World Endurance Championship (WEC)
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Night Shifts and Fuel Savings: How Victory Is Planned in WEC?
In the WEC, victory goes not to the fastest car but to the best-managed one: the outcome of the race is determined by driver stints, fuel saving, tire life, pit stop timing, and the risks taken during the night hours. In short, in endurance racing, t…
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How Does BoP Work in WEC? The Art of Equalizing Hypercars
In the WEC Hypercar class, Balance of Performance (BoP) is the entire set of weight, power and energy adjustments applied to each car so that race cars built to different designs can compete on a level playing field. The aim is to equalize potential,…
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What Changed With Ferrari's Return to Hypercar After Half a Century?
58 years. That is exactly the span of time: Ferrari won the overall classification of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time since 1965 in 2023, with the Ferrari 499P and this victory changed not just a trophy but the entire balance of endurance …
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How Is the Champion Determined in WEC? The Points System, Explained
The champion in the WEC is determined by the total of points accumulated in every race held throughout the season; a win in a 6-hour race earns 25 points, in 8-10 hour races that figure rises to 38, and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans it reaches 50 under …
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Ferrari, Toyota and Porsche: Behind the Scenes of the WEC Hypercar Battle
The WEC Hypercar class is the fastest and most expensive category of the FIA World Endurance Championship: a class where purpose-built prototypes, designed from scratch for racing, battle each other almost like a club race despite being from differen…
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From Hypercar to LMGT3, the WEC Endurance Championship
WEC, the FIA World Endurance Championship, is a long-distance racing series based on class-based and manufacturer competition that spreads the single-race legend of Le Mans across an entire season; since 2012 it has been the pinnacle of international…
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