Le Mans Entry List
Of the 56, 31 are full-season entrants in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Two surprises emerged, one in regards to the GTE field and additionally with a new logo for the event, with the Le Mans letters underneath the 24H. It replaces the prior one, which was introduced in 1978.
In LMP1, seven of the 10 total class entries fall under the new LMP1-H designation for hybrid technology, with three Audi R18 e-tron quattros, two Toyota TS040 Hybrids and two Porsche 919 hybrids.
The LMP1-L privateer field of three features, as anticipated, the pair of ORECA-designed Rebellion R-One Toyotas and Lotus’ T129.
A stacked grid of 17 LMP2 entries will compete, including seven from the FIA WEC and several others from the European Le Mans Series.
The Oreca 03 Nissan is the most popular package with seven of the 17 cars, fielded by Millennium Racing (2 cars), SMP Racing (2 cars), Sebastien Loeb Racing, KCMG and Murphy Prototypes.
Defending class champions OAK Racing have a single Morgan Nissan listed for Alex Brundle, and an additional OAK Team Asia Ligier JS P2 HPD for David Cheng.
In GTE Pro, the 12 entries feature the seven FIA WEC-entered cars plus a pair of Corvette C7.Rs and SRT Vipers. The additional 12th car is a third GTE Pro entry from Aston Martin Racing.
Risi Competizione, which had earned one of the automatic invitations to Le Mans from the American Le Mans Series, is not listed. Risi is instead listed as fifth reserve, with Tracy Krohn as nominated driver.
Ferrari is the most popular manufacturer in the GTE Am class of 16, with eight F458 Italias set for this year’s endurance classic.
AF Corse has four F458s under its own banner, plus two in GTE Pro, and additional support planned for 8Star Motorsports and SMP Racing, respectively.
Dempsey Racing is also confirmed to return, with European partner Proton Competition.
The 10 reserve entries feature 5 prototypes and GT cars apiece. Notable there is Jacques Nicolet in the Larbre Competition Morgan Judd as first LMP reserve, as well as Chris Dyson in the Caterham Racing Zytek Nissan as third LMP reserve.
LMP1-H (7 Entries)
1 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Lucas di Grassi*
2 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Marcel Fassler*
3 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Filipe Albuquerque
7 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS040 Hybrid – Alexander Wurz*
8 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS040 Hybrid – Anthony Davidson*
14 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid – Romain Dumas*
20 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid – Timo Bernhard*
LMP1-L (3 Entries)
9 – Lotus – Lotus T129 AER – Christijan Albers*
12 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One Toyota – Nicolas Prost*
13 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One Toyota – Mathias Beche*
LMP2 (17 Entries)
21 – Strakka Racing – Dome Strakka S103 Nissan – Nick Leventis*
22 – Millennium Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Fabien Giroix*
23 – Millennium Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Stefan Johansson*
24 – Sebastien Loeb Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Rene Rast
26 – G-Drive Racing – Morgan Nissan – Roman Rusinov*
27 – SMP Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Kirill Ladygin*
33 – OAK Racing Team Asia – Ligier JS P2 HPD – David Cheng
34 – Race Performance – Oreca 03 Judd – Michel Frey
35 – OAK Racing – Morgan Nissan – Alex Brundle
36 – Signatech Alpine – Alpine A450 Nissan – Paul-Loup Chatin
37 – SMP Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Sergey Zlobin*
38 – Jota Sport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Simon Dolan
41 – Greaves Motorsport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Tom Kimber-Smith
43 – Newblood by Morand Racing – Morgan Judd – Christian Klien
46 – Thiriet by TDS Racing – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Pierre Thiriet
47 – KCMG – Oreca 03 Nissan – Matthew Howson*
48 – Murphy Prototypes – Oreca 03 Nissan – Greg Murphy
GTE PRO (12 Entries)
51 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Gianmaria Bruni*
52 – Ram Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Matt Griffin*
71 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Davide Rigon*
73 – Corvette Racing – Chevrolet Corvette C7.R – Jan Magnussen
74 – Corvette Racing – Chevrolet Corvette C7.R – Oliver Gavin
89 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Bruno Senna
91 – Porsche Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR – Patrick Pilet*
92 – Porsche Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR – Marco Holzer*
93 – SRT Motorsports – SRT Viper GTS-R – Rob Bell
94 – SRT Motorsports – SRT Viper GTS-R – Jeroen Bleekemolen
97 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Darren Turner*
99 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Stefan Mucke*
GTE AM (16 Entries)
53 – Ram Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Johnny Mowlem*
58 – Team Sofrev ASP – Ferrari F458 Italia – Fabien Barthez
60 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Peter Ashley Mann
61 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Luis Perez Companc*
62 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Yannick Mallegol
67 – Imsa Performance Matmut – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Erik Maris
72 – SMP Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Andrea Bertolini
75 – Prospeed Competition – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Francois Perrodo*
77 – Dempsey Racing-Porton – Porsche 911 RSR – Patrick Dempsey
81 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Steve Wyatt*
87 – Craft Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Frank Yu
88 – Proton Competition – Porsche 911 RSR – Christian Ried*
90 – 8Star Motorsports – Ferrari F458 Italia – Enzo Potolicchio*
95 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Kristian Poulsen*
96 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Richie Stanaway
98 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Paul Dalla Lana*
GARAGE 56
0 – Nissan Motorsports Global – Nissan ZEOD RC – Lucas Ordonez
*Denotes full-season FIA World Endurance Championship entrant.
RESERVES
LMP (5 Reserves)
50 – Larbre Competition – Morgan Judd – Jacques Nicolet
30 – Signatech Alpine – Alpine A450 Nissan – Nelson Panciatici
42 – Caterham Racing – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Chris Dyson
40 – Boutsen Ginion Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Vincent Capillaire
29 – Pegasus Racing – Morgan Nissan – Julien Schell
GTE (5 Reserves)
66 – JMW Motorsport – Ferrari F458 Italia – George Richardson
70 – Team Taisan – Ferrari F458 Italia – Matteo Malucelli
76 – Imsa Performance Matmut – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Raymond Narac
79 – Prospeed Competition – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Xavier Maassen
57 – Risi Competizione – Ferrari F458 Italia – Tracy Krohn