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Originally Posted by carbsmith
Nah, the World Endurance Championship was for prototypes. The GT cars previously had the World Endurance Cup, which counted both Pro and Am in the overall driver ranking. This year it becomes two separate World Endurance Championships, as rather confusingly they keep casually using the term "GT World Championship" for what is apparently formally called the "FIA World Endurance Championship for GTE Drivers"
In 2015 the LMP2 champions finished 4 spots ahead of the LMP1 Private Team champions in the WEC though.
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Just for clarification: Per the
regulations 11.2 the championships & trophies are:
- LMP FIA World Endurance Drivers' Champion (all LMP1 & LMP2 drivers) (11.2.1; driver title)
- LMP1 FIA World Endurance Manufacturers' Champion (LMP1-H, this is the one about whose legitimacy I've asked and haven't received a satisfying answer yet) (11.2.1; manufacturer title)
- GT FIA World Endurance Drivers' Champion (all GTE-Pro & GTE-Am drivers) (11.2.1; driver title)
- GT FIA World Endurance Manufacturers' Champion (GTE-Pro) (11.2.1; manufacturer title)
- FIA Endurance Trophy awarded to the best private LMP1 team driver(s) only if at least three cars are entered for the season (11.2.3.1; driver title)
- FIA Endurance Trophy awarded to the best LMP2 team (11.2.3.1; team title)
- FIA Endurance Trophy awarded to the best LMGTE AM team (11.2.3.1; team title)
- FIA Endurance Trophy awarded to the best LMGTE PRO team (11.2.3.1; team title)
- FIA Endurance Trophy awarded to the best private LMP1 team, only if at least 3 cars are entered for the season (using only non-hybrid cars or ... details) (11.2.3.1; team title)
- FIA Endurance Trophy awarded to the best LMP2 driver(s) (11.2.3.2; driver title)
- FIA Endurance Trophy awarded to the best GTE Am driver(s) (11.2.3.2; driver title)
That's 2
world championship driver titles, 2
world championship manufacturer titles, 3
trophy driver titles and 4
trophy team titles (sum: 4 championships and 7 trophies, or: 11 titles) for 5 (P1-H P1-P P2 GTE-Pro GTE-Am) classes. 2017, obviously, won't have a P1 Endurance Trophy for neither team nor driver (so "only" 9 titles for 4 classes)