WEC season 2023

FIA WEC 2023 — the season in data

All 7 races of the 2023 WEC season: winners, class winners, distances and manufacturer record. Toyota led with 6 overall wins.

7Races analyzed
280Race entries
2Winning marques
9Winning drivers

The 2023 World Endurance Championship ran 7 races in 7 countries, with 280 race entries in total. This is the crowded Hypercar era, with Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac, BMW, Peugeot, Alpine and Toyota in one class.

Toyota took 6 of 7 overall wins, a share of 86%. The rest went to Ferrari (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 62 cars. Classes contested: HYPERCAR, LMP2, 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
11000 Miles of Sebring Sebring International Raceway · USA2023-03-17#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez2391,438 km36
26 Hours of Portimão Autódromo Internacional do Algarve · Portugal2023-04-16#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo Hirakawa2221,033 km37
36 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgien2023-04-29#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez1481,037 km37
424 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe · Frankreich2023-06-10#51 FerrariFerrari AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi · James Calado · Antonio Giovinazzi3424,660 km62
56 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza · Italien2023-07-09#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez2001,159 km36
66 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway · Japan2023-09-10#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria Lopez2291,045 km36
78 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit · Bahrain2023-11-04#8 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo Hirakawa2491,348 km36

Overall wins by manufacturer

Who turned pace into results across the season.

Ferrari
1
Toyota
6

Class winners by round

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

RdRaceClass winners
11000 Miles of SebringHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #48 Oreca Oreca 07 Hertz Team JOTA · David Beckmann · Yifei Ye · William StevensLMGTE Am — #33 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Corvette Racing · Ben Keating · Nicolas Varrone · Nicky Catsburg
26 Hours of PortimãoHYPERCAR — #8 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo HirakawaLMP2 — #23 Oreca Oreca 07 United Autosports · Joshua Pierson · Giedo van der Garde · Oliver JarvisLMGTE Am — #33 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Corvette Racing · Ben Keating · Nicolas Varrone · Nicky Catsburg
36 Hours of Spa-FrancorchampsHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #41 Oreca Oreca 07 Team WRT · Rui Andrade · Robert Kubica · Louis DelétrazLMGTE Am — #83 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Richard Mille AF Corse · Luis Perez Companc · Lilou Wadoux · Alessio Rovera
424 Hours of Le MansHYPERCAR — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 499P Ferrari AF Corse · Alessandro Pier Guidi · James Calado · Antonio GiovinazziLMP2 — #34 Oreca Oreca 07 Inter Europol Competition · Jakub Smiechowski · Albert Costa · Fabio SchererLMGTE Am — #33 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Corvette Racing · Nicky Catsburg · Ben Keating · Nicolas VarroneGarage 56 — #24 Chevrolet Chevrolet Camaro GT4 Hendrick Motorsports · Jimmie Johnson · Mike Rockenfeller · Jenson Button
56 Hours of MonzaHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #28 Oreca Oreca 07 JOTA · David Heinemeier-Hansson · Pietro Fittipaldi · Oliver RasmussenLMGTE Am — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Dempsey - Proton Racing · Christian Ried · Mikkel Pedersen · Julien Andlauer
66 Hours of FujiHYPERCAR — #7 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Mike Conway · Kamui Kobayashi · Jose Maria LopezLMP2 — #41 Oreca Oreca 07 Team WRT · Rui Andrade · Robert Kubica · Louis DelétrazLMGTE Am — #54 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari AF Corse · Thomas Flohr · Francesco Castellacci · Davide Rigon
78 Hours of BahrainHYPERCAR — #8 Toyota Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Sébastien Buemi · Brendon Hartley · Ryo HirakawaLMP2 — #41 Oreca Oreca 07 Team WRT · Rui Andrade · Robert Kubica · Louis DelétrazLMGTE Am — #85 Porsche Porsche 911 RSR-19 Iron Dames · Sarah Bovy · Michelle Gatting · Rahel Frey