WEC season 2021

FIA WEC 2021 — the season in data

All 6 races of the 2021 WEC season: winners, class winners, distances and manufacturer record. Toyota led with 6 overall wins.

6Races analyzed
224Race entries
1Winning marques
6Winning drivers

The 2021 World Endurance Championship ran 6 races in 5 countries, with 224 race entries in total. This is the start of the Hypercar era, still thin on the grid but open in concept.

Toyota won every round. A season with one answer to every question is rare, and it says as much about the field as about the car.

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: HYPERCAR, LMP2, LMGTE Pro, LMGTE Am, Garage 56.

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 · Belgien2021-05-01#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Brendon Hartley1621,135 km33
28 Hours of Portimão Autódromo Internacional do Algarve · Portugal2021-06-13#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Brendon Hartley3001,396 km32
36 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza · Italien2021-07-18#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez2041,182 km36
424 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe · Frankreich2021-08-21#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez3715,055 km61
56 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit · Bahrain2021-10-30#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez1851,001 km31
68 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit · Bahrain2021-11-06#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Brendon Hartley2471,337 km31

Overall wins by manufacturer

Who turned pace into results across the season.

Toyota
6

Class winners by round

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

RdRaceClass winners
16 Hours of Spa-FrancorchampsHYPERCAR — #8 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Brendon HartleyLMP2 — #22 Oreca Oreca 07 United Autosports · Philip Hanson · Fabio Scherer · Filipe AlbuquerqueLMGTE Pro — #92 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche GT Team · Kevin Estre · Neel JaniLMGTE Am — #83 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · François Perrodo · Nicklas Nielsen · Alessio Rovera
28 Hours of PortimãoHYPERCAR — #8 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Brendon HartleyLMP2 — #38 Oreca Oreca 07 JOTA · Roberto Gonzalez · Antonio Felix da Costa · Anthony DavidsonLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James CaladoLMGTE Am — #47 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Cetilar Racing · Roberto Lacorte · Giorgio Sernagiotto · Antonio Fuoco
36 Hours of MonzaHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #22 Oreca Oreca 07 United Autosports · Philip Hanson · Fabio Scherer · Filipe AlbuquerqueLMGTE Pro — #92 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche GT Team · Kevin Estre · Neel JaniLMGTE Am — #83 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · François Perrodo · Nicklas Nielsen · Alessio Rovera
424 Hours of Le MansHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #31 Oreca Oreca 07 Team WRT · Robin Frijns · Ferdinand Habsburg · Charles MilesiLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James Calado · Côme LedogarLMGTE Am — #83 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · François Perrodo · Nicklas Nielsen · Alessio RoveraGarage 56 — #84 Oreca Oreca 07 Association SRT41 · Takuma Aoki · Nigel Bailly · Matthieu Lahaye
56 Hours of BahrainHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #31 Oreca Oreca 07 Team WRT · Robin Frijns · Ferdinand Habsburg · Charles MilesiLMGTE Pro — #92 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche GT Team · Kevin Estre · Neel JaniLMGTE Am — #33 Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR TF Sport · Ben Keating · Dylan Pereira · Felipe Fraga
68 Hours of BahrainHYPERCAR — #8 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Kazuki Nakajima · Brendon HartleyLMP2 — #31 Oreca Oreca 07 Team WRT · Robin Frijns · Ferdinand Habsburg · Charles MilesiLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James CaladoLMGTE Am — #83 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · François Perrodo · Nicklas Nielsen · Alessio Rovera