Le Toyota Racing a demandé l’autorisation d’annoncer lui-même en fin de cette semaine le nom de l’ultime appelé devant piloter la TS030 Hybrid n°8, autorisation qui lui a été accordé par l’ACO.
Parmi les engagés remarquables, on trouve :
une seule femme : la Japonaise Keiko Ihara
un pilote Nascar : Brian Vickers
trois pilotes F1 en 2011 : Nick Heidfeld, Sebastien Buemi et Karun Chandhok
et six pilotes Peugeot Sport en 2011 : Pedro Lamy, Sébastien Bourdais, Nicolas Minassian, Alexander Wurz, Anthony Davidson et Stéphane Sarrazin.
La liste complète :
| N° | TEAM | TYRES | CAR | Hybrid | DRIVER | NAT | DRIVER | NAT | DRIVER | NAT |
| LMP1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST | MICHELIN | AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO | Hybrid | André LOTTERER | DEU | Marcel FÄSSLER | CHE | Benoit TRELUYER | FRA |
| 2 | AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST | MICHELIN | AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO | Hybrid | Allan McNISH | GBR | Rinaldo CAPELLO | ITA | Tom KRISTENSEN | DNK |
| 3 | AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST | MICHELIN | AUDI R18 ULTRA | Timo BERNHARD | DEU | Romain DUMAS | FRA | Loic DUVAL | FRA | |
| 4 | AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA | MICHELIN | AUDI R18 ULTRA | Oliver JARVIS | GBR | Marco BONANOMI | ITA | Mike ROCKENFELLER | DEU | |
| 7 | TOYOTA RACING | MICHELIN | TOYOTA TS 030 – HYBRID | Hybrid | Alexander WURZ | AUT | Nicolas LAPIERRE | FRA | Kazuki NAKAJIMA | JPN |
| 8 | TOYOTA RACING | MICHELIN | TOYOTA TS 030 – HYBRID | Hybrid | Antony DAVIDSON | GBR | Sébastien BUEMI | CHE | ||
| 12 | REBELLION RACING | MICHELIN | LOLA B12/60 COUPE – TOYOTA | Nicolas PROST | FRA | Neel JANI | CHE | Nick HEIDFELD | DEU | |
| 13 | REBELLION RACING | MICHELIN | LOLA B12/60 COUPE – TOYOTA | Andrea BELICCHI | ITA | Harold PRIMAT | CHE | Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN | NLD | |
| 15 | OAK RACING | DUNLOP | OAK PESCAROLO – JUDD | Guillaume MOREAU | FRA | Bertrand BAGUETTE | BEL | Dominik KRAIHAMER | AUT | |
| 16 | PESCAROLO TEAM | MICHELIN | PESCAROLO 03 – JUDD | Emmanuel COLLARD | FRA | Jean-Christophe BOULLION | FRA | Julien JOUSSE | FRA | |
| 17 | PESCAROLO TEAM | MICHELIN | DOME – JUDD | Nicolas MINASSIAN | FRA | Seiji ARA | JPN | Sébastien BOURDAIS | FRA | |
| 21 | STRAKKA RACING | MICHELIN | HPD ARX 03a – HONDA | Nick LEVENTIS | GBR | Danny WATTS | GBR | Jonny KANE | GBR | |
| 22 | JRM | MICHELIN | HPD ARX 03a – HONDA | David BRABHAM | GBR | Karun CHANDHOK | IND | Peter DUMBRECK | GBR | |
| LMP2 | ||||||||||
| 23 | SIGNATECH NISSAN | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | Jordan TRESSON | FRA | Franck MAILLIEUX | FRA | Olivier LOMBARD | FRA | |
| 24 | OAK RACING | DUNLOP | MORGAN – JUDD | Jacques NICOLET | FRA | Matthieu LAHAYE | FRA | Olivier PLA | FRA | |
| 25 | ADR-DELTA | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | John MARTIN | AUS | Robbie KERR | GBR | Tor GRAVES | GBR | |
| 26 | SIGNATECH NISSAN | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | Pierre RAGUES | FRA | Nelson PANCIATICI | FRA | Roman RUSINOV | RUS | |
| 28 | GULF RACING MIDDLE EAST | DUNLOP | LOLA B12/80 COUPE – NISSAN | Fabien GIROIX | FRA | Maxime JOUSSE | FRA | Stefan JOHANSSON | SWE | |
| 29 | GULF RACING MIDDLE EAST | DUNLOP | LOLA B12/80 COUPE – NISSAN | Keiko IHARA | JPN | Jean-Denis DELETRAZ | CHE | Steve QUICK | GBR | |
| 30 | STATUS GRAND PRIX | DUNLOP | LOLA – JUDD | Alexander SIMS | GBR | Yelmer BUURMAN | DEU | Romain IANNETTA | FRA | |
| 31 | LOTUS | DUNLOP | LOLA B12/80 COUPE – NISSAN | Thomas HOLZER | DEU | Mirco SCHULTIS | DEU | Luca MORO | ITA | |
| 33 | LEVEL 5 MOTORSPORTS | DUNLOP | HPD ARX 03b – HONDA | Scott TUCKER | USA | Christophe BOUCHUT | FRA | Luis DIAZ | MEX | |
| 35 | OAK RACING | DUNLOP | MORGAN – NISSAN | David HEINEMEIER HANSSON | DNK | Bas LEINDERS | BEL | Maxime MARTIN | BEL | |
| 38 | JOTA | DUNLOP | ZYTEK Z11SN – NISSAN | Sam HANCOCK | GBR | Simon DOLAN | GBR | Haruki KUROSAWA | JPN | |
| 40 | RACE PERFORMANCE | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | Michel FREY | CHE | Ralph MEICHTRY | CHE | Jonathan HIRSCHI | CHE | |
| 41 | GREAVES MOTORSPORT | DUNLOP | ZYTEK Z11SN – NISSAN | Christian ZUGEL | DEU | Elton JULIAN | ECU | Ricardo GONZALEZ | MEX | |
| 42 | GREAVES MOTORSPORT | DUNLOP | ZYTEK Z11SN – NISSAN | Alex BRUNDLE | GBR | Martin BRUNDLE | GBR | Lucas ORDONEZ | ESP | |
| 43 | EXTREME LIMITE ARIC | DUNLOP | NORMA MP 2000 – JUDD | Fabien ROSIER | FRA | Philippe THIRION | FRA | Philippe HAEZEBROUCK | FRA | |
| 44 | STARWORKS MOTORSPORT | DUNLOP | HPD ARX 03b – HONDA | Vincente POTOLICCHIO | VEN | Ryan DALZIEL | GBR | Stéphane SARRAZIN | FRA | |
| 45 | BOUTSEN GINION RACING | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | Bastien BRIERE | FRA | Jens PETERSEN | DEU | Shinji NAKANO | JPN | |
| 46 | THIRIET BY TDS RACING | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | Pierre THIRIET | FRA | Mathias BECHE | CHE | Christophe TINSEAU | FRA | |
| 48 | MURPHY PROTOTYPES | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | Jody FIRTH | GBR | Brendon HARTLEY | NZL | Warren HUGHES | GBR | |
| 49 | PECOM RACING | DUNLOP | ORECA 03 – NISSAN | Luis PEREZ-COMPANC | ARG | Pierre KAFFER | DEU | Soheil AYARI | FRA | |
| LM GTE PRO | ||||||||||
| 51 | AF CORSE | MICHELIN | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Giancarlo FISICHELLA | ITA | Gianmaria BRUNI | ITA | Toni VILANDER | FIN | |
| 59 | LUXURY RACING | MICHELIN | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Frédéric MAKOWIECKI | FRA | Jaime MELO | BRA | Dominik FARNBACHER | DEU | |
| 66 | JMW MOTORSPORT | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Jonny COCKER | GBR | James WALKER | GBR | Roger WILLS | NZL | ||
| 71 | AF CORSE | MICHELIN | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Andrea BERTOLINI | ITA | Olivier BERETTA | MCO | Marco CIOCI | ITA | |
| 73 | CORVETTE RACING | MICHELIN | CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6 ZR1 | Antonio GARCIA | ESP | Jan MAGNUSSEN | DNK | Jordan TAYLOR | GBR | |
| 74 | CORVETTE RACING | MICHELIN | CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6 ZR1 | Oliver GAVIN | AUT | Tommy MILNER | DEU | Richard WESTBROOK | DEU | |
| 77 | TEAM FELBERMAYR-PROTON | MICHELIN | PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) | Richard LIETZ | AUT | Marc LIEB | DEU | Wolf HENZLER | DEU | |
| 80 | FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS | MICHELIN | PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) | Jörg BERGMEISTER | DEU | Patrick LONG | USA | Marco HOLZER | DEU | |
| 97 | ASTON MARTIN RACING | MICHELIN | ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE V8 | Stefan MÜCKE | DEU | Darren TURNER | GBR | Adrian FERNANDEZ | MEX | |
| LM GTE AM | ||||||||||
| 50 | LARBRE COMPETITION | MICHELIN | CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-ZR1 | Patrick BORNHAUSER | FRA | Julien CANAL | FRA | Pedro LAMY | PRT | |
| 55 | JWA-AVILA | DUNLOP | PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) | Paul DANIELS | GBR | Markus PALTTALA | FIN | Joël CAMATHIAS | CHE | |
| 57 | KROHN RACING | DUNLOP | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Tracy KROHN | USA | Niclas JONSSON | SWE | Michele RUGOLO | ITA | |
| 58 | LUXURY RACING | MICHELIN | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Pierre EHRET | DEU | Frank MONTECALVO | USA | Gunnar JEANNETTE | USA | |
| 61 | AF CORSE | MICHELIN | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Robert KAUFFMAN | USA | Rui AGUAS | PRT | Brian VICKERS | USA | |
| 67 | IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT | MICHELIN | PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) | Anthony PONS | FRA | Raymond NARAC | FRA | Nicolas ARMINDO | FRA | |
| 70 | LARBRE COMPETITION | MICHELIN | CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-ZR1 | Christophe BOURRET | FRA | Pascal GIBON | FRA | Jean-Philippe BELLOC | FRA | |
| 75 | PROSPEED COMPETITION | MICHELIN | PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) | Abdulaziz ALFAISAL | SAU | Bret CURTIS | USA | Sean EDWARDS | GBR | |
| 79 | FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS | MICHELIN | PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) | Seth NEIMAN | USA | Darren LAW | USA | Spencer PUMPELLY | USA | |
| 81 | AF CORSE | MICHELIN | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Pierguiseppe PERAZZINI | ITA | Matt GRIFFIN | IRL | Nicola CADEI | ITA | |
| 83 | JMB RACING | MICHELIN | FERRARI 458 ITALIA | Manuel RODRIGUES | PRT | Philippe ILLIANO | FRA | Alain FERTE | FRA | |
| 88 | TEAM FELBERMAYR-PROTON | MICHELIN | PORSCHE 911 RSR (997) | Christian RIED | DEU | Gianluca RODA | ITA | Paolo RUBERTI | ITA | |
| 99 | ASTON MARTIN RACING | MICHELIN | ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE V8 | Christoffer NYGAARD | DNK | Kristian POULSEN | DNK | Allan SIMONSEN | DNK | |
| NEW TECHNOLOGIES | ||||||||||
| 0 | HIGHCROFT RACING | MICHELIN | DELTA WING NISSAN | Marino FRANCHITTI | GBR | Michael KRUMM | DEU | Satoshi MOTOYAMA | JPN |
Et aussi :
La DeltaWing en ALMS dès l’an prochain ?
Sources : ACO / Toyota