The FIA has confirmed its Hypercar class will swell to 19 entries for the 2024 World Endurance Championship season.
Despite the withdrawal of Vanwall, the entry for next season has risen from the 13 announced at the beginning of this year. The increase in numbers has come about due to the arrival of manufacturers BMW, Lamborghini, Alpine, each fielding two cars, plus a solo entry from Isotta Fraschini.
Ferrari, which returned to top-flight sportscar racing in the series this year, will expand its entry to three cars. The third will be entered solely by AF Corse and its driver roster will feature 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner Robert Kubica.
Toyota’s championship-winning trio Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa and Sebastien Buemi will remain together for a third consecutive season. However the team which dominated the 2023 season, winning every race bar the Le Mans 24 Hours, has made a change to the other car’s squad, F1 exile Nyck de Vries replacing Jose Maria Lopez.
Two classes will compete in WEC rounds next year instead of three. The 19 Hypercars will share the track with 18 entries in the new LMGT3 class, which replaces the LMP2 and LMGTE Am categories.
The full line-up of drivers for the 2024 season is yet to be confirmed. Some drivers who have previously been announced do not appear on the official entry list, including Romain Grosjean at Lamborghini and Mick Schumacher at Alpine.
The championship will begin at the Losail International Circuit on March 2nd.
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2024 World Endurance Championship entry list
| Number | Team | Car | Driver 1 | Driver2 | Driver 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cadillac Racing | Cadillac V-Series.R | Earl Bamber | Alex Lynn | TBC |
| 5 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | Matt Campbell | Michael Christensen | Frederic Makowiecki |
| 6 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | Kevin Estre | Andre Lotterer | Laurens Vanthoor |
| 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | Mike Conway | Kamui Kobayashi | Nyck de Vries |
| 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | Sebashtien Buemi | Brendon Hartley | Ryo Hirakawa |
| 11 | Isotta Fraschini | Isotta Fraschini Tipo6-C | TBC | Alejandro Garcia | Jean-Karl Vernay |
| 12 | Team Jota | Porsche 963 | Will Stevens | TBC | TBC |
| 15 | BMW M Team WRT | BMW M Hybrid V8 | Dries Vanthoor | TBC | TBC |
| 20 | BMW M Team WRT | BMW M Hybrid V8 | Sheldon Van Der Linde | TBC | TBC |
| 35 | Alpine Endurance Team | Alpine A424 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | TBC | TBC |
| 36 | Alpine Endurance Team | Alpine A424 | Nicolas Lapierre | TBC | TBC |
| 38 | Hertz Team Jota | Porsche 963 | Oliver Rasmussen | TBC | TBC |
| 50 | Ferrari Af Corse | Ferrari 499P | Antonio Fuoco | TBC | TBC |
| 51 | Ferrari Af Corse | Ferrari 499P | Alessandro Pier… |
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