The full list of teams invited to compete in the 93rd edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours later this year has been published today by the Automobile Club de L’Ouest.
The entry list, as expected, is oversubscribed. It has 62 cars confirmed across three classes, with a six-car reserve pool also outlined.
In the top class, 21 Hypercars will compete for the overall win. This is a slight reduction on the 23-car field that took the start in 2024. Missing are the pair of Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63s, the solo Isotta Fraschini and the pair of privately-entered Porsches from Hertz Team JOTA, which has taken over from Chip Ganassi Racing to field two factory Cadillacs in the FIA WEC.
Beyond the slate of 18 full-season FIA WEC Hypercars, Porsche Penske Motorsport has opted to enter a third factory 963 via its automatic invitation earned by winning the IMSA GTP title last year.
The No. 4 963 has both Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr listed, meaning the full pool of eight Porsche LMDh drivers will take part in the race. The third slot is currently unfilled, with Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein rumored to be the front-running contender.
Porsche will therefore be represented by four cars, with three operated by Penske and a single car from privateer team Proton Competition.
The other two guest entries joining the WEC pack come from Cadillac. As previously reported by RACER, both Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express Racing (under the Cadillac Whelen banner) hoped to travel to France and boost General Motors’ representation in the event. Thier wish has been granted.
The No. 101 Cadillac WTR effort sees Wayne Taylor Racing make its Le Mans debut. Team owner Wayne Taylor – himself a 13-time starter at Le Mans – will field a car for his two racing sons Jordan and Ricky, who will share a car at Le Sarthe for the first time after 18 appearances between them.
They’ll be joined by Filipe Albuquerque, who is set to start his 12th consecutive Le Mans. It’s a run that includes the 2020 LMP2 class win with United Autosports. He also starts in a top class car for the first time since 2015 when he competed in LMP1 with Audi.
Acton Express Racing completes the roster with the third consecutive appearance of its No. 311 V-Series.R. Full-season IMSA driver Jack Aitken is joined by the team’s two endurance drivers in 2025, Felipe Drugovitch and Fred Vesti. The Gary Nelson-led team’s other regular IMSA driver, Earl Bamber, is already on Cadillac duties with JOTA.
The three additional Hypercars join a stellar factory lineup that includes cars from Aston Martin THOR Team, Toyota Gazoo Racing, Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA, BMW M Team WRT, Alpine Endurance Team, Ferrari AF Corse and Peugeot TotalEnergies, plus the privately entered cars from Proton Competition (Porsche) and AF Corse (Ferrari).
LMP2, which is split into two divisions (LMP2 and LMP2 Pro/Am), is 17 cars strong, two up on the organiser’s stated minimum of 15. All cars entered are Gibson-powered ORECA 07s.
Five of the cars come from automatic invitations earned via success in the European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
ELMS LMP3 team RLR M Sport took up its spot, Inter Europol Competition has two (one via Jim Trueman Award winner Nick Boulle) and Algarve Pro Racing and AF Corse both entered.