When does the 2027 WEC season start?

The 2027 calendar round by round

The FIA WEC published the 2027 calendar on 12 June 2026, during the Le Mans race week. It is the first nine-round season since 2017.

After Qatar, the season moves to Europe for four rounds. The 6 Hours of Imola runs on 9-11 April, the 6 Hours of Silverstone on 23-25 April and the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on 13-15 May. The 24 Hours of Le Mans follows on 9-13 June.

The second half covers the Americas and Asia. The 6 Hours of São Paulo is on 9-11 July and the Lone Star Le Mans at the Circuit of the Americas on 10-12 September. The 6 Hours of Fuji is on 24-26 September, and Bahrain closes the season on 4-6 November.

The dates above are race weekends as listed by the FIA WEC. Session and race start times come later, with each event's official timetable.

What Qatar has produced so far

Lusail has hosted two WEC races, both as the season opener and both over 1812 km. In 2024, the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Kévin Estre, André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor won after 335 laps, 33.297 seconds ahead of the No. 12 JOTA Porsche.

The 2025 race was closer. The No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen covered 318 laps and beat the customer No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari by 2.348 seconds.

The 2026 opener never ran. The Qatar race was postponed to October and then cancelled, and the 2026 season instead began at Imola on 19 April.

Toyota has yet to win at Lusail. Its best finish there is fifth, achieved by the No. 7 in 2024 and the No. 8 in 2025. That record contrasts with its 2026 form: three wins from the first six races.

Silverstone returns

The new round is Silverstone, back after an eight-year absence. The British circuit hosted eight WEC races from 2012 to 2019. Audi won three of them (2012, 2013 and 2015), Toyota three (2014, 2017 and 2019), Porsche one (2016) and privateer Rebellion Racing one (2018).

Silverstone was the season opener six times, every year from 2013 to 2017 and again in 2019-20. In 2027 it is round three. The last Silverstone round, in September 2019, was a four-hour race won by the No. 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid by 1.901 seconds from the sister No. 8. The 2027 race will run for six hours, according to the FIA WEC calendar.

The rest of 2026 comes first

Before the 2027 opener, the 2026 season still has two rounds. Barcelona hosts its first WEC race on 18 October and Monza closes the season on 8 November, both six-hour races added after the Qatar and Bahrain rounds were cancelled, per the FIA WEC announcement of 28 July 2026.

Monza returns after hosting three WEC races from 2021 to 2023, two won by Toyota and one by Alpine.

Bahrain returns as the 2027 finale with Toyota on a nine-race winning streak there, covering every Bahrain race from 2017 to 2025. Qatar, the opener, is the one Middle East venue where Toyota has yet to win.