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[HistoryFan]

LMP1

- We are down from 10 to 8 cars (with both Manor Ginetta out)

- Nathanel Berthon replaces Mathias Beche at Rebellion, has already 5 Le Mans starts in his pocket and drove LMP2 with DragonSpeed in 2018.

- Sirotkin jumbs in for Isaakyan at SMP. Sirotkin already did Le Mans for SMP in LMP2 class in 2017, so he is not a rookie

- ByKolles just 1 driver confirmed so far. Not sure if Webb and Kraihamer will return

 

Toyota: Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima

Toyota: Mike Conway, José María Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi

Rebellion-Gibson: Thomas Laurent, Nathanael Berthon, Gustavo Menezes

Rebellion-Gibson: André Lotterer, Neel Jani, Bruno Senna

SMP BR-AER: Vitaly Petrov, Jenson Button, Mikhail Aleshin

SMP BR-AER: Sergey Sirotkin, Stéphane Sarrazin, Egor Orudzhev

DragonSpeed BR-Gibson: Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley, Renger van der Zande

ByKolles-Nissan: Tom Dillmann, Oliver Webb (?), Dominik Kraihamer (?)

[JHSingo]

BREAKING: Toyota wins the 2019 24 hours of Le Mans.

[Nonesuch]

Good to see Button giving it another go, and also nice to see Van der Zande in LMP1.

 

Now let's wait and see if the Rebellion guys can keep their wits about them...

Edited by Nonesuch, 15 February 2019 - 15:14.

[DN5]

I am still hoping that Ginetta get an entry.

 

It is strange that only 42 cars announced so far (and not the 50 promised).  There seems to be something the ACO is trying to do in rewarding its own series and I hope that as Ginnetta is an LMP3 constructor it can turn that into getting an entry for 2019 Le Mans

 

Judging by the Sebring entry list the ByKolles engine may still be an issue.

[HistoryFan]

LMP2

- RLR was not in LMP2 last year. It will be John Farano’s first race of the 24h Le Mans

- Anthony Davidson replaces Nathanael Berthon at DragonSpeed

Nyck de Vries replaces Jan Lammers at Racing for Netherlands (his first Le Mans race!)

- So two rookies so far confirmed in LMP2 class.

 

Signatech Alpine-Gibson: Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet, André Negrão

Jackie Chan Oreca-Gibson: David Heinemeier Hansson, Will Stevens?, Jordan King?

Jackie Chan Oreca-Gibson: Ho-Pin Tung, Gabriel Aubry, Stéphane Richelmi

DragonSpeed Oreca-Gibson: Roberto González, Pastor Maldonado, Anthony Davidson

Racing for Netherlands Dallara-Gibson: Frits van Eerd, Giedo van der Garde, Nyck de Vries

Labre Ligier-Gibson: Erwin Creed, Romano Ricci, Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer?

G-Drive Oreca-Gibson: Roman Rusinov, Job van Uitert?, Jean-Eric Vergne?

TDS Oreca-Gibson: François Perrodo, Mathieux Vaxivière, Loïc Duval

RLR Oreca-Gibson: John Farano, Arjun Maini?, Brendon Hartley?

Edited by HistoryFan, 17 February 2019 - 13:32.

[HistoryFan]

LMP1

- We are down from 10 to 8 cars (with both Manor Ginetta out)

- Nathanel Berthon replaces Mathias Beche at Rebellion, has already 5 Le Mans starts in his pocket and drove LMP2 with DragonSpeed in 2018.

- Sirotkin jumbs in for Isaakyan at SMP. Sirotkin already did Le Mans for SMP in LMP2 class in 2017, so he is not a rookie

- ByKolles just 1 driver confirmed so far. Not sure if Webb and Kraihamer will return

- ByKolles also changed engine from Nissan to Gibson.

 

Toyota: Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima

Toyota: Mike Conway, José María Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi

Rebellion-Gibson: Thomas Laurent, Nathanael Berthon, Gustavo Menezes

Rebellion-Gibson: André Lotterer, Neel Jani, Bruno Senna

SMP BR-AER: Vitaly Petrov, Jenson Button, Mikhail Aleshin

SMP BR-AER: Sergey Sirotkin, Stéphane Sarrazin, Egor Orudzhev

DragonSpeed BR-Gibson: Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley, Renger van der Zande

ByKolles-Gibson: Tom Dillmann, Oliver Webb (?), Dominik Kraihamer (?)

[jonpollak]

**** Those ACO Jerk offs in the Arse.
https://racer.com/20...einricher-team/

Bastards... They were working toward that goal.. it’s part of the funding deal.
Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 01 March 2019 - 21:46.

[AlexPrime]

I know that it is awful, but I will root for Toyota this year again.

[jonpollak]

Not bothering... at all.
Jp

[thegamer23]

Toyota might win this

[maximilian]

It's become a bit of a farce, hasn't it? 

[Jeeves]

Did they drop the GTE Pro stint length regulation? If so, there's at least one reason to watch.

 

Doesn't really seem like the spectacle the race used to be..

[ArrowsLivery]

Did they drop the GTE Pro stint length regulation? If so, there's at least one reason to watch.

Doesn't really seem like the spectacle the race used to be..

Yes, it all feels very fake. GTE Pro should be the highlight of the race, yet the eventual winner each year seems very convenient for marketing reasons. It’s hard to care about any of the other classes considering they are infested with gentlemen drivers.

[DN5]

Surprising news - 62 cars this year and the next two reserve entries added to the grid. Pleased for the United guys as it was harsh they initially only had one entry.

[HistoryFan]

LMP1

- We are down from 10 to 8 cars (with both Manor Ginetta out)

- Nathanel Berthon replaces Mathias Beche at Rebellion, has already 5 Le Mans starts in his pocket and drove LMP2 with DragonSpeed in 2018.

- Sirotkin jumbs in for Isaakyan at SMP. Sirotkin already did Le Mans for SMP in LMP2 class in 2017, so he is not a rookie

- Vandoorne replaces Button and will have his first start at the 24h of Le Mans

- ByKolles just 1 driver confirmed so far. Not sure if Webb and Kraihamer will return

 

Toyota: Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima

Toyota: Mike Conway, José María Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi

Rebellion-Gibson: Thomas Laurent, Nathanael Berthon, Gustavo Menezes

Rebellion-Gibson: André Lotterer, Neel Jani, Bruno Senna

SMP BR-AER: Vitaly Petrov, Mikhail Aleshin, Stoffel Vandoorne

SMP BR-AER: Sergey Sirotkin, Stéphane Sarrazin, Egor Orudzhev

DragonSpeed BR-Gibson: Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley, Renger van der Zande

ByKolles-Gibson: Tom Dillmann, Oliver Webb (?), Dominik Kraihamer (?)

 

=> 1 Rookie: Stoffel Vandoorne

Edited by HistoryFan, 10 May 2019 - 18:44.

[KWSN - DSM]

I have not been in this thread until today, somehow missed that the MSR / Heinricher team did not get an entry, since then any clarification on why they were not acceptable?

 

[HistoryFan]

LMP2 (20 cars again)

- Montoya and de Sadeleer out of United Autosport, Alex Brundle and Ryan Cullen in. Brundle was at Manor LMP1 in 2018. Cullen will make his Le Mans debut.

- Anthony Davidson replaces Nathanael Berthon at DragonSpeed. Davidson returns to Le Mans after last competing in 2017 with Toyota LMP1.

- Jackie Chan replaces Côme Ledogar with Jordan King. He will make his Le Mans debut.

- Nyck de Vries replaces Jan Lammers at Racing for Netherlands (his first Le Mans race!)

- René Binder joins Panis Barthez instead of Timothé Buret or Julien Canal. Binder will make his debut.

- Andrea Belicchi replaces Felipe Nasr at Cetillar/Villorba Corse. He returns after last competing in Le Mans at Cetillar in 2017.

- Algarve replaces Mark Patterson, Ate de Jong and Tacksung Kim with John Falb and Andrea Pizzitola. Pizzitola drives for SMP in 2018, Falb will make his Le Mans debut.

- Job van Uitert replaces Andrea Pizzitola at G-Drive. He will make his Le Mans debut,

- RLR was not in LMP2 last year. It will be John Farano’s first race of the 24h Le Mans. The same for Arjun Maini

- High Class joins Le Mans with 2 rookies: Anders Fjordbach and Dennis Andersen

- Another rookie at Duqueine: Nico Jamin

- Jakub Smiechowski joins Euro Interpol as a Rookie.

- Tereschenko joins ARC Bratislava as a Rookie.

 

Signatech Alpine-Gibson: Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet, André Negrão

Graff Oreca-Gibson: Vincent Capillaire, Tristan Gommendy, Jonathan Hirschi

United Autosport Ligier-Gibson: Alex Brundle, Ryan Cullen, William Owen (?)

Jackie Chan Oreca-Gibson: Ho-Pin Tung, Gabriel Aubry, Stéphane Richelmi

DragonSpeed Oreca-Gibson: Roberto González, Pastor Maldonado, Anthony Davidson

Jackie Chan Oreca-Gibson: David Heinemeier Hansson, Ricky Taylor, Jordan King

Racing for Netherlands Dallara-Gibson: Frits van Eerd, Giedo van der Garde, Nyck de Vries

Panis Barthez Ligier-Gibson: Will Stevens, René Binder, Julien Canal (?)

Cetillar/Villorba Dallara-Gibson: Andrea Belicchi, Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto

Labre Ligier-Gibson: Erwin Creed, Romano Ricci, Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer?

IDEC Oreca-Gibson: Paul-Loup Chatin, Patrice Lafargue, Memo Rojas

United Autosport Ligier-Gibson: Filipe Albuquerque, Paul di Resta, Philip Hanson

Algarve Oreca-Gibson: John Falb, Andrea Pizzitola, James French (?)

G-Drive Aurus-Gibson: Roman Rusinov, Job van Uitert, Jean-Eric Vergne

TDS Oreca-Gibson: François Perrodo, Mathieux Vaxivière, Loïc Duval

RLR Oreca-Gibson: John Farano, Arjun Maini, Norman Nato

High Class Oreca-Gibson: Dennis Andersen, Mathias Beche, Anders Fjordbach

Duqueine Oreca-Gibson: Romain Dumas, Nico Jamin, Pierre Ragues

Inter Europol Ligier-Gibson: Nigel Moore, Léo Roussel, Jakub Smiechowski

ARC Bratislava Ligier-Gibson: Henning Enqvist, Miro Konôpka, Konstantin Tereschenko

 

=> 13 rookies: Ryan Cullen (United Autosport), Jordan King (Jackie Chan), Nyck de Vries (Racing Team Netherlands), René Binder (Panis Barthez), John Falb (Algarve), Job van Uitert (G-Drive), Arjun Maini (RLR), John Farano (RLR), Anders Fjordbach (High Class), Dennis Andersen (High Class), Nico Jamin (Duqueine), Jakub Smiechowski (Inter Europol), Konstantin Tereschenko (ARC Bratislava)

[HistoryFan]

GTE-Pro (17 cars again):

- Jonathan Bomarito replaces Tony Kanaan at Ford Ganassi. He last time competed in Le Mans in 2013 for SRT in a SRT Viper in GTE Pro.

- Jesse Krohn replaces Alexander Sims at BMW MTEK. He makes his Le Mans debut.

- Porsche replaces Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard with Dennis Olsen and Mathieu Jaminet. Both making their Le Mans debut.

- Jules Gounon make his debut with Risi.

 

Porsche: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor

Porsche: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz, Frédéric Makowiecki

Ganassi Ford: Sébastien Bourdais, Joey Hand, Dirk Müller

Corvette: Jan Magnussen, Mike Rockenfeller, Antonio García

AF Corse Ferrari: James Calado, Daniel Serra, Alessandro Pier Guidi

Ganassi Ford: Stefan Mücke, Billy Johnson, Olivier Pla

AF Corse Ferrari: Sam Bird, Miguel Molina, Davide Rigon

Aston Martin: Nicki Thiim, Marco Sörensen, Darren Turner (?)

Porsche: Earl Bamber, Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy

BMW MTEK: Nick Catsburg, Martin Tomczyk, Philipp Eng

Ganassi Ford: Harry Tricknell, Andy Priaulx, Jonathan Bomarito

Aston Martin: Alex Lynn, Maxime Martin, Jonathan Adam (?)

Ford Ganassi: Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Richard Westbrook

Corvette: Marcel Fässler, Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner

BMW MTEK: Antonio Felix da Costa, Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn

Porsche: Sven Müller, Mathieu Jaminet, Dennis Olsen

Risi Ferrari: Pipo Derani, Jules Gounon, Oliver Jarvis

 

=> 4 Rookies: Jesse Krohn (BMW MTEK), Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche), Dennis Olsen (Porsche), Jules Gounon (Risi Ferrari).

[HistoryFan]

GTE-Am (17 cars instead of 13)

- Felipe Fraga replaces Luca Stolz at Keating. He makes his Le Mans debut.

- 3 Rookies at Proton with Vincent Abril, Louis and Philippe Prette

- JMW replaces Liam Griffin and Cooper MacNeil with Rodrigo Baptista and Wei Lu. Both will make their Le Mans debut.

- Clearwater replaces Weng Sun Mok and Keita Sawa with Luis Perez Companc and Matteo Cressoni

- Satoshi Hoshino replaces Khaled Al Qubaisi at Dempsey-Proton. He makes his Le Mans debut.

- Kei Cozzolino and Takeshi Kimura will make their debut with Car Guy

- Michelle Gatting and Manuela Gostner make their debut with Kessel Racing. As well as Claudio Schiavoni in a seperate car.

 

Dempsey-Proton (Porsche): Matt Campbell, Christian Ried (?), Julien Andlauer (?)

Spirit of the Race (Ferrari): Francesco Castellacci, Giancarlo Fisichella, Thomas Flohr

Keating (Ford): Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Felipe Fraga

Proton (Porsche): Vincent Abril, Louis Prette, Philippe Prette

JMW (Ferrari): Rodrigo Baptista, Wei Lu, Jeff Segal

Project 1 (Porsche): Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Lindsey, Egidio Perfetti

Clearwater (Ferrari): Luis Perez Companc, Matteo Cressoni, Matt Griffin

MR (Ferrari): Olivier Beretta, Eddie Cheever III, Motoaki Ishikawa

Gulf (Porsche): Ben Barker, Michael Wrainwright, Alex Davison (?)

TF (Aston Martin): Charlie Eastwood, Saloh Yohic, Euan Hankey (?)

Dempsey-Proton (Porsche): Matteo Cairoli, Gianluca Roda, Satoshi Hoshino

Aston Martin (Aston Martin): Matthias Lauda, Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy

Car Guy (Ferrari): Kei Cozzolino, Takeshi Kimura, Côme Ledogar

Kessel (Ferrari): Claudio Schiavoni, Andrea Piccini (?), Sergio Pianezzola (?)

Kessel (Ferrari): Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, Manuela Gostner

WeatherTech (Ferrari): Cooper MacNeil, Robert Smith, Toni Vilander

Dempsey-Proton (Porsche): Niclas Jönsson, Jesse Krohn, Patrick Long

 

12 Rookies: Felipe Fraga (Keating), Vincent Abril (Proton), Louis Prette (Proton), Philippe Prette (Proton), Rodrigo Baptista (JMW), Wei Lu (JMW), Satoshi Hoshino (Dempsey Proton), Kei Cozzolini (Car Guy), Takeshi Kimura (Car Guy), Claudio Schiavoni (Kessel), Michelle Gatting (Kessel), Manuela Gostner (Kessel)

[HistoryFan]

so 30 Rookies.

 

Don't know yet who will be the oldest and who will be the youngest driver on the grid in 2019. Anyone know that?

 

22 former F1 drivers on the grid.

Edited by HistoryFan, 10 May 2019 - 20:42.

[HistoryFan]

All drivers confirmed:

 

LMP1

- We are down from 10 to 8 cars (with both Manor Ginetta out)

- Nathanel Berthon replaces Mathias Beche at Rebellion, has already 5 Le Mans starts in his pocket and drove LMP2 with DragonSpeed in 2018.

- Sirotkin jumbs in for Isaakyan at SMP. Sirotkin already did Le Mans for SMP in LMP2 class in 2017, so he is not a rookie

- Vandoorne replaces Button and will have his first start at the 24h of Le Mans

- ByKolles replaces Dominik Kraihamer with Paolo Ruberti. He last time competed in 2015 in a GT car.

 

Toyota: Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima

Toyota: Mike Conway, José María Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi

Rebellion-Gibson: Thomas Laurent, Nathanael Berthon, Gustavo Menezes

Rebellion-Gibson: André Lotterer, Neel Jani, Bruno Senna

SMP BR-AER: Vitaly Petrov, Mikhail Aleshin, Stoffel Vandoorne

SMP BR-AER: Sergey Sirotkin, Stéphane Sarrazin, Egor Orudzhev

DragonSpeed BR-Gibson: Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley, Renger van der Zande

ByKolles-Gibson: Tom Dillmann, Oliver Webb, Paolo Ruberti

 

=> 1 Rookie: Stoffel Vandoorne

[HistoryFan]

LMP2 (20 cars again)

- Montoya and de Sadeleer out of United Autosport, Alex Brundle and Ryan Cullen in. Brundle was at Manor LMP1 in 2018. Cullen will make his Le Mans debut.

- Anthony Davidson replaces Nathanael Berthon at DragonSpeed. Davidson returns to Le Mans after last competing in 2017 with Toyota LMP1.

- Jackie Chan replaces Côme Ledogar with Jordan King. He will make his Le Mans debut.

- Nyck de Vries replaces Jan Lammers at Racing for Netherlands (his first Le Mans race!)

- René Binder joins Panis Barthez instead of Timothé Buret or Julien Canal. Binder will make his debut.

- Andrea Belicchi replaces Felipe Nasr at Cetillar/Villorba Corse. He returns after last competing in Le Mans at Cetillar in 2017.

- Algarve replaces Mark Patterson, Ate de Jong and Tacksung Kim with John Falb, Andrea Pizzitola and David Zollinger. Pizzitola drives for SMP in 2018, Falb will make his Le Mans debut.

- Job van Uitert replaces Andrea Pizzitola at G-Drive. He will make his Le Mans debut,

- RLR was not in LMP2 last year. It will be John Farano’s first race of the 24h Le Mans. The same for Arjun Maini

- High Class joins Le Mans with 2 rookies: Anders Fjordbach and Dennis Andersen

- Another rookie at Duqueine: Nico Jamin

- Jakub Smiechowski joins Euro Interpol as a Rookie.

- Tereschenko joins ARC Bratislava as a Rookie.

- Labre replaces Thomas Dagoneau with Nick Boulle, who raced with Jackie Chan Racing in 2018.

 

Signatech Alpine-Gibson: Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet, André Negrão

Graff Oreca-Gibson: Vincent Capillaire, Tristan Gommendy, Jonathan Hirschi

United Autosport Ligier-Gibson: Alex Brundle, Ryan Cullen, William Owen

Jackie Chan Oreca-Gibson: Ho-Pin Tung, Gabriel Aubry, Stéphane Richelmi

DragonSpeed Oreca-Gibson: Roberto González, Pastor Maldonado, Anthony Davidson

Jackie Chan Oreca-Gibson: David Heinemeier Hansson, Ricky Taylor, Jordan King

Racing for Netherlands Dallara-Gibson: Frits van Eerd, Giedo van der Garde, Nyck de Vries

Panis Barthez Ligier-Gibson: Will Stevens, René Binder, Julien Canal

Cetillar/Villorba Dallara-Gibson: Andrea Belicchi, Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto

Labre Ligier-Gibson: Erwin Creed, Romano Ricci, Nick Boulle

IDEC Oreca-Gibson: Paul-Loup Chatin, Patrice Lafargue, Memo Rojas

United Autosport Ligier-Gibson: Filipe Albuquerque, Paul di Resta, Philip Hanson

Algarve Oreca-Gibson: John Falb, Andrea Pizzitola, David Zollinger

G-Drive Aurus-Gibson: Roman Rusinov, Job van Uitert, Jean-Eric Vergne

TDS Oreca-Gibson: François Perrodo, Mathieux Vaxivière, Loïc Duval

RLR Oreca-Gibson: John Farano, Arjun Maini, Norman Nato

High Class Oreca-Gibson: Dennis Andersen, Mathias Beche, Anders Fjordbach

Duqueine Oreca-Gibson: Romain Dumas, Nico Jamin, Pierre Ragues

Inter Europol Ligier-Gibson: Nigel Moore, Léo Roussel, Jakub Smiechowski

ARC Bratislava Ligier-Gibson: Henning Enqvist, Miro Konôpka, Konstantin Tereschenko

 

=> 13 rookies: Ryan Cullen (United Autosport), Jordan King (Jackie Chan), Nyck de Vries (Racing Team Netherlands), René Binder (Panis Barthez), John Falb (Algarve), Job van Uitert (G-Drive), Arjun Maini (RLR), John Farano (RLR), Anders Fjordbach (High Class), Dennis Andersen (High Class), Nico Jamin (Duqueine), Jakub Smiechowski (Inter Europol), Konstantin Tereschenko (ARC Bratislava)

[HistoryFan]

GTE-Pro (17 cars again):

- Jonathan Bomarito replaces Tony Kanaan at Ford Ganassi. He last time competed in Le Mans in 2013 for SRT in a SRT Viper in GTE Pro.

- Jesse Krohn replaces Alexander Sims at BMW MTEK. He makes his Le Mans debut.

- Porsche replaces Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard with Dennis Olsen and Mathieu Jaminet. Both making their Le Mans debut.

- Jules Gounon make his debut with Risi.

 

Porsche: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor

Porsche: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz, Frédéric Makowiecki

Ganassi Ford: Sébastien Bourdais, Joey Hand, Dirk Müller

Corvette: Jan Magnussen, Mike Rockenfeller, Antonio García

AF Corse Ferrari: James Calado, Daniel Serra, Alessandro Pier Guidi

Ganassi Ford: Stefan Mücke, Billy Johnson, Olivier Pla

AF Corse Ferrari: Sam Bird, Miguel Molina, Davide Rigon

Aston Martin: Nicki Thiim, Marco Sörensen, Darren Turner

Porsche: Earl Bamber, Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy

BMW MTEK: Nick Catsburg, Martin Tomczyk, Philipp Eng

Ganassi Ford: Harry Tricknell, Andy Priaulx, Jonathan Bomarito

Aston Martin: Alex Lynn, Maxime Martin, Jonathan Adam

Ford Ganassi: Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Richard Westbrook

Corvette: Marcel Fässler, Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner

BMW MTEK: Antonio Felix da Costa, Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn

Porsche: Sven Müller, Mathieu Jaminet, Dennis Olsen

Risi Ferrari: Pipo Derani, Jules Gounon, Oliver Jarvis

 

=> 4 Rookies: Jesse Krohn (BMW MTEK), Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche), Dennis Olsen (Porsche), Jules Gounon (Risi Ferrari).

[HistoryFan]

GTE-Am (17 cars instead of 13)

- Felipe Fraga replaces Luca Stolz at Keating. He makes his Le Mans debut.

- 3 Rookies at Proton with Vincent Abril, Louis and Philippe Prette

- JMW replaces Liam Griffin and Cooper MacNeil with Rodrigo Baptista and Wei Lu. Both will make their Le Mans debut.

- Clearwater replaces Weng Sun Mok and Keita Sawa with Luis Perez Companc and Matteo Cressoni

- Satoshi Hoshino replaces Khaled Al Qubaisi at Dempsey-Proton. He makes his Le Mans debut.

- Kei Cozzolino and Takeshi Kimura will make their debut with Car Guy

- Michelle Gatting and Manuela Gostner make their debut with Kessel Racing. As well as Claudio Schiavoni in a seperate car.

 

Dempsey-Proton (Porsche): Matt Campbell, Christian Ried, Julien Andlauer

Spirit of the Race (Ferrari): Francesco Castellacci, Giancarlo Fisichella, Thomas Flohr

Keating (Ford): Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Felipe Fraga

Proton (Porsche): Vincent Abril, Louis Prette, Philippe Prette

JMW (Ferrari): Rodrigo Baptista, Wei Lu, Jeff Segal

Project 1 (Porsche): Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Lindsey, Egidio Perfetti

Clearwater (Ferrari): Luis Perez Companc, Matteo Cressoni, Matt Griffin

MR (Ferrari): Olivier Beretta, Eddie Cheever III, Motoaki Ishikawa

Gulf (Porsche): Ben Barker, Michael Wrainwright, Thomas Preising

TF (Aston Martin): Charlie Eastwood, Saloh Yohic, Euan Hankey

Dempsey-Proton (Porsche): Matteo Cairoli, Gianluca Roda, Satoshi Hoshino

Aston Martin (Aston Martin): Matthias Lauda, Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy

Car Guy (Ferrari): Kei Cozzolino, Takeshi Kimura, Côme Ledogar

Kessel (Ferrari): Claudio Schiavoni, Andrea Piccini , Sergio Pianezzola

Kessel (Ferrari): Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, Manuela Gostner

WeatherTech (Ferrari): Cooper MacNeil, Robert Smith, Toni Vilander

Dempsey-Proton (Porsche): Niclas Jönsson, Jesse Krohn, Patrick Long

 

15 Rookies: Felipe Fraga (Keating), Vincent Abril (Proton), Louis Prette (Proton), Philippe Prette (Proton), Rodrigo Baptista (JMW), Wei Lu (JMW), Satoshi Hoshino (Dempsey Proton), Kei Cozzolini (Car Guy), Takeshi Kimura (Car Guy), Claudio Schiavoni (Kessel), Andrea Piccini (Kessel), Sergio Pianezzola (Kessel), Michelle Gatting (Kessel), Manuela Gostner (Kessel), Thomas Preising (Gulf)

[HistoryFan]

so 33 Rookies.

 

Don't know yet who will be the oldest and who will be the youngest driver on the grid in 2019. Anyone know that?

 

22 former F1 drivers on the grid.

[Nonesuch]

With the line-up now (mostly) finalized, and the original topic settled, might I suggest continuing the (pre-)race discussion in this thread: https://forums.autos...of-the-hybrids/

 

Looking forward to seeing how this shakes out. Lots of new faces, and some old hands. There's so much happening in sportscars it almost seems odd that some frequently heard names will only now be making their Le Mans debut.

 

Edited by Nonesuch, 15 May 2019 - 15:58.