35 crews lined up in 2015

The margins of the list of entrants for the 83rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans revealed by the ACO, the competitors selected to participate in the World ChampionshipEndurance 2015 were also confirmed. No surprise in LM P1, the most represented category this year, where Toyota and the duo Buemi ? Davidson, supported this year by the Japanese Kazuki Nakajima will defend their crowns. Audi and Porsche had already revealed their crews (notably with Audi the integration of Oliver Jarvis on the R18 e-tron quattro within the crew Loïc duval ? Lucas di Grassi).

At the new arrival Nissan, the two GT-R LM Nismo have their first drivers since they will be entered year-round in WEC on the LM P1s which were unveiled during the Superbowl the Briton Harry TIncknell and Olivier Pla. Rebellion, which will only start at Spa on May 2 (see Ah n°1997) and Team ByKolles (formerly Team Lotus LM P) will also be there.

LM P2 will once again be the most represented category with 12 crews. If the commitments of Extreme Speed, Strakka Racing, the very recent Team SARD-Morand and the Ligier JS P2s of G-Drive Racing and Oak Racing were known, Signatech-Alpine, in accordance with what we announced in issue 1997 of AUTOhebdo, will perform well in its World Cup in 2015 with a Alpine A450b-Nissan.

In GTE Pro, Ferrari and AF Corse will once again be the cars to beat. The duets Gianmaria Bruni – Toni Vilander and Davide Rigon? James Calado were confirmed this morning, and will face the Porsche 911 RSR of Team Manthey where the Frédéric crew Makowiecki? Patrick Pilet will be one to watch. THE Aston Martin Officials from AMR will respond with three examples including number 99 for Fernando Rees.

The GTE Am category, in addition The Competition Tree with a Corvette C7.R (see Ah n°1997), AF Corse will field a 458 Italia for the Perrodo – Collard – Aguas trio. The Porsche clan will be represented by Dempsey Racing and Proton Competition, while Aston Martin will field two Vantages.

Here is the entry list for the 2015 WEC. The Prologue will take place on March 27 and 28 at Paul Ricard in the Var, before the first round scheduled for April 12 at Silverstone in England.

LM P1

Toyota TS040 Hybrid n°1 – Toyota Racing: Buemi-Davidson-Nakajima
Toyota TS040 Hybrid n°2 – Toyota Racing: Conway-Sarrazin-Wurz
CLM P1/01-AER n°4 – ByKolles: Debris
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
Rebellion R One-AER n°12 – Rebellion Racing: N. Cheers
Rebellion R One-AER n°13 – Rebellion Racing: Baby
Porsche 919 Hybrid n°17 ​​– Porsche Team: Dumas-Jani-Lieb
Porsche 919 Hybrid n°18 ​​– Porsche Team: Bernhard-Hartley-Webber
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo n°22 – Nissan Motorsport: Tincknell
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo n°23 – Nissan Motorsport: Pla

LM P2

Ligier JS P2-Nissan n°26 – G-Drive Racing: Rusinov-Canal-Bird
Ligier JS P2-Nissan n°28 – G-Drive Racing: Gonzalez-Yacaman-Derani
HPD ARX 04b-Honda n°30 – Extreme Speed: Brown-Fogarty-Van Overbeek
HPD ARX 04b-Honda n°31 – Extreme Speed: Dalziel-Heinemeier Hansson-Sharp
Ligier JS P2-Nissan n°35 – Oak Racing: Nicolet-Merlin-Marris
Alpine A450b-Nissan n°36 – Signatech Alpine : Panciatici-Chatin-Capillary
Morgan-SARD n°39 – Team Sard Morand: Klien-Saga
Dome S103-Nissan N°42 – Strakka Racing: Leventis –Kane–Watts
Morgan-SARD n°43 – Team Sard Morand: Ragues-Webb
Oreca 05-Nissan n°47 – KCMG: Howson

GTE Pro

Ferrari 458 Italia n°51 – AF Corse: Bruni-Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia n°71 – AF Corse: Calado-Rigon
Porsche 911 RSR n°91 – Porsche team Manthey: Lietz-Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR n°92 – Porsche team Manthey: Makowiecki-Pilet
Aston Martin Vantage n°95 – Aston Martin Racing: Nygaard-Sørensen-N. Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage n°97 – Aston Martin Racing: Mücke-Turner
Aston Martin Vantage n°99 – Aston Martin Racing: Rees

GTE Am

Corvette C7.R n°50 – Larbre Competition: Roda-Ruberti
Ferrari 458 Italia n°72 – SMP Racing: Shaitar
Porsche 911 RSR n°77 – Dempsey Racing: Dempsey Long
Ferrari 458 Italia n°83 – AF Corse: Perrodo-Collard-Aguas
Porsche 911 RSR n°88 – Proton Competition: Reed
Aston Martin Vantage n°96 – Aston Martin Racing: Goethe-S. Lobby
Aston Martin Vantage n°98 – Aston Martin Racing: Dalla Lana-Lamy-M. Lauda