2022 FIA World Endurance Championship

The 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship will be 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.

2022 FIA World Endurance Championship
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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 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida, United States 12/13 March
1 1000 Miles of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida, United States 18 March
2 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 7 May
3 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 11–12 June
4 6 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 10 July
5 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan 11 September
6 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain 11 November

Entries

Hypercar
Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Toyota Gazoo Racing[2] Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 M 7 Mike Conway[3] TBA
Kamui Kobayashi[3] TBA
José María López[3] TBA
8 Sébastien Buemi[3] TBA
Brendon Hartley[3] TBA
Ryō Hirakawa[3] TBA
Alpine Elf Matmut[4] Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 M 36 Nicolas Lapierre[4] TBA
André Negrão[4] TBA
Matthieu Vaxivière[4] TBA
Glickenhaus Racing[5] Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 M TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Peugeot Sport[6] Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6 M TBA Loïc Duval[6] TBA
Mikkel Jensen[6] TBA
Paul di Resta[6] TBA
TBA Kevin Magnussen[6] TBA
Gustavo Menezes[6] TBA
Jean-Éric Vergne[6] TBA

Although Peugeot has named which drivers will be with the team in 2021, as well as confirming two full-time cars, the specific car each driver will be assigned to have yet to be announced.

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
AF Corse[7][8] Oreca 07 83 G PA Nicklas Nielsen[8] TBA
François Perrodo[7] TBA
Alessio Rovera[8] TBA
 G-Drive Racing[9][lower-alpha 1] Aurus 01 TBA G TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Inter Europol Competition[10] Oreca 07 TBA G TBA Alex Brundle[10] TBA
Jakub Śmiechowski[10] TBA
TBA TBA
Iron Lynx / Prema[11] Oreca 07 TBA G TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Team Penske[12] Oreca 07 TBA G TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Ultimate[13] Oreca 07 TBA G PA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United Autosports[14] Oreca 07 TBA G TBA Filipe Albuquerque[14] TBA
Philip Hanson[15] TBA
Will Owen[16] TBA
TBA TBA Oliver Jarvis[17] TBA
Alex Lynn[18] TBA
Josh Pierson[19] TBA
Vector Sport[20] Oreca 07 TBA G TBA Nico Müller[20] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Team WRT[21] Oreca 07 TBA G P2 Tom Blomqvist[22] TBA
Sean Gelael[22] TBA
Stoffel Vandoorne[22] TBA
TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Icon MISC
P2 LMP2
PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup

LMGTE Pro
Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Corvette Racing[23][24] Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 M 4 Tommy Milner[23] TBA
Alexander Sims[23] TBA
Nick Tandy[23] TBA
AF Corse[25] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 M TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Porsche GT Team[25] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 M TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA

LMGTE Am
Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
AF Corse[26] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 M TBA Simon Mann[26] TBA
Christoph Ulrich[26] TBA
Toni Vilander[26] TBA
Car Guy Racing[27] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 M TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
TF Sport[28] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 M TBA Ben Keating[28] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA

Notes
  1. G-Drive Racing is Russian, but will compete under a neutral flag as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.

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