2024 FIA World Endurance Championship

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.

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

This will be the first season in World Endurance Championship history without the LMP2 class, after it was dropped due to the increasing demand in the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes, and a maximum amount of 38 cars on the full-season grid.[1] LMP2 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.[2]

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 Sebring, Portimão, and Monza races will not return in 2024, with Monza not being held due to the track being redeveloped.[3] 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 Qatar Losail International Circuit Lusail, Qatar 24/25 February
1 Qatar 1812 km 2 March
2 6 Hours of Imola Italy Imola Circuit Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy 21 April
3 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 11 May
4 24 Hours of Le Mans France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 15–16 June
5 6 Hours of São Paulo Brazil Interlagos Circuit São Paulo, Brazil 14 July
6 Lone Star Le Mans United States Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, United States 1 September
7 6 Hours of Fuji Japan Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan 15 September
8 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain 2 November

References
  1. Lloyd, Daniel (9 June 2023). "Removal of LMP2 Class Confirmed for 2024". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. Dagys, John (9 June 2023). "WEC Confirms Two Cars Per LMGT3 Manufacturer". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. Dagys, John (9 June 2023). "COTA, Interlagos Return on 2024 WEC Schedule". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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