The classes
Two classes share every WEC grid. Hypercar is the headline act — prototypes built to either LMH or LMDh rules, performance-balanced so Ferrari, Toyota, BMW, Cadillac, Alpine, Peugeot, Aston Martin and newcomer Genesis can all fight for outright victory. LMGT3 is the production-based supporting class: customer-run GT3 machinery in pro-am hands, and in 2026 it fields the biggest GT grid the championship has ever seen. The prototypes lap the GT3s constantly, so traffic management is a core skill of the discipline, not a nuisance.
The races
Eight rounds. Five run to six hours — Imola, Spa, São Paulo, Austin and Fuji — while Qatar's 1812 km lasts roughly ten hours and Bahrain closes the season over eight. In the middle sits the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a full championship round that towers over the rest. Hypercar crews may not include a Bronze-rated driver, and two-driver line-ups are allowed in the six-hour races; LMGT3 crews must include at least one Bronze plus another Bronze or Silver, with no more than one Gold or Platinum aboard, and the amateurs carry minimum drive-time requirements — 1h45 of a six-hour race. At Le Mans every driver must complete at least six hours but no more than fourteen, and never more than four in any six-hour window.
Points
Scored per class, top ten only, with every classified finisher below tenth collecting half a point. Six-hour races pay 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. The eight- and ten-hour races scale up — 38 for the win — and Le Mans pays exactly double the standard race: 50 for victory down to 2 for tenth. Pole in each class, settled in the Hyperpole shootout, is worth one bonus point.
The championships
Four titles a year. Hypercar awards full FIA world championships for both drivers and manufacturers — the crowns the factories are here for. LMGT3 contests the FIA Endurance Trophy for drivers and for teams. Every round counts towards every title and nothing is dropped, which is why a double-points Le Mans so often decides the lot in one June weekend.