The provisional list for the 2017 WEC season

The World ChampionshipEndurance se transformera en duel cette année avec le retrait d’Audi Sport. Les deux Porsche 919 Hybrid de Jani-Lotterer-Tandy et Bamber-Bernhard-Hartley affronteront les deux Toyota TS050 Hybrid Buemi-Davidson-Nakajima and Conway-Kobayashi-Lopez, while a 3rd Japanese LMP1 will be entered in the 6h of Spa and the 24h of Le Mans.

ByKolles Racing will be the only private team entered in LMP1 with its CLM01/P1, with Robert Kubica and Oliver Webb at the helm, following Rebellion Racing's entry in LMP2.

The second category of prototypes will be monopolized by the Oreca 07. Vaillante Rebellion will enter two models for Beche-Heinemeier Hansson-Piquet Jr and Canal-Cheers-Senna. G-Drive Racing will enter Roman Rusinov and Pierre Thiriet on another model, TDS Racing will be with Emmanuel Collard, François Perrodo and Matthieu Vaxivière. Alpine will hire two models with Stéphane Richelmi and Nicolas lapierre as the first confirmed pilots. Manor will add two models with Tor Graves and Roberto Gonzalez.

On the other hand, RGR Sport will not participate in the WEC This year. After finishing LMP2 vice-champion behind Signatech-Alpine with the Ligier JS P2 of Gonzalez-Albuquerque-Senna, the Mexican structure withdrew from the World Endurance Championship due to current economic pressures in Mexico following the presidential elections in the USA.

On the GTE Pro side, AF Corse will keep two Ferrari 488 GTE, the first being entrusted to Bird-Rigon and the second to James Calado, while Porsche will field its two new 911 RSRs with Makowiecki-Lietz and Christensen on the second car. Chip Ganassi Racing will keep two Ford GTs with Mücke-Pla-Johnson and Priaulx-Tincknell. THE Aston Martin will still be two in number with Sorensen-Thiim and Turner-Adam. On the other hand, Corvette will be largely absent since Larbre Compétition is no longer on the list of WEC entries.

In GTE Am, Le Proton Compétition will enter a 911 RSR with Christian Ried. Clearwater Racing will field a Ferrari for Griffin-Sun-Sawa while AF Corse will field Castellacci-Flohr in its F488 GTE. Aston Martin will be with a Vantage while Gulf Racing has confirmed Michael Wainwright in a Porsche.

List of WEC entries

WEC LM P1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche Team N. Jani-A. Lotterer-N. Tandy
WEC LM P1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche Team E. Bamber-T. Bernhard-B. Hartley
WEC LM P1 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing S. Buemi-A. Davidson-K.Nakajima
WEC    LM P1    Toyota TS050 Hybrid    Toyota Gazoo Racing    Mr. Conway-K. Kobayashi-J.-M. Lopez
WEC LM P1 CLM P1/01-Nissan ByKolles Racing R. Kubica-O. Webb

WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson Rebellion Racing n°13 M. Beche-D. Heinemeier Hansson-N. Piquet-Jr
WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson Rebellion Racing n°31 J. Canal-N. Prost-B. Senna
WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson G-Drive Racing n°26 R. Rusinov-P. Thiriet
WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson TDS Racing n°28 E. Collard-F. Perrodo-M. Vaxiviere
WEC LM P2    Alpine-Gibson n°35 Signatech Alpine    S. Richelmi
WEC LM P2    Alpine-Gibson n°36 Signatech-Alpine N. Lapierre-G. Menezes-M. Rao
WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson Manor TRS n°24 T. Graves
WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson Manor TRS n°25 R. Gonzalez
WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson Jota Sport DC Racing n°37 HP Tung-W. Stevens-T. Laurent
WEC LM P2 Oreca 07-Gibson Jota Sport DC Racing n°38 D. Cheng

WEC GTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE AF Corse n°51 J. Calado-Pier Guidi
WEC GTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE AF Corse n°71 S. Bird-D. Rigon
WEC GTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche Team n°91 F. Makowiecki-R. Lietz
WEC    GTE Pro        Porsche 911 RSR    Porsche Team n°92    Mr. Christensen
WEC    GTE Pro        Aston Martin Vantage GTE #95    Aston Martin Racing    Mr. Sorensen-N. Thiim
WEC    GTE Pro        Aston Martin Vantage GTE #97    Aston Martin Racing    D. Turner-J. Adam
WEC    GTE Pro        Ford GT    Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK n°66    S. Mücke-O. Pla-B. Johnson (Silverstone, Spa and Le Mans)
WEC    GTE Pro        Ford GT    Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK n°67    A. Priaulx-H. Tincknell-P. Derani (Silverstone, Spa and Le Mans)

WEC GTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Spirit of Race n°54 T. Flohr-F. Castellacci
WEC    GTE Am    Ferrari 488 GTE    Clearwater Racing #61    M. Griffin-M.W. Sun-K. Sawa
WEC GTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Proton Competition n°77 Ried
WEC GTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GT Aston Martin Racing n°98 P. Dalla Lana-P. Lamy-M. Lauda
    

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