FIA World Endurance Championship
2024
Champions
2024 Title Winners
Hypercar · Drivers
152 pts
- Kévin Estre
FRA · 2 wins · 5 podiums
- André Lotterer
DEU · 2 wins · 5 podiums
- Laurens Vanthoor
BEL · 2 wins · 5 podiums
Hypercar · Manufacturers
190 pts
- Toyota
— · 3 wins · 5 podiums
LMGT3 · Drivers
139 pts
- Aliaksandr Malykhin
KNA · 2 wins · 6 podiums
- Joel Sturm
DEU · 2 wins · 6 podiums
- Klaus Bachler
AUT · 2 wins · 6 podiums
LMGT3 · Teams
139 pts
- MPMANTHEY PURERXCING
— · 2 wins · 6 podiums
Calendar · 8 rounds
The 2024 Season
Round
1
Winner · PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT
Round
2
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
Round
3
Winner · HERTZ TEAM JOTA
Round
4
Winner · FERRARI AF CORSE
Round
5
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
Round
6
Winner · AF CORSE
Round
7
Winner · PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT
Round
8
Round 8 - BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
31 Oct 2024 - 2 Nov 2024 · 9 sessions
Winner · TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
From the answers archive
Questions about this season
Classes · 4 min read
Why was LMP2 removed from the WEC?
LMP2 was dropped from the FIA WEC's full-season entry at the end of 2023 because the grid ran out of room. Hypercar manufacturer entries nearly doubled between 2022 and 2024, LMGT3 arrived as a new customer class, and the championship chose factories and GT brands over a customer prototype class that no longer fit. LMP2 was not killed: it still races in ELMS, in IMSA, and once a year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it remains an invited class.
Regulations · 3 min read
What is the WEC Prologue?
The Prologue is the FIA WEC's official pre-season test: two days in which every full-season entry runs on the same track, usually the venue of the opening round, in the week before the season starts. It is mandatory for the field, open to spectators at most editions, and it is the first time each year that new cars, new liveries and new driver line-ups run in public with the timing screens on.
General · 3 min read
What is the difference between WEC and IMSA?
The FIA WEC is the world championship of endurance racing, run by the FIA and the ACO with the 24 Hours of Le Mans as its centerpiece. IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is North America's top series, with the Daytona 24 and Sebring 12 as its crown jewels. They share car platforms, several manufacturers and a friendly rivalry, but they differ in classes, calendar, tyres and sporting rules. Since 2023 the same LMDh car can race in both, which is exactly what Porsche, Cadillac and BMW do.
General · 3 min read
What is the difference between WEC and ELMS?
The FIA WEC is the world championship: factory Hypercars, global calendar, Le Mans as its centrepiece. The European Le Mans Series is its continental sibling, run by the same ACO family but built around customer racing: four-hour races, all in Europe, topped by the LMP2 class rather than Hypercars. The two share DNA, teams and a crucial pipeline, because winning in ELMS is one of the established routes to an automatic invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Classes · 3 min read
What is the difference between Hypercar and LMGT3?
Hypercar and LMGT3 are the two classes of the modern FIA WEC, and they are different species of race car. Hypercars are purpose-built prototypes run by factory teams chasing outright victory. LMGT3 cars are production-derived GT3 machines run by customer teams with a mandatory amateur-rated driver in each crew. On 2025 qualifying pace the gap between them ran from 11 seconds a lap at short circuits to 30 seconds at Le Mans, which is why managing traffic between the classes is one of the WEC's defining skills.