The publication of the list follows two delays and the announcement on Monday that entries were being reopened by race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest for a period of 48 hours as a result of new FIA rules on the participation of Russian competitors following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The move by the FIA was followed by the withdrawal of Russian entrant G-Drive Racing, which had a full-season entry for the WEC and had made another application for Le Mans with the car it is fielding in the European Le Mans Series.
G-Drive’s technical partner Algarve Pro Racing will now field two LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07s at Le Mans on June 11/12 with multiple drivers who were part of the Russian group’s original entries.
Rene Binder and James Allen who were originally due to share with ex-Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat in the WEC will drive one car with Steven Thomas, runner-up in LMP2 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship last year with WIN Autosport.
This line-up will also race…
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