All the numbers behind the FIA World Endurance Championship @FIAWEC. Words by Alex Harrison.
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77 - @RichardLietz won the 1st #WEC 6-hour race at Spa 2012 in car number 77, and won the 77th 6-hour race at Barcelona 2026.
Spa 2012 was the 1st race in Europe, and Barcelona was the 50th race in Europe.
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7 - @ToyotaRacingWEC has claimed as many #WEC podium finishes in the first seven races of 2026 (7), as it achieved in the 2024 and 2025 seasons COMBINED.
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13 - 13 non-finishes or disqualification in #WEC races by the Ford Mustang LMGT3 is now the outright most in class, two more than any other car/make (Lexus).
Barcelona 2026 was the car's 3rd double non-classification, after Bahrain 2024 & Sao Paulo 2025. Gloomy.
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50 - @kamuikobayashi's P2 at Barcelona 2026 meant he became the 4th driver to reach 50+ #WEC podiums, after his @ToyotaRacingWEC teammates Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Mike Conway.
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15 - @MCLEndurance's Leonardo Fornaroli will be the 15th Italian driver to compete in the #WEC top class, and the 9th to race in a Hypercar. Italy has produced four overall winners to-date: Dindo Capello, Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi & Antonio Fuoco.
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7 - Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 is the 6th different model of @PorscheRaces to win 7+ #WEC races, and matches the seven victories its predecessor Porsche 911 RSR (997) achieved across four campaigns between Sebring 2012 and Le Mans 2015.
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5 - Leonardo Fornaroli in 2027 will become the 5th @Formula2 champion to compete in the #WEC鈥檚 top class, after Nyck de Vries, Mick Schumacher, Felipe Drugovich and Theo Pourchaire.
Attenzione! 馃摪 @McLarenF1 reserve driver and reigning F2 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli secures a full-season seat with the McLaren Hypercar Team in @FIAWEC 馃А
Having won back-to-back FIA Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles, Leo graduates from the McLaren Driver Development Programme to join the McLaren Hypercar Team, while continuing in his role as McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team reserve driver 馃挭
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2 - Fuji 2026 saw the Hypercar/LMGT3 winners lead a combined 31 of the 390 laps they completed, or 7.9%; the least-collectively dominated #WEC race ever.
Barcelona 2026 saw the winners lead 350 of the 381 laps, or 91.9%; the most-dominated race ever. Contrasts.
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29 - @ToyotaRacingWEC's 29th 1-2 finish in #WEC coincides with @Sebastien_buemi claiming his 29th overall victory with the team.
#8 led sister #7 home, to deliver Toyota its 8th overall title.
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1 - Proton Competition's #88 Ford Mustang LMGT3 at #6hBarcelona 2026 is the first GT car to be disqualified from a #WEC race since two Ford GTs at Le Mans 2019. Groundhog.
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4 - @ToyotaRacingWEC #8 won the first #WEC race at Portimao, #7 won the first races at Monza and Imola, and #8 has now won again at the first race in #6hBarcelona.
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3 - All of the three newest #WEC circuits have seen a disqualification in their first race.
Peugeot #93 and Cadillac Racing #2 at Qatar 2024
BMW M Team WRT #15 at Imola 2024
Proton Competition #88 at #6hBarcelona 2026
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1 - Proton Competition Ford #88 is the first LMGT3 car to be disqualified from a #WEC race, with this the series' first disqualification since Le Mans 2025.
Proton is the 3rd team to suffer DSQ in two classes (also GTE Am), after Rebellion and AF Corse.
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16 - Genesis Magma Racing #17 finished P16 at #6hBarcelona, from pole position. This is the lowest finishing position by an overall pole-sitter in #WEC since Toyota #7 finished P23 at Silverstone 2017. Sunk.
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1 -@manthey_racing with Porsche won the first #WEC race at Nurburgring, the first race at Monza, the first race at Qatar and the first #6hBarcelona.
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1 - @Sebastien_buemi wins his 100th #WEC race and @RichardLietz wins his 99th WEC race. Legends.
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