FIA World Endurance Championship
2021
Champions
2021 Title Winners
Hypercar · Drivers
173 pts
- Mike Conway
GBR · 3 wins · 5 podiums
- Kamui Kobayashi
JPN · 3 wins · 5 podiums
- Jose Maria Lopez
ARG · 3 wins · 5 podiums
Drivers · Drivers
177 pts
- James Calado
GBR
LMGTE Am · Drivers
150 pts
- Nicklas Nielsen
DNK · 3 wins · 3 podiums
- Alessio Rovera
ITA · 3 wins · 3 podiums
- François Perrodo
FRA · 3 wins · 3 podiums
LMP2 · Teams
151 pts
- TWTEAM WRT
— · 2 wins · 3 podiums
Manufacturers · Manufacturers
291 pts
Calendar · 7 rounds
The 2021 Season
Round
1
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
Round
2
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
Round
3
Round 3 - AUTODROMO NAZIONALE DI MONZA
16 Jul 2021 - 18 Jul 2021 · 7 sessions
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
Round
4
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
Round
5
Round 5 - BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 6 HOURS
BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 6 HOURS
28 Oct 2021 - 30 Oct 2021 · 7 sessions
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
Round
6
Round 6 - BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 8 HOURS
BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 8 HOURS
4 Nov 2021 - 6 Nov 2021 · 7 sessions
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
From the answers archive
Questions about this season
Classes · 4 min read
Why does every LMP2 team race an Oreca 07?
Four constructors are licensed to build LMP2 cars: Oreca, Ligier, Dallara and Multimatic. In practice the grid chose one. The Oreca 07 proved faster and easier to run than its rivals when the ruleset launched in 2017, customer demand snowballed, and the other chassis disappeared from the WEC within five seasons. Since 2022, every LMP2 entry in the championship has been an Oreca 07 with the spec Gibson V8 behind the cockpit.
Drivers · 4 min read
Who is Sebastien Buemi?
[Sebastien Buemi](/drivers/sebastien-buemi) is a Swiss endurance and Formula E racing driver, currently the all-time WEC overall race-wins leader with 27 victories. Buemi has driven for [Toyota Gazoo Racing](/teams/toyota-gazoo-racing) in the WEC since 2014, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (2018, 2019, 2020) in the LMP1-Hybrid era, the WEC Drivers' Championship in 2014 and 2018-2019, and the Formula E championship in 2015-2016. He remains on the WEC grid in 2026 with the No. 8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.
Regulations · 4 min read
What replaced LMP1 in the WEC?
The Hypercar class replaced LMP1 as the WEC's top class for the 2021 season. The change ran in two stages: the LMP1-Hybrid era closed at the end of the 2019-2020 super-season, the 2020 Le Mans was the last LMP1 race of the WEC, and the Hypercar regulations went live at the start of the [2021 WEC season](/seasons/2021). Hypercar is a hybrid-mandatory class with two platform types under one performance window: LMH (manufacturer-built end to end) and LMDh (manufacturer engine and bodywork on a spec LMP2 chassis).