Driver Lineups for 24H Le Mans Nearly Finalized

Photo: John Dagys

Only a few seats have yet to be officially confirmed for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, which for the first time in nearly a half-century will feature a 60-car starting grid. (En Français)

A recent string of driver announcements from Risi Competizione, Krohn Racing, Beechdean AMR and Team AAI has left only three seats that have yet to be filled for next month’s French endurance classic.

AF Corse has yet to name the third drivers for its two GTE-Pro class Ferrari 488 GTE cars, alongside full-season FIA World Endurance Championship pairing Gianmaria Bruni/James Calado (No. 51) and championship leaders Sam Bird/Davide Rigon (No. 71).

Andrea Bertolini, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Olivier Beretta have all been mentioned as possibilities to slot into the Amato Ferrari-owned team for the race.

KCMG, meanwhile, has yet to officially confirm the third driver for its Porsche 911 RSR in GTE-Am.

Joel Camathias has been the season-long pilot in the No. 78 entry alongside Wolf Henzler and Christian Ried but was not scheduled to take part in Le Mans in the Proton-run entry.

Former Porsche Junior driver Philipp Eng, meanwhile, is poised to complete Dempsey Proton Racing’s lineup in GTE-Pro, joining full-season drivers Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen in the No. 77 Porsche.

The deadline for driver nominations was last week, although changes can still be made under certain conditions.

LMP1 (9 entries)
1 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid Webber-Hartley-Bernhard
2 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid Dumas-Lieb-Jani
4 Team ByKolles CLM P1/01 AER Trummer-Kaffer-Webb
5 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid Davidson-Nakajima-Buemi
6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid Sarrazin-Conway-Kobayashi
7 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 Fässler-Lotterer-Treluyer
8 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 Jarvis-Duval-Di Grassi
12 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R-One AER Prost-Heidfeld-Piquet
13 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R-One AER Imperatori-Kraihamer-Tuscher

LMP2 (23 entries)
22 SO24! by Lombard Racing Ligier JS P2 Judd Capillary-Lombard-Coleman
23 Panis-Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 Nissan Barthez-Buret-Chatin
25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Nissan Hoy-Munemann-Pizzitola
26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 05 Nissan Rusinov-Berthon-Rast
27 SMP Racing BR01 Nissan Minassian-Mediani-Markosov
28 Pegasus Racing Morgan LM P2 Nissan Taittinger-Roussel-Striebig
30 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier JS P2 Nissan Brown-Sharp-Van Overbeek
31 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier JS P2 Nissan Derani-Cumming-Dalziel
33 Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 05 Nissan Gommendy-Jun-De Bruijn
34 Race Performance Oreca 03R Judd Leutwiler-Nakano-Winslow
35 Baxi DC Alpine Racing Alpine A460 Nissan Tung Cheng-Panciatici
36 Signatech-Alpine Alpine A460 Nissan Lapierre-Menenzes-Richelmi
37 SMP Racing BR01 Nissan- Ladygin-Petrov-Shaytar
38 G-Drive Racing Gibson 015S Nissan Dolan-Dennis-Van der Garde
40 Krohn Racing Ligier JS P2 Nissan Krohn-Jonsson-Barbosa
41 Greaves Motorsport Ligier JS P2 Nissan Rojas-Canal-Giermaziak
42 Strakka Gibson 015S Nissan Watts-Kane-Leventis
43 RGR Sport by Morand Ligier JS P2 Nissan Gonzalez-Senna-Albuquerque
44 Manor Oreca 05 Nissan Graves-Stevens-Jakes
46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 05 Nissan Beche-Thiriet-Hirakawa
47 KCMG Oreca 05 Nissan Matsuda-Bradley-Howson
48 Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03R Nissan Goossens-Keating-Bleekemoken
49 Michael Shank Racing Ligier JS P2 Honda Vanthoor-Pew-Negri

GTE-Pro (14 entries)
51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Bruni-Calado-TBA
63 Corvette Racing C7.R Corvette Magnussen-Garcia-R.Taylor
64 Corvette Racing C7.R Corvette J. Taylor-Milner-Gavin
66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT Pla-Mücke-Johnson
67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT Priaulx-Franchitti-Tincknell
68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT Hand-Müller-Bourdais
69 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT Westbrook-Briscoe-Dixon
71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Rigon-Bird-TBA
77 Proton Dempsey Racing Porsche 911 RSR Lietz-Christensen-Eng
82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE Vilander-Fisichella-Malucelli
91 Porsche Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR Pilet-Estre-Tandy
92 Porsche Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR Makowiecki-Bamber-Bergmeister
95 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Thiim-Turner-Sorensen
97 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Rees-Adam-Stanaway

GTE-Am (13 Entries)
50 Larbre Competition Corvette C7.R Ruberti-Ragues-Yamagishi
55 AF Corse Ferrari 458 GTE Cameron-Griffin-Scott
57 Team AAI Corvette C7.R O’Connell-Patterson-Bryant
58 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GTE Sun-Bell-Sawa
60 Formula Racing Ferrari 458 GTE Nielsen-Mac-Laursen
62 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 GTE Bell-Sweedler-Segal
78 KCMG Porsche 911 RSR Ried-Henzler-TBA
83 AF Corse Ferrari 458 GTE Collard-Perrodo-Aguas
86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR Wainwright-Barker-Carroll
88 Abu Dhabi Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR Al Qubaisi-Long-Heinemeier Hansson
89 Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR MacNeil-Miller-Keen
98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Dalla Lana-Lauda-Lamy
99 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Howard-Griffin-Hirsch

Garage 56
84 SRT 41 by OAK Racing Morgan LM P2 Tinseau-Sausset-Bouvet

John Dagys

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