With a mere three days before the Le Mans we are a little hard pressed to find any great stories to build up one of the greatest races on the planet. However, we were able to get an entry list and as usual, Audi are the clear favorites and there are a load of other LMP1 cars that have a chance to spoil Aston Martin. Aston will be looking to finish the race and hold off the likes of the Oreca team. As stories make themselves available we will report them here at Open Paddock as the official countdown to this weekends 24 Hour of Le Mans begins.
LMP1
1. Capello/Kristensen/McNish – Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDi
2. Luhr/Rockenfeller/Werner – Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDi
3. Bernhard/Dumas/Premat – Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDi
4. Campbell-Walter/Ickx/Iannetta – Creation Autosportif Creation Judd
6. Tomlinson/Dean/Moore – Team LNT Ginetta Zytek
7. Minassian/Lamy/Klien – Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi
8. Bourdais/Montagny/Sarrazin – Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi
9. Brabham/Gene/Wurz – Peugeot Total Sport Peugeot 908 HDi
007. Charouz/Enge/Mucke – AMR Eastern Europe Lola Aston Martin
008. Davidson/Turner/Verstappen – Aston Martin Racing Lola Aston Martin
009. Hall/Primat/Kox – Aston Martin Racing Lola Aston Martin
10. Senna/Ortelli/Monteiro – Team ORECA Matmut AIM Courage-ORECA AIM
11. Panis/Lapierre/Ayari – Team ORECA Matmut AIM Courage-ORECA AIM
12. Ragues/Mailleux/Andre – Signature Plus Courage Judd
13. Belicchi/Jani/Prost – Speedy Racing Team Sebah Lola Aston Martin
14. Karthikeyan/Zwolsman/Lotterer – Kolles Audi R10 TDi
15. Albers/Bakkerud/Mondini – Kolles Audi R10 TDi
16. Tinseau/Jouanny/Barbosa – Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo Judd
17. Boullion/Treluyer/Pagenaud – Pescarolo Sport Peugeot 908 HDi
23. Hardman/Leventis/Watts – Strakka Racing Ginetta Zytek
LMP2
5. Ara/Kunimoto/Massen – NAVI Team Goh Porsche RS Spyder
24. Nicolet/Hein/Yvon – Oak Racing Pescarolo Mazda
25. Newton/Erdos/Dyson – RML Lola Mazda Coupe
26. Bruneau/Rostan/Greaves – Bruichladdich Bruneau Radical AER
30. Piccini/Bobbi/Biagi – Racing Box SRL Lola Judd Coupe
31. Elgaard/Poulsen/Collard – Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder
32. Barazi/Moseley/Bennett – Barazi Epsilon Zytek 07S
33. Kane/Leuenberger/Pompidou – Speedy Racing Team Sebah Lola Judd Coupe
35. Lahaye/Ajlani/Moreau – Oak Racing Pescarolo Mazda
39. Noda/de Pourtales/Marsh – KSM Lola Mazda Coupe
40. Amaral/Pla/Smith – Quifel-ASM Team Ginetta Zytek 09S
41. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Peter – GAC Racing Team Zytek 07S
GT1
63. O’Connell/Magnussen/Garcia – Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R
64. Beretta/Gavin/Fassler – Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R
66. Lichtner-Hoyer/Gruber/Muller – Jetalliance Racing Aston Martin DBR9
68. Apicella/Yogo/Yamanishi – JLOC ISAO Noritake Lamborghini Murcielago
72. Alphand/Gregoire/Goueslard – Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R
73. Jousse/Maasen/Clairay – Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R
GT2
70. Lecourt/Felbermayr Jr/Felbermayr Sr – IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 RSR
75. O’Young/Hesnault/Kralev – Endurance Asia Team Porsche 997 RSR
76. Narac/Pilet/Long – IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 RSR
77. Lieb/Lietz/Henzler – Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 RSR
78. Companc/Russo/Bruni – AF Corse Ferrari 430
80. Bergmeister/Neiman/Law – Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 997 RSR
81. Kitch/Foster/Dempsey – Advanced Engineering Ferrari 430
82. Melo/Kaffer/Salo – Risi Competizione Ferrari 430
83. Krohn/Jonsson/Van de Poele – Risi Competizione Ferrari 430
84. Mansell/Ehret/Rusinov – Team Modena Ferrari 430
85. Coronel/Bleekemolen/Janis – Snoras Spykder Squadron Spyker C8 Laviolette
87. Drayson/Cocker/Franchitti – Drayson Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage
89. Simonsen/Farnbacher/Montanari – Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari 430
92. Bell/Sugden/Kirkaldy – JMW Motorsport Ferrari 430
96. McInerney/McInerney/Vergers – Virgo Motorsport Ferrari 430
97. Babini/Malucelli/Ruberti – BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 430
99. Rodrigues/Lebon/Bouchut – JMB Racing Ferrari 430