2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship

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Eighth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)

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 8 Hours of Bahrain in November 2020.

Schedule[edit]

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 are 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 has been altered, moving away from the traditional six-hour format used in previous seasons. Bahrain in an eight-hour race and Silverstone and Shanghai are shortened to four-hour events.[1]

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 GP. This also avoids 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 avoids a conflict with the traditional date for the Macau GP.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] The 24 Hours of Le Mans was postponed to September due to the coronavirus.[5] The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was postponed on 16 March.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

Round Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Silverstone United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 1 September 2019
2 6 Hours of Fuji Japan Fuji Speedway Oyama, Japan 6 October 2019
3 4 Hours of Shanghai China Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China 10 November 2019
4 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain 14 December 2019
5 Lone Star Le Mans United States Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, United States 23 February 2020
6 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 15 August 2020
7 24 Hours of Le Mans France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 19–20 September 2020
8 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain 14 November 2020
Cancelled Races[3][4]
Race Circuit Location Original Date
6 Hours of São Paulo Brazil Interlagos Circuit São Paulo, Brazil 1 February 2020
1000 Miles of Sebring United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida, United States 20 March 2020

Teams and drivers[edit]

LMP1[edit]

Note* The #3 Rebellion R13 entry only appeared at the first and seventh rounds of the season and was not classified as a full season entry not receiving 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 and was not classified as a full season entry not receiving points in the World Endurance LMP Drivers & World Endurance LMP1 Championship standings.

LMP2[edit]

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

LMGTE Pro[edit]

LMGTE Am[edit]

Results and standings[edit]

Race results[edit]

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.

Drivers’ championships[edit]

Four titles are offered to drivers, two with world championship status. The LMP World Endurance Drivers’ Championship is reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers while the GTE World Endurance Drivers’ Championship is available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. FIA Endurance Trophies are 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 1

World Endurance LMP Drivers’ Championship[edit]

Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position

World Endurance GTE Drivers’ Championship[edit]

Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers[edit]

Endurance Trophy for GTE Am Drivers[edit]

Manufacturers’ and teams’ championships[edit]

A world championship is awarded for LMGTE manufacturers and for LMP1 teams. FIA Endurance Trophies are awarded for LMP2 and LMGTE Am teams.

World Endurance LMP1 Championship[edit]

Points are awarded only for the highest finishing competitor from each team.

World Endurance GTE Manufacturers’ Championship[edit]

The two highest finishing competitors from each manufacturer are awarded points.

Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams[edit]

Endurance Trophy for GTE Am Teams[edit]

References[edit]

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