Auto racing series
Toyota Gazoo Racing and their No. 8 car are the LMP1 team champions and the World Endurance LMP Drivers' champions, respectively. Signatech Alpine Matmut are the LMP2 Endurance Trophy champions.
The2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship was the seventh season of theFIA World Endurance Championship , anauto racing series co-organised by theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and theAutomobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series is open toLe Mans Prototypes andgrand 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 theCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps in May 2018 and concluding at the24 Hours of Le Mans in June 2019. World championship titles were awarded for LMP drivers, GTE drivers, LMP1 teams and GTE manufacturers.
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 would allow 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 did not include theCircuit of the Americas ,Bahrain ,Mexico City , or theNürburgring which were all part of the 2017 championship. In addition to Le Mans being included in both 2018 and 2019, the6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is also run twice.Sebring International Raceway returned to the series for the first time since the inaugural season in 2012, although the WEC does not participate in theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship 's12 Hours of Sebring . The WeatherTech series ran their race the day after WEC's 8-hour, 1,000-mile event.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The schedule was revised two weeks later with the announcement of the eighth round of the championship, returning toSilverstone 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]
Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre No. Drivers Rounds Rebellion Racing [ 9] Rebellion R13 [ 9] Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8M 1 André Lotterer [ 10] 1–5, 7–8 Neel Jani [ 10] All Bruno Senna [ 10] All Mathias Beche 6 3 Thomas Laurent [ 10] All Gustavo Menezes [ 10] All Mathias Beche [ 10] 1–5 Nathanaël Berthon 6–8 ByKolles Racing Team [ 11] ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8M 4 Oliver Webb [ 11] 1–5, 7–8 Tom Dillmann [ 12] 1–2, 4–5, 7–8 Dominik Kraihamer [ 12] 1–2 René Binder [ 13] 3 James Rossiter [ 14] 4–5 Paolo Ruberti 7–8 CEFC TRSM Racing Ginetta G60-LT-P1 [ 15] Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6[ 16] M 5 Charlie Robertson [ 17] 1–2 Dean Stoneman [ 18] 1 Léo Roussel [ 18] 2 Michael Simpson[ 19] 2 6 Oliver Rowland [ 17] 1–2 Alex Brundle [ 20] 1–2 Oliver Turvey [ 12] 1–2 Toyota Gazoo Racing [ 21] Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota H8909 2.4 L Turbo V6Hybrid M 7 Mike Conway [ 22] All Kamui Kobayashi [ 22] All José María López [ 22] All 8 Fernando Alonso [ 22] All Sébastien Buemi [ 22] All Kazuki Nakajima [ 22] All DragonSpeed BR Engineering BR1 [ 23] Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8M 10 Ben Hanley [ 24] 1–6, 8 Henrik Hedman [ 24] 1–3, 6, 8 Pietro Fittipaldi [ 25] 1 Renger van der Zande [ 24] 2–3, 5–6, 8 James Allen [ 14] 4–5 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1 [ 26] AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6[ 27] M 11 Mikhail Aleshin [ 11] All Vitaly Petrov [ 28] All Jenson Button [ 29] 2–5 Brendon Hartley 6 Stoffel Vandoorne [ 30] 7–8 17 Stéphane Sarrazin [ 31] All Egor Orudzhev [ 28] All Matevos Isaakyan [ 28] 1–2, 4–5 Sergey Sirotkin [ 32] 6–8
In accordance with theLe Mans Prototype LMP2 regulations for 2017, all cars used theGibson GK428 4.2 L V8 engine.[ 33]
Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds AF Corse [ 49] Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8M 51 James Calado [ 49] All Alessandro Pier Guidi [ 49] All Daniel Serra [ 50] 2, 6, 8 71 Sam Bird [ 49] All Davide Rigon [ 49] All Miguel Molina [ 50] 2, 6, 8 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK [ 51] Ford GT Ford EcoBoost D35 3.5 L Turbo V6M 66 Stefan Mücke [ 51] All Olivier Pla [ 51] All Billy Johnson [ 52] 1–2, 6, 8 67 Andy Priaulx [ 51] All Harry Tincknell [ 51] All Tony Kanaan [ 52] 1–2 Jonathan Bomarito 6, 8 BMW Team MTEK [ 53] BMW M8 GTE BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8M 81 Nick Catsburg [ 54] All Martin Tomczyk [ 54] All Philipp Eng [ 54] 2, 8 Alexander Sims [ 54] 6 82 António Félix da Costa [ 54] All Tom Blomqvist [ 54] 1, 4–5 Augusto Farfus [ 54] 2–3, 6–8 Alexander Sims [ 54] 2 Bruno Spengler 6 Jesse Krohn 8 Porsche GT Team [ 55] Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6M 91 Gianmaria Bruni [ 55] All Richard Lietz [ 55] All Frédéric Makowiecki [ 55] 2, 8 92 Michael Christensen [ 55] All Kévin Estre [ 55] All Laurens Vanthoor [ 55] 2, 8 Aston Martin Racing [ 56] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L TurboV8 M 95 Marco Sørensen [ 57] All Nicki Thiim [ 57] All Darren Turner [ 57] 1–2, 6, 8 97 Alex Lynn [ 57] All Maxime Martin [ 57] All Jonathan Adam [ 57] 1–2, 8
Results and standings [ 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.
^ The LMP2 class winner for Spa-Francorchamps was the No. 26G-Drive Racing invitational entry. As it was not a full-season WEC entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing entry.[ 66] Drivers' championships[ edit ] Four titles were offered to drivers, two with world championship status. The LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship was reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers while the GTE World Endurance Drivers' Championship was available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. FIA Endurance Trophies were awarded in LMP2 and in LMGTE Am.[ 68]
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 thepole 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.[ 68]
Points systems Event 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other Pole 6 Hours 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1 8 Hours 32 23 19 15 13 10 8 5 3 2 1 1 24 Hours 38 27 23 18 15 12 9 6 3 2 1 1 Source:[ 68]
World Endurance LMP Drivers' Championship[ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 ] World Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers [ edit ] Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers [ edit ] ^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.[ 69] Manufacturers' and teams' championships[ edit ] A world championship for LMGTE manufacturers was awarded, while the former title for manufacturers in LMP1 was replaced by a world championship for LMP1 teams.[ 68] [ 70] FIA Endurance Trophies were awarded for LMP2 and LMGTE Am teams,[ 68] while the former trophy for LMGTE Pro teams had been eliminated for 2018.[ 71]
World Endurance LMP1 Championship [ edit ] Points were awarded only for the highest finishing competitor from each team.[ 68]
World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship[ edit ] The two highest finishing competitors from each manufacturer were awarded points.[ 68]
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