2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 84th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 84e 24 Heures du Mans) will be an automobile endurance event held on 15 to 19 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. It will be the 84th running of the 24 Hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest. A test day will be held two weeks prior to the race on 5 June.[1]

Entries

Following the construction of additional garage complexes, the ACO initially planned to expand the race entry from 56 cars to 58, but early pace on construction allowed this to be further increased to 60 cars ahead of the initial 2017 plans.[2]

Automatic invitations

Automatic entry invitations were earned by teams that won their class in the previous running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, or won championships in the European Le Mans Series or the Asian Le Mans Series. Some championship runners-up were also granted automatic invitations in certain series. Two participants in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship are chosen by the series to be granted automatic entries by the ACO regardless of their performance. All FIA World Endurance Championship full-season entries automatically earned invitations. As invitations were granted to teams, they were allowed to change their cars from the previous year to the next, but not allowed to change their category. In the European and Asian Le Mans Series, the LMGTE class invitations are allowed to choose between the Pro and Am categories. European Le Mans Series' LMP3 champion is required to field an entry in LMP2 while the Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 champion may choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Am. European Le Mans Series GTC class champions are limited to the LMGTE Am category.[3]

Among the fourteen automatic invitations granted, three teams chose not to accept: Team LNT and Marc VDS have not continued their European Le Mans Series efforts in 2016 while SMP Racing has opted to concentrate on their LMP2 entries and forgo defense of their Le Mans victory in LMGTE Am.

Reason invited LMP1 LMP2 LMGTE Am LMGTE Pro
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Germany Porsche Team Hong Kong KCMG Russia SMP Racing United States Corvette Racing
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Denmark Formula Racing
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMGTE) Belgium BMW Team Marc VDS
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3 and GTC) United Kingdom Team LNT France TDS Racing
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at-large entries United States Michael Shank Racing United States Scuderia Corsa
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) Switzerland Race Performance Singapore Clearwater Racing
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3) China DC Racing

Garage 56

The Garage 56 entry to display new technologies returns following an absence in 2015.[4] Frédéric Sausset, a quadruple amputee, will participate in the race driving a modified Morgan LMP2 developed in conjunction with Onroak Automotive. The adapted automobile features a throttle and braking system controlled by Sausset through his thighs while steering is achieved by attaching his right limb directly to the steering column. The car will also be able to be driven in a normal fashion by his co-drivers.[5] SRT 41 initially planned to use a new Audi engine for the programme but later changed to the ubiquitous Nissan LMP2 engine. The team will participate in the Silverstone European Le Mans Series race as a precursor to Le Mans, the first Garage 56 entry to compete prior to Le Mans.[6]

Entry list

In conjunction with the announcement of entries for the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series, the ACO announced the full 60 car entry list and ten car reserve list on 5 February.[7]

   Full-season entry in the FIA World Endurance Championship
   Full-season entry in the European Le Mans Series
   Full-season entry in the United SportsCar Championship
Entry List[7]
No. Nation Team Car Tyre Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
LMP1 (9 entries)
1  DEU Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid M Germany Timo Bernhard[8] Australia Mark Webber[8] New Zealand Brendon Hartley[8]
2  DEU Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid M France Romain Dumas[8] Germany Marc Lieb[8] Switzerland Neel Jani[8]
4  AUT ByKolles Racing Team CLM P1/01-AER D Switzerland Simon Trummer[7] TBA TBA
5  JPN Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid M Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[9] United Kingdom Anthony Davidson[9] Japan Kazuki Nakajima[9]
6  JPN Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid M United Kingdom Mike Conway[9] France Stéphane Sarrazin[9] Japan Kamui Kobayashi[9]
7  DEU Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro M Germany André Lotterer[10] France Benoît Tréluyer[10] Switzerland Marcel Fässler[10]
8  DEU Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro M United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[10] Brazil Lucas di Grassi[10] France Loïc Duval[10]
12   CHE Rebellion Racing Rebellion R-One-AER D France Nicolas Prost[11] Germany Nick Heidfeld[11] TBA
13   CHE Rebellion Racing Rebellion R-One-AER D Austria Dominik Kraihamer[11] Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori[11] Switzerland Mathéo Tuscher[11]
LMP2 (22 entries)
22  FRA SO24! by Lombard Racing Ligier JS P2-Judd D France Vincent Capillaire[7] TBA TBA
23  FRA Panis-Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2-Nissan D France Fabien Barthez[7] TBA TBA
26  RUS G-Drive Racing Oreca 05-Nissan D Russia Roman Rusinov[12] France Nathanaël Berthon[12] TBA
27  RUS SMP Racing BR Engineering BR01-Nissan Italy Maurizio Mediani[13] France Nicolas Minassian[13] Russia Mikhail Aleshin[13]
28  DEU Pegasus Racing Morgan LMP2-Nissan M France Julien Schell[7] TBA TBA
30  USA Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier JS P2-Nissan D United States Scott Sharp[14] United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel[14] Canada Chris Cumming[14]
31  USA Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier JS P2-Nissan D United States Ed Brown[14] United States Johannes van Overbeek[14] Brazil Pipo Derani[14]
33  PHL Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 05-Nissan D China Pu Jun Jin[7] TBA TBA
34   CHE Race Performance Oreca 03R-Judd D Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler[7] TBA TBA
35  CHN Baxi DC Racing Alpine Alpine A460-Nissan China David Cheng[15] China Ho-Pin Tung[15] TBA
36  FRA Signatech Alpine Alpine A460-Nissan D United States Gustavo Menezes[16] France Nicolas Lapierre[16] TBA
37  RUS SMP Racing BR Engineering BR01-Nissan Russia Vitaly Petrov[13] Russia Viktor Shaytar[13] Russia Kirill Ladygin[13]
38  RUS G-Drive Racing Gibson 015S-Nissan D United Kingdom Simon Dolan[7] TBA TBA
40  USA Krohn Racing Ligier JS P2-Nissan M United States Tracy Krohn[7] TBA TBA
41  GBR Greaves Motorsport Ligier JS P2-Nissan D Mexico Memo Rojas[7] TBA TBA
42  GBR Strakka Racing Gibson 015S-Nissan D United Kingdom Nick Leventis[7] TBA TBA
43  MEX RGR Sport by Morand Ligier JS P2-Nissan D Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[17] Brazil Bruno Senna[17] Mexico Ricardo González[17]
44  GBR Manor Oreca 05-Nissan D Thailand Tor Graves[7] TBA TBA
46  FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 05-Nissan D France Pierre Thiriet[7] TBA TBA
47  HKG KCMG Oreca 05-Nissan D Japan Tsugio Matsuda[7] TBA TBA
48  IRL Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03R-Nissan D Republic of Ireland Greg Murphy[7] TBA TBA
49  USA Michael Shank Racing Ligier JS P2-Honda D United States John Pew[18] Brazil Oswaldo Negri, Jr.[18] Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[18]
LMGTE-Pro (14 entries)
51  ITA AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE M Italy Gianmaria Bruni[19] United Kingdom James Calado[19] TBA
63  USA Corvette Racing - GM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M Denmark Jan Magnussen[20] Spain Antonio García[20] United States Ricky Taylor[20]
64  USA Corvette Racing - GM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M United Kingdom Oliver Gavin[20] United States Tommy Milner[20] United States Jordan Taylor[20]
66  USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT M United Kingdom Marino Franchitti[21] Germany Stefan Mücke[21] TBA
67  USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT M France Olivier Pla[21] United Kingdom Andy Priaulx[21] TBA
68  USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT M United States Joey Hand[22] Germany Dirk Müller[22] TBA
69  USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT M Australia Ryan Briscoe[22] United Kingdom Richard Westbrook[22] TBA
71  ITA AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE M Italy Davide Rigon[19] United Kingdom Sam Bird[19] TBA
77  DEU Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR M Austria Richard Lietz[23] Denmark Michael Christensen[23] Germany Wolf Henzler[23]
82  USA Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE M Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[7] TBA TBA
91  DEU Porsche Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR M France Patrick Pilet[7] TBA TBA
92  DEU Porsche Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR M France Frédéric Makowiecki[7] TBA TBA
95  GBR Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D Denmark Nicki Thiim[7] TBA TBA
97  GBR Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D New Zealand Richie Stanaway[7] TBA TBA
LMGTE-Am (14 entries)
50  FRA Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M Japan Yutaka Yamagishi[24] Italy Paolo Ruberti[24] France Pierre Ragues[24]
55  ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M United Kingdom Duncan Cameron[7] TBA TBA
57  TWN Team AAI Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M Taiwan Jun-San Chen[7] TBA TBA
58  SGP Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M Malaysia Weng Sun Mok[7] TBA TBA
59  FRA TDS Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE France Eric Dermont[7] TBA TBA
60  DNK Formula Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M Denmark Johnny Laursen[7] TBA TBA
62  USA Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M United States Bill Sweedler[18] United States Townsend Bell[18] TBA
78  HKG KCMG Porsche 911 RSR M Germany Christian Ried[7] TBA TBA
83  ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M France François Perrodo[7] TBA TBA
86  GBR Gulf Racing UK Porsche 911 RSR M United Kingdom Michael Wainwright[7] TBA TBA
88  DEU Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR M United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi[25] United States Patrick Long[25] Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson[25]
89  DEU Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR M Italy Gianluca Roda[7] TBA TBA
98  GBR Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D Canada Paul Dalla Lana[26] Portugal Pedro Lamy[26] Austria Mathias Lauda[26]
99  GBR Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D United Kingdom Andrew Howard[7] TBA TBA
Invitational
84  FRA SRT41 by OAK Racing Morgan LMP2-Nissan M France Frédéric Sausset[5] France Christophe Tinseau[5] TBA

Reserves

Reserves (10 entries)[7]
Order Class No. Nation Team Car Tyres Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
1 LMP2 45  GBR Greaves Motorsport Gibson 015S-Nissan D United Kingdom Alex Brundle TBA TBA
2 LMP2 25  PRT Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2-Nissan D United Kingdom Michael Munemann TBA TBA
3 LMGTE-Am 76  GBR JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia M United Kingdom Robert Smith TBA TBA
4 LMP2 32  FRA Courage BR Engineering BR01-Nissan D Germany Andreas Wirth TBA TBA
5 LMP2 29  DEU Pegasus Racing Morgan LMP2-Nissan M France Inès Taittinger TBA TBA
6 LMP2 24  FRA OAK Racing Ligier JS P2-Judd D France Jacques Nicolet TBA TBA
7 LMGTE-Am 53  USA Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GTS-R M United States Ben Keating TBA TBA
8 LMP2 21  USA DragonSpeed Oreca 05-Nissan D Sweden Henrik Hedman TBA TBA
9 LMGTE-Am 87  DEU Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR M Germany Marco Seefried TBA TBA
10 LMGTE-Am 56  TWN Team AAI Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M Taiwan Han-Chen Chen TBA TBA

References

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  2. ↑ "60-car grid for the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours!". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 LE MANS 24 HOURS - 15 TEAMS INVITED". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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