35 cars are set to line-up on the grid for the 58th 12 Hours of Sebring, the opening round of the American Le Mans Series, later this month.
15 prototypes and 20 GT cars will be spread across the series’ five classes for American sports car racing’s most demanding endurance race at the challenging Florida circuit.
The biggest surprise on the provisional entry list is a CA10-Judd P1 car from former Le Mans Series front runners Creation Autosportif, although no drivers have been confirmed so far. Creation’s entry boosts the P1 grid to seven cars, with three set to line-up in P2.
The GT2 class sees nine teams representing six manufacturers, while the new LMPC category for Oreca FLM09 prototypes has attracted five entries, one less than the GTC class for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.
12 Hours of Sebring – Provisional entry list
P1
8 Drayson Racing, Paul Drayson / Jonny Cocker / Emmanuele Pirro, Lola B09/60-Judd
10 Creation Autosportif, TBA / TBA / TBA, Creation CA10-Judd
12 AutoCon Motorsports, Bryan Willman / Tony Burgess / Pierre Ehret, Lola B06/10-AER
37 Intersport Racing, Jon Field / Clint Field / TBA, Lola B06/10-AER
07 Team Peugeot Total, Marc Gene / Alexander Wurz / Anthony Davidson, Peugeot 908 HDI FAP
08 Team Peugeot Total, Pedro Lamy / Sebastien Bourdais / Nicolas Minassian, Peugeot 908 HDI FAP
009 Aston Martin Racing, Chris Buncombe / Harold Primat / Adrian Fernandez, Lola B09/60-Aston Martin
P2
1 Patron Highcroft Racing, David Brabham / Simon Pagenaud / Marino Franchitti, HPD ARC-01c
6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport, Greg Pickett / Klaus Graf / Sascha Maassen, Porsche RS Spyder
16 Dyson Racing Team, Chris Dyson / Guy Smith / Andy Meyrick, Lola B09/86-Mazda
GT2
3 Corvette Racing, Jan Magnussen / Johnny O’Connell / Antonio Garcia, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
4 Corvette Racing, Olivier Beretta / Oliver Gavin / Emmanuel Collard, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
17 Team Falken Tire, Bryan Sellers / Wolf Henzler, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
40 Robertson Racing, David Robertson / Andrea Robertson / David Murry, Doran Ford GT
44 Flying Lizard Motorsports, Darren Law / Seth Neiman / TBA, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
45 Flying Lizard Motorsports, Joerg Bergmeister / Patrick Long / TBA, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
54 Black Swan Racing, Timothy Pappas / Jeroen Bleekemolen, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
61 Risi Competizione, Tracy Krohn / Nic Jonsson, Ferrari 430 GT
62 Risi Competizione, Jaime Melo / Gianmaria Bruni / Pierre Kaffer, Ferrari 430 GT
75 Jaguar RSR, Paul Gentilozzi / Marc Goossens / Ryan Dalziel, Jaguar XKRS
90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team, Dirk Muller / Joey Hand / Andy Priaulx, BMW E92 M3
92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team, Bill Auberlen / Tommy Milner / Dirk Werner, BMW E92 M3
01 Extreme Speed Motorsports, Scott Sharp / Johannes van Overbeek, Ferrari 430 GT
02 Extreme Speed Motorsports, Ed Brown / Guy Cosmo, Ferrari 430 GT
LMPC
11 Primetime Race Group, Joel Feinberg / Kyle Marcelli, Oreca FLM09
36 Genoa Racing, Andy Wallace / TBA, Oreca FLM09
55 Level 5 Motorsports, Scott Tucker / Christophe Bouchut, Oreca FLM09
89 Intersport Racing, Mitch Pagerey / Brian Wong / Davide Ducote, Oreca FLM09
99 Green Earth Team Gunnar, Christian Zugel / Gunnar Jeannette / Elton Julian, Oreca FLM09
GTC
23 Alex Job Racing, Bill Sweedler / Romeo Kapudija / Jan-Dirk Lueders, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
32 GMG Racing, Bret Curtis / James Sofronas / Andy Pilgrim, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
63 The Racers Group, Henri Richard / Pat Flanagan / TBA, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
69 WERKS II / P7 Racing, Robert Rodriguez / Galen Bieker, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
81 Alex Job Racing, Juan Gonzalez / Butch Leitzinger / TBA, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
88 Velox Motorsports, Shane Lewis / Jerry Vento, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
Watch the 12 Hours of Sebring LIVE on Motors TV (Sky Channel 413, Virgin Media 545) on Saturday 20 March at 2pm (GMT).
Andy Wilkinson
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