This year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans features a bevy of different manufacturers and chassis/engine combinations.
There’s 33 prototypes, up by six from last year, split between 14 LMP1 and 19 LMP2, while there are only 23 GTE cars, split 9-14 between GTE-Pro and GTE-Am.
Here’s a breakdown by car:
LMP1 (14):
- 2 Toyota TS040 Hybrids, (Nos. 1, 2)
- 3 Audi R18 e-tron quattros, (Nos. 7, 8, 9)
- 3 Porsche 919 Hybrids, (Nos. 17, 18, 19)
- 3 Nissan GT-R LM NISMOs (Nos. 21, 22, 23)
- 1 ByKolles CLM P1/01 AER (No. 4)
- 2 Rebellion R-One AERs (Nos. 12, 13)
LMP2 (19):
- 3 Ligier JS P2 Nissans (Nos. 26, 28, 35)
- 3 Ligier JS P2 Hondas (No. 30, 31, 34)
- 2 BR01 Nissans (Nos. 27, 37)
- 2 Gibson 015S Nissans (Nos. 38, 41)
- 2 Oreca 03R Nissans (Nos. 45, 48)
- 2 Oreca 05 Nissans (Nos. 46, 47)
- 1 Morgan Nissan (No. 29)
- 1 Alpine A450 Nissan (No. 36)
- 1 Ligier JS P2 Judd (No. 40)
- 1 Dome S103 Nissan (No. 42)
- 1 Morgan EVO SARD (No. 43)
GTE-Pro (9):
- 3 Aston Martin Vantages (Nos. 95, 97, 99)
- 2 Ferrari F458 Italias (Nos. 51, 71)
- 2 Corvette C7.Rs (Nos. 63, 64)
- 2 Porsche 911 RSRs (Nos. 91, 92)
GTE-Am (14):
- 6 Ferrari F458 Italias (Nos. 55, 61, 62, 66, 72, 83)
- 3 Porsche 911 RSRs (Nos. 68, 77, 88)
- 2 Aston Martin Vantage (Nos. 96, 98)
- 1 Corvette C7.R (No. 50)
- 1 SRT Viper GTS-R (No. 53)
- 1 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (No. 67)
Porsche, with three LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrids, two factory 911 RSRs in GTE-Pro and three 911 RSRs plus an older 911 GT3 RSR in GTE-Am, has a total of nine cars entered, which is most in the field.
Onroak Automotive, via seven Ligier JS P2 chassis and two of the open-top Morgans, has nine chassis entered to match Porsche’s output.
Ferrari had 11 GTE-Am entries last year and is down to six this year, but coupled with its pair of GTE-Pro entries, has a GTE class-leading eight cars. Porsche has six cars, Aston Martin five, Corvette three and Viper one.
Nissan powers 14 of the 19 cars in LMP2 and coupled with its three factory prototypes in LMP1, powers 17 of the 56 cars entered to lead the way in engine supply.
All cars run on Michelin in LMP1, GTE-Pro and GTE-Am, with the exception of the No. 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia in GTE-Am, the lone GTE car on Dunlops.
In LMP2, 15 of the 19 cars run on Dunlops, with the exception of the two SMP Racing BR01 Nissans, Pegasus Racing Morgan Nissan and Krohn Racing Ligier JS P2 Judd, which run on Michelins.
All told Michelin has 40 of the 56 entries, with Dunlop supplying the other 16 cars.
