List of entrants for the 24 2013 Hours of Le Mans

The list for the 24 Hours of Le Mans will have a good distribution of categories. The LMP2s will have no less than 12 cars and the Vipers will be back on the Sarthe circuit.

Published on 01/02/2013 à 18:14

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List of entrants for the 24 2013 Hours of Le Mans

In addition to the list of 32 cars entered in the WEC Championship, the list of 24 Hours of Le Mans is complete with 56 crews entered, forcing the ACO, as every year, to establish a list of substitute teams. The 56th stand, now reserved for a hybrid prototype, will be occupied by the Green GT H2 (with Christian Pescatori).

The LMP1 category will feature the six cars entered in WEC. Audi will enter a third R18 e-tron quattro with Marc Gené, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis entered in the No. 3. Rebellion Racing will enter a second Lola B12/60 CoupéToyota (with Neel Jani).

With the 12 LMP2s entered in the WEC, the category welcomes ten additional cars. Murphy Prototypes enters an Oreca 03-Nissan (with Brendon Hartley). The Chinese team KCMG entered in the new Asian Le Mans Series Championship will be represented with a Morgan-Nissan (with Alexandre Imperatori). Thiriet by TDS Racing responds with its Oreca 03-Nissan (with Pierre Thiriet). Oak Racing adds a third Morgan-Nissan (with David Heinemeier-Hansson). Greaves Motorsport is back with its Zytek Z11SN-Nissan (with Tom Kimber-Smith). Boutsen Ginion Racing will have its Oreca 03-Nissan on the starting grid (with Koen Wauters). Jota Sport will enter a new Zytek Z11SN-Nissan (with Simon Dolan). Signatech enters a second Oreca 03-Nissan (with Pierre Ragues). Level 5 Motorsports will be there with an HPD ARX-03b (with Scott Tucker). Finally, Sébastien Loeb Racing will be at the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an Oreca 03-Nissan (with Franck Montagny). Nissan will power no fewer than 17 of the 22 LMP2s entered.

The success of the LMP2 offers an equally well-stocked list of substitute teams. Race Performance would like to enter an Oreca 03-Judd, Morand Racing a Morgan-Nissan, DKR Engineering a Lola B12/80 Coupé-Judd, Signatech would like to have a third Oreca 03-Nissan, ADR Delta a second Oreca 03-Nissan and Status HVM a second Lola B12/80 (with Warren Hughes).

The six pro GTEs entered in the WEC will face five other cars. Dodge makes a notable comeback with two Viper SRTs (with Marc Goossens and Dominik Farnbacher). Corvette will defend its colors with two C6 ZR1s (with Antonio Garcia and Oliver Gavin). JMW Motorsport will complete the list with a Ferrari 458 Italia (with Tim Sugden), for a total of 11 cars.

The GTE Ams will be a little more equipped with 14 cars (including eight from the WEC). Extreme Speed ​​Motorsport will be present with a Ferrari 458 Italia. Dempsey Racing is there with a Porsche 911 (with Patrick Dempsey). Larbre Competition will enter a second C6 ZR1 (with Pedro Lamy) and IMSA Matmut Performance a second Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (with Pascal Gibon). AF Corse will have a total of seven cars at Le Mans since two F458 Italia will be added (with Yannick Mallegol and Piergiuseppe Perazzini).

The alternate GTE list includes four additional cars. Aston Martin would like to enter another Vantage (with Stuart Hall), Prospeed Competition would like to enter a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (with Abdulaziz Al Faisal). The new British team Ram Racing would like to be involved by entering a Ferrari 458 Italia (with Johnny Mowlem). Finally, TRG is waiting with its Aston Martin Vantage (with Kevin Buckler).

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