The 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship calendar heralds the return of two popular venues, São Paulo and Bahrain, and also introduces a revision to the duration of its different races in line with fan feedback gathered in the 2017 WEC Fan Survey.

There are eight races set to be run over five continents.

A significant change in this first stage of the new reverse calendar format, with the 24 Hours of Le Mans being the finale to the season, sees a revision to the length of certain established events. Four, six and eight-hour races will feature ahead of Le Mans in a targeted moved aimed at creating additional interest and growing the fanbase.

The calendar also sees the return of the WEC to popular venues São Paulo and Bahrain, alongside the traditional venues of Fuji, Shanghai, Sebring (to be confirmed), Silverstone and Spa.

The FIA WEC 2019-2020 calendar will be presented to the FIA Endurance Commission presided over by Richard Mille, and will be submitted to the FIA World Motor Sport Council for approval in Paris on October 12.

“Our fans spoke, we listened and have reacted,” WEC CEO Gérard Neveu said. “Naturally we have had a period of consultation with our partners and competitors, and we believe that this new calendar will meet their expectations and requirements as well as please the fans who are so important to us all. Our aim is to introduce an additional round to the 2020-2021 calendar so that there is more or less an event every month to help maintain interest.”

2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship Provisional Calendar
(subject to approval by the FIA World Motor Sport Council)

September 1, 2019 — 4 Hours of Silverstone (Great Britain)
October 13, 2019 — 6 Hours of Fuji (Japan)
November 17, 2019 — 4 Hours of Shanghai (China)
December 14, 2019 — 8 Hours of Bahrain (Bahrain)
February 1, 2020 — 6 Hours of São Paulo (Brazil)
March 'xx' 2020 — 1000 Miles of Sebring (8 hours) (USA)
May 3, 2020 — 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)
June 13–14, 2020 — 24 Hours of Le Mans (France)