WEC season 2018-2019

FIA WEC 2018-2019 — the season in data

All 8 races of the 2018-2019 WEC season: winners, class winners, distances and manufacturer record. Toyota led with 7 overall wins.

8Races analyzed
325Race entries
2Winning marques
9Winning drivers

The 2018-2019 World Endurance Championship ran 8 races in 6 countries, with 325 race entries in total. This is the years after the manufacturer exodus, when Toyota stood alone against privateer LMP1 teams.

Toyota took 7 of 8 overall wins, a share of 88%. The rest went to Rebellion (1).

The longest race of the year was the 24 Hours of Le Mans over 24 hours; the largest field lined up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans with 61 cars. Classes contested: LMP1, LMP2, LMGTE Pro, LMGTE Am.

Each race below links to its own data analysis: pace order, reliability by class, lead changes and closing stability, all measured the same way.

Every round of the season

Round by round: date, circuit, overall winner, distance covered and the link to the full data analysis.

RdRaceDateWinnerLapsDistanceCars
16 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgien2018-05-05#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando Alonso1631,142 km34
224 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe · Frankreich2018-06-16#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando Alonso3885,287 km60
36 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit · England2018-08-19#3 RebellionRebellion Racing Mathias Beche · Thomas Laurent · Gustavo Menezes1931,137 km34
46 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway · Japan2018-10-14#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez2301,050 km34
56 Hours of Shanghai Shanghai International Circuit · China2018-11-18#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez113616 km35
61000 Miles of Sebring Sebring International Raceway · USA2019-03-15#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando Alonso2531,523 km33
76 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgien2019-05-04#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando Alonso133932 km34
824 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe · Frankreich2019-06-15#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando Alonso3855,246 km61

Overall wins by manufacturer

Who turned pace into results across the season.

Rebellion
1
Toyota
7

Class winners by round

Every class, every round — the results the overall table hides.

RdRaceClass winners
16 Hours of Spa-FrancorchampsLMP1 — #8 Toyota Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando AlonsoLMP2 — #26 Oreca Oreca 07 G-Drive Racing · Roman Rusinov · Jean-Eric Vergne · Andrea PizzitolaLMGTE Pro — #66 Ford Ford GT GTE Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK · Stefan Mücke · Olivier Pla · Billy JohnsonLMGTE Am — #98 Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin Racing · Paul Dalla Lana · Pedro Lamy · Mathias Lauda
224 Hours of Le MansLMP1 — #8 Toyota Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando AlonsoLMP2 — #36 Alpine Alpine A470 Signatech Alpine Matmut · Nicolas Lapierre · André Negrão · Pierre ThirietLMGTE Pro — #92 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Porsche GT Team · Michael Christensen · Kevin Estre · Laurens VanthoorLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Dempsey - Proton Racing · Matt Campbell · Christian Ried · Julien Andlauer
36 Hours of SilverstoneLMP1 — #3 Rebellion Rebellion R13 Rebellion Racing · Mathias Beche · Thomas Laurent · Gustavo MenezesLMP2 — #38 Oreca Oreca 07 Jackie Chan DC Racing · Ho-Pin Tung · Gabriel Aubry · Stéphane RichelmiLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James CaladoLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Dempsey - Proton Racing · Christian Ried · Julien Andlauer · Matt Campbell
46 Hours of FujiLMP1 — #7 Toyota Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #37 Oreca Oreca 07 Jackie Chan DC Racing · Jazeman Jaafar · Weiron Tan · Nabil JeffriLMGTE Pro — #92 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Porsche GT Team · Michael Christensen · Kevin EstreLMGTE Am — #56 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Team Project 1 · Jörg Bergmeister · Patrick Lindsey · Egidio Perfetti
56 Hours of ShanghaiLMP1 — #7 Toyota Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #38 Oreca Oreca 07 Jackie Chan DC Racing · Ho-Pin Tung · Gabriel Aubry · Stéphane RichelmiLMGTE Pro — #95 Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin Racing · Marco Sørensen · Nicki ThiimLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Dempsey - Proton Racing · Christian Ried · Julien Andlauer · Matt Campbell
61000 Miles of SebringLMP1 — #8 Toyota Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando AlonsoLMP2 — #37 Oreca Oreca 07 Jackie Chan DC Racing · David Heinemeier-Hansson · Jordan King · William StevensLMGTE Pro — #91 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Porsche GT Team · Richard Lietz · Gianmaria BruniLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Dempsey - Proton Racing · Christian Ried · Julien Andlauer · Matt Campbell
76 Hours of Spa-FrancorchampsLMP1 — #8 Toyota Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando AlonsoLMP2 — #31 Oreca Oreca 07 DragonSpeed · Roberto Gonzalez · Pastor Maldonado · Anthony DavidsonLMGTE Pro — #97 Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin Racing · Alexander Lynn · Maxime MartinLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Dempsey - Proton Racing · Christian Ried · Riccardo Pera · Matt Campbell
824 Hours of Le MansLMP1 — #8 Toyota Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando AlonsoLMP2 — #36 Alpine Alpine A470 Signatech Alpine Matmut · Nicolas Lapierre · André Negrão · Pierre ThirietLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James Calado · Daniel SerraLMGTE Am — #56 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR (991) Team Project 1 · Jörg Bergmeister · Patrick Lindsey · Egidio Perfetti