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The FIA World Endurance Championship will feature an unchanged calendar of events in 2026, as the series bids to build upon its burgeoning momentum and popularity.
The FIA World Endurance Championship will feature an unchanged calendar of events in 2026, as the series bids to build upon its burgeoning momentum and popularity.
Last year saw more than 750,000 fans pour through the gates over the course of the season’s eight rounds, and with a record on-site attendance at Spa-Francorchamps last month – and a huge crowd expected at this weekend’s 93rd edition of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans – the current campaign looks set to raise the bar even higher.
For the third consecutive season, FIA WEC will visit five different regions in 2026 – Europe, North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The action will begin a month later than usual in Qatar, as Lusail International Circuit hosts the traditional ‘Prologue’ group test and curtain-raising contest in late March.
The championship will subsequently return to Europe for rounds two, three and four at Imola in Italy, Spa in Belgium and Le Mans in France for the most famous circuit race in the world. The second half of the campaign then consists of long-haul contests, as competitors travel overseas to São Paulo in Brazil in July, Austin in the US and Japan’s iconic Fuji International Speedway in September and finally, Bahrain International Circuit, where champions will be crowned in early November.
The regulations in FIA WEC’s top-tier Hypercar class will be extended until the end of 2032, further strengthening the successful category as a stable, long-term formula.
Introduced in 2021, the Hypercar platform has blossomed over its five years of competition to-date, with the grid expanding from just three manufacturers in its inaugural season to eight in the current FIA WEC campaign – and at least three more are on the way in the shape of Genesis, Ford and McLaren.
This unprecedented manufacturer involvement has been instrumental in driving the recent growth and popularity of the world championship, and in light of that momentum, the Hypercar homologation cycle – initially set to conclude in 2029 – will now remain in place until the end of 2032.
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