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Scheduled for 15th June, the 2024 Le Mans is ready to kick off its 92nd edition at the Circuit de la Sarthe, France. This year’s ‘extra-special’ races will include 62 cars and 186 drivers across three classes.

However, it is surely to be an unpredictable showdown, with 12 past champions and an all-female team among the contenders. Before its ‘lights out and here we go’, keep your eyes rolling and glance at the full line-up of the 2024 Le Mans.

23 cars ready for the century’s biggest hypercar showdown at 2024 Le Mans

The 2024 Le Mans is ready to host the biggest hypercar showdown of the century, with ‘record-breaking’ 23 cars geared up for a ‘hyper’ face off at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. The hyperclass features nine different manufacturers: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Isotta Fraschini, Lamborghini, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota. But, the line-up has grown from 19 to 23, owing to extra cars from Cadillac, Lamborghini, and Porsche.

As extra, Action Express’ V-Series R will mark its return as #311. The second new entry includes another V-Series R as Cadillac’s #2 hypercar. Porsche will also have a third factory car, with Penske bringing its #4 to the race. 

#	TEAM	CAR	DRIVERS
2	Cadillac Racing	Cadillac V-Series.R	Earl Bamber  Alex Lynn  Alex Palou
3	Cadillac Racing	Cadillac V-Series.R	Sebastien Bourdais  Renger van der Zande  Scott Dixon
4	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy
5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	Matt Campbell  Michael Christensen  Frederic Makowiecki
6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	Kevin Estre  Andre Lotterer  Laurens Vanthoor
7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi  Nyck de Vries
8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Sebastien Buemi  Brendon Hartley  Ryo Hirakawa
11	Isotta Fraschini	Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6	Antonio Serravalle  Jean-Karl Vernay  Carl Wattana Bennett
12	Hertz Team JOTA	Porsche 963	Will Stevens  Norman Nato  Callum Ilott
15	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M Hybrid V8	Dries Vanthoor  Raffaele Marciello  Marco Wittmann
19	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	Lamborghini SC63	Romain Grosjean  Andrea Caldarelli  Matteo Cairoli
20	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M Hybrid V8	Sheldon van der Linde  Robin Frijns  Rene Rast
35	Alpine Endurance Team	Alpine A424	Paul-Loup Chatin  Ferdinand Habsburg  Charles Milesi
36	Alpine Endurance Team	Alpine A424	Nicolas Lapierre  Matthieu Vaxiviere  Mick Schumacher
38	Hertz Team JOTA	Porsche 963	Oliver Rasmussen  Jenson Button  Phil Hanson
50	Ferrari AF Corse	Ferrari 499P	Antonio Fuoco  Miguel Molina  Nicklas Nielsen
51	Ferrari AF Corse	Ferrari 499P	Alessandro Pier Guidi  James Calado  Antonio Giovinazzi
63	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	Lamborghini SC63	Mirko Bortolotti  Daniil Kvyat  Edoardo Mortara
83	AF Corse	Ferrari 499P	Robert Kubica  Robert Shwartzman  Yifei Ye
93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Peugeot 9X8	Jean-Eric Vergne  Mikkel Jensen Nico Muller
94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Peugeot 9X8	Stoffel Vandoorne  Paul di Resta  Loic Duval
99	Proton Competition	Porsche 963	Neel Jani  Harry Tincknell  Julien Andlauer
311	Action Express Racing	Cadillac V-Series.R	Pipo Derani  Jack Aitken  Felipe Drugovich

Lamborghini will enter a second Iron Lynx-run SC63, which will run as #19. It is one of the two LMDh-spec hypercars–alongside the Alpine A424–that will run for the first time in the 24-hour race.

But, the major surprise is the inclusion of a second Proton Competition Porsche 963 in the reserve list. As predicted, Isotta Fraschini will not run a second Tipo 6.

16 LMP2s to gear up for the challenging 2024 Le Mans race

Another surprise is the size of the LMP2 line-up, which is 16 cars for the 2024 Le Mans. It is one more than the specified minimum of 15 slots. The highly popular Gibson-powered Oreca 07s comprise all 16 cars.

#	TEAM	CAR	DRIVER
9	Proton Competition	Oreca 07-Gibson	Jonas Ried  Maceo Capietto  Bent Viscaal
10	Vector Sport	Oreca 07-Gibson	Ryan Cullen  Patrick Pilet  Stephane Richelmi
14	AO by TF	Oreca 07-Gibson	PJ Hyett  Louis Deletraz Alex Quinn
22	United Autosports	Oreca 07-Gibson	Oliver Jarvis  Bijoy Garg  Nolan Siegel
23	United Autosports	Oreca 07-Gibson	Ben Keating  Filipe Albuquerque  Ben Hanley
24	Nielsen Racing	Oreca 07-Gibson	Fabio Scherez  David Heinemeier-Hansson  Kyffin Simpson
25	Algarve Pro Racing	Oreca 07-Gibson	Mathias Kaiser  Olli Caldwell  Roman de Angelis
28	IDEC Sport	Oreca 07-Gibson	Paul Lafargue  Job van Uitert  Reshad de Gurus
30	Duqueine Team	Oreca 07-Gibson	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer  James Allen  John Falb
33	DKR Engineering	Oreca 07-Gibson	Alexander Mattschull  Rene Binder  Laurents Horr
34	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca 07-Gibson	Jakub Smiechowski  Clement Novalak  Vladislav Lomko
37	Cool Racing	Oreca 07-Gibson	Lorenzo Fluxa  Malthe Jakobsen  Ritomo Miyata
45	Crowdstrike by APR	Oreca 07-Gibson	George Kurtz  Colin Braun  Nicky Catsburg
47	Cool Racing	Oreca 07-Gibson	Naveen Rao  Matthew Bell  Frederik Vesti
65	Panis Racing	Oreca 07-Gibson	Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche  Scott Huffaker
183	AF Corse	Oreca 07-Gibson	Francois Perrodo  Ben Barnicoat  Nicolas Varrone

The Oreca 07 Gibson’s are marking their return at Le Mans this year. Five LMP2 cars are heading to La Sarthe via automatic invitations, while the remaining 11 are coming from the ELMS full-season entry list.

23-Car LMGT3 Line-up will see the Iron Dames back

The Goodyear-shod LMGT3 class has a bumper field of 23 GTs from nine manufacturers, including Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, Lamborghini, Lexus, McLaren, and Porsche. 

Aside of the 18 full-season FIA WEC cars, two entries are via earned invitations. This pack comprises the #44 Ford Mustang from Proton Competition and the #70 Inception Racing McLaren.

#	TEAM	CAR	DRIVER
27	Heart of Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Ian James  Daniel Mancinelli  Alex Riberas
31	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Augusto Farfus  Darren Leung  Sean Gelael
44	Proton Competition	Ford Mustang GT3	Christian Ried  Ben Tuck  Christopher Mies
46	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Valentino Rossi  Ahmad Al Marthy  Maxime Martin
54	Vista AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	Thomas Flohr  Francesco Castellacci  Davide Rigon
55	Vista AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	Francois Heriau  Simon Mann  Alessio Rovera
59	United Autosports	McLaren 720S GT3	Gregoire Saucy  James Cottingham  Nicolas Costa
60	Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2	Claudio Schiavoni  Matteo Cressoni  Franck Perera
66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 296 GT3	Giacomo Petrobelli  Larry ten Voorde  Salih Yoluc
70	Inception Racing	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Brendan Iribe  Ollie Millroy  Frederik Schandorff
77	Proton Competition	Ford Mustang GT3	Ben Barker  Ryan Hardwick  Zacharie Robichon
78	Akkodis ASP Team	Lexus RC F GT3	Kelvin van der Linde  Timur Boguslavskiy  Arnold Robin
81	TF Sport	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Charlie Eastwood  Rui Andrade  Tom Van Rompuy
82	TF Sport	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Daniel Juncadella  Hiroshi Koizumi   Sebastien Baud
85	Iron Dames	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2	Doriane Pin  Sarah Bovy  Michelle Gatting
86	GR Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Michael Wainwright  Daniel Serra  Riccardo Pera
87	Akkodis ASP Team	Lexus RC F GT3	Jose Maria Lopez  Takeshi Kimura  Esteban Masson
88	Proton Competition	Ford Mustang GT3	Giorgio Roda  Mikkel Pedersen  Dennis Olsen
91	Manthey EMA	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Richard Lietz  Morris Schuring  Yasser Shahin
92	Manthey PureRXcing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Aliaksandr Malykhin  Joel Sturm  Klaus Bachler
95	United Autosports	McLaren 720S GT3	Marino Sato  Hiroshi Hamaguchi  Nicolas Pino
155	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 296 GT3	Johnny Laursen  Conrad Laursen  Jordan Taylor
777	D’station Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Satoshi Hoshino  Marco Sorsensen  Erwan Bastard

The final three GTs are all Ferraris taking part as full-season ELMS entries. JMW Motorsport’s #66 296 GT3 starts this Italian pack. The remaining Ferrari 296 GT3s are #86 GR Racing and Spirit of Race’s #155.

Moreover, an all-female Iron Dames crew will be driving the #85 Huracan GT3 Evo2. The team’s line-up features an all-European ‘girl-power’ with Doriane Pin, Sarah Bovy, and Michelle Gatting.

7 cars on the 2024 Le Mans reserve list

As reserves, the 2024 Le Mans list also counts in seven cars- 1 hypercar, 3 LMP2s, and 3 LMGT3s. Five reserves from this seven-car list are full-season ELMS cars.

#	CLASS	TEAM	CAR
79	Hypercar	Proton Competition	Porsche 963
43	LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca 07-Gibson
72	LMP2	Richard Mille by TDS	Oreca 07-Gibson
74	LMP2	StaySail Motorsport	Oreca 07-Gibson
52	LMGT3	Racing Spirit of LeMan	Aston Martin Vantage GT3
29	LMGT3	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3
41	LMGT3	Formula Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3

Nevertheless, the first outlier is Proton Competition’s #79 Porsche 963 hypercar. Staysail Motorsports keeps the second non-regular ELMS slot, with its American-flagged #74 ORECA. Specifically, the ELMS regular Michael Dinan will be behind the wheels of this Gibson-powered 07.

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