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A spotter’s guide to the World Endurance Championship grid
TG flicks through the entry list for this weekend’s race at Silverstone
Nearly five months on from Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber’s successful World Endurance Championship campaign with Porsche, the series returns for a brand new season this weekend.
Silverstone plays host to the first race of the year, with eight more dates to follow on the calendar over the course of the year.
23 teams, 34 cars and 96 drivers will contest the four categories – LMP1, LMP2, LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am – during the six-hour race this Sunday, and all of them will be hoping for good pace as well impeccable reliability to get them to the finish line.
With new names and liveries to look out for, here is a brief guide to this weekend’s grid...
Advertisement - Page continues belowLMP1: Porsche Team – Porsche 919 – Hybrid
Car #1: Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley
Car #2: Romain Dumas, Neel Jani, Marc Lieb
LMP1: Bykolles Racing Team – CLMP1/01 – AER
Car #4: Simon Trummer, Oliver Webb, James Rossiter
Advertisement - Page continues belowLMP1: Toyota Gazoo Racing – Toyota TS050 – Hybrid
Car #5: Anthony Davidson, Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima
Car #6: Stephane Sarrazin, Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi
LMP1: Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 – Hybrid
Car #7: Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer
Car #8: Lucas Di Grassi, Loic Duval, Oliver Jarvis
LMP1: Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One – AER
Car #12: Nicolas Prost, Nelson Piquet Junior, Nick Heidfeld
Car #13: Matheo Tuscher, Dominik Kraihamer, Alexandre Imperatori
LMP2: G-Drive Racing – Oreca 05 – Nissan
Car #26: Roman Rusinov, Nathanael Berthon, Rene Rast
Advertisement - Page continues belowLMP2: SMP Racing – BR01 – Nissan
Car #27: Nicolas Minassian, Maurizio Mediani, David Markozov
Car #37: Vitaly Petrov, Kirill Ladygin, Viktor Shaytar
LMP2: Extreme Speed Motorsports – Ligier JS P2 – Nissan
Car #30: Scott Sharp, Ed Brown, Johannes van Overbeek
Car #31: Ryan Dalziel, Pipo Derani, Chris Cumming
Advertisement - Page continues belowLMP2: Baxi DC Racing Alpine – Alpine A460 – Nissan
Car #35: David Cheng, Ho-Pin Tung, Nelson Panciatici
LMP2: Signatech Alpine – Alpine A460 – Nissan
Car #36: Gustavo Menezes, Nicolas Lapierre, Stephane Richelmi
LMP2: Strakka Racing – Gibson 015S – Nissan
Car #42: Nick Leventis, Danny Watts, Jonny Kane
LMP2: RGR Sport by Morand – Ligier JS P2 – Nissan
Car #43: Ricardo Gonzalez, Filipe Albuquerque, Bruno Senna
LMP2: Manor – Oreca 05 – Nissan
Car #44: Tor Graves, Will Stevens, James Jakes
Car #45: Matt Rao, Richard Bradley, Roberto Merhi
LMGTE Pro: AF Corse – Ferrari 488 GTE
Car #51: Gianmaria Bruni, James Calado
Car #71: Davide Rigon, Sam Bird
LMGTE Pro: Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK – Ford GT
Car #66: Billy Johnson, Stefan Mucke, Olivier Pla
Car #67: Marino Franchitti, Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell
LMGTE Pro: Dempsey-Proton Racing – Porsche 911 RSR (2016)
Car #77: Richard Lietz, Michael Christensen
LMGTE Pro: Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage
Car #95: Nicki Thiim, Marco Sorensen, Darren Turner
Car #97: Richie Stanaway, Fernando Rees, Jonathan Adam
LMGTE AM: Larbre Competition – Chevrolet Corvette C7
Car #50: Yutaka Yamagishi, Pierre Ragues, Paolo Rebuerti
LMGTE AM: KCMG – Porsche 911 RSR
Car #78: Christian Ried, Wolf Henzler, Joel Camathias
LMGTE AM: AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia
Car #83: Francois Perrodo, Emmanuel Collard, Rui Aguas
LMGTE AM: Gulf Racing – Porsche 911 RSR
Car #86: Michael Wainwright, Adam Carroll, Ben Barker
LMGTE AM: Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing – Porsche 911 RSR
Car #88: Khaled Al Qubaisi, David Heinemeier Hansson, Klaus Bachler
LMGTE AM: Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Car #98: Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda
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