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The Porsche 963 raced 89 times in the World Endurance Championship between 2023-2025. For its full race history, browse the Porsche profile or any season's calendar.
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Manufacturers · 5 min read
Why did Audi leave the WEC?
[Audi](/manufacturers/audi) ended its LMP1-Hybrid programme at the end of the 2016 WEC season, citing budget reallocation following the Volkswagen Group's 2015 diesel-emissions investigation. The decision closed a 17-year top-class endurance racing programme that had produced 13 24 Hours of Le Mans wins, 17 WEC overall race wins and the most consistent LMP1 manufacturer effort in motorsport history. Audi has not returned to top-class endurance racing since, although the marque had announced a Formula 1 entry for 2026 with Sauber.
Drivers · 4 min read
Who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Hypercar era?
Five teams have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the Hypercar class arrived in 2021. Toyota Gazoo Racing took the first two runnings with the GR010 Hybrid. Ferrari has won every Le Mans since, taking three consecutive overall victories with the 499P from 2023 to 2025. Every winning crew so far has been all new to Le Mans victory at the time of the win.
Drivers · 4 min read
Who has the most WEC race fastest laps?
[Kamui Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) has set the most race fastest laps in WEC history, with 23 across 102 race sessions since 2012. [Mike Conway](/drivers/mike-conway) sits second with 22, followed by [Jose Maria Lopez](/drivers/jose-maria-lopez) on 20, [Andre Lotterer](/drivers/andre-lotterer) on 17 and [Brendon Hartley](/drivers/brendon-hartley) on 16. The top five all share a Toyota Gazoo Racing connection at some point in their WEC careers, with Lotterer the only one to set most of his fastest laps for a different manufacturer.
Manufacturers · 4 min read
Which manufacturer has won the most Hypercar-era WEC races?
[Toyota](/manufacturers/toyota) has won the most Hypercar-era WEC races with 21 overall victories since the class debuted in 2021. [Ferrari](/manufacturers/ferrari) sits second with 7 wins, all in the 2023-2025 stretch. [Porsche](/manufacturers/porsche) has 4 wins, [Alpine](/manufacturers/alpine) has 3, with single victories for [Cadillac](/manufacturers/cadillac) and [BMW](/manufacturers/bmw). Six different manufacturers winning in five seasons is the deepest top-class spread the WEC has had since the championship started in 2012.
Manufacturers · 5 min read
What was the Porsche 919 Hybrid era?
The [Porsche 919 Hybrid](/cars/porsche-919-hybrid) era ran from 2014 to 2017 in the WEC's LMP1-Hybrid class. The car took 16 race wins in four WEC seasons, three consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans victories (2015, 2016, 2017), three Manufacturers' championships (2015, 2016, 2017) and three Drivers' titles. Porsche withdrew from LMP1-Hybrid at the end of 2017, citing budget reallocation toward Formula E. The 919 then ran a separate 919 Hybrid Evo programme in 2018 that set the all-time Nordschleife lap record at 5:19.55.
Regulations · 4 min read
What is the difference between LMH and LMDh?
LMH (Le Mans Hypercar) and LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h) are the two platform types that share the top class of the WEC, the Hypercar class. LMH cars are designed from scratch by their manufacturer, including the chassis, hybrid system and engine. LMDh cars are built around one of four spec LMP2 chassis (Dallara, Ligier, Multimatic, Oreca) with a manufacturer-developed engine bolted on top of a single mandated spec hybrid kit. Both platforms race each other through a system called Equivalence of Technology, designed to make them lap at the same pace.