WEC News: 37-car Rolex 6 Hours of Sao Paulo entry list
A provisional 37-car entry list has been announced for the FIA World Endurance Championship’s return to the Interlagos circuit next month; The Rolex 6 Hours of Sao Paulo – round five of the FIA World Endurance Championship (13-14 July)
Nineteen Hypercars and 18 LMGT3 cars will go head-to-head at the iconic Interlagos Circuit as the WEC returns to Brazil for the first time since 2014. There will be two local drivers for the home fans to cheer on: Nicolas Costa driving the McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo for United Autosports and Augusto Farfus who will pilot the BMW M4 LMGT3 for Team WRT.
The entry list for Sao Paulo sees two driver changes.
The No. 99 Proton Competition Porsche 963 has listed Neel Jani and Julien Andlauer to share driving duties. Regular third driver Harry Tincknell is unable to be in Brazil due to a clash with IMSA for the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park round of the series.
Meanwhile, the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team driven Lexus RC F LMGT3 sees regular Silver driver Timur Boguslavskiy replaced by Austria’s Clemens Schmid. DTM racer Schmid made his WEC debut at Spa-Francorchamps earlier this year when Boguslavskiy was unable to race due to an illness.
At the WEC season’s half-way point, just 12 points separate Porsche, Ferrari and Toyota at the top of the Hypercar standings. In LMGT3, it’s even closer with three teams within two points of each other – it’s all to play for in Brazil!
Sao Paulo Entry List
HYPERCAR
|
N° |
TEAM |
NAT |
CARS |
MISC |
DRIVER 1 |
DRIVER 2 |
DRIVER 3 |
19 |
|
2 |
CADILLAC RACING |
USA |
Cadillac V-Series.R |
HY |
Earl Bamber (NZL) |
Alex Lynn (GBR) |
– |
|
|
5 |
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT |
DEU |
Porsche 963 |
HY |
Matt Campbell (AUS) |
Michael Christensen (DNK) |
Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA) |
|
|
6 |
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT |
DEU |
Porsche 963 |
HY |
Kévin Estre (FRA) |
André Lotterer (DEU) |
Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) |
|
|
7 |
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING |
JPN |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid |
HY |
Mike Conway (GBR) |
Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) |
Nyck de Vries (NLD) |
|
|
8 |
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING |
JPN |
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid |
HY |
Sébastien Buemi (CHE) |
Brendon Hartley (NZL) |
Ryo Hirakawa (JPN) |
|
|
11 |
ISOTTA FRASCHINI |
ITA |
Isotta Fraschini Tipo6-C |
HY |
Antonio Serravalle (CAN) |
Carl Wattana Bennett (THA) |
Jean-Karl Vernay (FRA) |
|
|
12 |
HERTZ TEAM JOTA |
GBR |
Porsche 963 |
HY |
William Stevens (GBR) |
Callum Ilott (GBR) |
Norman Nato (FRA) |
|
|
15 |
BMW M TEAM WRT |
BEL |
BMW M Hybrid V8 |
HY |
Dries Vanthoor (BEL) |
Raffaele Marciello (CHE) |
Marco Wittmann (DEU) |
|
|
20 |
BMW M TEAM WRT |
BEL |
BMW M Hybrid V8 |
HY |
Sheldon van der Linde (ZAF) |
Robin Frijns (NLD) |
René Rast (DEU) |
|
|
35 |
ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM |
FRA |
Alpine A424 |
HY |
Paul-Loup Chatin (FRA) |
Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen (AUT) |
Charles Milesi (FRA) |
|
|
36 |
ALPINE ENDURANCE TEAM |
FRA |
Alpine A424 |
HY |
Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) |
Mick Schumacher (DEU) |
Matthieu Vaxiviere (FRA) |
|
|
38 |
HERTZ TEAM JOTA |
GBR |
Porsche 963 |
HY |
Jenson Button (GBR) |
Philip Hanson (GBR) |
Oliver Rasmussen (DNK) |
|
|
50 |
FERRARI AF CORSE |
ITA |
Ferrari 499P |
HY |
Antonio Fuoco (ITA) |
Miguel Molina (ESP) |
Nicklas Nielsen (DNK) |
|
|
51 |
FERRARI AF CORSE |
ITA |
Ferrari 499P |
HY |
Alessandro Pier Guidi (ITA) |
James Calado (GBR) |
Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA) |
|
|
63 |
LAMBORGHINI IRON LYNX |
ITA |
Lamborghini SC63 |
HY |
Mirko Bortolotti (ITA) |
Edoardo Mortara (ITA) |
Daniil Kvyat |
|
|
83 |
AF CORSE |
ITA |
Ferrari 499P |
HY |
Robert Kubica (POL) |
Robert Shwartzman (ISR) |
Yifei Ye (CHN) |
|
|
93 |
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES |
FRA |
Peugeot 9X8 |
HY |
Mikkel Jensen (DNK) |
Nico Müller (CHE) |
Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) |
|
|
94 |
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES |
FRA |
Peugeot 9X8 |
HY |
Paul Di Resta (GBR) |
Loïc Duval (FRA) |
Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL) |
|
|
99 |
PROTON COMPETITION |
DEU |
Porsche 963 |
HY |
Neel Jani (CHE) |
Julien Andlauer (FRA) |
– |
LMGT3
|
N° |
TEAM |
NAT |
CARS |
DRIVER 1 |
DRIVER 2 |
DRIVER 3 |
18 |
|
27 |
HEART OF RACING TEAM |
USA |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 |
Ian James (USA) |
Daniel Mancinelli (ITA) |
Alex Riberas (ESP) |
|
|
31 |
TEAM WRT |
BEL |
BMW M4 LMGT3 |
Darren Leung (GBR) |
Sean Gelael (IDN) |
Augusto Farfus (BRA) |
|
|
46 |
TEAM WRT |
BEL |
BMW M4 LMGT3 |
Ahmad Al Harthy (OMN) |
Valentino Rossi (ITA) |
Maxime Martin (BEL) |
|
|
54 |
VISTA AF CORSE |
ITA |
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 |
Thomas Flohr (CHE) |
Francesco Castellacci (ITA) |
Davide Rigon (ITA) |
|
|
55 |
VISTA AF CORSE |
ITA |
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 |
François Heriau (FRA) |
Simon Mann (USA) |
Alessio Rovera (ITA) |
|
|
59 |
UNITED AUTOSPORTS |
GBR |
McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo |
James Cottingham (GBR) |
Nicolas Costa (BRA) |
Grégoire Saucy (CHE) |
|
|
60 |
IRON LYNX |
ITA |
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 |
Claudio Schiavoni (ITA) |
Matteo Cressoni (ITA) |
Franck Perera (FRA) |
|
|
77 |
PROTON COMPETITION |
DEU |
Ford Mustang LMGT3 |
Ryan Hardwick (USA) |
Zacharie Robichon (CAN) |
Ben Barker (GBR) |
|
|
78 |
AKKODIS ASP TEAM |
FRA |
Lexus RC F LMGT3 |
Arnold Robin (FRA) |
Clemens Schmid (AUT) |
Kelvin van der Linde (ZAF) |
|
|
81 |
TF SPORT |
GBR |
Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R |
Tom Van Rompuy (BEL) |
Rui Andrade (AGO) |
Charlie Eastwood (IRL) |
|
|
82 |
TF SPORT |
GBR |
Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R |
Hiroshi Koizumi (JPN) |
Sébastien Baud (FRA) |
Daniel Juncadella (ESP) |
|
|
85 |
IRON DAMES |
ITA |
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 |
Sarah Bovy (BEL) |
Rahel Frey (CHE) |
Michelle Gatting (DNK) |
|
|
87 |
AKKODIS ASP TEAM |
FRA |
Lexus RC F LMGT3 |
Takeshi Kimura (JPN) |
Esteban Masson (FRA) |
Jose Maria Lopez (ARG) |
|
|
88 |
PROTON COMPETITION |
DEU |
Ford Mustang LMGT3 |
Giorgio Roda (ITA) |
Mikkel Pedersen (DNK) |
Dennis Olsen (NOR) |
|
|
91 |
MANTHEY EMA |
DEU |
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 |
Yasser Shahin (AUS) |
Morris Schuring (NLD) |
Richard Lietz (AUT) |
|
|
92 |
MANTHEY PURERXCING |
LTU |
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 |
Aliaksandr Malykhin (KNA) |
Joel Sturm (DEU) |
Klaus Bachler (AUT) |
|
|
95 |
UNITED AUTOSPORTS |
GBR |
McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo |
Joshua Caygill (GBR) |
Nicolás Pino (CHL) |
Marino Sato (JPN) |
|
|
777 |
D’STATION RACING |
JPN |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 |
Clément Mateu (FRA) |
Erwan Bastard (FRA) |
Marco Sorensen (DNK) |
|
|
37 |