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

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.

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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 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 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 Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.