With proceedings getting underway for the 6 Hours of Fuji in Japan this weekend. The FIA World Endurance Championship released the series 2015 calendar.
The biggest change to the calendar is no return to Interlagos, Brazil for 2015, cited by FIA WEC CEO Gérard Neveu as been due to circuit renovations. The FIA WEC will instead visit the Nurburgring for the 50th anniversary of the Nurburgring 1000km’s running on the Grand Prix layout. This will mark the first time the FIA WEC has visited Germany and the first time Le Mans Prototypes have run in competitive racing in Germany since the 2009 Nurburgring 1000kms, when the race was part of the Le Mans Series.
The full calendar is as follows
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship Provisional Calendar**
27 / 28 March : Prologue Castellet
12 April : 6 Hours of Silverstone
02 May : 6 Hours of Spa
31 May : Tests Le Mans
13/14 June : 24h du Mans
30 August : 6 Hours of Nurburging
19 September : 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas ( Lone Star le Mans)
11 October : 6 Hours of Fuji
1 November: 6 Hours of Shanghai
21 November : 6 Hours of Bahrain
** Subject to clarification by the FIA World Motor Sport Council
The series has additionally managed to address a criticism it has received in the scheduling gaps between races particularly post Le Mans, while still offering teams, drivers and other parties a chance before the series gets back underway.
