Historic Deal Positions FIA World Endurance Championship for Record Decade of Growth as the Sport Enters its Golden Age

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 30, 2026--

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), the founder and organiser of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, have today announced a major deal for the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC), securing another decade of growth.

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The landmark agreement, which comes during a period of unprecedented growth for the championship, will ensure a common ambition to expand the partnership and drive its commercial success. It will run from the end of 2027, when the current agreement expires, to the end of 2037.

Under the extended partnership agreement, all regulatory processes will be overseen by FIA Working Groups, the FIA Endurance Commission, and will require the final approval of the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The homologation process has also been streamlined, with the FIA and ACO overseeing the homologation of all cars competing in the Hypercar class.

The renewed partnership will also deliver significantly increased branding for the FIA. This includes enhanced branding prominently displayed across key areas including parc fermé, the podium and the Safety Cars, as well as across broadcast coverage.

With an expanding fanbase, a wider pool of competitors, and a global calendar of iconic events, the championship is stronger than ever. Since its inception in 2012, it has set the global standard for long-distance circuit racing. Following the introduction of the Hypercar regulations in 2021, interest in the championship from motor sport fans and from the automotive world has surged.

FIA WEC’s trackside audience has grown 8% so far in 2026, with millions of fans following the championship globally. The fanbase for the championship is also evolving. This year, 44% of attendees are aged 34 or younger, while 40% are attending an FIA WEC event for the first time. The championship has secured the long-term loyalty of its existing fanbase, while building the next generation of endurance racing fans.

Eight of the world’s leading auto-manufacturers currently compete in Hypercar, the top category of FIA WEC. Following the addition of the LMGT3 class in 2024, the championship now counts no fewer than 14 marques in total on the starting grid. Two more giants of the automotive industry – Ford and McLaren – are set to join the Hypercar ranks in 2027.

For over 100 years, endurance racing has served as a proven testbed for technologies that transfer from track to road. This renewed agreement creates a solid framework for advancing hydrogen powertrains in competition, providing a clear pathway toward more sustainable transport and mobility.

It will also deliver a more unified technical framework that defines top-level endurance racing Hypercars competing both in the FIA WEC and IMSA in North America, which will be introduced from 2030. The new framework will provide greater cost-efficiency for manufacturers to compete in endurance racing championships and events globally, boosting potential participation and increasing the spectacle for motor sport fans.

With interest in FIA WEC at levels never seen before, the championship is positioned for continued growth and success over the coming decade. This new deal offers the solid foundation needed to secure its future, marking a milestone moment in the history of FIA WEC.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the FIA, said:“This is not simply an agreement, it is a vital step forward for racing that will secure the future of the FIA World Endurance Championship for years to come.

“This is a deal built for the future, a deal of the century, one that strengthens the collaboration between the FIA and ACO, a relationship that dates back over 120 years, and sets the championship up for a decade of record growth that will deliver real benefits to fans, drivers, teams and manufacturers.

“It has been an honour to play a part in the collaboration that has helped usher in this golden age of endurance racing. I look forward to continuing our work alongside President Pierre Fillon and his team as we build on this momentum and shape an even stronger future.”

Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, said:“We are delighted to see the agreement between the FIA and the ACO extended, reinforcing the strong and long-standing relationship that has been at the heart of the FIA World Endurance Championship since its creation in 2012. This partnership has been built on trust, shared ambition, and a common commitment to the development of endurance racing.

“Together, the FIA and the ACO have created a solid foundation for the continued success and international growth of the championship, and we look forward to writing the next chapter of this remarkable collaboration. Finally, I would like to thank FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem for the great relationship we have built.”

Alberto Villarreal, General Manager at the FIA, said: “ The FIA World Endurance Championship is stronger and more popular than it has ever been before, with a growing and evolving fanbase, and an impressive roster of top-tier global auto-manufacturers.

“The agreement announced today underlines the investment in the championship from both the FIA and the ACO, and our commitment to continue bringing the sport to new audiences. It is a pivotal moment in the history of FIA WEC, and provides the foundation and stability needed for the championship’s ongoing success.”

Frédéric Lequien, CEO of the Le Mans Endurance Management, the promoter for the FIA World Endurance Championship, said:“This agreement comes at an exciting time for the FIA World Endurance Championship. The championship is experiencing exceptional momentum, with growing engagement from manufacturers, teams, partners, media, and fans around the world. The extension provides a strong framework to build on this growth, further strengthen the global appeal of the WEC and continue to deliver a world-class championship at the forefront of endurance racing. We are looking forward to an ambitious and exciting future for the FIA WEC.”

Historic Deal Positions FIA World Endurance Championship for Record Decade of Growth as the Sport Enters its Golden Age

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 30, 2026--

Klarvant, named by the UK Government among the partners expanding the Government Cyber Unit's Vulnerability Monitoring Service, today announced a significant expansion of Namespace Command, the platform it builds for governing an organisation's external digital estate.

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Since the platform went live in April, Klarvant has added a connected ontology that models an organisation's external estate as a single system rather than a list of assets, an automation layer that acts on changes rather than only reporting them, continuous CVE intelligence with exploitation context, and machine-to-machine access allowing customers' own AI systems to query the estate directly. An agent-to-agent implementation is now available in the Google Cloud agent marketplace.

The UK Government published on 2 July 2026 that it is working with partners including Detectify, Hardenize and Klarvant to expand how the Vulnerability Monitoring Service identifies DNS, configuration, email and web content issues. The service covers more than 6,000 public sector organisations, with more than 1,300 signed up for active scanning.

Klarvant's commercial clients operate in energy, aviation, telecommunications, banking and pharmaceuticals. More than 70 per cent of its enterprise clients are constituents of a leading national stock index. Together with central government, that places Klarvant's client base inside six of the thirteen sectors the UK designates as critical national infrastructure.

Namespace Command discovers an organisation's complete external digital footprint across nine surfaces without software installation, API keys or privileged access. It then models the estate as a single connected system, establishes accountable ownership for every asset and finding, orchestrates the workflows that resolve them, and produces continuous audit evidence against NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS Controls, HIPAA, GDPR and customer-defined frameworks. Organisations of this size are audited on whether a finding was closed and by whom, which is a harder question than how many assets they can list.

“Working at the scale of a national government changes what you build. You cannot ask thousands of organisations to install software, and governance that depends on a person reading a dashboard does not survive contact with an estate this size. So this year we moved from reporting to orchestration: the platform watches for change, routes it to whoever owns it, and lets our clients' own AI systems query the estate directly. Finding problems was never the hard part. Governing what you find is,” said Luis Novella, chief executive of Klarvant.

Klarvant is a global, remote-first company with its registered headquarters in London.

Notes to editors

Primary source for the UK Government engagement. The Vulnerability Monitoring Service expansion naming Klarvant was published by the UK Government at security.gov.uk on 2 July 2026 and updated on 14 July 2026. Klarvant has worked with the Government Cyber Unit since the company's early operations. The 6,000 and 1,300 figures describe the coverage of the Vulnerability Monitoring Service, not Klarvant's own client count.

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About Klarvant

Klarvant is a digital governance intelligence company that protects the digital identities of high-reputation organisations. Our platform, Namespace Command, delivers orchestrated digital governance: it uncovers an organisation's complete digital footprint from day one, without installing software or requiring access to internal systems, connects it into one living model of the external ecosystem, and governs what it finds through accountable ownership and workflows you define. Klarvant's clients are G7 governments and multinational enterprises, most of them constituents of a leading national stock index. Govern your namespace.

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