日: 2025年6月13日

Last year saw more than 750,000 fans pour through the gates over the course of the season’s eight rounds, and with a record on-site attendance at Spa-Francorchamps last month – and a huge crowd expected at this weekend’s 93rd edition of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans – the current campaign looks set to raise the bar even higher.

For the third consecutive season, FIA WEC will visit five different regions in 2026 – Europe, North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East – with the dates having been officially rubber-stamped during this week’s FIA World Motor Sport Council reunion in Macau. The action will begin a month later than usual in Qatar, as Lusail International Circuit hosts the traditional ‘Prologue’ group test and curtain-raising contest in late March.

The championship will subsequently return to Europe for rounds two, three and four at Imola in Italy, Spa in Belgium and Le Mans in France for the most famous circuit race in the world. The second half of the campaign then consists of long-haul contests, as competitors travel overseas to São Paulo in Brazil in July, Austin in the US and Japan’s iconic Fuji International Speedway in September and finally, Bahrain International Circuit, where champions will be crowned in early November.

Frédéric Lequien, CEO, FIA World Endurance Championship, said: “We are pleased to present our 2026 FIA WEC calendar, which reflects the series’ success by building upon a winning formula and format. All eight events have established themselves as firm favourites amongst competitors and fans. Every circuit offers its own unique characteristics and challenges – and invariably brings out the best from our incredible drivers, cars and teams. We look forward to continuing to put on a thrilling show all around the world!”

Pierre Fillon, President, Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), said: “We are thrilled by the growth of the FIA World Endurance Championship in recent years, a large part of which can be attributed to the series’ stability in terms of partners, participants and venues. FIA WEC offers an irresistible platform for manufacturers eager to do battle for supremacy, and the 2026 calendar will once again enable them to showcase their skills and ingenuity to a highly-invested global audience.”

Richard Mille, President, FIA Endurance Commission, said: “After a period of expansion, including the addition of an eighth round in 2024, the FIA World Endurance Championship enters a phase of consolidation and stability with next season’s calendar. The schedule continues to feature world-class circuits across key regions, striking the right balance between global exposure for manufacturers and the need to keep participation costs at a reasonable level. This stability lays a strong foundation for the continued success of the Hypercar class and supports the sustained growth of the world’s premier endurance racing series.”

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Originally set to conclude in 2029, the extended homologation cycle ensures long-term stability for the Hypercar class, a technical platform that has enjoyed significant success since its debut in 2021.

Since its launch, 12 different manufacturers have participated in the class, building cars to either LMH (seven) or LMDh (five) regulations. This strong manufacturer involvement has been instrumental in driving the recent growth and popularity of the WEC.

With more automotive brands preparing to enter the class in 2026 and 2027, the extension allows them to avoid developing entirely new cars for a brief homologation cycle. Instead, both new and existing competitors can continue to build on and refine their current platforms.

This move solidifies Hypercar as a stable, long-term formula.

NEXT-GEN TURBOCHARGED LMP2 TO FEATURE TWO CHASSIS SUPPLIERS AND UPGRADED SAFETY
Following approval by the FIA World Motor Sport Council and announced during the traditional pre 24 Hours of Le Mans press conference, the results of the FIA-launched tender for the chassis and engine suppliers of the next-generation LMP2 category, set to debut in 2028, have been revealed.

LMP2 will continue to be powered exclusively by Gibson Technology engines, now turbocharged to improve efficiency, while maintaining a single engine supplier to help keep costs under control.

The chassis, featuring safety upgrades, including a new central driving position, will come from one of the two approved constructors, Oreca or Ligier Automotive, providing the class with diversity in terms of aesthetics of the cars.

LMP2 continues to be a vital category in endurance racing, with full-season competition across the European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, and IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as its traditional one-off appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

This next-generation package ensures LMP2 will remain a competitive, accessible, and safe platform for privateer teams and emerging talent in the evolving endurance racing landscape.

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During the 2025 FIA Extraordinary General Assemblies, the FIA presented and approved its 2024 accounts and Activity Report, detailing the FIA’s successful return to financial health during Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s presidency.

Earlier this year, the FIA announced that it had recorded an operating result of €4.7m in 2024, its strongest financial result since 2018. The full 2024 Activity Report can be found here. 

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Alex Lynn produced a sensational lap of 3:23.166s behind the wheel of the #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R to cement his second career pole position in the FIA World Endurance Championship. This was achieved 12 months after missing out on the top spot on the starting grid at La Sarthe by a tiny 0.138 seconds. Today, the Briton put that pain firmly in the past.

If the 31-year-old found himself on the wrong side of a single tenth-of-a-second in 2024, today he was not to be denied, clinching the prime starting berth by 0.167 seconds as Cadillac became the first American marque to claim the outright pole for the race since 1967 and Lynn the first British driver to do so since Johnny Herbert in 2004. 

Not only that, but to complete the Detroit-based brand’s delight, Earl Bamber put the #38 V-Series.R alongside the sister car in second on the grid – a feat previously accomplished by only four other manufacturers.

Mathieu Jaminet ran the Caddy pair closest in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s leading #5 963 entry, delivering the reigning world champions a timely boost in what has been a tough season to-date.

After yesterday’s disqualification for the #6 963 Hypercar, the wheels looked to be falling off Porsche’s challenge again in H1 – quite literally for Julien Andlauer, as his rear-right wheel parted company with the car while the Frenchman was sat at the summit of the timing screens – but the German prototype made it through to the Q2 top ten shootout and Jaminet rewarded the team’s efforts by securing third on the grid, after again topping the timesheets for much of the session.

Dries Vanthoor produced a rapid last lap to fire BMW M Team WRT’s #15 M Hybrid V8 up to fourth ahead of IMSA championship leader Nick Tandy in the #4 Porsche and Sheldon van der Linde in the second BMW Hypercar.

The biggest surprise of the session was the comparative lack of speed from the three Ferrari 499Ps, which have dominated proceedings thus far in FIA WEC in 2025. Antonio Fuoco could manage no better than seventh in last year’s race-winning #50 scarlet machine, with the championship-leading #51 499P piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi and the privately-run #83 AF Corse entry in the hands of Yifei Ye failing to make the H2 cut at a track where the Prancing Horse has won in each of the past two years.

2025 24 Hours of le Mans pole sitters:

• Hypercar: Cadillac V-Series.R #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA – Will Stevens, Norman Nato, Alex Lynn – 03.23.166
• LMP2: Oreca 07-Gibson #29 TDS Racing – Rodrigo Sales, Mathias Beche, Clément Novalak (LMP2 Pro/Am) – 03.35.062
• LMGT3: Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 #27 Heart of Racing – Ian James, Mattia Drudi, Zacharie Robichon – 03.52.789

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