The 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship was the twelfth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, a sports car racing series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was open to Hypercars (built under Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) or Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh) regulations) and, for the first time, LMGT3 racing cars.
This was 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. The LMP2 class will still take part at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The LMGT3 class was introduced to replace the GTE class that was dropped at the end of the 2023 season. A maximum amount of 37 cars was set for the full-season grid.
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 is given to manufacturers who have also entered a car in the Hypercar category.
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. 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.
The prologue was originally scheduled for 24 and 25 February but was delayed due to shipping issues.
Rnd Race Circuit Location Date Prologue Losail International Circuit Lusail 26/27 February 1 Qatar 1812 km 2 March 2 6 Hours of Imola Imola Circuit Imola 21 April 3 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot 11 May 4 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 15–16 June 5 6 Hours of São Paulo Interlagos Circuit São Paulo 14 July 6 Lone Star Le Mans Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 1 September 7 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 15 September 8 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir 2 NovemberSources:
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.
Hypercar Racing in the FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams
Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre Drivers Rounds Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 Hybrid 2 Earl Bamber All Alex Lynn All Sébastien Bourdais 1, 8 Álex Palou 4 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hybrid 5 Matt Campbell All Michael Christensen All Frédéric Makowiecki All 6 Kévin Estre All André Lotterer All Laurens Vanthoor All Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 7 Kamui Kobayashi All Nyck de Vries All Mike Conway 1–3, 5–8 José María López 4 8 Sébastien Buemi All Brendon Hartley All Ryō Hirakawa All Isotta Fraschini Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6-C Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 11 Carl Bennett 1–5 Antonio Serravalle 1–5 Jean-Karl Vernay 1–5 Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hybrid 12 Callum Ilott All Will Stevens All Norman Nato 1–2, 4–8 38 Jenson Button All Phil Hanson All Oliver Rasmussen All BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 Hybrid 15 Raffaele Marciello All Dries Vanthoor All Marco Wittmann All 20 Robin Frijns All René Rast All Sheldon van der Linde All Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 35 Paul-Loup Chatin 1–6, 8 Ferdinand Habsburg 1, 4–8 Jules Gounon 2–3, 7–8 Charles Milesi 1–7 36 8 Mick Schumacher All Matthieu Vaxivière All Nicolas Lapierre 1–7 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 50 Antonio Fuoco All Miguel Molina All Nicklas Nielsen All 51 James Calado All Antonio Giovinazzi All Alessandro Pier Guidi All AF Corse 83 Robert Kubica All Robert Shwartzman All Yifei Ye All Lamborghini Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8 Hybrid 63 Mirko Bortolotti All Daniil Kvyat All Edoardo Mortara 1–2, 4–8 Andrea Caldarelli 3 Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 93 Mikkel Jensen All Nico Müller All Jean-Éric Vergne 1–2, 4–8 94 Paul di Resta All Loïc Duval All Stoffel Vandoorne 1–2, 4–8 Proton Competition Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hybrid 99 Julien Andlauer All Neel Jani All Harry Tincknell 1–2, 4, 6–8
LMGT3
Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 Ian James All Daniel Mancinelli All Alex Riberas All D'station Racing 777 Erwan Bastard All Marco Sørensen All Clément Mateu 1–3, 5–8 Satoshi Hoshino 4 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 31 Augusto Farfus All Sean Gelael All Darren Leung All 46 Ahmad Al Harthy All Maxime Martin All Valentino Rossi All Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 54 Francesco Castellacci All Thomas Flohr All Davide Rigon All 55 François Hériau All Simon Mann All Alessio Rovera All United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 59 Nicolas Costa All James Cottingham All Grégoire Saucy All 95 Nico Pino All Marino Sato All Josh Caygill 1–3, 5–8 Hiroshi Hamaguchi 4 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 60 Matteo Cressoni All Claudio Schiavoni All Franck Perera 1–7 Matteo Cairoli 8 Iron Dames 85 Sarah Bovy All Michelle Gatting All Doriane Pin 1–2 Rahel Frey 3–8 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 77 Ben Barker All Ryan Hardwick All Zacharie Robichon All 88 Dennis Olsen All Mikkel O. Pedersen 1–7 Giorgio Roda 1–4, 8 Christian Ried 5, 7 Ben Keating 6 Giammarco Levorato 8 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 78 Arnold Robin All Kelvin van der Linde 1–2, 4–8 Timur Boguslavskiy 1–2, 4 Clemens Schmid 3, 5–7 Ritomo Miyata 3 Conrad Laursen 8 87 Takeshi Kimura All Esteban Masson All José María López 1–3, 5–8 Jack Hawksworth 4 TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 81 Rui Andrade All Charlie Eastwood All Tom Van Rompuy All 82 Sébastien Baud All Daniel Juncadella All Hiroshi Koizumi All Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 91 Richard Lietz All Morris Schuring All Yasser Shahin All Manthey PureRxcing 92 Klaus Bachler All Alex Malykhin All Joel Sturm All
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.CircuitHypercar WinnersLMGT3 WinnersReport 1 Losail No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing Report Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm 2 Imola No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 31 Team WRT Report Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung 3 Spa No. 12 Hertz Team Jota No. 91 Manthey EMA Report Callum Ilott Will Stevens Richard Lietz Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin 4 Le Mans No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse No. 91 Manthey EMA Report Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Richard Lietz Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin 5 São Paulo No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing Report Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm 6 Austin No. 83 AF Corse No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Report Robert Kubica Robert Shwartzman Yifei Ye Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas 7 Fuji No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport No. 54 Vista AF Corse Report Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon 8 Bahrain No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 55 Vista AF Corse Report Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa François Hériau Simon Mann Alessio RoveraSource:
Drivers' championships An FIA World Championship is awarded to the winning drivers in the Hypercar category. An FIA Endurance Trophy is awarded to the winning drivers in the LMGT3 category.
+Points systemsDuration1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPole6 Hours25181512108642118–10 Hours3827231815129632124 Hours503630242016128421Source:
Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship