FIA World Endurance Championship
2026
Champions
2026 Title Winners
Hypercar · Drivers
75 pts
- Kamui Kobayashi
JPN · 1 wins · 2 podiums
- Mike Conway
GBR · 1 wins · 2 podiums
- Nyck de Vries
NLD · 1 wins · 2 podiums
Hypercar · Manufacturers
132 pts
- Toyota
— · 2 wins · 4 podiums
LMGT3 · Drivers
72 pts
- Nicky Catsburg
NLD · 1 wins · 2 podiums
- Jonny Edgar
GBR · 1 wins · 2 podiums
LMGT3 · Teams
72 pts
- TSTF Sport
— · 1 wins · 2 podiums
Calendar · 4 rounds
The 2026 Season
Round
2
Winner · BMW M TEAM WRT
Round
4
Winner · BMW M TEAM WRT
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.
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.
Regulations · 4 min read
Why are Hypercars slower than LMP1 cars?
Hypercars are roughly four to seven seconds per lap slower than the fastest LMP1 cars, and they are slower on purpose. The Hypercar rules cap power at about 520 kW, raise minimum weight to 1,030 kg, and use Balance of Performance to hold every car inside a target performance window. LMP1 had double the power-to-weight ambition and no BoP, and it nearly killed the championship: the class was down to one factory by 2018. The WEC traded outright speed for a grid.
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.