Porsche to leave World Endurance Championship after 2025
7th October 2025Porsche has confirmed it will stop ‘factory involvement’ in the FIA World Endurance Championship after the current season has concluded.
Feature image credit: Porsche Newsroom
On Tuesday, Porsche confirmed that it will stop its involvement in the WEC next season, as the brand focuses more on Formula E and IMSA.
Porsche confirmed that it has undertaken ‘comprehensive realignment’ and will focus on two factory projects. They have confirmed it will continue to compete its 99X electric in the ABB Formula E championship, and its Porsche 963 in the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
As such, the team will exit the WEC at the end of the current season.
In the announcement, Member of the Executive Board for Development at Porsche AG, Dr Michael Steiner said:
“We very much regret that, due to the current circumstances, we will not be continuing our involvement in the WEC after this season.”
In their reasoning, Porsche confirmed that they are ‘gaining valuable insights’ for the brand’s electric production sports cars. The fourth-generation cars, introduced for Season 13, will bring further development freedom.
This is in the hope that it will allow Porsche to ‘achieve an even steeper learning curve’ for its all-electric production vehicles.
Additionally, the IMSA championship being maintained as a factory project underscores the importance of the North American market and endurance racing to the brand.
In keeping both the Formula E and IMSA projects going and removing the WEC involvement, Porsche states:
“The two factory commitments in Formula E and IMSA, customer racing remains an important pillar of Porsche’s motorsport strategy.”
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