24h Le Mans
The LMP2 class for the 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans (10–14 June 2026) boasts 19 cars, nine with Pro/Am crews. LMP2 always has its fair share of surprises. Inter Europol Competition is back to defend its 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 class title this year.
The “Le Mans Prototype 2” (LMP2) is a closed-cockpit car designed exclusively for racing. LMP2s are the reserve of independent teams participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the European Le Mans Series, the Asian Le Mans Series and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Four constructors have been selected to supply the chassis: Dallara (with the P217), Onroak Automotive (with the Ligier JS P217), Oreca (with the Oreca 07) and Riley/Multimatic (Riley MK30). Gibson is the sole engine supplier. The selling price of a new car, not including engine or homologated electronic equipment, is capped at €483,000.
Crews must include at least one Silver or Bronze-rated driver. Line-ups with a Bronze driver have their own specific ranking: LMP2 Pro/Am.
The class at a glance
#3 – Oreca 07-Gibson – John Farano / Sebastian Alvarez / Renger Van Der Zande (LMP2 Pro/Am)
The Luxembourgers of DKR Engineering are well-used to Le Mans series. The team has four 24 Hours of Le Mans starts to its name in the LMP2 class. Last time, in 2024, the team finished in 21st place overall and seventh in LMP2. DKR Engineering is a European Le Mans Series competitor this season. The team finished 17th in the 4 Hours of Barcelona and 18th in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet and no doubt hope for better fortune at Le Mans. The car is in the hands of Canadian John Farano, Mexican Sebastián Álvarez, who took part with IDEC Sport last year, and Dutchman Renger Van der Zande, for whom this will be the ninth Le Mans start.
#4 – Oreca 07-Gibson – George Kurtz / Alexander Quinn / Laurin Heinrich (LMP2 Pro/Am)
As winners of the GT class in the 2025-6 Asian Le Mans Series the American team earned an invitation to compete at Le Mans. This is the team’s third 24 Hours of Le Mans. After a DNF in 2024, the team supported by Algarve Pro Racing finished in 30th place overall and 13th in LMP2 last year. At the wheel, George Kurtz joins Briton Alexander Quinn and German Laurin Heinrich, the Porsche works driver who won the Rolex 24 at Daytona with a 963 in January.
#9 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Jonas Ried / Kakunoshin Ohta / Harry King
#44 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Horst Jr Felbermayr / Horst Felix Felbermayr / Lorenzo Fluxà (LMP2 Pro/Am)
Like last year, German team Proton Competition has two LMP2 entries for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team also represents Ford in LMGT3, with two Mustangs and is a European Le Mans Series competitor this season with the two Orecas. With the #9 entry, which bears the colours of hotel chain seven x seven, Ford Racing is preparing its Hypercar entry next season. Jonas Ried, who shares the car with Sebastian Priaulx and Mike Rockenfeller in ELMS, will be teamed with Kakunoshin Ohta and Harry King for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The #44 driven by Felbermayr father and son duo sports the family’s famous colours. Lorenzo Fluxà completes the crew.
Last year Proton Competition finished in fourth and sixth place in LMP2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
#14 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Tobias Lutke / Mathias Beche / Kévin Estre (LMP2 Pro/Am)
Xavier Combet’s team is a regular on the 24 Hours of Le Mans grid with nine appearances. TDS Racing were runners-up in LMP2 in 2014 and third in 2019. Like last year, the LMP2 Pro/Am crew are contenders for a class victory. Mathias Beche (11 race starts) and Porsche factory driver Kevin Estre are notoriously fast drivers. The crew amateur, Tobias Lutke, is founder and CEO of Canadian company Shopify. Last year TDS Racing finished in fifth place in LMP2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mathias Beche was member of the crew.
#22 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Rasmus Lindh / Grégoire Saucy / Mikkel Jensen
#222 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Daniel Schneider / Benjamin Hanley / Oliver Jarvis (LMP2 Pro/Am)
United Autosports is one of the teams to beat in LMP2. Present in the class since 2017, the British outfit boasts two Le Mans class wins (2020 and ‘24), and European Le Mans Series and FIA WEC titles.
The team fields two entries again this year. The #22 is entrusted to Rasmus Lindh and Grégoire Saucy who drove the team’s McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo in LMGT3 last year, and Mikkel Jensen, former Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar driver. Daniel Schneider, Benjamin Hanley and Oliver Jarvis take the wheel of the #222. Jarvis was a member of the 2024 winning crew. The team is among the favourites for the LMP2 title at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
United Autosports is set to enter a McLaren MCL-HY in the Hypercar class next year.
#24 – Oreca 07-Gibson – David Heinemeier Hansson / Edward Pearson / Jack Doohan
This is the British team’s fifth 24 Hours of Le Mans. Last year the car crashed out and failed to see the chequered flag, so a spirit of revenge reigns over the garage this year. The driver crew is composed of David Heinemeier Hansson (12 starts), Edward Pearson, and Jack Doohan, former driver of the Alpine Formula One and son of Michael Doohan, who won five consecutive 500cc Motorcycle World Championships. Nielsen Racing is among the hopefuls for the LMP2 podium.
#25 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Michael Jensen / Enzo Trulli / Jake Hughes (LMP2 Pro/Am)
The Portuguese team already has nine 24 Hours of Le Mans entries, including three LMP2 Pro/Am victories in 2020, 2022 and 2023. They also won the European Le Mans Series in 2023 and the Asian Le Mans Series six times. Algarve Pro Racing began 2026 by winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Consequently, the team is a contender for the top step at Le Mans in the LMP2 Pro/Am class. Driver Enzo Trulli is the son of ex-Formula One driver Jarno Trulli (252 Grands Prix between 1997 and 2011). The other crew members are Michael Jensen (two starts) and Jake Hughes.
#26 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Ryan Cullen / Vladislav Lomko / Pietro Fittipaldi
Vector Sport is preparing for its fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans appearance on the back of a fourth place in the European Le Mans Series last year. Their best result at Le Mans is fifth place in 2024. So far this season, the team has finished 6th in the 4 Hours of Barcelona and 5th in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet. Vector Sport are hoping to continue the climb to the top at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the same line-up as last year. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it often pays to be consistent.
#28 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Paul Lafargue / Valerio Rinicella / Job Van Uitert
IDEC Sport will be on the starting grid of the 24 hours of Le Mans for the tenth year running, in LMP2. Paul-Loup Chatin having taken a seat in the Genesis Magma Racing Hypercar, he is replaced by Italian driver Valerio Rinicella. Last year the team lost a wheel and had to retire. This year, everyone at IDEC will be out to write another exciting chapter in their Le Mans story.
#29 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Louis Rousset / Esteban Masson / Oliver Gray
Panis Racing and Forestier Racing join forces this year to take LMP2 by storm. The #29 Oreca 07-Gibson fielded by the combined outfit took the honours in European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona this season. Last year a suspension issue barred VDS Panis Racing’s route to victory and the team had to settle for second. No doubt ex Formula One driver and team owner Oliver Panis will be hungry for revenge this year.
#30 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Doriane Pin / Julien Andlauer / Richard Verschoor
Duqueine Team has gradually become a regular in LMP2. A European Le Mans Series contender since 2018, the team founded in 2014 has already competed six times in the French endurance classic. Their best result so far was third place in 2023. The team headed by Gilles Duqueine has joined forces with R-ace GP to find the impetus it needs to reach the top. So far this season, the team has finished 11th in the 4 Hours of Barcelona and 10th in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet. At the wheel of the #30: Doriane Pin (Team Peugeot TotalEnergies development driver), Julien Andlauer (Porsche factory driver), and Richard Verschoor.
#37 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Adrien Clomesnil / Ian Aguilera / Theodor Jensen
For the 94th race, CLX Motorsport, formerly Cool Racing, has entrusted its car to three drivers from endurance feeder series. Adrien Clomesnil and Theodor Jensen come to Le Mans as European LMP3 champions, having climbed the ranks of the Michelin Le Mans Cup. Ian Aguilera moves to LMP2 having gleaned experience in LMP3.
CLX Motorsport stands eighth overall in the European Le Mans Series this season. Last year the team founded by Nicolas Lapierre finished in 14 place in LMP2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
#43 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Jakub Smiechowski / Tom Dillmann / Nicholas Yelloly
#343 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Bijoy Carg / Reshad De Gérus / Nico Müller
The Polish team are the defending champions. The crew of the #43 are aiming for two titles back to back. And of course, Inter Europol Competition also mounted the top step of the Le Mans podium in 2023. Kuba Smiechowski’s team is definitely among the contenders for the LMP2 title. So far this season, the team has bagged three second places, in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 4 Hours of Barcelona and the 4 Hours of Le Castellet.
The second car is also a candidate for victory. It is in the hands of Bijoy Carg (2024 winner with United Autosports), Reshad De Gérus, and Porsche factory driver Nico Müller who took the wheel of the Peugeot Hypercar and currently competes in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
#48 – Oreca 07-Gibson – Fred Poordad / Tristan Vautier / Romain Dumas (LMP2 Pro/Am)
Following great success in the Asian Le Mans Series – a win and five podiums – RD Limited is tackling the LMP2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time this year. The team is headed by Romain Dumas, winner in 2010 with Audi and in 2016 with Porsche. The #48 joins an extremely open field in which every car has its chances. Thanks to Dumas’s 23 Le Mans starts, the team knows the pitfalls of the circuit and the race. He shares the car with Tristan Vautier (three starts) and Fred Poordad, a world-class doctor renowned for liver research, who will be competing at Le Mans for the second time.
#99 – Oreca 07-Gibson – PJ Hyett / James Allen / Dane Cameron (LMP2 Pro/Am)
The American team again joins forces with TF Sport to defend their LMP2 Pro/Am title. After introducing fans to Rexy and Spike, AO Racing presents Rockie, the flamboyant Pegasus figure that is the team’s emblem this year. PJ Hyett, founder of AO Racing, shares the car with Australian James Allen and American Dane Cameron. Rockie the Pegasus is ready to take flight.
#183 – Oreca 07-Gibson – François Perrodo / Matthieu Vaxiviere / Ben Barnicoat (LMP2 Pro/Am)
AF Corse took the LMP2 Pro/Am class win at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans. At the wheel this year, François Perrodo, one of the most talented amateur drivers in the class. He shares the car with former Alpine Hypercar driver Matthieu Vaxiviere, and Ben Barnicoat. So far this season the #183 AF Corse has finished 10th in the 4 Hours of Barcelona and 14th in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet.
Check out the entry list for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans.
