The 2009 Le Mans Series registration deadline has passed on January 14th and more and more teams are confirming their plans for the upcoming season. Planetlemans will keep track on confirmed teams and drivers in the list below, which is updated shortly after an announcement has been made.
During the regular season, starting at the Paul Ricard HTTT Official Test Days this page will be replaced by our regular entry lists updates.
LMP1
007 - Aston Martin Racing - Aston Martin - Jan Charouz / Tomas Enge / Stefan Mücke
009 - Aston Martin Racing - Lola Aston Martin - Darren Turner / Harold Primat / TBA
10 - Team Oreca Matmut - Courage-Oreca LC70E AIM - TBA / TBA / TBA
11 - Team Oreca Matmut - Courage-Oreca LC70E AIM - Olivier Panis / Nicolas Lapierre
12 - Signature Team - Courage-Oreca LC70E Judd - Pierre Ragues / Franck Mailleux
13 - Speedy Racing Team Sebah - Lola B08/60 Aston Martin - Andrea Belicchi / Marcel Fässler / Nicolas Prost
14 - Kolles - Audi R10 TDI - Christian Bakkerud / TBA / TBA
15 - Kolles - Audi R10 TDI - TBA / TBA / TBA
16 - Pescarolo Sport - Pescarolo Judd - TBA / TBA / TBA
17 - Pescarolo Sport - Pescarolo Judd - TBA / TBA / TBA
22 - Team LNT - Ginetta-Zytek 09S Zytek - TBA / TBA / TBA
23 - Strakka Racing - Ginetta-Zytek 09S Zytek - Peter Hardman / Nick Leventis
LMP2
25 - RML - Lola B08/80 MZR-R - Tommy Erdos / Mike Newton
26 - Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team - Radical SR9 AER - Pierre Bruneau / TBA
27 - Horag Racing - Porsche RS Spyder - Didier Theys / TBA / TBA
29 - Racing Box - Lola B08/80 Judd - Andrea Ceccato / Filippo Francioni / Giacomo Piccini
30 - Racing Box - Lola B08/80 Judd - Mike Hezemans / Matteo Bobbi / Andrea Piccini
32 - Team Barazi-Epsilon - Zytek 07S Zytek - Juan Barazi / TBA / TBA
33 - Speedy Racing Team Sebah - Lola B08/80 Judd - Xavier Pompidou / Jonny Kane / Benjamin Leuenberger
35 - OAK Racing - Pescarolo MZR-R - Jacques Nicolet / Richard Hein
36 - OAK Racing - Pescarolo MZR-R - Matthieu Lahaye / TBA
37 - WR/Salini - WR Zytek - Stephane Salini / Philippe Salini / Tristan Gommendy
38 - Pegasus Racing - Courage LC75 AER - Julien Schell / Philippe Thirion
40 - Quifel ASM Team - Ginetta-Zytek 09S Zytek - Miguel Amaral / Olivier Pla
41 - G.A.C. Racing Team - Zytek 07S Zytek - Karim Ojjeh / Claude-Yves Gosselin / TBA
42 - Ranieri Randaccio - Lucchini NME - Ranieri Randaccio / Raffaele Giammaria / TBA
43 - Bull Racing - Lucchini Judd - Enrico Moncada / TBA / TBA
44 - Kruse Schiller Motorsports - Lola B09/86 MZR-R - Francesco Sini / Marco Didiao
LMGT1
55 - IPB Spartak Racing - Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT - Roman Rusinov / Peter Kox
51 - ARC Bratislava-Kaneko - Saleen S7R - Miro Konopka / TBA / TBA
58 - Full Speed Racing - Saleen S7R - Emerson Newton-John / TBA / TBA
61 - Noel del Bello Racing - Ferrari 550 Maranello - TBA / TBA / TBA
LMGT2
76 - IMSA Performance Matmut - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Raymond Narac / Patrick Pilet
77 - Felbermayr-Proton - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Marc Lieb / Richard Lietz
79 - Reiter Engineering - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 - Albert von Thurn und Taxis / Christopher Haase
81 - Easyrace - Ferrari F430 GT2 - Paolo Maurice Basso / Roberto Plati / Gianpaolo Tenchini
84 - Team Modena - Ferrari F430 GT2 - Leo Mansell / Antonio Garcia
85 - Snoras Spyker Squadron - Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R - Tom Coronel / TBA
87 - Drayson Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT2 - Paul Drayson / Jonny Cocker
88 - Felbermayr-Proton - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Horst Felbermayr Jr. / Christian Ried
89 - Hankook-Team Farnbacher - Ferrari F430 GT2 - Pierre Kaffer / Norbert Siedler
90 - Farnbacher Racing - Ferrari F430 GT2 - Pierre Ehret / Dominik Farnbacher / Anthony Beltoise
91 - Farnbacher Racing - Ferrari F430 GT2 - Gabrio Rosa / Giacomo Ricci / Allan Simonsen
92 - JMW Motorsport - Ferrari F430 GT2 - Rob Bell / Gianmaria Bruni
93 - James Watt Automotive - Aston Martin Vantage GT2 - TBA / TBA / TBA
95 - James Watt Automotive - Aston Martin Vantage GT2 - TBA / TBA / TBA
96 - Virgo Motorsport - Ferrari F430 GT2 - Sean McInerney / Michael McInerney
98 - JMB Racing - Ferrari F430 GT2 - TBA / TBA / TBA
99 - JMB Racing - Ferrari F430 GT2 - TBA / TBA / TBA
No Pescarolo or Epsilon?
I would like to see Peugeot vs the Audi R10. Plus to see if Charouz Racing is coming back with two Lola B08/60 coupes powered by Audi R10 engines and Epsilon and Pescarolo
It seems Porsche is finally giving some help to their teams in the LMS. Maybe now those teams might have a chance against the F430s.
Peugeot needs to be at least until they win LeMans, if not all their whole venture would have been for nought. Last year was a disaster for them. No major accomplishment.
The 1,000 km of Spa isn’t a lame race. Epsilon Euskadi might debut their new EE2 coupes at Le Mans. Creation will have Judd V-10s, Spyker will be back, James Watt Automotive with Aston Martin?
Forget Audi and Peugeot. They wanted better tv coverage yet pull out.
6hrs events don’t do well on TV. Especially for a niche event like LeMans. It takes a special fan to sit through all that.
But it’s that or shorter more frequent races like the ALMS. But that shortens your grid since privateers don’t have the funds to keep moving their equipment from race to race and the LMS teams are not as well funded.
Peugeot, Audi, Peugeot, Audi, Peugeot….. bah!!!
WHERE IS HENRI PESCAROLO?????
Peugeot is set to make an announcement in early February;
Epsilon is likely to join after Le Mans only..so not on this list.
As for Charouz, Creation, JWA, Pescarolo and Spyker…no official announcements yet so not on the list yet.
Marcel… Audi will run only Sebring and they are on the ALMS list.
Hugo: I know, the ALMS list is for Sebring only. Like this one it will be going offline as soon as the first entrylist for the opening race is published and placed on Planetlemans.