Ranking the top 10 Hypercar drivers in the 2023 WEC

The World Endurance Championship enjoyed a resurgence of manufacturer interest in 2023, providing Toyota with a sterner test than it faced in the first two years of the Hypercar rules. With many more drivers in the top class to assess, here are the names that impressed the most in the Hypercar class this year

Published Dec 5, 2023, 4:11 PM

For the past three seasons, we haven’t done a top 10 as part of our review of the WEC season, rather a pair of top fives, one for Hypercar and one for GTE Pro. There weren’t enough cars in the top class to justify listing 10 drivers, but that changed this year.

We’ve never done a GTE Am top whatever, but if you are ranking drivers from a pro-am class you have to take into account their FIA grading. Corvette Racing took the title with the strongest driver line-up, not as a result of having Nicky Catsburg in the seat aboard its C8.R reserved for a pro, but because in Ben Keating and Nicolas Varrone it had easily the best bronze and silver.

Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 32nd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 75 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Autoweek, Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.