2026 FIA World Endurance Championship

2026 FIA World Endurance Championship
OrganizerAutomobile Club de l'Ouest
DisciplineSports car endurance racing
Number of races8
Champions
Hypercar Manufacturer
LMGT3 Team

The 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship will be the fourteenth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, a sports car racing series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series will be open to Hypercars (built under Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) or Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh) regulations) and LMGT3 racing cars.

Calendar

The calendar was announced on 13 June 2025, during the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The calendar was unchanged from 2025, with the only notable change that the Qatar race was planned to move from February to March.[1] In March 2026, the Qatar 1812 km was postponed until October due to the evolving geopolitical situation in the Middle East caused by the 2026 Iran war.[2][3] As a result, the 6 Hours of Imola became the opening round of the season.[4][5]

Locations of the 2026 races
Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
Prologue Imola Circuit Imola 14 April
1 6 Hours of Imola 19 April
2 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot 9 May
3 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 13–14 June
4 6 Hours of São Paulo Interlagos Circuit São Paulo 12 July
5 Lone Star Le Mans Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 6 September
6 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 27 September
7 Qatar 1812 km Losail International Circuit Lusail 24 October
8 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir 7 November

Entries

Hypercar

Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Aston Martin THOR Team[6] Aston Martin Valkyrie Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 M 007 Tom Gamble[7] TBC
Ross Gunn[7] TBC
Harry Tincknell[7] TBC
009 Roman De Angelis[7] TBC
Alex Riberas[7] TBC
Marco Sørensen[7] TBC
Toyota Racing[8] Toyota TR010 Hybrid[9] Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 7 Mike Conway[10] TBC
Kamui Kobayashi[10] TBC
Nyck de Vries[10] TBC
8 Sébastien Buemi[10] TBC
Brendon Hartley[10] TBC
Ryō Hirakawa[10] TBC
Cadillac Hertz Team Jota[11] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 Hybrid M 12 Alex Lynn[11] TBC
Norman Nato[11] TBC
Will Stevens[11] TBC
38 Jack Aitken[11] TBC
Earl Bamber[11] TBC
Sébastien Bourdais[11] TBC
BMW M Team WRT[12] BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 15 Kevin Magnussen[13] TBC
Raffaele Marciello[13] TBC
Dries Vanthoor[13] TBC
20 Robin Frijns[13] TBC
René Rast[13] TBC
Sheldon van der Linde[13] TBC
Genesis Magma Racing[14] Genesis GMR-001 Genesis G8MR 3.2 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 17 Pipo Derani[14] TBC
Mathys Jaubert[15] TBC
André Lotterer[14] TBC
19 Paul-Loup Chatin[16] TBC
Mathieu Jaminet[16] TBC
Daniel Juncadella[15] TBC
Alpine Endurance Team[17] Alpine A424 Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 35 António Félix da Costa[17] TBC
Ferdinand Habsburg[18] TBC
Charles Milesi[19] TBC
36 Jules Gounon[19] TBC
Frédéric Makowiecki[6] TBC
Victor Martins[20] TBC
Ferrari AF Corse[21] Ferrari 499P Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 50 Antonio Fuoco[22] TBC
Miguel Molina[22] TBC
Nicklas Nielsen[22] TBC
51 James Calado[22] TBC
Antonio Giovinazzi[22] TBC
Alessandro Pier Guidi[22] TBC
AF Corse[23] 83 Phil Hanson[24] TBC
Robert Kubica[24] TBC
Yifei Ye[24] TBC
Peugeot TotalEnergies[25] Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 93 Nick Cassidy[25] TBC
Paul di Resta[26] TBC
Stoffel Vandoorne[26] TBC
94 Loïc Duval[26] TBC
Malthe Jakobsen[26] TBC
Théo Pourchaire[27] TBC
Hypercar team changes
  • 2024 World Endurance Drivers' Champions Porsche Penske Motorsport withdrew from Hypercar amid a shift in focus to IMSA and Formula E.[28] Despite plans from Roger Penske, Christian Ried and FAT International's Ferdi Porsche to keep the 963 in WEC,[29] the customer No. 99 Proton Competition car was a casualty of Porsche's exit.[30]
    Porsche (left) pulled the plug on its Hypercar programme, as Genesis (right) entered WEC for the first time.
  • Genesis Magma Racing, the racing division of Hyundai luxury brand Genesis, made its prototype debut with an Oreca-built LMDh.[31][32]
  • Toyota Gazoo Racing reverted to the Toyota Racing name, last used in 2015, and renamed its GR010 Hybrid as TR010 Hybrid as part of a bodywork update.[9][33]
Hypercar driver changes

LMGT3

Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Garage 59[42] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 G 10 Antares Au[43] TBC
Tom Fleming[43] TBC
Marvin Kirchhöfer[43] TBC
58 Finn Gehrsitz[43] TBC
Benjamin Goethe[43] TBC
Alexander West[43] TBC
Vista AF Corse[44] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 G 21 François Hériau[6] TBC
Simon Mann[6] TBC
Alessio Rovera[6] TBC
54 Francesco Castellacci[6] TBC
Thomas Flohr[6] TBC
Davide Rigon[6] TBC
Heart of Racing Team[44] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 G 23 Jonny Adam[45] TBC
Eduardo Barrichello[45] TBC
Gray Newell[45] TBC
27 Mattia Drudi[45] TBC
Ian James[45] TBC
Zacharie Robichon[45] TBC
Team WRT[44] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 G 32 Augusto Farfus[46] TBC
Sean Gelael[46] TBC
Darren Leung[46] TBC
69 Dan Harper[46] TBC
Anthony McIntosh[47] TBC
Parker Thompson[47] TBC
TF Sport[48] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 G 33 Nicky Catsburg[49] TBC
Jonny Edgar[50] TBC
Ben Keating[50] TBC
Racing Team Turkey by TF[6] 34 Peter Dempsey[50] TBC
Charlie Eastwood[49] TBC
Salih Yoluç[50] TBC
Iron Lynx[51] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 G 61 Rui Andrade[52] TBC
Martin Berry[52] TBC
Maxime Martin[52] TBC
79 Matteo Cressoni[52] TBC
Lin Hodenius[52] TBC
Johannes Zelger[52] TBC
Proton Competition[44] Ford Mustang GT3 Evo Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 G 77 Eric Powell[53] TBC
Sebastian Priaulx[53] TBC
Ben Tuck[54] TBC
88 Stefano Gattuso[53] TBC
Giammarco Levorato[54] TBC
Logan Sargeant[53] TBC
Akkodis ASP Team[44] Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 G 78 Hadrien David[55] TBC
Jack Hawksworth[56] TBC
Esteban Masson[57] TBC
Tom Van Rompuy[58] TBC
87 José María López[57] TBC
Clemens Schmid[55] TBC
Răzvan Umbrărescu[58] TBC
Manthey DK Engineering[6][59] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 G 91 Timur Boguslavskiy[60][N 1] TBC
James Cottingham[60] TBC
Ayhancan Güven[61] TBC
The Bend Manthey[6][59] 92 Richard Lietz[61] TBC
Riccardo Pera[60] TBC
Yasser Shahin[60] TBC
LMGT3 team changes

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Boguslavskiy is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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