2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship

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7th season of the World Endurance Championship

The 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship was the seventh 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. The season marked the first move to a winter schedule for the championship, with the season starting at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in May 2018 and concluding at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 2019. World championship titles were awarded for LMP drivers, GTE drivers, LMP1 teams and GTE manufacturers.

Schedule[edit]

The series announced a provisional schedule on 1 September 2017 that shifted the season calendar from a spring to autumn layout with the 24 Hours of Le Mans marque event held in the middle of the championship, to one running from the May 2018 and to June 2019, including two runnings of Le Mans. This “super season” of eight races spans across more than a year instead of the usual eight months. This shift in calendar length allows the following 2019–20 season to return to a shorter length by starting in the autumn and concluding at Le Mans in the summer.[1]

The schedule does not include the Circuit of the Americas, Bahrain, Mexico City, or the Nürburgring which were all part of the 2017 championship. In addition to Le Mans being included in both 2018 and 2019, the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is also run twice. Sebring International Raceway returns to the series for the first time since the inaugural season in 2012, although the WEC does not participate in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s 12 Hours of Sebring. The WeatherTech series runs their race the day after WEC’s 8-hour, 1,000-mile event.[2][3][4]

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The schedule was revised two weeks later with the announcement of the eighth round of the championship, returning to Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. The unannounced event was originally planned for February 2019, with negotiations taking place over a return to Mexico City. With the Mexico City deal failing to materialize, the event at Silverstone was moved to August 2018 to bridge the gap between Le Mans and the Asian rounds of the series starting in October. Further, the Fuji and Shanghai rounds had their dates changed,[5] however Fuji was later returned to its originally scheduled date.[6]

Teams and drivers[edit]

LMP1[edit]

Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre Drivers Rounds
Switzerland Rebellion Racing[7] Rebellion R13[7] Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 M 1 Germany André Lotterer[8] 1–5, 7–8
Switzerland Neel Jani[8] All
Brazil Bruno Senna[8] All
Switzerland Mathias Beche 6
3 France Thomas Laurent[8] All
United States Gustavo Menezes[8] All
Switzerland Mathias Beche[8] 1–5
France Nathanaël Berthon 6–8
Austria ByKolles Racing Team[9] ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 		M 4 United Kingdom Oliver Webb[9] 1–5, 7–8
France Tom Dillmann[10] 1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Austria Dominik Kraihamer[10] 1–2
Austria René Binder[11] 3
United Kingdom James Rossiter[12] 4–5
Italy Paolo Ruberti 7–8
China CEFC TRSM Racing Ginetta G60-LT-P1[13] Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6[14] M 5 United Kingdom Charlie Robertson[15] 1–2
United Kingdom Dean Stoneman[16] 1
France Léo Roussel[16] 2
United Kingdom Michael Simpson[17] 2
6 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland[15] 1–2
United Kingdom Alex Brundle[18] 1–2
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey[10] 1–2
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing[19] Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota R8909 2.4 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 7 United Kingdom Mike Conway[20] All
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[20] All
Argentina José María López[20] All
8 Spain Fernando Alonso[20] All
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[20] All
Japan Kazuki Nakajima[20] All
United States DragonSpeed BR Engineering BR1[21] Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 M 10 United Kingdom Ben Hanley[22] 1–6, 8
Sweden Henrik Hedman[22] 1–3, 6, 8
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi[23] 1
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[22] 2–3, 5–6, 8
Australia James Allen[12] 4–5
Russia SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1[24] AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6[25] M 11 Russia Mikhail Aleshin[9] All
Russia Vitaly Petrov[26] All
United Kingdom Jenson Button[27] 2–5
New Zealand Brendon Hartley 6
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[28] 7–8
17 France Stéphane Sarrazin[29] All
Russia Egor Orudzhev[26] All
Russia Matevos Isaakyan[26] 1–2, 4–5
Russia Sergey Sirotkin[30] 6–8

LMP2[edit]

In accordance with the Le Mans Prototype LMP2 regulations for 2017, all cars use the Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 engine.

LMGTE Pro[edit]

Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds
Italy AF Corse[46] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 M 51 United Kingdom James Calado[46] All
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[46] All
Brazil Daniel Serra[47] 2, 6, 8
71 United Kingdom Sam Bird[46] All
Italy Davide Rigon[46] All
Spain Miguel Molina[47] 2, 6, 8
United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK[48] Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 M 66 Germany Stefan Mücke[48] All
France Olivier Pla[48] All
United States Billy Johnson[49] 1–2, 6, 8
67 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx[48] All
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[48] All
Brazil Tony Kanaan[49] 1–2
United States Jonathan Bomarito 6, 8
Germany BMW Team MTEK[50] BMW M8 GTE BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 M 81 Netherlands Nick Catsburg[51] All
Germany Martin Tomczyk[51] All
Austria Philipp Eng[51] 2, 8
United Kingdom Alexander Sims[51] 6
82 Portugal António Félix da Costa[51] All
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[51] 1, 4–5
Brazil Augusto Farfus[51] 2–3, 6–8
United Kingdom Alexander Sims[51] 2
Canada Bruno Spengler 6
Finland Jesse Krohn 8
Germany Porsche GT Team[52] Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M 91 Italy Gianmaria Bruni[52] All
Austria Richard Lietz[52] All
France Frédéric Makowiecki[52] 2, 8
92 Denmark Michael Christensen[52] All
France Kévin Estre[52] All
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[52] 2, 8
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing[53] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 M 95 Denmark Marco Sørensen[54] All
Denmark Nicki Thiim[54] All
United Kingdom Darren Turner[54] 1–2, 6, 8
97 United Kingdom Alex Lynn[54] All
Belgium Maxime Martin[54] All
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam[54] 1–2, 8

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.

  1. ^ The LMP2 class winner for Spa-Francorchamps 2018 was the No. 26 G-Drive Racing invitational entry. As it is not a full-season WEC entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing entry.

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
Event 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
6 hours 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5
Le Mans 38 27 23 18 15 12 9 6 3 2 1
Sebring 32 23 19 15 13 10 8 5 3 2 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 LMGTE Am Drivers[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Following the 6 Hours of Fuji, Dempsey-Proton Racing was penalized for exceeding the minimum refueling time during pit stops. Upon further investigation, the FIA data loggers for the team’s cars were found to have been altered to manipulate the refueling times for the cars for at least two races. The team failed to disclose their consultant who tampered with the loggers, therefore the FIA nullified all points earned by the team prior to the Shanghai round.[63]

Manufacturers’ and teams’ championships[edit]

A world championship for LMGTE manufacturers is awarded, while the former title for manufacturers in LMP1 has been replaced by a world championship for LMP1 teams. FIA Endurance Trophies are awarded for LMP2 and LMGTE Am teams, while the former trophy for LMGTE Pro teams had been eliminated for 2018.

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.

  1. ^ Following the 6 Hours of Fuji, Dempsey-Proton Racing was penalized for exceeding the minimum refueling time during pit stops. Upon further investigation, the FIA data loggers for the team’s cars were found to have been altered to manipulate the refueling times for the cars for at least two races. The team failed to disclose their consultant who tampered with the loggers, therefore the FIA nullified all points earned by the team prior to the Shanghai round. This included some of Porsche’s Manufacturers’ Championship points for Silverstone being cancelled. The points were redistributed to the next best team.[63]

Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams[edit]

Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams[edit]

  1. ^ a b Following the 6 Hours of Fuji, Dempsey-Proton Racing was penalized for exceeding the minimum refueling time during pit stops. Upon further investigation, the FIA data loggers for the team’s cars were found to have been altered to manipulate the refueling times for the cars for at least two races. The team failed to disclose their consultant who tampered with the loggers, therefore the FIA nullified all points earned by the team prior to the Shanghai round.[63]

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