32 French people at the start of the 24 2023 Hours of Le Mans

62 cars entered and 186 drivers are expected to celebrate the centenary of 24 Hours of Le Mans, organized for the first time in 1923. Among them, a fine French contingent, made up of 32 drivers and 10 teams, will take the start this Saturday June 10 at 16 p.m. on the Sarthe track:

12 drivers will compete in the premier category ofEndurance driving Hypercars:
Sébastien Bourdais (Cadillac Racing #3)
Tom Dillmann and Tristan Vautier (Floyd Vanwall Racing #4)
Frédéric Makowiecki (Porsche Penske #5)
Kevin Estre (Porsche Penske #6)
Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche Penske #75)
Jean-Éric Vergne (Peugeot TotalEnergies #93)
Loïc duval (Peugeot TotalEnergies #94)
Romain Dumas and Olivier Pla (Glickenhaus Racing #708)
Franck Mailleux and Nathanaël Berthon (Glickenhaus Racing #709)

In LMP2, 13 drivers will represent the French colors:
Gabriel Aubry (Vector Sport #10)
Matthieu Vaxiviere, Charles Milesi and Julien Canal (Alpine Elf Team #36)
Nicolas lapierre (Cool Racing #37)
Patrick Pilet (Graff Racing #39)
Reshad of Gerus and simon pagenaud (Cool Racing #47)
Paul Lafargue and Paul-Loup Chatin (IDEC Sport #48)
Dorian Pin (Prema Racing #63)
François Perrodo and Norman Nato (AF Corse #80)

Finally, 7 French drivers will try to do well in LMGTE Am:
Julien Piquet (AF Corsica #21)
Thomas Neubauer (JMW Motorsport #66)
Arnold Robin, Maxime Robin and Valentin Hasse-Clot (TF Sport #72)
Julien Andlauer (Dempsey-Proton Racing #77)
Lilou Wadoux (Richard Mille AF Corse #83)

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