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 is unchanged from 2025, with the only notable change that the Qatar race moves from February to March.[1]

Locations of the 2026 races
Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
Prologue Losail International Circuit Lusail 22/23 March
1 Qatar 1812 km 28 March
2 6 Hours of Imola Imola Circuit Imola 19 April
3 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot 9 May
4 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 13–14 June
5 6 Hours of São Paulo Interlagos Circuit São Paulo 12 July
6 Lone Star Le Mans Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 6 September
7 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 27 September
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[2] Aston Martin Valkyrie Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 M 007 Tom Gamble[3] TBC
Ross Gunn[3] TBC
Harry Tincknell[3] TBC
009 Roman De Angelis[3] TBC
Alex Riberas[3] TBC
Marco Sørensen[3] TBC
Toyota Gazoo Racing[4] Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 7 Mike Conway[5] TBC
Kamui Kobayashi[5] TBC
Nyck de Vries[5] TBC
8 Sébastien Buemi[5] TBC
Brendon Hartley[5] TBC
Ryō Hirakawa[5] TBC
Cadillac Hertz Team Jota[6] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 Hybrid M 12 Alex Lynn[6] TBC
Norman Nato[6] TBC
Will Stevens[6] TBC
38 Jack Aitken[6] TBC
Earl Bamber[6] TBC
Sébastien Bourdais[6] TBC
BMW M Team WRT[7] BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 15 Kevin Magnussen[8] TBC
Raffaele Marciello[8] TBC
Dries Vanthoor[8] TBC
20 Robin Frijns[8] TBC
René Rast[8] TBC
Sheldon van der Linde[8] TBC
Genesis Magma Racing[9] Genesis GMR-001 Genesis 3.2 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 17 Pipo Derani[9] TBC
André Lotterer[9] TBC
Mathys Jaubert[10] TBC
19 Paul-Loup Chatin[11] TBC
Mathieu Jaminet[11] TBC
Daniel Juncadella[10] TBC
Alpine Endurance Team[12] Alpine A424 Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 35 António Félix da Costa[12] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
36 Frédéric Makowiecki[2] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
Ferrari AF Corse[13] Ferrari 499P Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 50 Antonio Fuoco[14] TBC
Miguel Molina[14] TBC
Nicklas Nielsen[14] TBC
51 James Calado[14] TBC
Antonio Giovinazzi[14] TBC
Alessandro Pier Guidi[14] TBC
AF Corse[15] 83 Yifei Ye[14] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
Peugeot TotalEnergies[16] Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 93 Nick Cassidy[16] TBC
Paul di Resta[17] TBC
Théo Pourchaire[18] TBC
94 Loïc Duval[17] TBC
Malthe Jakobsen[17] TBC
Stoffel Vandoorne[17] TBC
Hypercar team changes
  • Hyundai will make their debut in the World Endurance Championship under their Genesis brand, with the cars built by Oreca.[19]
  • 2024 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Champions Porsche Penske Motorsport will leave the series, as Porsche switches its focus to the IMSA SportsCar Championship.[20] Proton Competition will also leave the Hypercar class following Porsche's exit.[21]
Hypercar driver changes

LMGT3

Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Garage 59[27] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 G 10 Antares Au[28] TBC
Tom Fleming[28] TBC
Marvin Kirchhöfer[28] TBC
58 Finn Gehrsitz[28] TBC
Benjamin Goethe[28] TBC
Alexander West[28] TBC
Vista AF Corse[29] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 G 21 François Heriau[2] TBC
Simon Mann[2] TBC
Alessio Rovera[2] TBC
54 Francesco Castellacci[2] TBC
Thomas Flohr[2] TBC
Davide Rigon[2] TBC
Heart of Racing Team[29] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 G 23 Gray Newell[3] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
27 Ian James[3] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
Team WRT[29] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 G 32 Augusto Farfus[30] TBC
Sean Gelael[30] TBC
Darren Leung[30] TBC
69 Dan Harper[30] TBC
Anthony McIntosh[31] TBC
Parker Thompson[31] TBC
TF Sport[32] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 G 33 Nicky Catsburg[33] TBC
Jonny Edgar[34] TBC
Ben Keating[34] TBC
Racing Team Turkey by TF[2] 34 Peter Dempsey[34] TBC
Charlie Eastwood[33] TBC
Salih Yoluç[34] TBC
Iron Lynx[35] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 G 61 Rui Andrade[36] TBC
Martin Berry[36] TBC
Maxime Martin[36] TBC
79 Matteo Cressoni[36] TBC
Lin Hodenius[36] TBC
Johannes Zelger[36] TBC
Proton Competition[29] Ford Mustang GT3 Evo Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 G 77 Ben Tuck[37] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
88 Giammarco Levorato[37] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
Akkodis ASP Team[29] Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 G 78 Hadrien David[38] TBC
Esteban Masson[39] TBC
Tom van Rompuy[40] TBC
87 José María López[39] TBC
Clemens Schmid[38] TBC
Răzvan Umbrărescu[40] TBC
Manthey DK Engineering[41][2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 G 91 Timur Boguslavskiy[42][N 1] TBC
James Cottingham[42] TBC
Ayhancan Güven[43] TBC
The Bend Manthey[41][2] 92 Richard Lietz[43] TBC
Riccardo Pera[42] TBC
Yasser Shahin[42] TBC
LMGT3 team changes
  • Garage 59 will make their series debut replacing United Autosports to run the McLaren cars.[27]
  • After 4 years in the series, Iron Dames will discontinue their WEC campaign, and the entry will return back to Manthey Racing.[44]
  • Racing Team Turkey returns to the FIA WEC, making their LMGT3 debut with Corvette and TF Sport.
  • Heart of Racing Team will bring two LMGT3 entries with the 23 Aston Martin Vantage LMGT3 replacing the single Racing Spirit of Léman entry from 2025.[3]

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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