2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
OrganizerAutomobile Club de l'Ouest
DisciplineSports car endurance racing
Number of races8
Champions
Hypercar Manufacturer0
Hypercar Team0
LMGT3 Team0

The 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship will be the twelfth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series will be open to Hypercars (built under Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) or Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh) regulations) and LMGT3 racing cars.

This will be the first season of the World Endurance Championship without the LMP2 class, after it was dropped due to the increasing demand in the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes, and a maximum amount of 37 cars on the full-season grid.[1][2] The LMP2 class will still take part at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]

Manufacturers entering in the LMGT3 category will only be allowed to enter a maximum of two cars, to allow for a greater diversity in the LMGT3 category. Priority will be given to manufacturers who have also entered a car in the Hypercar category.[3]

Calendar

On 9 June 2023, during the 2023 Le Mans weekend, the calendar for the 2024 season was announced. It contains eight races, including two completely new races and two returning races. The 1000 Miles of Sebring, 6 Hours of Portimão, and 6 Hours of Monza races will not return in 2024, with Monza not being held due to the track being redeveloped.[4] The Imola event would later replace Monza as the Italian round on the schedule, while the series will make its first visit to Qatar to start the season, allowing hotter weather than Sebring. The 6 Hours of São Paulo, which was last visited by the WEC in 2014 alongside the Lone Star Le Mans round that was previously hosted in 2020 would also make their return to the calendar.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
Prologue Losail International Circuit Qatar Lusail 24/25 February
1 Qatar 1812 km 2 March
2 6 Hours of Imola Imola Circuit Italy Imola 21 April
3 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Stavelot 11 May
4 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe France Le Mans 15–16 June
5 6 Hours of São Paulo Interlagos Circuit Brazil São Paulo 14 July
6 Lone Star Le Mans Circuit of the Americas United States Austin, Texas 1 September
7 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Japan Oyama, Shizuoka 15 September
8 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Bahrain Sakhir 2 November

Entries

The number of entries was capped at 37 cars due to garage limitations at Imola and the Circuit of the Americas. Frédéric Lequien, CEO of Le Mans Endurance Management, outlined a goal to increase the grid size in future seasons.[5]

Hypercar

Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
United States Cadillac Racing[6] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 Hybrid M 2 New Zealand Earl Bamber[7] TBA
United Kingdom Alex Lynn[7] TBA
TBA TBA
Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport[7] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 5 Australia Matt Campbell[7] TBA
Denmark Michael Christensen[7] TBA
France Frédéric Makowiecki[7] TBA
Hybrid M 6 France Kévin Estre[7] TBA
Germany André Lotterer[7] TBA
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[7] TBA
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing[8] Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 7 United Kingdom Mike Conway[8] TBA
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[8] TBA
Netherlands Nyck de Vries[8] TBA
Hybrid M 8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[8] TBA
New Zealand Brendon Hartley[8] TBA
Japan Ryō Hirakawa[8] TBA
Italy Isotta Fraschini[9] Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 11 Mexico Alex García[7] TBA
France Jean-Karl Vernay[7] TBA
TBA TBA
United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota[7] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 12 United Kingdom Callum Ilott[10] TBA
France Norman Nato[10] TBA
United Kingdom Will Stevens[7] TBA
Hybrid M 38 United Kingdom Jenson Button[11] TBA
United Kingdom Philip Hanson[10] TBA
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen[7] TBA
Belgium BMW M Team WRT[12] BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 15 Belgium Dries Vanthoor[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Hybrid M 20 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
France Alpine Endurance Team[13] Alpine A424 Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 35 France Paul-Loup Chatin[14] TBA
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg[14] TBA
France Matthieu Vaxivière[14] TBA
Hybrid M 36 France Nicolas Lapierre[14] TBA
France Charles Milesi[14] TBA
Germany Mick Schumacher[14] TBA
Italy Ferrari AF Corse[15] Ferrari 499P Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 50 Italy Antonio Fuoco[16] TBA
Spain Miguel Molina[16] TBA
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen[16] TBA
Hybrid M 51 United Kingdom James Calado[16] TBA
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi[16] TBA
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[16] TBA
Italy AF Corse[17] Hybrid M 83 Poland Robert Kubica[17] TBA
Israel Robert Shwartzman[18] TBA
China Yifei Ye[18] TBA
Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx[19] Lamborghini SC63 Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 63 Italy Mirko Bortolotti[20] TBA
Italy Daniil Kvyat[21][N 1] TBA
Switzerland Edoardo Mortara[22] TBA
France Peugeot TotalEnergies[23] Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 93 United Kingdom Paul di Resta[23] TBA
Denmark Mikkel Jensen[23] TBA
France Jean-Éric Vergne[23] TBA
Hybrid M 94 France Loïc Duval[23] TBA
Switzerland Nico Müller[23] TBA
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[24] TBA
Germany Proton Competition[25] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 99 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA

LMGT3

Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
United States Heart of Racing Team[26] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 G 27 United Kingdom Ian James[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Belgium Team WRT[27] BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 G 31 Brazil Augusto Farfus[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
G 46 Italy Valentino Rossi[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Italy Vista AF Corse[28] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 G 54 Italy Francesco Castellacci[29] TBA
Switzerland Thomas Flohr[28] TBA
Italy Davide Rigon[29] TBA
G 55 France François Heriau[29] TBA
United Kingdom Simon Mann[28] TBA
Italy Alessio Rovera[29] TBA
United Kingdom United Autosports[30][31] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 G 59 Switzerland Grégoire Saucy[32] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
G 95 Japan Marino Sato[32] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Italy Iron Lynx[33] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 G 60 Italy Claudio Schiavoni[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Italy Iron Dames[33] G 85 Denmark Michelle Gatting[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Germany Proton Competition[34] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 G 77 United Kingdom Ben Barker[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
G 88 United States Ryan Hardwick[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
France Akkodis ASP Team[35] Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 G 78 Main Page Timur Boguslavskiy[36][N 1] TBA
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[37] TBA
France Arnold Robin[36] TBA
G 87 Japan Takeshi Kimura[36] TBA
Argentina José María López[38] TBA
France Esteban Masson[36] TBA
United Kingdom TF Sport[39] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 G 81 Angola Rui Andrade[40] TBA
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood[41] TBA
Belgium Tom van Rompuy[40] TBA
G 82 France Sébastien Baud[42] TBA
Spain Daniel Juncadella[41] TBA
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi[42] TBA
Germany Manthey EMA[43] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 G 91 Austria Richard Lietz[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Lithuania Manthey Pure Rxcing[43] G 92 Austria Klaus Bachler[7] TBA
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin[7][N 2] TBA
Germany Joel Sturm[7] TBA
Japan D'station Racing[44] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 G 777 Denmark Marco Sørensen[7] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA

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Notes

    1. 1 2 Kvyat is Russian, but he competes under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Boguslavskiy, also a Russian, competes as a neutral competitor for the same reason.
    2. ↑ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a Kittitian licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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