Henri Dubois · Endurance Correspondent
At the FIA WEC season finale at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, several titles are still to be decided, led by the in-house duel between Toyota's two crews for the drivers' crown.
The FIA World Endurance Championship heads to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza for its eighth and final round on the weekend of November 6 to 8, 2026, as the 6 Hours of Monza close out the year's contest. After two free practice sessions on Friday, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. local time (CET), and a third session on Saturday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., qualifying and Hyperpole follow on Saturday afternoon, for the LMGT3 class from 2:20 p.m. (Hyperpole from 2:40 p.m.) and for the Hypercar class from 3:00 p.m. (Hyperpole from 3:20 p.m.), before the race starts on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and is decided over six hours and numerous driver changes. Three titles are still open at Monza: the Hypercar drivers' title as well as the LMGT3 teams' and drivers' championships. On top of that, the order behind Toyota in the manufacturers' standings has yet to be settled.
Toyota against itself
According to the current WEC standings, Toyota already sealed the Hypercar manufacturers' title at the seventh round of the season in Barcelona, with 212 points to BMW's 154. The drivers' title, however, remains open at Monza, and it will be fought out in-house: heading into the finale, the #8 crew of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa leads on 114 points from the sister crew in the #7 car with Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries, who trail by 17 points on 97. According to the official WEC preview, both crews go into the finale without team orders, so they are free to race for the title without regard for the other Toyota crew. Team principal Kamui Kobayashi is himself behind the wheel of the #7 car.
Mike Conway also contests the final race of his career at Monza, having announced his retirement in October. The Briton is likely to do everything he can to end his career with a world title and to push to the limit over the full race distance, even if that means doing his own team's #8 crew no favors.
The battle for second among the manufacturers
While the drivers' crown stays in-house at Toyota, the order behind it in the manufacturers' standings has not been decided yet. According to the current championship standings, BMW is second with 154 points, Ferrari follows on 130 and Cadillac on 118. All three manufacturers therefore still have something to lose or to gain at Monza, even if the top spot is no longer an option for them.
For Ferrari, the finale comes on home soil, at the so-called Temple of Speed, after a season in which the title defense against Toyota and BMW fell short. The Scuderia should be suitably motivated in front of its home crowd to at least end the year with the best manufacturers' position still within reach.
LMGT3: teams' and drivers' titles still open
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In the LMGT3 class, TF Sport's #33 Corvette arrives as the favorite according to the current standings. On 92 points, the team is 18 ahead of The Bend Manthey's #92 Porsche, which has 74 points. Behind them are Racing Team Turkey by TF on 70 points, 22 off the lead, and Team WRT with its BMW on 66 points, 26 adrift. The LMGT3 drivers' championship is still open as well: Jonny Edgar leads it with 92 points, with his teammate Nicky Catsburg on 88.
Mathematically, that leaves four teams in the title fight, even if TF Sport goes into this six-hour war of attrition as the clear favorite. Whether the lead holds until the checkered flag or the tide turns once more over a long afternoon at Monza, with its fast corners and the demands they place on brakes and tires over a double stint, will only become clear on Sunday evening.
