The FIA and ACO have unveiled the 2🦄026 World Endurance Championship calendar on the eve of this week’s Le Mans 24 Hours.

All eight circuits from the current campaign have been retained as part of a largely unaltered s🌺♓chedule for WEC’s 14th season since its relaunch in 2012.

The most notabl💫e change is the later-than-usual start to the campaign, with the Qatar season opener being pushed back to 28 March to accommodate Ramadan.

For comparison, the 2024 season began a full month earlier on 28 February at the Losail In🃏ternational Circuit.

As i🃏n pr꧒evious years, the Qatar curtain-raiser will be preceded by the traditional Prologue pre-season test, scheduled for 22-23 March.

Europe will again host back-to-back spring events, with Imola (Italy) returnin✱g in April followed by Spa-Francorcha🍒mps (Belgium) in May.

The centrepiece of the calendaꦑr, the 94th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, is set for 13-14 June.

For the second consecutive year, Le Mans will🌜 clash with a 🌼Formula 1 race, as the rebranded Barcelona Grand Prix is slated for the same weekend.

The WEC then heads to South America for a mid-July visit to Interlagos, while the Lone Star Le M🦂ans at Circuit of the Americas will be held on 6 September.

Japan's Fuji Speedway will host t𝄹he 100th WEC race on 27th September, with the season once again concluding ไunder the lights in Bahrain on 7 November.

Five of the eight races on the calendar will be contested over six hours. The exceptions are the two Middle Eastern events—Qatar, held over 1812km or a maximum of 10 hours, and Bahrain, run over eight hours—as well as꧋ the 24-hour Le Mans classic at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Despite ongoing speculation, Silverstone is not included on the 2026 schedule. Discussions about a British round had intensified following the circuit’s addition to this year’s European Le Mans Series calendar, but the WEC has opted to stick with eight races for another season. A return to the UK is now expected no earlier than 2027. Silverstone last💦 hosted a WEC event i♕n September 2019.

2025 WEC calendar: