Multiple key sporting and technical regulations for the FIA World Endurance Championship have been approved today by the FIA World Motor Sport Council during its third meeting of 2024.
During the gathering — the council’s third of the year — the following additions and changes to the rules have been confirmed ahead of the 2025 season:
- Leader lights will be replaced with multicolor LED display panels fitted on each side of the cars, offering wide viewing angles and capable of displaying a range of information. This change has been made to “enhance the fan experience.”
- The homologation period for the Hypercar class cars has been extended by two years, through the end of the 2029 season.
- The lifespan of the current-gen LMP2 cars has also been extended. Their homologation will last until the end of 2027. These cars will continue to have a presence in the European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
- Any driver having driven less than 45 minutes in total during a race will not score FIA WEC championship points – this is a reduction from the previous limit of 60 minutes.
- Each Hypercar manufacturer must nominate two cars to score points in the world championship.
The meeting was chaired by President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, with World Council members joining in person at the FIA offices in Paris, and via video conference.