2016 FIA WEC calendar revised

Following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council earlier this week, just one minor change has been made to the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship timetable.

The fifth round will take place at Mexico's Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez a day earlier than originally planned. That means the race is going to be run on a Saturday rather than a Sunday.

Audi has already revealed its 2016 LMP1 contender, a revised R18.

Also agreed were technical measures proposed by the Endurance Commission. Focussing mainly on powertrain regulations, aerodynamics and testing limits, these are intended to attract more manufacturers to the LMP1 class.

2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - Calendar
Round	Date	Event	Country
1	17 April	6 Hours of Silverstone	Great Britain
2	07 May	6 Hours of Spa	Belgium
3	18/19 June	24 Hours of Le Mans	France
4	24 July	6 Hours of Nürburgring	Germany
5	03 September	6 Hours of Mexico City	Mexico
6	17 September	6 Hours of COTA - Lone Star Le Mans	USA
7	16 October	6 Hours of Fuji	Japan
8	06 November	6 Hours of Shanghai	China
9	19 November	6 Hours of Bahrain	Bahrain

An official pre-season testing session at Circuit Paul Ricard in France – known as The Prologue – is scheduled for the 25th and 26th of March.

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