The FIA confirmed that on the start of the classic Marathon "24 Hours", which will also become the fourth stage of the World Racing Championships, will come out by 62 cars - they will be competed in five classes.
This year, the legendary race will be held in the 89th time - it is scheduled for August 21-22.
In the new class, Hypercar will perform five crews, 25 sports prodotypes are stated in LMP2; In the LMGTE Pro category, seven cars will behave for victory, in LMGTE AM - 24. Also in Le Mans, the category "Innovative Machine" is returned.
The factory Toyota Gazoo Racing intends to repeat the success of previous years, but with two newest prototypes GR010 LMH. It has to compete with the American team Glickenhaus 077 LMH and the only carriage of Alpine Endurance Team, which will perform on a somewhat outdated ORECA sportsprototype with the Gibson engine.
As in the past year, there will be female carriages among the participants of the marathon: the Richard Mille Racing team starts in the LMP2 class, and in Lmgte Am - Iron Lynx.
In the class of LMGTE Pro, the riders of the American team Corvette Racing will be fighting. Last year's Le Mans she missed, but now for the first time put a new car c8.r. As always, she has to compete with Ferrari and Porsche. By the way, in 2023 both famous brands are going to debut in endurance races in the Hypercar category.
In the class LMGTE AM, 24 cars are announced, among which 12 Ferrari, 8 Porsche and 4 Aston Martin. Last year, the riders who spent on sports cars of this brand won the Le Mans in both "junior" classes (GTE Pro and GTE AM), and now Aston Martin returns to Formula 1.
In 2021, the Frederic Susé team starts again in Le Mane, her crew is declared in the category "Innovative Machine". In 2016, Sosse became the first rider who was amputated by all four limbs, who managed to drive a distance of the daily marathon. This year, his team will perform at SRT-41 sportsProtype - this is an ORECA 07 Gibson machine with specially adapted governments so that it can pilot drivers with disabilities.
The formation of the starting field is not yet completed: the organizers of the race, the French ACO Autoclub, announced an additional two-week submission of applications (from March 12 to March 26) for those who want to enter the list of reserve crews.
Pierre Fiyon, ACO Autoclub President: "This year a new era will begin in the history of" 24 o'clock lesman ". The introduction of the Hypercar class promises even more exciting rivalry on the track. 62 cars will be released on the start of the 89th marathon in Le Manne.
In these difficult times, such an impressive number of participants can be considered a powerful evidence that endurance races have become even more attractive than before. We would like to re-invite fans on our track to survive this historical event with them. "
Source: Formula 1 on F1news.ru