2019 World Endurance Championship season

2019 WEC
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The 2019 WEC Spotter guide

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, 8
Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	Audi R18	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6		3	Marc Stwerka	3–10
				10	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	1, 3, 5
				19	Francisco Vazquez	1
				77	Kenneth Ragland	9
Scuderia Corse LMP1	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6		8	Sergio Catalusci	1, 3
				16	Esteban Caivano	1, 3
				29	Franco Benítez	1, 3
MPG Competition LMP1 Team	Audi R18	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6		11	Martin Jatzek	1–4
				91	Matthew Clipp	4–5
FRA Simracing LMP1 Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4		24	Alfie Bevan	9
				67	Tookie Gonzales	10
C-Force Racing	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4		25	Marcos Landa	3
				55	Jesús Chirinos	1, 3–10
				69	Bruno Spano	All
				94	Lucas Murno	1–4, 6–9
JMD Moronta Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6		53	Pablo López	8
				56	Jose Miguel Moronta	9

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
				33	László Téglás	8–10
				64	Tanguy Van de Wege	9–10
				81	Jon McDonald	9
				82	Cristian Alvarez	1–2, 6–10
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		11	Martin Jatzek	9
				13	Phillip Volland	1, 3–10
MPG Competition Team Asia	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		14	Constantin Grimminger	1–6, 9–10
				17	Carlos Frau	1–9
	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L V8				10
JG Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8		15	Julian Gines	7–9
Team Berni	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8		18	Bernard Mróz	1, 3, 5–6
SL Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		21	Saulius Laurinavicius	5
C-Force Racing GT Team	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6		22	German Soto	4
				25	Marcos Landa	6–7
Light Arrows	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		26	Daniel Nieto	7–8
FRA Simracing Team	Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 Aston Martin 4.0 L V8		59	Carl-Magnus Borre	9
				74	Sven Geelhoed	9–10
Hattrick Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		45	Leandro Nunes	6
Porsche KRT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		48	Otávio de Barros	1–3, 6–7
				49	Pedro Lopes Ribeiro	1
					Felipe Sodre da Silva	6
				50	André Leite	1–2
Black Point Racing Team	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8		80	Bartosz Nowak	1–3
Pedro Lopes Ribeiro	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8		96	Pedro Lopes Ribeiro	9
Alex Freitas	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8		98	Alex Freitas	2

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	144 minutes	Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	MPG Competition Team Asia
				Marc Stwerka	Constantin Grimminger
4	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June	90 minutes	Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	MPG Competition Team Asia
				Marc Stwerka	Carlos Frau
5	Nürburgring, Nürburg	14 July	90 minutes	C-Force Racing	MPG Competition Team Asia
				Bruno Spano	Carlos Frau
6	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	11 August	90 minutes	Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	MPG Competition Team Asia
				Marc Stwerka	Carlos Frau
7	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	1 September	90 minutes	C-Force Racing	C-Force Racing GT Team
				Bruno Spano	Marcos Landa
8	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	29 September	90 minutes	C-Force Racing	Repsol Swinegel Racing GTE Team
				Lucas Murno	Cristian Alvarez
9	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	27 October	60 minutes*	C-Force Racing	FRA Simracing Team
				Lucas Murno	Sven Geelhoed
10	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring	17 November	120 minutes	Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	FRA Simracing Team
				Marc Stwerka	Sven Geelhoed

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	69	Bruno Spano	7†	2	2	3	1	3†	1	3	3	3	167
2	3	Marc Stwerka			1	1	Ret	1	2	2	2	1	154
3	55	Jesús Chirinos	6		7	5	2	4†	3	5	5	2	107
4	94	Lucas Murno	4	3	DSQ	6†		2		1	1		103
5	11	Martin Jatzek	3	1	4	4							64
6	10	Lorenzo de Ciutiis	1		6		3						48
7	8	Sergio Catalusci	2		5								28
8	91	Matthew Clipp				2	Ret						18
9	25	Marcos Landa			3								15
10	53	Pablo López								4			12
10	56	Jose Miguel Moronta									4		12
12	16	Esteban Caivano	5		DSQ								10
13	2	Lor Rezo		Ret						6			8
13	24	Alfie Bevan									6		8
15	29	Franco Benitez	DNS		8								4
16	19	Francisco Vazquez	Ret										0
16	67	Tookie Gonzales										Ret	0
18	77	Kenneth Ragland									DSQ		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	17	Carlos Frau	2	2	2†	1	1	1	Ret	5†	4	4	163
2	13	Phillip Volland	4		4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	147
3	14	Constantin Grimminger	1	1	1	3	5†	4			5	2	140
4	82	Cristian Alvarez	Ret	Ret				6	6†	1	3	Ret	56
5	25	Sven Geelhoed									1	1	50
6	18	Bernard Mróz	7		3		3	5					46
7	80	Bartosz Nowak	3	3	5								40
8	48	Otávio de Barros	8	Ret	6†			3	5†				37
9	26	Daniel Nieto							3	3			30
10	25	Marcos Landa						9†	1				27
11	33	László Téglás								4	9	5	24
12	15	Julian Gines							4	6†	10		21
13	3	Marc Stwerka	6	4									20
14	21	Saulius Laurinavicius					4						12
15	4	Aurimas Auga	5										10
16	11	Martin Jatzek									6		8
17	45	Leandro Nunes						7					6
17	81	Jon McDonald									7		6
19	96	Pedro Lopes Ribeiro	10†								8		5
20	49	Felipe Sodre da Silva						8					4
21	6	Martynas Jurgelevičius	9										2
22	50	André Leite	11†	Ret									0
22	64	Tanguy Van de Wege									11†	DSQ	0
24	98	Alex Freitas		Ret									0
25	22	German Soto				Ret							0
26	59	Carl-Magnus Borre									DNS		0
Pos.	No.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

Teams' championships

LMP1 teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	C-Force Racing	4	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	199
2	Repsol Swinegel Racing LMP1 Team	1		1	1	3	1	2	2	2	1	194
3	MPG Competition LMP1 Team	3	1	4	2	Ret						70
4	Scuderia Corse LMP1	2		5								28
5	JMD Moronta Racing								4	4		24
6	Endurance LMP1 Team		Ret						6			8
6	FRA Simracing LMP1 Team									6	Ret	8
Pos.	Team	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

GTE teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	MPG Competition Team Asia	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	5†	4	2	190
2	MPG Competition GT Team	4		4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	147
3	Repsol Swinegel Racing GTE Team	6	4				6	6†	1	3	Ret	76
4	FRA Simracing Team									1	1	50
5	Team Berni	7		3		3	5					46
6	Black Point Racing Team	3	3	5								40
7	Porsche KRT Team	8	Ret	6†			3	5†				37
8	C-Force Racing GT Team				Ret		9†	1				27
9	SL Racing					4						12
10	Blood Wolf Racing	5										10
Pos.	Team	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

Manufacturers' championships

LMP1 Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.	Man.	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	Audi	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	1	219
2	Porsche	4	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	199
3	Toyota	2		5					4	4		52
Pos.	Driver	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points

GTE Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.	Man.	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points
1	Aston Martin	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	230
2	Porsche	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	166
3	Chevrolet	3	3	3		3	5			8		74
4	Ford				Ret		9†	1				27
5	Ferrari							4	6†	10		21
Pos.	Man.	GBR	BEL	FRA	AUT	GER	BHR	JPN	CHN	BRA	USA	Points