The calendar for the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship was unveiled at Le Mans on Friday, consisting of eight rounds amid a multi-year contract extension for the Italian Imola circuit.
The 2025 campaign will commence in Qatar for the second year running following this year’s debut of the Qatar 1812KM.
In 2025, the Qatar prologue will take place on February 21-22 with Round 1 of the FIA WEC season, the 1812KM taking place on February 28.
For the second year running FIA WEC will return to Emilia Romagna to race at the historic Imola circuit on April 20, with the venue signing on to host the series through the 2028 season whilst simultaneously committing to improve the paddock and pit infrastructure.
“It’s a great satisfaction to announce, right here in Le Mans, the agreement with LMEM to have the two races – WEC and ELMS, to remain in Imola for the next four years,” said Formula Imola General Director Petro Benvenuti.
“The great collaboration and mutual respect with Frédéric Lequien and Cédric Vilatte led to the great result we achieved together in 2024 and following this, we reached this important agreement with the fundamental support of the Municipality of Imola and in particular of the Mayor, Marco Panieri.
“WEC represents an event of great importance for the circuit and the territory demonstrated by the great participation of many spectators in love with the “Spirit of Le Mans” who came to enjoy the race and the Emilia-Romagna Region.”
The entirety of the 2025 calendar consists of the same rounds in the same order as the 2024 schedule with the 6 Hours of Imola being followed by the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on May 10.
June 14-15 will see the 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2025 and the marquee round of the FIA WEC will be followed by the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo (July 13), Lone Star Le Mans at COTA in Austin, Texas (September 7), the 6 Hours of Fuji (September 28) and the season-ending 8 Hours of Bahrain (November 8).
“The 2025 WEC calendar is about consolidation and creating a schedule that works for both our teams and fans,” FIA World Endurance Championship CEO Frédéric Lequien.
“The WEC is growing at an extraordinary rate but we must remain humble and by maintaining eight rounds, we are listening to our teams, stakeholders and partners by also keeping budget in mind.
“It is important for WEC to reach as wide an audience as possible and with eight races across five different regions, we will continue to achieve this.
“We are delighted that Imola has committed to the WEC until at least 2028 – the circuit and city Mayor Marco Panieri have been a tremendous support and this year’s inaugural WEC race there was a huge success, which we look forward to emulating in 2025 and beyond.”
Mohammed ben Sulayem, FIA President added: “Over the last couple of years the FIA World Endurance Championship has been enjoying an incredible period of growth in terms of both sporting level as well as popularity.
“With this came the calendar expansion and last year the series settled for an eight-round schedule that provides it with both geographical diversity as well a line-up of world-class racing venues to stage the events.
“It is therefore great news to have the same schedule confirmed for 2025, which for WEC means a stable base on which it can grow even further.”
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