The 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship was the sixth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-style racing cars divided into four categories. The season began at the Silverstone Circuit in April and ended at the Bahrain International Circuit in November, and included the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. World championship titles were awarded to the leading prototype drivers and manufacturers, while for the first time in the World Endurance Championship the leading grand touring drivers and manufacturers were also awarded a world championship.

Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber and Timo Bernhard won the World Endurance Championship for Drivers and Porsche were victorious in the World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers. The World Endurance Championship for LMGTE Drivers was won by Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado with the World Endurance Championship for LMGTE Manufacturers awarded to Ferrari.World Endurance Championship Season 2017, Standings, www.fia.com, as archived at web.archive.org

Schedule The ACO announced a provisional calendar on 22 September 2016, largely identical to the 2016 schedule. For the 2017 season, the 6 Hours of Nürburgring event was moved one week earlier in the year, in order to avoid a potential clash with the German Grand Prix. At the same time, for the first time in the history of the WEC, the official pre-season test was not held at Circuit Paul Ricard in France, and was instead held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date Prologue Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza 1/2 April 1 6 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone 16 April 2 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot 6 May 3 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 17–18 June 4 6 Hours of Nürburgring Nürburgring Nürburg 16 July 5 6 Hours of Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City 3 September 6 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 16 September 7 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 15 October 8 6 Hours of Shanghai Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai 5 November 9 6 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir 18 NovemberSources:

Teams and drivers On 26 October 2016, Audi Sport Team Joest announced its withdrawal from the World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the end of the season.

+Key Full-season entry Additional entry Third manufacturer entry * Eligible for all championship points * Eligible only for Drivers' championship points * Eligible for Drivers' championship points* Only eligible for Manufacturers' championship points at Le Mans

LMP1 Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre Drivers Rounds Porsche LMP Team Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 9R9 2.0 L Turbo V4 Hybrid 1 Neel Jani All Nick Tandy All André Lotterer All 2 Timo Bernhard All Brendon Hartley All Earl Bamber All ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 4 Oliver Webb 1–4 Dominik Kraihamer 1–4 James Rossiter 1–2 Marco Bonanomi 3–4 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota H8909 2.4 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 7 Mike Conway All Kamui Kobayashi All José María López 1, 4–9 Stéphane Sarrazin 3 8 Sébastien Buemi All Kazuki Nakajima All Anthony Davidson 1–5, 7−9 Stéphane Sarrazin 6 9 Yuji Kunimoto 2–3 Nicolas Lapierre 2–3 Stéphane Sarrazin 2 José María López 3 Robert Kubica was scheduled to compete for the ByKolles Racing Team, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.

LMP2 In accordance with the new Le Mans Prototype LMP2 regulations for 2017, all cars utilised the Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 engine. Entrant Car Tyre Drivers Rounds Vaillante Rebellion Oreca 07 13 Mathias Beche All David Heinemeier Hansson All Nelson Piquet Jr. 1–3, 5–9 Pipo Derani 4 31 Bruno Senna All Julien Canal All Nicolas Prost 1–3, 5–9 Filipe Albuquerque 4 CEFC Manor TRS Racing Oreca 07 24 Tor Graves 1–4 Jonathan Hirschi 1–4 Jean-Éric Vergne 1–3, 5–9 Roberto Merhi 4 Ben Hanley 5–9 Matt Rao 5–9 25 Roberto González All Simon Trummer All Vitaly Petrov All G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 22 Memo Rojas 3 José Gutiérrez 3 Ryō Hirakawa 3 26 Roman Rusinov All Pierre Thiriet 1–7 Alex Lynn 1–3, 5–6 Ben Hanley 4 James Rossiter 7 Léo Roussel 8–9 Nico Müller 8 Loïc Duval 9 TDS Racing Oreca 07 28 Emmanuel Collard All François Perrodo All Matthieu Vaxivière 1, 3–9 Ben Hanley 2 Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 35 Nelson Panciatici 2–4 Pierre Ragues 2–4 André Negrão 2–4 36 Gustavo Menezes All Matt Rao 1–4 Nicolas Lapierre 1, 4–9 Romain Dumas 2–3 André Negrão 5–9 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 37 David Cheng All Tristan Gommendy All Alex Brundle All 38 Ho-Pin Tung All Thomas Laurent All Oliver Jarvis All

LMGTE Pro Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 51 James Calado All Alessandro Pier Guidi All Michele Rugolo 3 71 Davide Rigon All Sam Bird 1–3, 5–9 Miguel Molina 3 Toni Vilander 4 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT Ford EcoBoost D35 3.5 L Turbo V6 66 Stefan Mücke All Olivier Pla All Billy Johnson 1–3 67 Andy Priaulx All Harry Tincknell All Pipo Derani 1–3 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Richard Lietz All Frédéric Makowiecki All Patrick Pilet 3 92 Michael Christensen All Kévin Estre All Dirk Werner 3 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 95 Nicki Thiim All Marco Sørensen All Richie Stanaway 1–3 97 Darren Turner All Jonathan Adam All Daniel Serra 1–6 Lucas di Grassi was scheduled to compete for AF Corse at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but withdrew after breaking his ankle playing football. He was replaced by Michele Rugolo.

LMGTE Am Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 54 Thomas Flohr All Francesco Castellacci All Miguel Molina 1–2, 4–9 Olivier Beretta 3 55 Duncan Cameron 3 Aaron Scott 3 Marco Cioci 3 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 60 Richard Wee 3 Hiroki Katoh 3 Álvaro Parente 3 61 Weng Sun Mok All Keita Sawa All Matt Griffin All Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Christian Ried All Marvin Dienst All Matteo Cairoli All Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 86 Ben Barker All Nick Foster All Michael Wainwright 1–6, 9 Mike Hedlund 7 Khaled Al Qubaisi 8 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 98 Paul Dalla Lana All Pedro Lamy All Mathias Lauda All

Regulation changes As part of the ACO's 2017 regulations, the LMP2 category has been revamped with the introduction of a single specification motor from Gibson Technology, with increased power output compared to 2016 LMP2s. Cockpit and chassis designs also resembled the LMP1 regulations for safety. The four approved chassis manufacturers were Dallara, Ligier, Oreca and Riley. Due to the single engine manufacturer, LMP2 teams were allowed an unlimited number of engines during the season.

At the behest of the manufacturers in LMGTE, the World Motor Sport Council approved the promotion of the GT Manufacturers' and Drivers' World Cups to world championship status, on par with the Manufacturers' and Drivers' World Championships for the LMP categories. LMGTE teams were also limited to only three tyre compounds over the season, although the third compound does not have to be chosen until Le Mans. However, teams in LMGTE Pro as well as LMP1, were limited to four sets of tyres plus two spares at all six-hour races. LMGTE entries also no longer incurred a penalty for changing an engine between qualifying and the race.

Across all categories, limitations on testing have been decreased in an attempt to lower costs. Wind tunnel testing has also been further restricted.

Results and standings

Race results The highest finishing competitor entered in the World Endurance Championship is listed below. Invitational entries may have finished ahead of WEC competitors in individual races.

Rnd. Circuit LMP1 Winners LMP2 Winners LMGTE Pro Winners LMGTE Am Winners Report 1 Silverstone No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK No. 61 Clearwater Racing Results Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Pipo Derani Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin 2 Spa-Francorchamps No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 71 AF Corse No. 98 Aston Martin Racing Results Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima Roman Rusinov Pierre Thiriet Alex Lynn Sam Bird Davide Rigon Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda 3 Le Mans No. 2 Porsche LMP Team No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing No. 97 Aston Martin Racing No. 55 Spirit of Race Results Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis Darren Turner Jonathan Adam Daniel Serra Duncan Cameron Aaron Scott Marco Cioci 4 Nürburgring No. 2 Porsche LMP Team No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing No. 51 AF Corse No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Results Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Christian Ried Marvin Dienst Matteo Cairoli 5 Mexico City No. 2 Porsche LMP Team No. 31 Vaillante Rebellion No. 95 Aston Martin Racing No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Results Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Christian Ried Marvin Dienst Matteo Cairoli 6 Austin No. 2 Porsche LMP Team No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut No. 51 AF Corse No. 98 Aston Martin Racing Results Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes André Negrão James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda 7 Fuji No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 31 Vaillante Rebellion No. 51 AF Corse No. 54 Spirit of Race Results Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Miguel Molina 8 Shanghai No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 31 Vaillante Rebellion No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK No. 98 Aston Martin Racing Results Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda 9 Bahrain No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 31 Vaillante Rebellion No. 71 AF Corse No. 98 Aston Martin Racing Results Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna Sam Bird Davide Rigon Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias LaudaSource:

Entries were required to complete the timed race as well as to complete 70% of the overall winning car's race distance in order to earn championship points. A single bonus point was awarded to the team and all drivers of the pole position car for each category in qualifying. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the race result points allocation was doubled. Furthermore, a race must complete three laps under green flag conditions in order for championship points to be awarded.

Driver championships Four titles were offered to drivers, two with world championship status. The World Endurance Drivers' Championship was reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers while the GT World Endurance Drivers' Championship was available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. An FIA Endurance Trophy was awarded in the LMP2 and in the LMGTE Am categories. The FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP1 Private Teams Drivers was not rewarded in 2017 due to not meeting the minimum number of entrants.

+Points systems Duration 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole 6 Hours 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1 24 Hours 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2 1 1Source:

World Endurance Drivers' Championship