2019 Le Mans 24 Hours preview and entry list: 62 cars on the grid

  • 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours, Circuit de la Sarthe
  • 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours, Circuit de la Sarthe

The 87th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s greatest endurance race, that will take place on June 15-16 at Circuit de la Sarthe, will be the record-breaking event with 62 cars on the grid, the biggest number ever in the history of the race.

Eight LMP1 prototypes will lead the field, joined by twenty LMP2 cars and 35 GT cars, divided to 18 GTE Pro and 17 GTE Am entries.

The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid has won the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours

The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid has won the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours

Toyota Gazoo Racing will defend the victory from 2018 with two TS050 Hybrids. Last year, the #8 car was the fastest in qualifying and then gave the first ever Le Mans victory to Toyota. This year, the same crews will challenge each other in the race that will close the 2018-2019 FIA WEC superseason.

Next to Toyota’s hybrid LMP1s, there will be six more LMP1 entries from the private teams. So far in the season, the #3 Rebellion R13 clinched the only victory on non-Toyota cars, winning at Silverstone when Toyotas were disqualified.

While Toyota is an almost secure bet for the overall victory, the competition in other classes is open and nobody could predict anything. So far in the championship, three teams scored victories in the LMP2 class and three more in GTE Am class, while six different crews celebrated their wins in the GTE Pro class, proving that endurance racing is unpredictable.

Le Mans 24 Hours Race

The 87th edition of 24 Hours of Le Mans will start on Saturday, June 15

2019 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list

ClassNumberTeamCarDrivers
LMP11Rebellion RacingRebellion R13 - GibsonAndre Lotterer, Neel Jani, Bruno Senna
3Rebellion RacingRebellion R13 - GibsonThomas Laurent, Nathanael Berthon, Gustavo Menezes
4ByKolles Racing TeamENSO CLM P1/01 - NismoTom Dillmann, Paolo Ruberti, Oliver Webb
7Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota TS050 HybridMike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez
8Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota TS050 HybridSebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Fernando Alonso
10DragonspeedBR Engineering BR1 - GibsonHenrik Hedman, Ben Hanley, Renger van der Zande
11SMP RacingBR Engineering BR1 - GibsonMikhail Aleshin, Vitaly Petrov, Stoffel Vandoorne
17SMP RacingBR Engineering BR1 - GibsonStephane Sarrazin, Egor Orudzhev, Sergey Sirotkin
LMP220High Class RacingOreca 07 - GibsonDennis Andersen, Anders Fjordbach, Mathias Beche
22United AutosportsLigier JS P217 - GibsonPhil Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque, Paul di Resta
23Panis Barthez CompetitionLigier JS P217 - GibsonRene Binder, Julien Canal, Will Stevens
25Algarve Pro RacingOreca 07 - GibsonAndrea Pizzitola, John Falb, David Zollinger
26G-Drive RacingAurus 01 - GibsonRoman Rusinov, Job van Uitert, Jean-Eric Vergne
28TDS RacingOreca 07 - GibsonFrancois Perrodo, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Loic Duval
29Racing Team NederlandDallara P217 - GibsonFrits Van Eerd, Giedo Van Der Garde, Nyck De Vries
30Duqueine EngineeringOreca 07 - GibsonRomain Dumas, Nico Jamin, Pierre Ragues
31DragonspeedOreca 07 - GibsonRoberto Gonzalez, Pastor Maldonado, Anthony Davidson
32United AutosportsLigier JS P217 - GibsonAlex Brundle, Ryan Cullen, Will Owen
34Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P217 - GibsonJakub Smiechowski, Nigel Moore, James Winslow
36Signatech Alpine MatmutAlpine A470 - GibsonNicolas Lapierre, Andre Negrao, Pierre Thiriet
37Jackie Chan DC RacingOreca 07 - GibsonDavid Heinemeier Hansson, Jordan King, Ricky Taylor
38Jackie Chan DC RacingOreca 07 - GibsonHo-Pin Tung, Gabriel Aubry, Stephane Richelmi
39GraffOreca 07 - GibsonTristan Gommendy, Vincent Capillaire, Jonathan Hirschi
43RLR M SportOreca 07 - GibsonJohn Farano, Norman Nato, Arjun Maini
47Cetilar Villorba CorseDallara P217 - GibsonRoberto Lacorte, Andrea Belicchi, Giorgio Sernagiotto
48IDEC SportOreca 07 - GibsonPaul Lafargue, Paul-Loup Chatin, Memo Rojas
49ARC BratislavaLigier JS P217 - GibsonMiro Konopka, Henning Enqvist, Konstantin Tereshchenko
50Larbre CompetitionLigier JS P217 - GibsonErwin Creed, Romano Ricci, Nicholas Boulle
GTE Pro51AF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoAlessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Daniel Serra
63Corvette RacingChevrolet Corvette C7.RJan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, Mike Rockenfeller
64Corvette RacingChevrolet Corvette C7.ROliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler
66Ford Chip Ganassi Team UKFord GTStefan Mucke, Olivier Pla, Billy Johnson
67Ford Chip Ganassi Team UKFord GTAndy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell, Jonathan Bomarito
68Ford Chip Ganassi Team USAFord GTJoey Hand, Dirk Muller, Sebastien Bourdais
69Ford Chip Ganassi Team USAFord GTRyan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook, Scott Dixon
71AF CorseFerrari 488 GTE EvoDavide Rigon, Sam Bird, Miguel Molina
81BMW Team MTEKBMW M8 GTENick Catsburg, Philipp Eng, Martin Tomczyk
82BMW Team MTEKBMW M8 GTEAugusto Farfus, Antonio Felix da Costa, Jesse Krohn
89Risi CompetizioneFerrari 488 GTE EvoPipo Derani, Jules Gounon, Oliver Jarvis
91Porsche GT TeamPorsche 911 RSRRichard Lietz, Gianmaria Bruni, Frederic Makowiecki
92Porsche GT TeamPorsche 911 RSRMichael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor
93Porsche GT TeamPorsche 911 RSRPatrick Pilet, Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy
94Porsche GT TeamPorsche 911 RSRSven Muller, Mathieu Jaminet, Dennis Olsen
95Aston Martin RacingAston Martin Vantage AMRMarco Sorensen, Nicki Thiim, Darren Turner
97Aston Martin RacingAston Martin Vantage AMRAlex Lynn, Maxime Martin, Jonny Adam
GTE Am54Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GTE Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci, Giancarlo Fisichella
56Team Project 1Porsche 911 RSRJorg Bergmeister, Patrick Lindsey, Egidio Perfetti
57CarGuy RacingFerrari 488 GTETakeshi Kimura, Kei Cozzolino, Come Ledogar
60Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GTEClaudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, Andrea Piccini
61Clearwater RacingFerrari 488 GTEMatt Griffin, Luis Perez Companc, Matteo Cressoni
62WeatherTech RacingFerrari 488 GTECooper MacNeil, Robert Smith, Toni Vilander
70MR RacingFerrari 488 GTEMotoaki Ishikawa, Olivier Beretta, Edward Cheever
77Dempsey-Proton RacingPorsche 911 RSRMatt Campbell, Julien Andlauer, Christian Ried
78Proton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSRVincent Abril, Louis Prette, Philippe Prette
83Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GTEManuela Gostner, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting
84JMW MotorsportFerrari 488 GTERodrigo Baptista, Jeff Segal, Wei Lu
85Keating MotorsportsFord GTBen Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Felipe Fraga
86Gulf RacingPorsche 911 RSRMichael Wainwright, Ben Barker, Thomas Preining
88Dempsey-Proton RacingPorsche 911 RSRMatteo Cairoli, Satoshi Hoshino, Giorgio Roda
90TF SportAston Martin Vantage Salih Yoluc, Charles Eastwood, Euan Hankey
98Aston Martin RacingAston Martin Vantage Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mattias Lauda
99Dempsey-Proton RacingPorsche 911 RSRPatrick Long, Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jonsson

Photos: Toyota Gazoo Racing,

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