Driver categorisation (Bronze to Platinum)

The FIA grades endurance drivers into four categories: Platinum and Gold for professionals with top-level records, Silver for less established or older professionals, Bronze for amateurs. The grade follows a driver's results and age, and it is reviewed annually.

The grading exists to make Pro-Am racing composable: classes like LMGT3 mandate crews built around graded amateurs, so the categorisation decides who may share a car. It also creates one of endurance racing's structural fascinations, the fast Bronze or Silver: a driver graded below their true pace changes what a crew can achieve, and grading decisions are argued about accordingly.