The 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship was the eighth 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. World Championship titles were awarded for LMP drivers, LMP1 teams, GTE drivers and GTE manufacturers. With the new winter scheduling format, the series began at Silverstone Circuit in September 2019 and ended with the 2020 8 Hours of Bahrain in November 2020.

This would be the final season in the FIA WEC for the LMP1 Class as it would be replaced with Le Mans Hypercar protoypes as the top tier class the next years season.

Schedule The FIA and ACO announced a provisional schedule during the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone which feature eight events over ten months. All events from the previous season were carried over, as well as the return of Bahrain which was not on the 2018–2019 calendar, and Interlagos which last held a WEC event in 2014. However, the length of the majority of events was altered, moving away from the traditional six-hour format used in previous seasons. Bahrain in an eight-hour race and Silverstone and Shanghai were shortened to four-hour events.

After Formula 1 announced their provisional 2019 schedule, the WEC moved the Fuji round forward one week to 6 October to avoid a conflict with the Japanese Grand Prix. This also avoided a date conflict with the scheduled date for the IMSA season finale, Petit Le Mans. Moving the Fuji round forward also allowed the Shanghai round to be moved forward one week to 10 November, which avoided a conflict with the traditional date for the Macau Grand Prix. On 2 December 2019, it was announced that due to the failure of the promoter for 6 Hours of São Paulo to fulfill its contractual obligations to the championship, the round would be canceled, and instead replaced by the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas. The FIA also moved the date back three weeks to avoid a clashing with Super Bowl LIV and the Mexico City ePrix.

The 1000 Miles of Sebring was scheduled for 20 March 2020, but was cancelled due to a travel ban to the U.S. from mainland Europe in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 24 Hours of Le Mans was postponed to September due to the coronavirus. The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was postponed on 16 March. On 3 April 2020, a new revised calendar for the 2019–20 season was released, with the Spa race moved to 15 August and another 8 Hours of Bahrain event, on 21 November 2020, replacing the cancelled 1000 Miles of Sebring. The final round at Bahrain in November was moved up a week as a result of Formula One scheduling a double header event at that venue for the end of the month.

Round Race Circuit Location Date Prologue Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló 23/24 July 2019 1 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone 1 September 2019 2 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 6 October 2019 3 4 Hours of Shanghai Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai 10 November 2019 4 8 Hours of Bahrain (2019) Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir 14 December 2019 5 Lone Star Le Mans Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 23 February 2020 6 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot 15 August 2020 7 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 19–20 September 2020 8 8 Hours of Bahrain (2020) Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir 14 November 2020 Cancelled RacesRaceCircuitLocation Original Date6 Hours of São Paulo Interlagos Circuit São Paulo 1 February 20201000 Miles of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida 20 March 2020Sources:

Teams and drivers LMP1 Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre Drivers Rounds Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 1 Gustavo Menezes 1–7 Norman Nato 1–7 Bruno Senna 1–7 3* Nathanaël Berthon 1, 7 Pipo Derani 1 Loïc Duval 1 Louis Delétraz 7 Romain Dumas 7 ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 4* Tom Dillmann 6–7 Bruno Spengler 6–7 Oliver Webb 6–7 Team LNT Ginetta G60-LT-P1 AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 5 Ben Hanley 1–4 Egor Orudzhev 1–3 Charlie Robertson 1, 4 Luca Ghiotto 2 Jordan King 3–4 6 Oliver Jarvis 1 Mike Simpson 1–4 Guy Smith 1–4 Charlie Robertson 2–3 Chris Dyson 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 All 8 Sébastien Buemi All Brendon Hartley All Kazuki Nakajima All Note* The #3 Rebellion R13 entry only appeared at the first and seventh rounds of the season; it was not classified as a full season entry, and was ineligible for points in the World Endurance LMP Drivers & World Endurance LMP1 Championship standings.

Note* The #4 ByKolles ENSO CLM P1/01 entry only appeared at the sixth and seventh rounds of the season; it was not classified as a full season entry, and was ineligible for points in the World Endurance LMP Drivers & World Endurance LMP1 Championship standings.

LMP2 In accordance with the Le Mans Prototype LMP2 regulations all cars used the Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 engine.

Entrant Car Tyre Drivers Rounds United Autosports Oreca 07 22 Filipe Albuquerque All Phil Hanson All Paul di Resta 1, 3–8 Oliver Jarvis 2 Racing Team Nederland Oreca 07 29 Giedo van der Garde All Frits van Eerd All Job van Uitert 1, 6 Nyck de Vries 2–5, 7–8 High Class Racing Oreca 07 33 Anders Fjordbach 1–7 Mark Patterson 1–7 Kenta Yamashita 1–7 Signatech Alpine Elf Alpine A470 36 Thomas Laurent All André Negrão All Pierre Ragues All Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 37 Will Stevens All Ho-Pin Tung All Gabriel Aubry 1–5, 7–8 Ryan Cullen 6 Jota Sport 38 António Félix da Costa All Roberto González All Anthony Davidson 2–8 Cool Racing Oreca 07 42 Antonin Borga 1–7 Nicolas Lapierre 1–7 Alexandre Coigny 1–7 Cetilar Racing Dallara P217 47 Andrea Belicchi All Roberto Lacorte All Giorgio Sernagiotto All Pastor Maldonado was scheduled to compete for Jota Sport, but was replaced by António Félix da Costa.

LMGTE Pro

Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 51 James Calado All Alessandro Pier Guidi 1–7 Daniel Serra 7–8 71 Miguel Molina All Davide Rigon All Sam Bird 7 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 91 Gianmaria Bruni All Richard Lietz All Frédéric Makowiecki 7 92 Michael Christensen All Kévin Estre All Laurens Vanthoor 7 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 95 Marco Sørensen All Nicki Thiim All Richard Westbrook 7 97 Maxime Martin All Alex Lynn 1–7 Harry Tincknell 7 Richard Westbrook 8

LMGTE Am

Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 54 Francesco Castellacci All Giancarlo Fisichella All Thomas Flohr All 83 Emmanuel Collard All Nicklas Nielsen All François Perrodo All Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 56 Egidio Perfetti All Matteo Cairoli 1–7 David Kolkmann 1 David Heinemeier Hansson 2–4 Laurents Hörr 5–6 Larry ten Voorde 7–8 Jörg Bergmeister 8 57 Jeroen Bleekemolen All Ben Keating All Felipe Fraga 1–2, 5–7 Larry ten Voorde 3–4 Dylan Pereira 8 Red River Sport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 62 Bonamy Grimes All Charles Hollings 1–7 Johnny Mowlem 1–7 Kei Cozzolino 8 Colin Noble 8 MR Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 70 Kei Cozzolino 1–5, 7 Olivier Beretta 1–5 Motoaki Ishikawa 1–5 Vincent Abril 7 Takeshi Kimura 7 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Riccardo Pera All Christian Ried All Matt Campbell 1–7 Dennis Olsen 8 88 Thomas Preining 1–5, 7 Gianluca Giraudi 1, 6 Ricardo Sánchez 1, 6 Satoshi Hoshino 2 Adrien de Leener 2, 4–5, 7 Will Bamber 3 Angelo Negro 3 Khaled Al Qubaisi 4, 8 Bret Curtis 5 Lucas Légeret 6 Dominique Bastien 7 Marco Holzer 8 Jaxon Evans 8 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 86 Ben Barker All Michael Wainwright All Andrew Watson 1–7 Alessio Picariello 8 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 90 Jonathan Adam All Charlie Eastwood All Salih Yoluç All Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 98 Paul Dalla Lana All Ross Gunn All Darren Turner 1–5 Augusto Farfus 6–7 Pedro Lamy 8

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. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 42 Cool Racing No. 91 Porsche GT Team No. 83 AF Corse Report Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Antonin Borga Nicolas Lapierre Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo 2 Fuji No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 29 Racing Team Nederland No. 95 Aston Martin Racing No. 90 TF Sport Report Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Kazuki Nakajima Nyck de Vries Giedo van der Garde Frits van Eerd Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç 3 Shanghai No. 1 Rebellion Racing No. 38 Jota Sport No. 51 AF Corse No. 90 TF Sport Report Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato Bruno Senna António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson Roberto González James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç 4 Bahrain No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 22 United Autosports No. 95 Aston Martin Racing No. 57 Team Project 1 Report Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Paul di Resta Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Larry ten Voorde 5 Austin No. 1 Rebellion Racing No. 22 United Autosports No. 95 Aston Martin Racing No. 90 TF Sport Report Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato Bruno Senna Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Paul di Resta Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç 6 Spa-Francorchamps No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 22 United Autosports No. 92 Porsche GT Team No. 83 AF Corse Report Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Paul di Resta Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo 7 Le Mans No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 22 United Autosports No. 97 Aston Martin Racing No. 90 TF Sport Report Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Kazuki Nakajima Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Paul di Resta Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Harry Tincknell Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç 8 Bahrain No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing No. 92 Porsche GT Team No. 56 Team Project 1 Report Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens Ho-Pin Tung Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Jörg Bergmeister Egidio Perfetti Larry ten VoordeSource:

Drivers' championships Four titles were offered to drivers, two with world championship status. The LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship was reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers while the GTE World Endurance Drivers' Championship was available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. FIA Endurance Trophies were awarded in LMP2 and in LMGTE Am.

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. Furthermore, a race must complete two laps under green flag conditions in order for championship points to be awarded.

+Points systems Duration 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole 4–6 Hours 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1 8 Hours 38 27 23 18 15 12 9 6 3 2 1 1 24 Hours 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2 1 1Source:

World Endurance LMP Drivers' Championship