WEC: 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Entry List Revealed
With the FIA WEC soon to kick off at Sebring, the list of 62 cars invited to take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary race has been released!
At 4pm on Saturday 10 June, the French flag will be waved to herald the start of the Centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans, the fourth round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. After outlining the program of festivities last December, it is now time to present the grid!
Once again, there will be 62 cars competing on track. The line-up comprises 16 Hypercars, 24 LMP2s, 21 LMGTE Am cars and one Innovative Car. There are ten teams on the reserve list. In the top tier, this is the highest number of race entries since 2011 (17 LMP1s)! Although the list of 186 drivers is not yet complete, we know that there will be 12 former outright winners among them, plus five women.
Hypercar
Seven manufacturers will have their eye on the prize in the premier class: Ferrari, Porsche, Peugeot, Cadillac, Vanwall, Glickenhaus and Toyota. The Japanese marque will be aiming for a sixth consecutive win but will have its work cut out against some iconic and highly experienced rivals. Porsche will be aiming for its 20th overall victory, while Ferrari returns to the top tier at Le Mans after a 50-year hiatus. The luxury Italian carmaker can draw on almost 75 years of expertise in the discipline and will be keen to add a tenth Le Mans victory to its list of achievements. After a promising start on the other side of the Atlantic, Cadillac will line up three cars, hoping to maintain its momentum. Peugeot, which made its Hypercar début at Monza last year, followed by races at Fuji and in Bahrain, will be looking to add a fourth Le Mans victory to its record. Glickenhaus stepped on to the Le Mans podium for the first time in 2022 and will benefit from the experience garnered over the last two years. Finally, Vanwall is a newcomer to this level at Le Mans and will no doubt hope to cause a stir. So, who will lift the unique trophy created especially for the Centenary?
LMP2
There will be 24 teams on the LMP2 grid, eight of which will be driven by a mix of professional and amateur drivers. This class is highly competitive and, year after year, keeps spectators on tenterhooks right up to the final moments of the race. Many of the teams have a real chance of winning. Alpine, due to return to the premier class next year, will launch a two-prong attack to try and claim the crown back from Jota.
LMGTE Am
The LMGTE Am grid at the 24 Hours of Le Mans features 21 cars. This class will run in the French endurance classic for the final time this year, before it is replaced by LMGT3 in 2024. It is open to amateur drivers teamed with professionals. Four prestigious marques will battle it out on the track: eight Porsche 911 RSR-19s, seven Ferrari 488 GTE-EVOs, five Aston Martin Vantage AMRs and one Chevrolet Corvette C8.R. They will all be keen to make history by becoming the final name on the winners roster. The Iron Dames, an all-female trio, will be competing again this year.
Innovative Car
Garage 56, reserved for an innovative car running outside the official classification, will host a Chevrolet Camaro LZ1 entered by the Hendrick Motorsports team, on its maiden appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This will be a modified version of the Next Gen car that competed in the 2022 Cup Series, Nascar’s main championship. The car is a sign of the ever-closer friendship between France and the United States in endurance racing and will be entrusted to an all-star team: Jenson Button, former Formula One World Champion, Mike Rockenfeller, 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours winner and Jimmie Johnson, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion.
Full Entry List
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No. |
HYPERCAR |
NAT |
T |
CARS |
MISC |
DRIVER 1 |
DRIVER 2 |
DRIVER 3 |
16 |
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2 |
W EC |
CADILLAC RACING |
USA |
M |
Cadillac V-Series.R |
Hybrid |
Earl Bamber (NZL) |
P |
Alex Lynn (GBR) |
P |
Richard W estbrook (GBR) |
P |
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3 |
CADILLAC RACING |
USA |
M |
Cadillac V-Series.R |
Hybrid |
Sebastien Bourdais (FRA)° |
P |
Renger Van Der Zande (NLD) |
P |
TBA |
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4 |
W EC |
FLOYD VANW ALL RACING TEAM* |
AUT |
M |
Vanwall Vandervell 680 |
Tom Dillmann (FRA) |
G |
Esteban Guerrieri (ARG) |
P |
Jacques Villeneuve (CAN) |
P |
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|
5 |
W EC |
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 963 |
Hybrid |
Dane Cameron (USA) |
P |
Michael Christensen (DNK) |
P |
Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA) |
P |
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6 |
W EC |
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 963 |
Hybrid |
Kevin Estre (FRA) |
P |
André Lotterer (DEU) |
P |
Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) |
P |
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7 |
W EC |
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING |
JPN |
M |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid |
Hybrid |
Mike Conway (GBR) |
P |
Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) |
P |
Jose Maria Lopez (ARG) |
P |
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8 |
W EC |
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING |
JPN |
M |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid |
Hybrid |
Sébastien Buemi (CHE) |
P |
Brendon Hartley (NZL) |
P |
Ryo Hirakawa (JPN) |
P |
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|
38 |
W EC |
HERTZ TEAM JOTA |
GBR |
M |
Porsche 963 |
Hybrid |
Antonio Felix Da Costa (PRT) |
P |
Will Stevens (GBR) |
P |
Yifei Ye (CHN) |
G |
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50 |
W EC |
FERRARI AF CORSE* |
ITA |
M |
Ferrari 499P |
Hybrid |
Antonio Fuoco (ITA) |
P |
Miguel Molina (ESP) |
P |
Nicklas Nielsen (DNK) |
P |
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|
51 |
W EC |
FERRARI AF CORSE* |
ITA |
M |
Ferrari 499P |
Hybrid |
Alessandro Pier Guidi (ITA) |
P |
James Calado (GBR) |
P |
Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA) |
P |
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75 |
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 963 |
Hybrid |
Felipe Nasr (BRA) |
P |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
93 |
W EC |
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES |
FRA |
M |
Peugeot 9X8 |
Hybrid |
Paul Di Resta (GBR) |
P |
Mikkel Jensen (DNK) |
P |
Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) |
P |
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94 |
W EC |
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES |
FRA |
M |
Peugeot 9X8 |
Hybrid |
Loic Duval (FRA) |
P |
Gustavo Menezes (USA) |
P |
Nico Müller (CHE) |
P |
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|
311 |
ACTION EXPRESS RACING |
USA |
M |
Cadillac V-Series.R |
Hybrid |
Luis Felipe Derani (BRA) |
P |
Alexander Sims (GBR) |
P |
Jack Aitken (GBR) |
P |
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708 |
W EC |
GLICKENHAUS RACING |
USA |
M |
Glickenhaus 007 |
Romain Dumas (FRA) |
P |
TBA |
TBA |
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709 |
GLICKENHAUS RACING |
USA |
M |
Glickenhaus 007 |
Franck Mailleux (FRA) |
G |
TBA |
TBA |
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No. |
LMP2 |
NAT |
T |
CARS |
MISC |
DRIVER 1 |
DRIVER 2 |
DRIVER 3 |
24 |
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9 |
W EC |
PREMA RACING |
ITA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Bent Viscaal (NLD) |
G |
Juan Manuel Correa (USA) |
S |
Filip Ugran (ROU) |
S |
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|
10 |
W EC |
VECTOR SPORT |
GBR |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Ryan Cullen (GBR)° |
S |
TBA |
TBA |
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13 |
TOW ER MOTORSPORTS° |
CAN |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
John Farano (CAN)° |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
14 |
NIELSEN RACING |
GBR |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
Rodrigo Sales (USA)° |
B |
Mathias Beche (FRA)° |
G |
Ben Hanley (GBR) |
G |
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22 |
W EC |
UNITED AUTOSPORTS |
GBR |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Philip Hanson (GBR) |
G |
Filipe Albuquerque (PRT) |
P |
TBA |
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23 |
W EC |
UNITED AUTOSPORTS |
GBR |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Joshua Pierson (USA) |
S |
Tom Blomqvist (GBR) |
P |
Oliver Jarvis (GBR) |
P |
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|
28 |
W EC |
JOTA |
GBR |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
David Heinemeier Hansson (DNK) |
S |
Oliver Rasmussen (DNK) |
G |
Pietro Fittipaldi (BRA) |
G |
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|
30 |
DUQUEINE TEAM |
FRA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Neel Jani (CHE)° |
P |
René Binder (AUT)° |
G |
Nicolas Pino (CHL) |
S |
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|
31 |
W EC |
TEAM WRT |
BEL |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Sean Gelael (IDN) |
S |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
32 |
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION |
POL |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Charles Crews (USA) |
S |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
34 |
W EC |
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION |
POL |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Jakub Smiechowski (POL) |
S |
Albert Costa (ESP) |
P |
Fabio Scherer (CHE) |
G |
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|
35 |
W EC |
ALPINE ELF TEAM |
FRA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
André Negrão (BRA) |
G |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
36 |
W EC |
ALPINE ELF TEAM |
FRA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Matthieu Vaxiviere (FRA) |
G |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
37 |
COOL RACING |
CHE |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) |
P |
Alexandre Coigny (CHE) |
B |
Malthe Jakobsen (DNK) |
G |
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|
39 |
GRAFF RACING |
FRA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
François Heriau (FRA) |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
41 |
W EC |
TEAM WRT |
BEL |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Rui Andrade (AGO) |
S |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
43 |
DKR ENGINEERING |
LUX |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
Tom Van Rompuy (BEL)° |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
45 |
ALGARVE PRO RACING° |
PRT |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
George Kurtz (USA)° |
B |
James Allen (AUS) |
G |
Colin Braun (USA) |
G |
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|
47 |
COOL RACING |
CHE |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Reshad de Gérus (FRA)° |
G |
Vladislav Lomko |
S |
TBA |
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|
48 |
IDEC SPORT |
FRA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Paul Lafargue (FRA) |
S |
Paul Loup Chatin (FRA) |
G |
Laurents Hörr (DEU) |
G |
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|
63 |
W EC |
PREMA RACING° |
ITA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Doriane Pin (FRA)° |
S |
Daniil Kvyat |
P |
Mirko Bortolotti (ITA) |
P |
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|
65 |
PANIS RACING |
FRA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Manuel Maldonado (VEN) |
S |
Tijmen van der Helm (NLD) |
G |
Job van Uitert (NLD) |
G |
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|
80 |
AF CORSE° |
ITA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
François Perrodo (FRA) |
B |
Ben Barnicoat (GBR) |
G |
Norman Nato (FRA) |
G |
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|
923 |
RACING TEAM TURKEY° |
TUR |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
Salih Yoluc (TUR)° |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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No. |
LMGTE Am |
NAT |
T |
CARS |
MISC |
DRIVER 1 |
DRIVER 2 |
DRIVER 3 |
21 |
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|
16 |
PROTON COMPETITION |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Ryan Hardwick (USA) |
B |
Zacharie Robichon (CAN) |
S |
TBA |
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|
21 |
W EC |
AF CORSE° |
ITA |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Simon Mann (GBR) |
S |
Stefano Costantini (ITA)° |
B |
Ulysse de Pauw (BEL) |
G |
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|
25 |
W EC |
ORT BY TF |
OMN |
M |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Ahmad Al Harthy (OMN)° |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
33 |
W EC |
CORVETTE RACING |
USA |
M |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R |
Nicky Catsburg (NLD) |
P |
Benjamin Keating (USA) |
B |
Nicolas Varrone (ARG) |
S |
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|
54 |
W EC |
AF CORSE° |
ITA |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Thomas Flohr (CHE) |
B |
Francesco Castellacci (ITA)° |
S |
Davide Rigon (ITA)° |
P |
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|
55 |
GMB MOTORSPORT |
DNK |
M |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Gustav Dahlmann Birch (DNK) |
S |
Kasper H. Jensen (DNK) |
S |
Jens Reno Møller (DNK) |
B |
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|
56 |
W EC |
PROJECT 1 – AO |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
PJ Hyett (USA) |
B |
Gunnar Jeannette (USA)° |
S |
Matteo Cairoli (ITA)° |
P |
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|
57 |
W EC |
KESSEL RACING |
CHE |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Takeshi Kimura (JPN) |
B |
Gregory Huffaker II (USA) |
S |
Daniel Serra (BRA) |
P |
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|
60 |
W EC |
IRON LYNX° |
ITA |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Claudio Schiavoni (ITA) |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
66 |
JMW MOTORSPORT |
GBR |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Thomas Neubauer (FRA) |
G |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
72 |
TF SPORT° |
GBR |
M |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Arnold Robin (FRA)° |
B |
Maxime Robin (FRA)° |
S |
Valentin Hasse-Clot (FRA)° |
G |
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|
74 |
KESSEL RACING |
CHE |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
David Fumanelli (ITA)° |
G |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
77 |
DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Christian Ried (DEU)° |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
83 |
W EC |
RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE |
ITA |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Luis Perez Companc (ARG) |
B |
Alessio Rovera (ITA)° |
P |
Lilou W adoux (FRA)° |
S |
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|
85 |
W EC |
IRON DAMES° |
ITA |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Sarah Bovy (BEL) |
B |
Michelle Gatting (DNK) |
S |
Rahel Frey (CHE) |
G |
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|
86 |
W EC |
GR RACING |
GBR |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Michael W ainwright (GBR)° |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
88 |
W EC |
PROTON COMPETITION |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Gianmaria Bruni (ITA)° |
P |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
98 |
W EC |
NORTHW EST AMR |
CAN |
M |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Paul Dalla Lana (CAN)° |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
100 |
W ALKENHORST MOTORSPORT |
DEU |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Chandler Hull (USA) |
S |
TBA |
TBA |
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777 |
W EC |
D’STATION RACING° |
JPN |
M |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Satoshi Hoshino (JPN)° |
B |
Charles Fagg (GBR)° |
S |
Tomonobu Fujii (JPN)° |
G |
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911 |
PROTON COMPETITION |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Michael Fassbender (IRL) |
B |
Richard Lietz (AUT)° |
P |
TBA |
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No. |
INNOVATIVE CAR |
NAT |
T |
CAR |
MISC |
DRIVER 1 |
DRIVER 2 |
DRIVER 3 |
1 |
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|
24 |
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS |
USA |
G |
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
Jimmie Johnson (USA) |
P |
Mike Rockenfeller (CHE) |
P |
Jenson Button (GBR) |
P |
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62 |
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Pos |
No. |
CAT |
RESERVE CARS |
NAT |
T |
CARS |
MISC |
DRIVER #1 |
DRIVER #2 |
DRIVER #3 |
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1 |
555 |
GTE Am |
SPIRIT OF RACE° |
CHE |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Duncan Cameron (GBR)° |
B |
Matthew Griffin (IRL)° |
G |
David Perel (ZAF)° |
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2 |
81 |
LMP2 |
DRAGONSPEED USA° |
USA |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
Henrik Hedman (SWE)° |
B |
Juan Pablo Montoya (COL)° |
P |
Sebastian Montoya (COL)° |
S |
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3 |
82 |
GTE Am |
RISI COMPETIZIONE |
USA |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Toni Vilander (FIN) |
P |
TBA |
TBA |
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4 |
15 |
LMP2 |
NIELSEN RACING |
GBR |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
Anthony W ells (GBR)° |
B |
Matthew Bell (GBR)° |
G |
TBA |
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|
5 |
46 |
GTE Am |
TEAM PROJECT 1° |
DEU |
M |
Porsche 911 RSR – 19 |
Timo Glock (DEU)° |
P |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
6 |
44 |
LMP2 |
ARC BRATISLAVA |
SVK |
G |
Oreca 07 – Gibson |
Pro/Am |
Miroslav Konopka (SVK) |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
7 |
52 |
GTE Am |
FORMULA RACING |
DNK |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Johnny Laursen (DNK)° |
B |
Conrad Laursen (DNK)° |
S |
TBA |
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|
8 |
95 |
GTE Am |
TF SPORT° |
GBR |
M |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
John Hartshorne (GBR)° |
B |
TBA |
Jonathan Adam (GBR)° |
G |
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|
9 |
59 |
GTE Am |
GARAGE 59 |
GBR |
M |
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO |
Alexander W est (SWE) |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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|
10 |
27 |
GTE Am |
HEART OF RACING TEAM |
USA |
M |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR |
Ian James (USA) |
B |
TBA |
TBA |
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Tires – M : MICHELIN / G : GOODYEAR |
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Categorization – P : PLATINUM / G : GOLD / S : SILVER / B : BRONZE |
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*Subject to car homologation |
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°Subject to receipt of the license |