Qatar and Bahrain WEC rounds moved to Barcelona and Monza

LONDON, July 28 : The final two rounds of the 2026 World Endurance Championship (WEC) have been moved from Qatar and Bahrain to circuits in Spain and Italy due to the situation in the Gulf region, organisers said on Tuesday.The Qatar 1,812 km race at the Lusail circuit outside Doha was due to open the season on March 28 but had been postponed to October 24 due to the Iran war.That penultimate round will instead become the inaugural Six Hours of Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 18.Italy's Monza circuit outside Milan will host the final round instead of Bahrain on November 8. "We have been closely monitoring developments in the Middle East over recent months," said WEC chief executive Frederic Lequien in a statement. "A few weeks ago, we were optimistic about being able to ra