How to Watch the 2026 WEC Imola: Start Time and Entry List

The World Endurance Championship opens its 2026 season at Imola from 17 to 19 April. The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari hosts the first round after calendar changes.

Ferrari arrives as the form team after a dominant 2025 campaign. The constructor won both WEC titles and claimed victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The 2025 Imola six-hour race was won by the No. 51 Ferrari 499P crew. Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi and James Calado shared that victory.

Schedule and start times

The weekend features official practice, qualifying and the six-hour race. Key sessions include FP3, qualifying and the six-hour race start.

• Saturday FP3 — 08:30 GMT.
• Saturday Qualifying — 12:30 GMT.
• Sunday Race start — 11:00 GMT. Race finish — 17:00 GMT.

Local and international conversions are published by the series. For details on How to Watch the 2026 WEC Imola: Start Time and Entry List see the broadcast and streaming section below.

TV and streaming

The WEC has secured broadcast partners in all regions. Coverage options vary by territory.

• Africa — BeInSports and SuperSport.
• Asia — J Sports, Eurosports, SpoTV, BeIN Sports, Kuy Entertainment and Tencent.
• Europe — Eurosport, ORF Sport+, Arena Sport, Sport 10 and many national channels.
• Middle East — BeIN Sports.
• North America — Max and HBO Max.
• Oceania — BeIN Sports and Stan Sport.
• South America — Band Sports, Band Play, Esporte, Grande Premio and Fox Deportes on Tubi.

The championship operates the FIAWEC+ streaming service. A single-race Imola pass costs €9.99. The full-season pass for eight rounds costs €49.99.

Hypercar entry list

• 007 Aston Martin THOR Team Aston Martin Valkyrie — Harry Tincknell and Tom Gamble.
• 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Aston Martin Valkyrie — Alex Riberas and Marco Sorensen.
• 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid — Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries.
• 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid — Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa.
• 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R — Will Stevens and Norman Nato.
• 15 BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 — Kevin Magnussen and Raffaele Marciello.
• 17 Genesis Magma Racing Genesis GMR-001 Hypercar — Andre Lotterer, Pipo Derani and Mathys Jaubert.
• 19 Genesis Magma Racing Genesis GMR-001 Hypercar — Mathieu Jaminet, Paul-Loup Chatin and Dani Juncadella.
• 20 BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 — Robin Frijns, Rene Rast and Sheldon van der Linde.
• 35 Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 — Antonio Felix da Costa, Charles Milesi and Ferdinand Habsburg.
• 36 Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 — Frederic Makowiecki, Jules Gounon and Victor Martins.
• 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R — Earl Bamber and Sebastien Bourdais.
• 50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P — Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen.
• 51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P — Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi.
• 83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P — Yifei Ye, Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson.
• 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 — Paul di Resta, Stoffel Vandoorne and Nick Cassidy.
• 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 — Loic Duval, Malthe Jakobsen and Theo Pourchaire.

LMGT3 entry list

• 10 Garage 59 McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo — Antares Au, Thomas Fleming and Marvin Kirchhofer.
• 21 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo — François Heriau, Simon Mann and Alessio Rovera.
• 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 — Gray Newell, Kobe Pauwells and Jonny Adam.
• 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 — Ian James, Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi.
• 32 Team WRT BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo — Darren Leung, Sean Gelael and Augusto Farfus.
• 33 TF Sport Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R — Nicky Catsburg, Jonny Edgar and Blake McDonald.
• 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R — Charlie Eastwood, Peter Dempsey and Salih Yoluc.
• 54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo — Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci and Davide Rigon.
• 58 Garage 59 McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo — Alexander West, Finn Gehrsitz and Benjamin Goethe.
• 61 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 — Martin Berry, Rui Andrade and Maxime Martin.
• 69 Team WRT BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo — Anthony McIntosh, Peter Thompson and Daniel Harper.
• 77 Proton Competition Ford Mustang LMGT3 — Ben Tuck, Eric Powell and Sebastian Priaulx.
• 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F LMGT3 — Esteban Masson, Matteo Cressoni and Johannes Zelger.
• 79 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 — Johannes Zelger, Matteo Cressoni and Lin Hodenious.
• 87 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F LMGT3 — Jose María Lopez, Clemens Schmid and Petru Umbrarescu.
• 88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang LMGT3 — Giammarco Levorato, Stefano Gattuso and Logan Sargeant.
• 91 Manthey DK Engineering Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 — Ayhancan Guven, Timur Boguslavskiy and James Cottingham.
• 92 The Bend Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 — Yasser Shahin, Ricardo Pera and Richard Lietz.

Filmogaz.com will offer updates, start-time reminders and race reporting across the weekend. Expect live reaction and analysis after the chequered flag.