The 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship was 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 was open to prototype and grand tourer-style racing cars divided into four categories. World Championship titles were awarded to the leading manufacturers and drivers in both the prototype and grand tourer divisions.
It was the first season in which LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h) entries were allowed to compete alongside LMH (Le Mans Hypercar) entries on a race-by-race basis. However, they were not eligible for championship points until 2023. It was the last season for LMGTE Pro class.
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. Rnd Race Circuit Location Date Prologue Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida 12/13 March 1 1000 Miles of Sebring 18 March 2 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot 7 May 3 90th 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 11–12 June 4 6 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza 10 July 5 6 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 11 September 6 8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir 12 NovemberSources:
Entries
Hypercar EntrantCarEngineHybridTyreDriversRounds Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 7 Mike Conway All Kamui Kobayashi All José María López All Hybrid 8 Sébastien Buemi All Brendon Hartley All Ryō Hirakawa All Alpine Elf Team Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 36 Nicolas Lapierre All André Negrão All Matthieu Vaxivière All Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 Hybrid 93 Paul di Resta 4–6 Mikkel Jensen 4–6 Jean-Éric Vergne 4–6 Hybrid 94 Loïc Duval 4–6 Gustavo Menezes 4–6 James Rossiter 4–5 Nico Müller 6 Glickenhaus Racing Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 708 Romain Dumas 1–4 Olivier Pla 1–4 Ryan Briscoe 1 Pipo Derani 2–4 Kevin Magnussen was scheduled to compete for Peugeot TotalEnergies, but withdrew before the season to rejoin Haas in Formula One. He was replaced with reserve driver James Rossiter.
LMP2 In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used 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 Tyre MISC Drivers Rounds Richard Mille Racing Team Oreca 07 P2 1 Charles Milesi All Lilou Wadoux All Sébastien Ogier 1–3 Paul-Loup Chatin 4–6 Team Penske Oreca 07 P2 5 Dane Cameron 1–3 Emmanuel Collard 1–3 Felipe Nasr 1–3 Prema Orlen Team Oreca 07 P2 9 Lorenzo Colombo All Louis Delétraz All Robert Kubica All Vector Sport Oreca 07 P2 10 Ryan Cullen All Nico Müller 1–4 Renger van der Zande 5–6 Mike Rockenfeller 1 Sébastien Bourdais 2–6 United Autosports USA Oreca 07 P2 22 Filipe Albuquerque All Phil Hanson All Will Owen All P2 23 Oliver Jarvis All Josh Pierson All Paul di Resta 1 Alex Lynn 2–6 Jota Oreca 07 P2 28 Jonathan Aberdein All Ed Jones All Oliver Rasmussen All P2 38 António Félix da Costa All Roberto González All Will Stevens All WRT Oreca 07 P2 31 Robin Frijns All Sean Gelael All René Rast 1–4, 6 Dries Vanthoor 5 RealTeam by WRTP2 41 Rui Andrade All Ferdinand Habsburg All Norman Nato All Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 P2 34 Esteban Gutiérrez All Jakub Śmiechowski All Fabio Scherer 1 Alex Brundle 2–6 Ultimate Oreca 07 PA 35 François Hériau All Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All Matthieu Lahaye All ARC Bratislava Oreca 07 PA 44 Miro Konôpka 1–4, 6 Mathias Beche 1, 4, 6 Bent Viscaal 2–3 Tijmen van der Helm 1–2, 4 Tristan Vautier 3 Richard Bradley 6 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 PA 45 James Allen All René Binder All Steven Thomas All AF Corse Oreca 07 PA 83 Nicklas Nielsen All François Perrodo All Alessio Rovera All Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup
LMGTE Pro EntrantCarEngineTyreDriversRounds AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 51 James Calado All Alessandro Pier Guidi All Daniel Serra 3 52 Antonio Fuoco All Miguel Molina All Davide Rigon 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 64 Tommy Milner All Nick Tandy All Alexander Sims 3 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 91 Gianmaria Bruni All Richard Lietz1–3, 5–6 Frédéric Makowiecki 3–4 92 Michael Christensen All Kévin Estre All Laurens Vanthoor 3
LMGTE Am
Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 Simon Mann All Christoph Ulrich All Toni Vilander All 54 Francesco Castellacci All Thomas Flohr All Nick Cassidy 1–4, 6 Davide Rigon 5 Spirit of Race 71 Gabriel Aubry All Franck Dezoteux All Pierre Ragues All TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 33 Ben Keating All Marco Sørensen All Florian Latorre 1 Henrique Chaves 2–6 D'station Racing 777 Charlie Fagg All Tomonobu Fujii All Satoshi Hoshino All Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 46 Matteo Cairoli All Nicolas Leutwiler All Mikkel O. Pedersen All 56 Ben Barnicoat All Ollie Millroy 1–5 Brendan Iribe 1–4 Takeshi Kimura 5 P. J. Hyett 6 Gunnar Jeannette 6 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 60 Claudio Schiavoni All Matteo Cressoni 1–2, 4–6 Giancarlo Fisichella 1–2, 4–6 Alessandro Balzan 3 Raffaele Giammaria 3 Iron Dames 85 Rahel Frey All Sarah Bovy 1, 3–6 Michelle Gatting 1, 3–6 Christina Nielsen 2 Doriane Pin 2 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 77 Sebastian Priaulx All Christian Ried All Harry Tincknell All 88 Fred Poordad All Patrick Lindsey 1–2, 4–6 Julien Andlauer 1 Jan Heylen 2–6 Maxwell Root 3 GR Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 86 Ben Barker 2–6 Riccardo Pera 2–6 Michael Wainwright 2–6 NorthWest AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 98 Paul Dalla Lana All Nicki Thiim All David Pittard All
Results and standings
Race results 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. Rnd.CircuitHypercar WinnersLMP2 WinnersLMP2 Pro-Am WinnersLMGTE Pro WinnersLMGTE Am WinnersReport1 Sebring No. 36 Alpine Elf Team No. 23 United Autosports USA No. 83 AF Corse No. 92 Porsche GT Team No. 98 NorthWest AMRReport Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière Paul di Resta Josh Pierson Oliver Jarvis Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Nicki Thiim 2 Spa No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 31 WRT No. 83 AF Corse No. 51 AF Corse No. 77 Dempsey-Proton RacingReport Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Robin Frijns Sean Gelael René Rast Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell 3 Le Mans No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 38 Jota No. 45 Algarve Pro Racing No. 91 Porsche GT Team No. 33 TF SportReport Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa António Félix da Costa Roberto González Will Stevens James Allen René Binder Steven Thomas Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Henrique Chaves Ben Keating Marco Sørensen 4 Monza No. 36 Alpine Elf Team No. 41 RealTeam by WRT No. 45 Algarve Pro Racing No. 64 Corvette Racing No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Report Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato James Allen René Binder Steven Thomas Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell 5 Fuji No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 31 WRT No. 83 AF Corse No. 51 AF Corse No. 33 TF Sport Report Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Dries Vanthoor Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Henrique Chaves Ben Keating Marco Sørensen 6 Bahrain No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No. 31 WRT No. 83 AF Corse No. 52 AF Corse No. 46 Team Project 1 Report Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Robin Frijns Sean Gelael René Rast Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Matteo Cairoli Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. PedersenSource:
Drivers' championships Five titles were offered to drivers, two with world championship status. The Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship was reserved for Hypercar drivers while the GTE World Endurance Drivers' Championship was available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. FIA Endurance Trophies were awarded in LMP2, in LMP2 Pro/Am and in LMGTE Am.
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 the pole 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.
+Points systemsDuration1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPole6 Hours25181512108642118 Hours3827231815129632124 Hours503630242016128421Source:
Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship DriverTeamSEBSPALMSMNZFUJBHRPoints1 Brendon Hartley Toyota Gazoo Racing2Ret12121491 Ryō Hirakawa Toyota Gazoo Racing2Ret12121491 Sébastien Buemi Toyota Gazoo Racing2Ret12121492 André Negrão Alpine Elf Team1241331442 Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine Elf Team1241331442 Nicolas Lapierre Alpine Elf Team1241331443 José María López Toyota Gazoo RacingRet123211333 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota Gazoo RacingRet123211333 Mike Conway Toyota Gazoo RacingRet123211334 Olivier Pla Glickenhaus Racing333Ret704 Romain Dumas Glickenhaus Racing333Ret705 Pipo Derani Glickenhaus Racing33Ret476 Loïc Duval Peugeot TotalEnergies 4 5 4406 Gustavo Menezes Peugeot TotalEnergies 4 5 4407 Ryan Briscoe Glickenhaus Racing3238 James Rossiter Peugeot TotalEnergies 4 5229 Nico Müller Peugeot TotalEnergies 41810 Paul di Resta Peugeot TotalEnergies Ret 4 Ret1210 Mikkel Jensen Peugeot TotalEnergies Ret 4 Ret1210 Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot TotalEnergies Ret 4 Ret12DriverTeamSEBSPALMSMNZFUJBHRPointsSource:Bold - Pole position
World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship