The FIA World Endurance Championship will function an unchanged calendar of occasions in 2026, because the sequence bids to construct upon its burgeoning momentum and recognition
Final yr noticed greater than 750,000 followers pour by means of the gates over the course of the season’s eight rounds, and with a file on-site attendance at Spa-Francorchamps final month – and an enormous crowd anticipated at this weekend’s 93rd version of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans – the present marketing campaign appears to be like set to lift the bar even greater.
For the third consecutive season, FIA WEC will go to 5 totally different areas in 2026 – Europe, North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and the Center East – with the dates having been formally rubber-stamped throughout this week’s FIA World Motor Sport Council reunion in Macau. The motion will start a month later than common in Qatar, as Lusail Worldwide Circuit hosts the standard ‘Prologue’ group take a look at and curtain-raising contest in late March.
The championship will subsequently return to Europe for rounds two, three and 4 at Imola in Italy, Spa in Belgium and Le Mans in France for essentially the most well-known circuit race on the planet. The second half of the marketing campaign then consists of long-haul contests, as rivals journey abroad to São Paulo in Brazil in July, Austin within the US and Japan’s iconic Fuji Worldwide Speedway in September and at last, Bahrain Worldwide Circuit, the place champions will probably be topped in early November.
Frédéric Lequien, CEO, FIA World Endurance Championship, stated: “We’re happy to current our 2026 FIA WEC calendar, which displays the sequence’ success by constructing upon a profitable method and format. All eight occasions have established themselves as agency favourites amongst rivals and followers. Each circuit provides its personal distinctive traits and challenges – and invariably brings out the very best from our unimaginable drivers, automobiles and groups. We sit up for persevering with to placed on an exhilarating present all all over the world!”
Pierre Fillon, President, Car Membership de l’Ouest (ACO), stated: “We’re thrilled by the expansion of the FIA World Endurance Championship in recent times, a big a part of which might be attributed to the sequence’ stability by way of companions, contributors and venues. FIA WEC provides an irresistible platform for producers desperate to do battle for supremacy, and the 2026 calendar will as soon as once more allow them to showcase their expertise and ingenuity to a highly-invested international viewers.”
Richard Mille, President, FIA Endurance Fee, stated: “After a interval of growth, together with the addition of an eighth spherical in 2024, the FIA World Endurance Championship enters a section of consolidation and stability with subsequent season’s calendar. The schedule continues to function world-class circuits throughout key areas, placing the fitting steadiness between international publicity for producers and the necessity to preserve participation prices at an affordable degree. This stability lays a powerful basis for the continued success of the Hypercar class and helps the sustained development of the world’s premier endurance racing sequence.”
