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Once again, there’ll be a full grid at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with 62 cars set to do battle on track on 14-15 June. The field comprises 21 Hypercars, 17 LMP2 prototypes, and 24 LMGT3s. Six teams make up the reserve list.

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The number of big-name manufacturers competing in the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Hypercar class features Alpine, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, Porsche and Toyota, who will be fighting for the overall win.

This year is the second time out at Le Mans for the LMGT3 class, which brings together Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, Lexus, Mercedes-AMG, McLaren and Porsche

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Although the list of 186 drivers is yet to be completed, we now know that 16 of them have already won the race outright:

•    Nick Tandy (one win), Porsche Penske Motorsport
•    Mike Conway (one win), Toyota Gazoo Racing
•    Kamui Kobayashi (one win), Toyota Gazoo Racing
•    Sébastien Buemi (four wins and member of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Hall of Fame), Toyota Gazoo Racing
•    Brendon Hartley (three wins), Toyota Gazoo Racing
•    Ryō Hirakawa (one win), Toyota Gazoo Racing
•    Earl Bamber (two wins), Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA
•    Antonio Fuoco (one win), Ferrari AF Corse
•    Nicklas Nielsen (one win), Ferrari AF Corse
•    Miguel Molina (one win), Ferrari AF Corse
•    Alessandro Pier Guidi (one win), Ferrari AF Corse
•    James Calado (one win), Ferrari AF Corse
•    Antonio Giovinazzi (one win), Ferrari AF Corse
•    Loïc Duval (one win), Peugeot TotalEnergies
•    Neel Jani (one win), Proton Competition
•    José María López (one win), Akkodis ASP Team

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There will be at least five women on the grid at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.  The Iron Dames #85 Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 will be driven by an all-female crew featuring Célia Martin, Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting. British driver Jamie Chadwick will be in the IDEC #75 Sport Oreca 07-Gibson. Lilou Wadoux, a Ferrari works driver, will be at the wheel of the Richard Mille AF Corse #150 Ferrari 296 LMGT3, sharing driving duties with Custodio Toledo and Riccardo Agostini.

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The number of cars shod with Goodyear tyres. They are found in the LMP2 and LMGT3 classes. All the entrants in Hypercar are equipped with Michelin tyres.

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The eight manufacturers entered in this year’s Hypercar class have together won 41 of the 92 races run since the creation of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923.  Porsche has scored the most victories with a total of 19, ahead of Ferrari (11), Toyota (five), Peugeot (three), Aston Martin (one), BMW (one) and Alpine (one).

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In the LMP2 class, five cars will be driven by a mix of professional and amateur racers. The teams having opted for this configuration are: Proton Competition (Oreca #11), RLR M Sport (Oreca #16), United Autosports (Oreca #23), Oreca #24 (Nielsen Racing), TDS Racing (Oreca #29), Inter Europol Competition (Oreca #34 and #43), Algrave Pro Racing (Oreca #45) and AF Corse (Oreca #155).

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The teams represent 12 different nationalities in all. The nations with the largest contingent are Germany and France with 12 teams each. Then comes Italy with ten teams, followed by Great Britain with 9 and the USA with 8.

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