32 entered for the 2016 season

32 crews will be entered in 2016 from WEC, the fifth edition of the World ChampionshipEndurance in its current form. Porsche will begin the defense of its two crowns acquired in 2015 with two 919 Hybrids entrusted to the trios Bernhard-Hartley-Webber on the No. 1 and Dumas-Jani-Lieb on the No. 2.

Faced with the LM P1s who dominated the previous campaign, Audi will line up two R18 e-tron quattros for Fässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer on number 7 and Di Grassi-Duval-Jarvis on #8. Toyota will want to return to the top of the podium that the Japanese brand had monopolized in 2014 with two new TS050 Hybrids for Buemi-Davidson-Nakajima on No. 5 and Conway-Sarrazin-Kobayashi on No. 6. Rebellion Racing and Team ByKolles will once again be present with their non-hybrid LM P1s.

In LM P2, G-Drive Racing, winner last year, has joined forces with Jota Sport for 2016 and will field an Oreca 05 in the World Championship. Roman Rusinov will be associated with Frenchman Nathanaël Berthon. Signatech-Alpine and David Cheng Racing will line up Alpine A460 while the great novelty comes from the arrival of the Manor stable who will also be present at 24 Hours of Le Mans.

No surprises in GTE Pro where the Ford GTs will be entered under the banner Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK (the two additional examples at Le Mans being present under the Team USA banner). Larbre Competition will be present in the GTE Am category with a Corvette C7.R.

List of entrants in WEC 2016:

LM P1

Porsche 919 Hybrid n°1? Porsche Team: Bernhard-Hartley-Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid n°2? Porsche Team: Dumas-Jani-Lieb
Toyota TS050 Hybrid n°5? Toyota Gazoo Racing: Buemi-Davidson-Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid n°6? Toyota Gazoo Racing: Conway-Sarrazin-Kobayashi
Audi R18 e-tron quattro n°7? Audi Sport Team Joest: Fässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro n°8? Audi Sport Team Joest: Di Grassi-Duval-Jarvis
CLM P1/01 n°4? Team ByKolles: Trummer
Rebellion R-One n°12? Rebellion Racing: N. Cheers-Beche-Heidfeld
Rebellion R-One n°13? Rebellion Racing: Imperatori-Kraihamer-Tüscher

LM P2

Oreca 05-Nissan n°26? G-Drive Racing: Rusinov-Berthon
BR 01-Nissan n°27? SMP Racing: Minassian
Ligier JS P2-Nissan n°30? Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports: Brown-Sharp-Van Overbeek
Ligier JS P2-Nissan n°31? Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports: Dalziel-Cumming-Derani
Alpine A460-Nissan n°35? Baxi DC Racing: Cheng-Tung
Alpine A460-Nissan n°36? Signatech-Alpine : Menezes-Stone
BR 01-Nissan n°37? SMP Racing: Petrov
Gibson 015S-Nissan n°42? Strakka Racing: Leventis
Ligier JS P2-Nissan n°43? RGR Sport by Morand: Albuquerque-R. Gonzalez Senna
Oreca 05-Nissan n°44? Manor: Graves

GTE Pro

Ferrari 488 GTE No. 51? AF Corsica: Bruni-Calado
Ford GT n°66? Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK: M. Franchitti-Priaulx
Ford GT n°67? Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK: Pla-Mücke
Ferrari 488 GTE n°71? AF Corsica: Bird-Rigon
Porsche 911 RSR n°77? Dempsey Racing by Proton: Lietz
Aston Martin Vantage #95? Aston Martin Racing: Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage n°97? Aston Martin Racing: Stanaway

GTE Am
Corvette C7.R n°50? Larbre Competition: Yamagishi-Ragues
Porsche 911 RSR n°78? KCMG: Ried
Ferrari 458 Italia n°83? AF Corse: Perrodo
Porsche 911 RSR n°86? Gulf Racing UK: Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR n°88? Abu Dhabi Proton Racing: Al Qubaisi
Aston Martin Vantage n°98? Aston Martin Racing: Dalla Lana

WEC 2016 Calendar:

March 25-26: Prologue, Circuit Paul Ricard, France

April 17: 6 Hours of Silverstone

May 7: 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

June 5: Test day of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

June 18-19: 24 Hours of Le Mans

July 24: 6 Hours of the Nürburgring

September 3: 6 Hours of Mexico City

September 17: 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas

October 16: 6 Hours of Fuji

November 6: 6 Hours of Shanghai

November 19: 6 Hours of Bahrain