2022 FIA World Endurance Championship

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The 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship is the tenth 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 is open to prototype and grand tourer-style racing cars divided into four categories. World Championship titles will be awarded to the leading manufacturers and drivers in both the prototype and grand tourer divisions.

Calendar[]

The provisional calendar was announced in August 2021, featuring six rounds. Sebring and Fuji returned to the schedule after being canceled in 2021, while the second Bahrain and Portimão events were removed from the schedule. The 24 Hours of Le Mans also returned to its traditional early summer date.[1]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
Prologue United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida, United States 12/13 March
1 1000 Miles of Sebring 18 March
2 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 7 May
3 24 Hours of Le Mans France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 11–12 June
4 6 Hours of Monza Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 10 July
5 6 Hours of Fuji Japan Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan 11 September
6 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain 12 November

Entries[]

Hypercar[]

Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing[2] Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 7 United Kingdom Mike Conway[3] 1
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[3] 1
Argentina José María López[3] 1
Hybrid 8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[3] 1
New Zealand Brendon Hartley[3] 1
Japan Ryō Hirakawa[3] 1
France Alpine Elf Team[4] Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 M 36 France Nicolas Lapierre[5] 1
Brazil André Negrão[5] 1
France Matthieu Vaxivière[5] 1
France Peugeot TotalEnergies[6] Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 93 United Kingdom Paul di Resta[6] TBA
Denmark Mikkel Jensen[6] TBA
France Jean-Éric Vergne[6] TBA
Hybrid 94 France Loïc Duval[6] TBA
United States Gustavo Menezes[6] TBA
TBA TBA
United States Glickenhaus Racing[7] Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 M 708 Australia Ryan Briscoe[8] 1
France Romain Dumas[8] 1
France Olivier Pla[9] 1
Brazil Pipo Derani[10] TBA

LMP2[]

In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class will use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with Icons.

Entrant Car No. Tyre MISC Drivers Rounds
France Richard Mille Racing Team[9][11] Oreca 07 1 G P2 France Charles Milesi[11] 1
France Sébastien Ogier[11] 1
France Lilou Wadoux[11] 1
United States Team Penske[12] Oreca 07 5 G P2 United States Dane Cameron[13] 1
France Emmanuel Collard[13] 1
Brazil Felipe Nasr[13] 1
Italy Prema Orlen Team[14] Oreca 07 9 G P2 Italy Lorenzo Colombo[15] 1
Switzerland Louis Delétraz[15] 1
Poland Robert Kubica[15] 1
United Kingdom Vector Sport[16] Oreca 07 10 G P2 Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen[9] 1
Switzerland Nico Müller[16] 1
Germany Mike Rockenfeller[17] 1
France Sébastien Bourdais[18] TBA
United States United Autosports USA[19] Oreca 07 22 G P2 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[19] 1
United Kingdom Philip Hanson[20] 1
United States Will Owen[21] 1
23 P2 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[22] 1
United States Josh Pierson[23] 1
United Kingdom Paul di Resta[24] 1
United Kingdom Alex Lynn[25] TBA
United Kingdom Jota[26] Oreca 07 28 G P2 South Africa Jonathan Aberdein[26] 1
United Arab Emirates Ed Jones[26] 1
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen[26] 1
38 P2 Portugal António Félix da Costa[26] 1
Mexico Roberto González[26] 1
United Kingdom Will Stevens[26] 1
Belgium WRT[27][28] Oreca 07 31 G P2 Netherlands Robin Frijns[29] 1
Indonesia Sean Gelael[28] 1
Germany René Rast[29] 1
Switzerland RealTeam by WRT[28] 41 P2 Angola Rui Andrade[28] 1
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg[29] 1
France Norman Nato[29] 1
Poland Inter Europol Competition[30] Oreca 07 34 G P2 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez[31] 1
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski[30] 1
Switzerland Fabio Scherer[32] 1
United Kingdom Alex Brundle[30] TBA
France Ultimate[33] Oreca 07 35 G PA France François Heriau[33] 1
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[33] 1
France Matthieu Lahaye[33] 1
Slovakia ARC Bratislava[9] Oreca 07 44 G PA Switzerland Mathias Beche[9] 1
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm[9] 1
Slovakia Miroslav Konopka[9] 1
Portugal Algarve Pro Racing[34][a] Oreca 07 45 G PA Australia James Allen[34] 1
Austria René Binder[34] 1
United States Steven Thomas[34] 1
Italy AF Corse[39][40] Oreca 07 83 G PA Denmark Nicklas Nielsen[40] 1
France François Perrodo[39] 1
Italy Alessio Rovera[40] 1
Icon MISC
P2 LMP2
PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup

LMGTE Pro[]

Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Italy AF Corse[41] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 M 51 United Kingdom James Calado[42] 1
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[42] 1
TBA TBA
52 Italy Antonio Fuoco[42] 1
Spain Miguel Molina[42] 1
TBA TBA
United States Corvette Racing[43][44] Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 M 64 United States Tommy Milner[43] 1
United Kingdom Nick Tandy[43] 1
United Kingdom Alexander Sims[43] TBA
Germany Porsche GT Team[41] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 M 91 Italy Gianmaria Bruni[45] 1
Austria Richard Lietz[45] 1
France Frédéric Makowiecki[45] TBA
92 Denmark Michael Christensen[45] 1
France Kévin Estre[45] 1
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[45] TBA

LMGTE Am[]

Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Italy AF Corse[46] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 M 21 United Kingdom Simon Mann[46] 1
Switzerland Christoph Ulrich[46] 1
Finland Toni Vilander[46] 1
54 New Zealand Nick Cassidy[47] 1
Italy Francesco Castellacci[47] 1
Switzerland Thomas Flohr[47] 1
Switzerland Spirit of Race[48] M 71 France Gabriel Aubry[49] 1
France Franck Dezoteux[48][9] 1
France Pierre Ragues[48][9] 1
United Kingdom TF Sport[50] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 M 33 United States Ben Keating[51] 1
France Florian Latorre[51] 1
Denmark Marco Sørensen[51] 1
Japan D'Station Racing[9] M 777 United Kingdom Charlie Fagg[52] 1
Japan Tomonobu Fujii[52] 1
Japan Satoshi Hoshino[52] 1
Germany Team Project 1[9] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 M 46 Italy Matteo Cairoli[9] 1
Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler[53] 1
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen[34] 1
56 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat[54] 1
United States Brendan Iribe[54] 1
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy[54] 1
Italy Iron Lynx[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 M 60 Italy Matteo Cressoni[55] 1
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[55] 1
Italy Claudio Schiavoni[9] 1
Italy Iron Dames[9] 85 Belgium Sarah Bovy[55] 1
Switzerland Rahel Frey[9] 1
Denmark Michelle Gatting[55] 1
Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing[9] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 M 77 United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx[56] 1
Germany Christian Ried[9] 1
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[56] 1
88 France Julien Andlauer[9] 1
United States Patrick Lindsey[34] 1
United States Fred Poordad[34] 1
United Kingdom GR Racing[57] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 M 86 United Kingdom Ben Barker[57] TBA
Italy Riccardo Pera[57] TBA
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright[57] TBA
Canada Northwest AMR[9] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 M 98 Canada Paul Dalla Lana[9] 1
Denmark Nicki Thiim[9] 1
United Kingdom David Pittard[9] 1

Notes[]

  1. ^ G-Drive Racing was scheduled to field an LMP2 entry,[35][9][36] but the team and driver Daniil Kvyat refused to accept the FIA's code of conduct regarding the participation of Russian competitors after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and withdrew on 6 March.[37][38] Algarve Pro Racing, who operated the G-Drive program, took over the entry independently on a race-by-race basis.[34]

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