62

The number of cars set to do battle at the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit on 11-12 June: five in the Hypercar class, 27 in LMP2, seven in LMGTE Pro and 23 in LMGTE Am.

13

The number of team nationalities, with the most represented being Great Britain and France with eight teams each ahead of the U.S. with seven and Germany with five.

8

The LMP2 class comprises 11 line-ups, with 8 combining amateur and professional drivers: DKR Engineering, TDS Racing X Vaillante, Nielsen Racing, CD Sport, Ultimate, Graff Racing, ARC Bratislava and AF Corse.

9

The entry list boasts nine major automotive marques: Toyota (two cars), Ferrari (16 488 GTE Evos), Porsche (nine 911 RSR-19s), Glickenhaus (two 007 LMHs), Alpine (one A-480-Gibson), Chevrolet Corvette (two C8.Rs), Aston Martin (three Aston Martin Vantage AMRs), Oreca (26 Oreca 07) and Ligier (one JSP217-Gibson).

7

Though the driver list is not yet finalized, seven previous overall winners are expected to take the start so far:

• Sébastien Buemi (three wins), TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
• Brendon Hartley (two wins), TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
• Romain Dumas (two wins), Glickenhaus Racing
• Mike Conway (one win), TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
• Kamui Kobayashi (one win), TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
• José María López (one win), TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
• Nick Tandy (one win), Corvette Racing

6

The number of women competing in the 2022 race. Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy are back at the wheel of the Iron Dames #85 Ferrari 488 GTE. Then come three mixed crews: Lilou Wadoux will share the Richard Mille Racing Team #1 Oreca 07-Gibson with Charles Milesi and eight-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier. Sophia Floersch is part of the Algarve Pro Racing team in the #47 Oreca and Katherine Legge takes the wheel of the Porsche 911 RSR-19 fielded by Hardpoint Motorsport.

4

The number of rookie teams in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans: Prema Orlen Team (#9 ORECA 07-Gibson), Vector Sport (#10 ORECA 07-Gibson), CD Sport (#27 Ligier JSP217-Gibson) and Hardpoint Motorsport (#99 Porsche 911 RSR-19).

35

The number of cars equipped with Michelin tires.

27

The number of cars equipped with Goodyear tires, all in the LMP2 class.