FIA World Endurance Championship confirms Silverstone return
12 June 2026The FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) will return to the UK for the first time in eight years next season, after Silverstone was confirmed on the series’ 2027 schedule.
Reviving a partnership that has created some of endurance racing’s most memorable moments, the 6 Hours of Silverstone will represent the third round of the campaign from 23-25 April, slotting into the gap between the 6 Hours of Imola and TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps as the calendar expands to nine events.
The Northamptonshire venue’s globally-renowned Grand Prix Circuit – the first iteration of which dates all the way back to 1948, with the modern-day, 5.891km layout in use since 2011 – features some of the sport’s most famous corners. From Copse and Stowe to Maggots and Becketts, it poses one of motor racing’s greatest tests.
FIA WEC has already staged eight events at the celebrated ‘Home of British Motorsport’ from 2012 to 2019, captivating fans with a succession of exhilarating encounters showcasing the very best of the long-distance discipline.
Prior to that, Silverstone’s history of hosting top-tier international endurance races stretches back half-a-century, witnessing victories across various eras for heroes such as Riccardo Patrese, Michele Alboreto, Jochen Mass and Stefan Bellof, not to mention 24 Hours of Le Mans legends Tom Kristensen, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell, who between them count an astonishing 20 wins in the twice-round-the-clock contest.
The current crop of Hypercar heavyweights – including reigning world champion Ferrari, homegrown marque Aston Martin, 2027 arrivals Ford and McLaren plus Toyota, FIA WEC’s most successful manufacturer – will all be eager to add their name to the record books in Britain, and the championship’s headline act will be joined by a full field of LMGT3 cars.
The production-based category has proved an instant hit since its introduction two years ago, with triumphs for no fewer than seven different brands from 18 races to-date highlighting its fiercely-competitive nature. Both classes combined, no other series can lay claim to such a standout, high-calibre grid of true automotive titans.
Tickets for next year’s 6 Hours of Silverstone on 23-25 April will go on sale shortly.
Frédéric Lequien, CEO, FIA World Endurance Championship, said:
“We are excited to be returning to Silverstone next season, and I would like to thank Stuart Pringle and the British Racing Drivers’ Club for making this comeback possible. Silverstone is a venue steeped in motorsport history and boasts a long legacy of top-flight endurance racing, including eight hugely successful FIA WEC events from 2012 to 2019. It is a circuit beloved by competitors, and from a driving and engineering point-of-view, it presents a tremendous challenge.
“Not only that, but British fans are famously enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the sport, and we are delighted that they will once again be able to enjoy the indescribable thrill of a World Championship round up close on home soil.”
Stuart Pringle OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Silverstone Circuit, said:
“Our history with the FIA World Endurance Championship and its forebears runs deep, with more than 50 years of some of the greatest endurance racing this sport has ever seen. FIA WEC is a unique and exciting championship, and we are proud to welcome it back to a circuit that demands everything from drivers and inspires an atmosphere that must be experienced to be believed.
“The spectacle of FIA WEC is like no other. We cannot wait to see it back at Silverstone in 2027, and neither can our fans.”
