The organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans have published the provisional entry list for the 2026 edition, featuring 62 cars distributed across three categories: 18 Hypercars, 19 LMP2s, and 25 LMGT3s. The grid for the most important race on the endurance calendar loses three prototypes from the top class compared to last year but gains depth in the support categories and welcomes a new manufacturer entry.
Porsche Leaves, Genesis Arrives
The most noticeable change in Hypercar is the absence of Porsche. Porsche, which operated three 963s with Penske Motorsport and one with Proton Competition in 2025, is leaving the WEC entirely. Although Porsche won the 2025 IMSA GTP title, which normally grants an automatic invitation to Le Mans, ACO regulations require being entered in the WEC to exercise it. By withdrawing from the world championship, Porsche loses the ability to use that sporting right. The absence is historic: Porsche holds more overall victories at Le Mans than any other manufacturer (19), six more than Audi (13), who is second on the list.
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Going in the opposite direction, Genesis, the premium division of Hyundai, will make its Le Mans debut with two GMR-001 Hypercars. The lineup for car #17 includes André Lotterer, a two-time world champion and three-time Le Mans winner, alongside Luis Felipe Derani and Mathys Jaubert. The second car (#19) will feature Mathieu Jaminet, Paul-Loup Chatin, and Daniel Juncadella. Lotterer raced in Hypercar until 2025, and Jaminet won Le Mans with Porsche in 2024.
Ferrari Aims for a Fourth Consecutive Win
Ferrari has achieved three consecutive Le Mans victories with the 499P, one with each of its cars (#51 in 2023, #50 in 2024, and #83 in 2025). No manufacturer has won four consecutive editions in the Hypercar era, and Maranello returns with the same three-car structure that has proven successful: two factory cars (#50 and #51) operated by AF Corse and a third (#83) as a customer entry.
Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, and Philip Hanson return to the #83, which won last year's edition by 14 seconds over the Penske Porsche #6. In the 2025 edition, Alessandro Pier Guidi spun while entering the pits with the #51 during the 20th hour, losing a 25-second lead and handing the lead to the car that ultimately won. With Porsche out of the championship, Ferrari loses its main threat from 2025 but faces a group of opponents who have had all winter to improve.
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Toyota Revamps Its Weapon and Cadillac Adds a Third Car
Toyota, the five-time consecutive winner between 2018 and 2022, introduces a deep update to its prototype, rebranded as the TR010 Hybrid. The #7 and #8 cars retain the same driver lineups that have provided stability to the Japanese program: Conway-Kobayashi-De Vries and Buemi-Hartley-Hirakawa. In 2025, the #8 lost podium chances when a poorly tightened nut caused a wheel to detach from Hirakawa's car at the 20-hour mark, proof that reliability remains a decisive factor in this race.
Cadillac goes from four to three V-Series.Rs with the departure of Action Express Racing, which was the second most competitive program in IMSA with two endurance race wins (Indianapolis and Petit Le Mans) and the drivers' championship runner-up spot with Jack Aitken. Both Aitken and Earl Bamber, part of those victories, move to the #38 Jota for the WEC season. The two full-season cars with Jota (#12 and #38) are complemented by the entry from Cadillac WTR (#101), which retains the Taylor brothers and Filipe Albuquerque. In the 2025 edition, both Jota cars started from pole but lost pace during the night. The #12 finished in the points (fifth, inheriting fourth place after the Ferrari #50's disqualification), and the WTR #101 retired before completing 200 laps.
Alpine Says Goodbye and Peugeot Seeks Revenge
Alpine will contest its final Le Mans edition before leaving the WEC at the season's end. The two A424s (#35 and #36) feature revamped lineups, with Victor Martins, a winner in FIA Formula 2, making his endurance debut alongside Frédéric Makowiecki and Jules Gounon in the #36. The French team finished 10th and 11th at Le Mans 2025, two and three laps behind the winner respectively.
Peugeot also needs a strong result on home soil. The two 9X8s (#93 and #94) have not been competitive at La Sarthe since Peugeot's return to endurance racing, and their last Le Mans victory dates back to 2009 with the 908 HDi. The addition of Théo Pourchaire, the 2023 champion of F1's main support category, to the #94 car alongside Loïc Duval and Malthe Jakobsen refreshes the lineup, although Peugeot's problem in recent years has been more about reliability than qualifying pace.
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BMW Revamps Its Car and Aston Martin Continues Learning Curve
BMW presents an M Hybrid V8 with aerodynamic changes and a new front end for its third season with WRT. At Le Mans 2025, the #20 finished 12 laps behind the winner and the #15 finished 26 laps back. The Aston Martin Valkyries (#007 and #009) finished 13th and 15th last year, and the program continues its development without modifications to the car for 2026.
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LMP2 Adds Two Cars and Welcomes Back Teams
The LMP2 category increases from 17 to 19 Oreca 07-Gibsons, with 10 of them in the Pro-Am subclass. Inter Europol Competition, winner of the class in 2025 with Tom Dillmann at the helm, returns with two cars (#43 and #343). United Autosports also enters two prototypes (#22 and #222), as does Proton Competition (#9 and #44).
Romain Dumas, a two-time overall Le Mans winner, returns to the race for the first time in three years. He will drive the Oreca #48 for RD Limited in the Pro-Am subclass.
Nine cars make up the reserve list: five LMP2s and four LMGT3s. Among the names on standby is Dario Franchitti, a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, entered with Blackthorn (#56) in an Aston Martin Vantage LMGT3.
Provisional Entry List 24 Hours of Le Mans 2026
Hypercar
Harry Tincknell
Alex Riberas
Marco Sørensen
Roman De Angelis
Kamui Kobayashi
Nyck De Vries
Sébastien Buemi
Brendon Hartley
Norman Nato
Dries Vanthoor
André Lotterer
Luis Felipe Derani
Sheldon Van Der Linde
António Félix Da Costa
Ferdinand Habsburg
Antonio Fuoco
Yifei Ye
Robert Kubica
Ricky TaylorLMP2
Rasmus Lindh
Ryan Cullen
Ian AguileraLMGT3
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Antares Au
Sean Gelael
Salih Yoluç
Francesco Castellacci
Martin Berry
Abdulla Al-Khelaifi
Petru Umbrărescu
José María LópezReserve List
Upcoming Races
Drivers Standings 2025
| POS | PILOTO | PTS | ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 133 | |
| 1 | Antonio Giovinazzi | 133 | |
| 1 | James Calado | 133 | |
| 2 | Philip Hanson | 117 | |
| 2 | Robert Kubica | 117 | |
| 2 | Yifei Ye | 117 | |
| 3 | Antonio Fuoco | 98 | |
| 3 | Miguel Molina | 98 |
Manufacturers Standings 2025
| POS | CONSTRUCTOR | PTS | ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari | 245 | |
| 2 | Toyota | 171 | |
| 3 | Porsche | 165 | |
| 4 | Cadillac | 158 | |
| 5 | Bmw | 87 | |
| 6 | Alpine | 86 | |
| 7 | Peugeot | 84 | |
| 8 | Aston Martin | 24 |
Conflict in the Middle East postpones the 1812 km Qatar round of the 2026 WEC
AF Corse presents the #83 Ferrari with which Kubica, Hanson, and Ye will compete in the WEC in 2026
Peugeot changes the colors of the 9X8 for the 2026 WEC season
Ferrari unveils the 499P 2026 for the WEC with no changes from last year
Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA unveils its V-Series.R for the 2026 WEC
IMSA will hold its first retro edition at Laguna Seca
Alpine unveils its updated A424 for the 2026 WEC
Alpine bids farewell to the 2026 WEC Hypercar and focuses resources on Formula 1
Honda could enter the 2027 WEC with Inter Europol Competition
Ford unveils details of its Hypercar program for the 2027 WEC
Toyota unveils the TR010 Hybrid for the 2026 WEC
