WEC 2022: Season 10 LMDh entry list
We are heading to the first race of the 2022 World Endurance Championship at Sebring with the official prologue on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 March and the FIA WEC 1000 Miles of Sebring on Friday 18 March.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021.
The Hypercars will make their first appearance on American soil with Toyota Gazoo Racing, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus and Alpine as only manufacturers represented in the Hypercar class.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2021.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021.
The second car will be driven by Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa replacing Kazuki Nakajima in the #8 car.
The 2017 Super GT champion Ryo Hirakawa is the only newcomer in the Toyota Gazoo Racing squad. He has already been driving in WEC with LMP2 cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2016 and 2017, and won three races in the ELMS (Monza and Red Bull Ring 2016, Monza 2017).
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021
Alpine ELF Team returns to WEC’s top-tier category with its non-Hybrid LMP1 #36 Alpine A480-Gibson driven by its 2021 driver line-up of Nicolas Lapierre, André Negrão and Matthieu Vaxiviere. The Alpine is based on the Rebellion R-13 but a lot of work has been performed by the team to overcome a fuel tank not large enough to match the stint lengths of Toyota’s hypercars. A larger capacity fuel tank was fitted before the 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours and fuel consumption issues were fixed before the Bahrain finale. The #36 Alpine is still left with a two-lap deficit to the Toyotas when it comes to stint lengths. The major aim is to use the 2022 and 2023 WEC seasons as further preparation for its LMDh campaign in 2024.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021
Glickenhaus Racing enters one Glickenhaus 007 LMH entry with Olivier Pla, Romain Dumas and Ryan Briscoe listed to drive for the American squad. A second car is foreseen for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The WEC’s 10th season will count 6 rounds, with Sebring hosting the Prologue on 12 and 13 March as well as the FIA WEC 1000 Miles of Sebring as first race.
Round 2 will be the 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps on 7 May followed by the 90th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 11-12 June .
Round 4 is programmed on 10 July with the 6 Hours of Monza, the temple of speed who is celebrating its 100 years.
Round 5 will happen on 11 September in Fuji, and Bahrain will host the last round on 12 November.
