FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

As previously announced, the FIA World Endurance Championship – in partnership with the ACO – will comprise a minimum of six events, including the “Le Mans 24 Hours”. Apart from this event, the duration of the races will be six to 12 hours. The Championship is exclusively reserved for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (GTE) cars, although vehicles using technologies considered to be innovative may be admitted without scoring points.

FIA World Endurance Championship titles will be awarded to the champion drivers and manufacturer (reserved for the LMP1 category). In addition, a World Cup will be awarded to the winning LM GTE Manufacturer (including Pro and Am), as well as FIA Endurance Trophies to the winning teams in LM P2, LME GT Am, LM GTE Pro and best private LM P1.

For all events other than the Le Mans 24 Hours, points will be awarded according to the following scale for all categories:

1st 25 points

2nd 18 points

3rd 15 points

4th 12 points

5th 10 points

6th 8 points

7th 6 points

8th 4 points

9th 2 points

10th 1 point

And 0.5 point (awarded to any car classified lower than10th in the general classification)

For the Le Mans 24 Hours only, these points will be doubled.

In each category an additional point will be awarded to the car on Pole Position and each driver of its crew.

For 2012, the number 1 will be attributed to the manufacturer having won the 2011 LM P1 manufacturers’ title in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

The entrants in the Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the various Le Mans Series have all been informed of these modifications to the rules. They will come into force at the first event on the 2012 calendar reserved for cars complying with the ACO technical regulations governing the Le Mans 24 Hours.

ACO, FIA World Endurance Championship 2012, The sporting regulations 2012