World Endurance Championship 2023: How to watch, calendar and more as Ferrari and Porsche join the series

Updated 16/03/2023 at 09:39 GMT

The World Endurance Championship is back for 2023 and it promises to be the biggest season for years with Porsche, Ferrari and Cadillac joining the series’ Hypercar class. With it comes some top drivers. The season gets underway this weekend at the iconic Sebring. Find out how you can watch the WRC in 2023 and what the calendar looks like this year.

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The 2023 World Endurance Championship will be the biggest in recent seasons as Ferrari and Porsche join the Hypercar class, with several of motorsport’s biggest stars also competing this year.

The centenary of the Le Mans 24 Hours and the technical regulations in the WEC’s top class has persuaded manufacturers to join, which has led to 13 entries in the Hypercar class.

Toyota, Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac and Peugeot will be among those fighting for the overall championship.

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1997 Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve will be the most notable name on the grid, but other top drivers such as Jean-Eric Vergne, Antonio Felix da Costa, Andre Lotterer, Kamui Kobayashi, Sebastien Buemi, Paul di Resta and Antonio Giovinazzi will be competing in the Hypercar class.

LMP2 and GTE Am return for 2023, after the GTE Pro class was dropped last year.

How can I watch the World Endurance Championship in 2023?

Watch the 2023 WEC season, including 24 Hours of Le Mans, live on Eurosport and via streaming on discovery+ and Eurosport.com

There will be extensive coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in June.

For latest up-to-date schedules, click here.

World Endurance Championship 2023 Calendar

Round	Event	Venue	Date
1	1000 Miles of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
2	6 Hours of Portimao	Algarve International Circuit	April 16
3	6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	April 29
4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 10-11
5	6 Hours of Monza	Monza	July 9
6	6 Hours of Fuji	Fuji Speedway	September 10
7	8 Hours of Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	November 4

The best WEC season for years?

With Formula 1 and Formula E growing substantially over the last five years, the World Endurance Championship could be about to have a boom of its own.

The early 2014 to 2016 era where Audi, Porsche and Toyota went head-to-head in LMP1 is still seen as one of the best sportscar eras ever and it’s hoped the same can happen in the Hypercar class.

BMW and Lamborghini will also join the series in 2024 so there will be at least seven manufactures in the top class next year.

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Stream the 2023 World Endurance Championship on discovery+

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