
The 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season opener at Portimao has been postponed from April 4 to June 13, due to ongoing COVID-19-related travel restrictions in Portugal.
The ninth season of the FIA WEC will now start behind closed doors at Spa-Francorchamps on May 1, with a Prologue test set for April 26-27.
Round 2 will now be the 6 Hours of Monza, which will remain in mid-July with Portimao now the last race before the rescheduled Le Mans 24 Hours on August 21-22 (with the test day on August 15), after race organizers the Automobile Club de l’Ouest announced yesterday
The final two rounds of WEC Season 9, which will take place in Fuji (Japan) and Bahrain remain unchanged.