WEC season 2022

FIA WEC 2022 — the season in data

All 6 races of the 2022 WEC season: winners, class winners, distances and manufacturer record. Toyota led with 4 overall wins.

6Races analyzed
246Race entries
2Winning marques
9Winning drivers

The 2022 World Endurance Championship ran 6 races in 6 countries, with 246 race entries in total. This is the start of the Hypercar era, still thin on the grid but open in concept.

Toyota took 4 of 6 overall wins, a share of 67%. The rest went to Alpine (2).

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 62 cars. Classes contested: HYPERCAR, 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
11000 Miles of Sebring Sebring International Raceway · USA2022-03-18#36 AlpineAlpine ELF Team André Negrão · Nicolas Lapierre · Matthieu Vaxiviere1701,023 km36
26 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgien2022-05-07#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez103721 km37
324 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe · Frankreich2022-06-11#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo Hirakawa3805,178 km62
46 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza · Italien2022-07-10#36 AlpineAlpine ELF Team André Negrão · Nicolas Lapierre · Matthieu Vaxiviere1941,124 km38
56 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway · Japan2022-09-11#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo Hirakawa2321,059 km36
68 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit · Bahrain2022-11-12#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez2451,326 km37

Overall wins by manufacturer

Who turned pace into results across the season.

Alpine
2
Toyota
4

Class winners by round

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

RdRaceClass winners
11000 Miles of SebringHYPERCAR — #36 Alpine Alpine A480 Alpine ELF Team · André Negrão · Nicolas Lapierre · Matthieu VaxiviereLMP2 — #23 Oreca Oreca 07 United Autosports · Paul di Resta · Oliver Jarvis · Joshua PiersonLMGTE Pro — #92 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche GT Team · Michael Christensen · Kevin EstreLMGTE Am — #98 Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR Northwest AMR · Paul Dalla Lana · David Pittard · Nicki Thiim
26 Hours of Spa-FrancorchampsHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #31 Oreca Oreca 07 WRT · Sean Gelael · Robin Frijns · René RastLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James CaladoLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Dempsey - Proton Racing · Christian Ried · Sebastian Priaulx · Harry Tincknell
324 Hours of Le MansHYPERCAR — #8 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo HirakawaLMP2 — #38 Oreca Oreca 07 JOTA · Roberto Gonzalez · Antonio Felix da Costa · William StevensLMGTE Pro — #91 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche GT Team · Gianmaria Bruni · Richard Lietz · Frédéric MakowieckiLMGTE Am — #33 Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR TF Sport · Ben Keating · Henrique Chaves · Marco Sørensen
46 Hours of MonzaHYPERCAR — #36 Alpine Alpine A480 Alpine ELF Team · André Negrão · Nicolas Lapierre · Matthieu VaxiviereLMP2 — #41 Oreca Oreca 07 Realteam by WRT · Rui Andrade · Ferdinand Habsburg · Norman NatoLMGTE Pro — #64 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Corvette Racing · Tommy Milner · Nick TandyLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Dempsey - Proton Racing · Christian Ried · Sebastian Priaulx · Harry Tincknell
56 Hours of FujiHYPERCAR — #8 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo HirakawaLMP2 — #31 Oreca Oreca 07 WRT · Sean Gelael · Robin Frijns · Dries VanthoorLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James CaladoLMGTE Am — #33 Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR TF Sport · Ben Keating · Henrique Chaves · Marco Sørensen
68 Hours of BahrainHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #31 Oreca Oreca 07 WRT · Sean Gelael · Robin Frijns · René RastLMGTE Pro — #52 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Miguel Molina · Antonio FuocoLMGTE Am — #46 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Team Project 1 · Matteo Cairoli · Mikkel Pedersen · Nicolas Leutwiler