The grid for the second 2-hour race of the season will feature 26 LMP3 and 7 GT3 entries, with 24 teams and 66 drivers representing 20 different nations from all corners of the world.The grid will feature 14 French drivers and 1 French team for the race in Le Castellet.
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GT3
- The GT3 grid will feature seven cars run by four teams – Four Ferrari 488 GT3 and three Porsche 911 GT3R.
- Round 1 winner Nicolas Leutwiler will be joined in the no2 Porsche by Wolf Henzler, the German replacing Julien Andlauer for the race at Le Castellet.
- Reigning Champion Rino Mastronardi also gets a new co-driver for the race in France with American Logan Sargeant replacing Paolo Ruberti in the no8 Iron Lynx Ferrari.
- After missing the race at Barcelona, the no9 Iron Lynx Ferrari returns with 17-Year-Old Doriane Pin, who is a graduate of the FIA Girls on Track programme, be joined by Belgium’s Sarah Bovy.
- AF Corse will field two Ferrari 488 GT3s. The no51 Ferrari will feature an unchanged line up of Japan’s Ken Abe and Italian Matteo Cressoni after they finished on the podium in Spain.
- The no61 AF Corse Ferrari will be run for French pairing Franck Dezoteux and Stephane Tribaudini.
- German team Herberth Motorsport will be making their MLMC debut at Le Castellet, with a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 Rs.
LMP3
- The LMP3 grid in Le Castellet will consist of 26 cars run by 21 different teams, with either a Ligier JS P320 or a Duqueine M30-D08.
- Round 1 winners Michael Benham and Tommy Foster return in the no15 RLR MSport Ligier.
- Championship leaders Gerald Kraut and Scott Andrews will be competing in the no22 United Autosports Ligier-Nissan after finishing second in Spain.
- Reigning Team Champions DKR Engineering are running one Nissan powered Duqueine with which they are looking to secure their 5th straight MLMC title.
- Swiss Team ANS Team JSE Management will be making their MLMC debut in France with a single Ligier-Nissan entered for Swiss driver Jonathan Brossard and French driver Nicolas Schatz.
- The LMP3 grid in Le Castellet will feature four race-by-race entries that won’t be eligible for championship points: No6 ANS Team JSE Management, No15 RLR MSport, No55 Rinaldi Racing, No73 TS Corse
- Idec Sport are the only French team on the Michelin Le Mans Cup grid for the race in France, the no17 Ligier-Nissan once again featuring an unchanged line-up of Dimitri Enjalbert and Patrice Lafargue.