A ACO apresentou nesta sexta (05) os 60 participantes que estarão disputando as 24 horas de Le Mans em 2016. Tradicionalmente 55 carros estarão na disputa, mais o protótipo da garagem 56 destinado a projetos inovadores.

Le Mans é a terceira etapa do WEC e terá 9 LMP1, 22 LMP2, 14 GTE-PRO e 14 GTE-AM e a garagem 56. Entre os LM P1, a Porsche vai defender sua vitória na edição de 2015 e tentar seu 18º título na história da prova. Os três grandes fabricantes, Porsche, Audi e Toyota irão alinhar dois carros cada. Eles vão lutar em igualdade numérica, apenas as tecnologias utilizadas e a estratégia de corrida serão cruciais para ir para o fim da corrida e vencer. Entre as equipes privadas Rebellion Racing e ByKolles Racing Team estarão alinhando seus três carros.

Na LMP2, mais uma vez conta com o maior número de inscritos. Se em 2015 foram 19 carros neste ano teremos 22. Seus marcas diferentes de chassis irão competir, com uma vantagem numérica para Ligier, que é ganhou as 24 horas de Daytona no final do mês de Janeiro.

Já a GTE-PRO que estreia um novo regulamento irá alinhas 14 carros, com total destaque para o retorno da Ford que vai alinhar quatro carros. Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin e Corvette esperam aciosas pelo embate.

Entre os GTE Am, também contará com 14 carros. A Ferrari ganha em quantidade. Serão 5 carros contra 4 Porsche, 3 Aston Martin e 2 Corvette.

LMP1 
1 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid – Timo Bernhard*
2 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid – Romain Dumas*
4 – Team ByKolles – CLM P1/01 AER – Simon Trummer*
5 – Toyota Gazoo Racing – Toyota TS050 Hybrid – Anthony Davidson*
6 – Toyota Gazoo Racing – Toyota TS050 Hybrid – Stephane Sarrazin*
7 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 – Marcel Fassler*
8 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 – Lucas di Grassi*
12 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One AER – Nico Prost*
13 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One AER – Matheo Tuscher*

LMP2 
22 – SO24 by Lombard Racing – Ligier JS P2 Judd – Vincent Capillaire
23 – Panis-Barthez Competition – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Fabien Barthez
26 – G-Drive Racing – Oreca 05 Nissan – Roman Rusinov*
27 – SMP Racing – BR Engineering BR01 Nissan – Nicolas Minassian*
28 – Pegasus Racing – Morgan Nissan – Julien Schell
30 – Extreme Speed Motorsports – Ligier JS P2 Nissan –
Scott Sharp*
31 – Extreme Speed Motorsports – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Ryan Dalziel*
33 – Eurasia Motorsport – Oreca 05 Nissan – Pu Jun Jin
34 – Race Peformance – Oreca 03R Judd – Nicolas Leutwiler
35 – 
Baxi DC Racing Alpine –
 Alpine A460 Nissan – 
David Cheng*
36 – Signatech-Alpine – Alpine A460 Nissan – Gustavo Menezes*
37 – SMP Racing – BR Engineering BR01 Nissan – Vitaly Petrov*
38 – G-Drive Racing – Gibson 015S Nissan – Simon Dolan
40 – Krohn Racing – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Tracy Krohn
41 – Greaves Motorsport – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Memo Rojas
42 – Strakka Racing – Gibson 015S Nissan – Nick Leventis*
43 – RGR Sport by Morand – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Ricardo Gonzalez*
44 –
 Manor – Oreca 05 Nissan – Tor Graves*
46 – Thiriet by TDS Racing – Oreca 05 Nissan – Pierre Thiriet
47 – KCMG – Oreca 05 Nissan – Tsugio Matsuda
48 – Murphy Prototypes – Oreca 03R Nissan – Greg Murphy
49 – Michael Shank Racing – Ligier JS P2 Honda – John Pew

GTE-Pro 
51 – AF Corse – Ferrari 488 GTE – Gianmaria Bruni*
63 – Corvette Racing – GM – Corvette C7.R – Jan Magnussen
64 – Corvette Racing – GM – Corvette C7.R – Oliver Gavin
66 – Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK – Ford GT – Marino Franchitti*
67 – Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK – Ford GT – Olivier Pla*
68 – Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team USA – Ford GT – Joey Hand
69 – Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team USA – Ford GT – Ryan Briscoe
71 – AF Corse – Ferrari 488 GTE – Davide Rigon*
77 – Dempsey Proton Racing – Porsche 911 RSR – Richard Lietz*
82 – Risi Competizione – Ferrari 488 GTE – Giancarlo Fisichella
91 – Porsche Motorsport – Porsche 911 RSR – Patrick Pilet
92 – Porsche Motorsport – Porsche 911 RSR – Frederic Makowiecki
95 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Nicki Thiim*
97 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Richie Stanaway*

GTE-Am 
50 – Larbre Competition – Corvette C7.R – Yutaka Yamagishi*
55 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Duncan Cameron
57 – Team AAI – Corvette C6.R – Jun-San Chen
58 – Clearwater Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Mok Weng Sun
59 – TDS Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Eric Dermont
60 – Formula Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Johnny Laursen
62 – Scuderia Corsa – Ferrari F458 Italia – William Sweedler
78 – KCMG – Porsche 911 RSR – Christian Ried*
83 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Francois Perrodo*
86 – Gulf Racing UK – Porsche 911 RSR – Michael Wainwright*
88 – Abu Dhabi Proton Racing – Porsche 911 RSR – Khaled Al Qubaisi*
89 – Proton Competition – Porsche 911 RSR – Gianluca Roda
98 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Paul Dalla Lana*
99 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Andrew Howard

*Denotes full-season FIA World Endurance Championship entrant

Garage 56
84 – STR41 by OAK Racing – Morgan Nissan – Frederic Sausset

Reserve Entries (10 Entries)
45 – Greaves Motorsport – Gibson 015S Nissan – Alex Brundle
25 – Algarve Pro Racing – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Michael Munemann
76 – JMW Motorsport – Ferrari F458 Italia – Robert Smith
32 – Courage – BR01 Nissan – Andreas Wirth
29 – Pegasus Racing – Morgan Nissan – Ines Taittinger
24 – OAK Racing – Ligier JS P2 Judd – Jacques Nicolet
53 – Riley Motorsports – SRT Viper GTS-R – Ben Keating
21 – DragonSpeed – Oreca 05 Nissan – Henrik Hedman
87 – Proton Competition – Porsche 911 RSR – Marco Seefried
56 – Team AAI – Corvette C6.R – Han-Chen Chen