2022 DWEC Season

The 2022 Season of the Dinoco World Endurance Championship brings the racing series alot of changes from team changes, newcomers, retirements, new tracks and so much more

## New Tracks and Returning Tracks

### New Tracks:

Fuji Speedway

Daytona Circuit

Rome Circuit

### Returning Tracks:

Eifel Circuit

Sakhir DWEC Circuit

Holland Circuit

Jakarta Circuit of the Future

Yas Marina Circuit

DWEC Raceway Laguna Seca

Adelaide Street Circuit

Autopolis Street Circuit

## New Teams

Dodge Endurance Team

BWT Rinspeed Team

Google Citroen E-Prix Racing

## New Racers

### Clint Gaughan

Former American Backup Racer Clint Gaughan announces his official debut racing for McLaren Endurance Team replacing Sean Sirius who made his move to Benetton-Mazda, He hopes to win a race and even a title, This year might be his best rookie year, Aged 34 he is one of the older racers to ever compete in DWEC, taking form of a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 colored blue and orange, resembling the Formula 1 McLaren paint scheme, He also became friends with Max Gallagher, Cruz Ramirez, Azura Mazda and Norris Best when they practiced in Malaysia.

### Max Gallagher

Former Canadian Backup Racer Max Gallagher makes her debut as an official racer for the Ford Ecoboost Endurance Team replacing the retired Paco Rodriguez, Other racers were blown away by her fantastic racing style and quick speed and she might be a world champion one day, Aged 29 She is one of the younger racers to ever compete in DWEC taking form of a Ford GT Le Mans colored green, red and black with a Canadian Flag on her sides, During the practice in Sepang she met racers like Wayne DeVerdes, Max Verstappen, Shu Todoroki, Norris Best and Clint Gaughan.

### Jenson Button

Retired Racer Jenson Button decided to return to DWEC after signing a contract to race for his previous team, Caterham Endurance Team Replacing Rheyland Gould who moved to Bugatti Racing, He was getting slower because of his age but then he became faster when practicing in Sepang, He takes form of a standard Formula 1 Car colored white, black, orange and blue, He had the fastest qualifying time back in 2017 and hopes to beat the time during the qualifying session in Laguna Seca.

### Rosamond Mahula

Former German Backup Racer Rosamond Mahula begins to race for Toyota Gazoo Racing replacing Shu Todoroki who moved to Rebellion Racing, taking form of a standard LMP Racecar colored blue and yellow, Aging 25 she is one of the younger racers who participated in DWEC, She made friends with Cruz Ramirez in Sepang showing her that she was her fan and idol and wanted to race just like her.

### Finn "Shotgun" Melleki

Former Irish Backup Racer Finn Melleki nicknamed "Shotgun" officially confirmed that he will be replacing Hunt Powers that's now racing for Chevrolet GT Racing and racing for Buick Chip Ganassi Racing, Aged 38 he is one of the oldest racers to ever compete in DWEC, taking form of a Buick Regal modified for racing with the color red and blue, He set the fastest time in practice recorded by their team's timekeeper and might beat his current time during qualifying in Laguna Seca.

## Retirements

### Paco Rodriguez

He decided to retire after their town was suffering fuel loss and it managed to affect his testing track fuel storage that's located near their town and their only fuel was Dinoco that they carry towards the races, They managed to create another fuel by using organic materials, but due to the DWEC Regulations, Dinoco and Petrolla are the only recommended fuel used for races, So he decided to retire from racing making Max Gallagher take his place.