Entries for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship opened today (Monday 6 December), with competitors applying to compete next season accepted until Friday 7 January 2022.
The 2022 FIA WEC season is set to start with the official pre-season test, the Prologue at Sebring, taking place from 12-13 March. The following weekend the 1000 Miles of Sebring will open next year’s six-event schedule.
This will be followed by a three-event European leg of the calendar, including the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (7 May), the 24 Hours of Le Mans (11/12 June) and the 6 Hours of Monza (10 July), all three events that featured on this year’s schedule.
2022 is also set to mark the return of the Championship to Japan, after a two-year absence due to COVID 19, with the 6 Hours of Fuji scheduled for 11 September. The season will conclude with the 8 Hours of Bahrain (12 November).
December 6 also marks the opening of entries for the 90th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
January’s deadline allows for the equipment for accepted entries to be shipped by sea freight in time for mid-March’s Prologue, part of a raft of cost-saving measures introduced last year that includes exclusive use of sea freight for events taking place overseas.
