2019 World Endurance Championship season

2019 WEC
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The 2019 IVRC WEC season will be the 1st IVRC WEC season.

Teams and Drivers

LMP1

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds
Endurance LMP1 Team	Audi R18	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6		2	Lor Rezo	2
				23	Heinzt Renzo
Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	Audi R18	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6		10	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	1
				19	Francisco Vazquez	1
				87	Dionysis Faraos
BMRS E-Sport	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6		7	Vinicius Goncalves
				43	Vinicius Loyola
Scuderia Corse LMP1	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6		8	Sergio Catalusci	1
				16	Esteban Caivano	1
				29	Franco Benitez	1
MPG Competition LMP1 Team	Audi R18	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6		11	Martin Jatzek	1–2
C-Force Racing	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4		55	Jesús Chirinos	1
				69	Bruno Spano	1–2
				94	Lucas Murno	1–2
TBA	Rebellion R13	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8

GTE

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds
Repsol Swinegel Racing GTE Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		3	Marc Stwerka	1–2
				82	Cristian Alvarez	1–2
Blood Wolf Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		4	Aurimas Auga	1
				6	Martynas Jurgelevičius	1
MPG Competition GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		13	Phillip Volland	1
MPG Competition Team Asia	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		14	Constantin Grimminger	1–2
				17	Carlos Frau	1–2
Team Berni	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8		18	Bernard Mróz	1
SSA Racing	BMW M8 GTE	BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8		20	Felipe Muniz
Ford Chip Ganassi Team FR	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6		26	Samuel Perryman
Porsche KRT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		48	Otávio de Barros	1–2
				49	Pedro Lopes Ribeiro	1
				50	André Leite	1–2
Black Point Racing Team	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8		80	Bartosz Nowak	1–2
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		95	Lukasz Lazewski
TBA	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8		TBA	Alex Freitas	2
TBA	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8

Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 2 February 2018.

Round	Circuit	Date	Distance	LMP1 Winner	GTE Winner
1	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	17 March	90 minutes	Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	MPG Competition Team Asia
				Lorenzo de Ciutiis	Constantin Grimminger
2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	7 April	90 minutes	MPG Competition LMP1 Team	MPG Competition Team Asia
				Martin Jatzek	Constantin Grimminger
3	Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans	5 May	180 minutes
4	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June	90 minutes
5	Nürburgring, Nürburg	14 July	90 minutes
6	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	11 August	90 minutes
7	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	1 September	90 minutes
8	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	29 September	90 minutes
9	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	27 October	90 minutes
10	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring	17 November	120 minutes

Testing

Round	Circuit	Date
Pre-season test #1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	17 February
Pre-season test #2	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	3 March

Championship results

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in all three classes equally.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championships

LMP1 Drivers' Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	11	Martin Jatzek	3	1									40
2	94	Lucas Murno	4	3									27
3	10	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	1										25
4	69	Bruno Spano	7†	2									24
5	8	Sergio Catalusci	2										18
6	16	Esteban Caivano	5										10
7	55	Jesús Chirinos	6										8
8	19	Francisco Vazquez	Ret										0
8	2	Lor Rezo		Ret									0
10	29	Franco Benitez	DNS										0
Pos.	No.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

GTE Drivers' Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	14	Constantin Grimminger	1	1									50
2	17	Carlos Frau	2	2									36
3	80	Bartosz Nowak	3	3									30
4	3	Marc Stwerka	6	4									20
5	13	Phillip Volland	4										12
6	4	Aurimas Auga	5										10
7	18	Bernard Mróz	7										6
8	48	Otávio de Barros	8	Ret									4
9	6	Martynas Jurgelevičius	9										2
10	49	Pedro Lopes Ribeiro	10†										1
11	50	André Leite	11†	Ret									0
12	82	Cristian Alvarez	Ret	Ret									0
12	TBA	Alex Freitas		Ret									0
Pos.	No.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

Teams' championships

LMP1 teams' Championship

Pos.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	MPG Competition LMP1 Team	3	1									40
2	C-Force Racing	4	2									30
3	Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	1										25
4	Scuderia Corse LMP1	2										18
Pos.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

GTE teams' Championship

Pos.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	MPG Competition Team Asia	1	1									50
2	Black Point Racing Team	3	3									30
3	Repsol Swinegel Racing GTE Team	6	4									20
4	MPG Competition GT Team	4										12
5	Blood Wolf Racing	5										10
6	Team Berni	7										6
7	Porsche KRT Team	8	Ret									4
Pos.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

Manufacturers' championships

LMP1 Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	Audi	1	1									50
2	Toyota	2	2									36
3	Porsche	4										12
Pos.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

GTE Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	Aston Martin	1	1									50
2	Chevrolet	3	3									30
3	Porsche	4	4									24
Pos.	No.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points