in the hand confirm the diecast construction beneath the livery, giving this piece the substance a display-focused racing subject deserves.

BMW's Return to Le Mans GTE Competition

The M8 GTE marked BMW Motorsport's comeback to top-level Le Mans GT competition, run under the MTEK banner with a driver line-up of Martin Tomczyk, Nicky Catsburg, and Nick Yelloly for the 2018 edition. Entering Le Mans carries weight for any manufacturer regardless of finishing position, since the race remains the highest-profile stage in endurance GT racing. For a collector building a Le Mans GTE shelf across manufacturers, this M8 fills BMW's specific chapter in that story, a useful companion to Porsche, Ferrari, and Aston Martin entries from the same competitive era.

Same marque, same scale

Collectors also bought

Browse all 1:18

10% off your first order

Create a free account and claim 10% off your first order — from hundreds of collectible 1:18, 1:43 and 1:12 models by Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and more.

Create free account Browse the collection
Collectible 1:18 scale Porsche model on a clean studio backdrop — Models118 first-order offer
0