news: Entry list confirms Le Mans driver line-ups

The livery that John Martin's HPD will carry at Le Mans

Le Mans 24 Hours organisers have released the full entry list for the 2012 race ahead of next week’s official test.

The list confirms the driving line-ups for 55 of the 56 cars, with only the Toyota TS030 of Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi yet to have a third pilot listed due to the late withdrawal of Hiroaki Ishiura due to back problems.

As expected, Audi’s 2011 race winning trio of Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Beniot Treluyer will defend their crown together this year in one of the company’s two hybrid entries. Audi’s four-car effort accounts for almost a third of the LMP1 field.

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World Endurance Championship regulars David Brabham (JRM HPD ARX-03a LMP1) and John Martin (ADR-Delta Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2) are the only two Australian drivers set to participate.

Dane Allan Simonsen, who will drive for Dick Johnson Racing in this year’s V8 Supercars endurance races, will compete with Aston Martin Racing at Le Mans this year following the off-season withdrawal from GT racing of previous employer Hankook.

See below for the full 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list, or CLICK HERE for the pdf version

LMP1

No.	Team	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	André Lotterer	Marcel Fässler	Benoît Tréluyer
2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Allan McNish	Rinaldo Capello	Tom Kristensen
3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 ultra	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	Loïc Duval
4	Audi Sport North America	Audi R18 ultra	Oliver Jarvis	Marco Bonanomi	Mike Rockenfeller
7	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	Alexander Wurz	Nicolas Lapierre	Kazuki Nakajima
8	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	Anthony Davidson	Sébastien Buemi
12	Rebellion Racing	Lola B12/60-Toyota	Nicolas Prost	Nick Heidfeld	Neel Jani
13	Rebellion Racing	Lola B12/60-Toyota	Andrea Belicchi	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Harold Primat
15	OAK Racing	OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd	Guillaume Moreau	Dominik Kraihamer	Bertrand Baguette
16	Pescarolo Team	Pescarolo 03-Judd	Emmanuel Collard	Jean-Christophe Bouillon	Julien Jousse
17	Pescarolo Team	Dome S102.5-Judd	Nicolas Minassian	Sébastien Bourdais	Seiji Ara
21	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-03a	Nick Leventis	Jonny Kane	Danny Watts
22	JRM	HPD ARX-03a	David Brabham	Peter Dumbreck	Karun Chandhok

LMP2

No.	Team	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
23	Signatech-Nissan	Oreca 03-Nissan	Jordan Tresson	Franck Mailleux	Olivier Lombard
24	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2-Judd	Jacques Nicolet	Matthieu Lahaye	Olivier Pla
25	ADR-Delta	Oreca 03-Nissan	John Martin	Robbie Kerr	Tor Graves
26	Signatech-Nissan	Oreca 03-Nissan	Pierre Ragues	Nelson Panciatici	Roman Rusinov
28	Gulf Racing Middle East	Lola B12/80-Nissan	Fabien Giroix	Maxime Jousse	Stefan Johansson
29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Lola B12/80-Nissan	Keiko Ihara	Jean-Denis Délétraz	Steve Quick
30	Status Grand Prix	Lola B12/80-Judd	Alexander Sims	Yelmer Buurman	Romain Iannetta
31	Lotus	Lola B12/80-Lotus	Thomas Josef Holzer	Mirco Schultis	Luca Moro
33	Level 5 Motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Scott Tucker	Christophe Bouchut	Luis Díaz
35	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	David Heinemeier Hansson	Bas Leinders	Maxime Martin
38	Jota	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	Sam Hancock	Simon Dolan	Haruki Kurosawa
40	Race Performance	Oreca 03-Judd	Michel Frey	Jonathan Hirschi	Ralph Meichtry
41	Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	Christian Zugel	Elton Julian	Ricardo González
42	Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	Alex Brundle	Martin Brundle	Lucas Ordóñez
43	Extrême Limite ARIC	Norma M200P-Judd	Fabien Rosier	Phillipe Haezebrouck	Philippe Thirion
44	Starworks Motorsport	HPD ARX-03b	Enzo Potolicchio	Ryan Dalziel	Stéphane Sarrazin
45	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca 03-Nissan	Bastien Brière	Shinji Nakano	Jens Petersen
46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 03-Nissan	Pierre Thiriet	Mathias Beche	Christophe Tinseau
48	Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03-Nissan	Jody Firth	Brendon Hartley	Warren Hughes
49	Pecom Racing	Oreca 03-Nissan	Luís Pérez Companc	Pierre Kaffer	Soheil Ayari

LMGTE-PRO

No.	Team	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
51	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 GTC	Giancarlo Fisichella	Gianmaria Bruni	Toni Vilander
59	Luxury Racing	Ferrari 458 GTC	Frédéric Makowiecki	Jaime Melo	Dominik Farnbacher
66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 GTC	James Walker	Jonny Cocker	Roger Wills
71	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 GTC	Andrea Bertolini	Olivier Beretta	Marco Cioci
73	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Antonio García	Jan Magnussen	Jordan Taylor
74	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin	Richard Westbrook	Tommy Milner
77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Richard Lietz	Marc Lieb	Wolf Henzler
80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Jörg Bergmeister	Patrick Long	Marco Holzer
97	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage	Stefan Mücke	Adrián Fernández	Darren Turner

LMGTE-AM

No.	Team	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
50	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Patrick Bornhauser	Julien Canal	Pedro Lamy
55	JWA-Avila	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Paul Daniels	Markus Palttala	Joël Camathias
57	Krohn Racing	Ferrari 458 GTC	Tracy Krohn	Niclas Jönsson	Michele Rugolo
58	Luxury Racing	Ferrari 458 GTC	Pierre Ehret	Gunnar Jeannette	Frankie Montecalvo
61	AF Corse-Waltrip	Ferrari 458 GTC	Robert Kauffman	Rui Águas	Brian Vickers
67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Anthony Pons	Nicolas Armindo	Raymond Narac
70	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Christophe Bourret	Pascal Gibon	Jean-Philippe Belloc
75	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Abdulaziz al Faisal	Bret Curtis	Sean Edwards
79	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Seth Neiman	Spencer Pumpelly	Darren Law
81	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 GTC	Pierguiseppe Perazzini	Niki Cadei	Matt Griffin
83	JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 GTC	Manuel Rodrigues	Philippe Illiano	Alain Ferté
88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Christian Ried	Gianluca Roda	Paolo Ruberti
99	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage	Christoffer Nygaard	Kristian Poulsen	Allan Simonsen