ELMS reveals record 44-car grid for 2016

In the largest entry the championship has enjoyed since it was relaunched in 2013, there will be 15 LMP2s, 20 LMP3s and nine GTE cars, with the GTC class for GT3 cars being scrapped for 2016.

Five different manufacturers are represented in the LMP2 class – Gibson, ORECA, Ligier, Morgan and BR01 – with Nissan powering 12 of the 15 entries and Judd the remainder.

Defending champion outfit Greaves Motorsport headlines the entry list, with Gary Hirsch piloting its existing Gibson 015S-Nissan and Mexican sportscar racing stalwart Memo Rojas joining in a Ligier JS P2.

The LMP3 class is dominated by Ligier, which accounts for 19 of the 20 cars, with only Murphy Prototype’s sole AR-2 machine breaking the trend. All 20 cars are Nissan-powered.

Aston Martin has a works car entered in the GTE class for former British GT champion Andrew Howard, with TDS Racing entering a second Vantage for Eric Dermont.

WEC squads AF Corse (Ferrari) and Proton Competition (Porsche) have two cars entered apiece, while AT Racing, Formula Racing and JMW Motorsport also each will have a single Ferrari 458.

Full entry list:

N°	Team	Car	Confirmed drivers
LMP2
1	Greaves Motorsport	Gibson 015S - Nissan	Gary Hirsch
21	DragonSpeed	ORECA 05 - Nissan	Henrik Hedman  Nicolas Lapierre
22	SO24 by Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Judd	Vincent Capillaire  Olivier Lombard
23	Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2 - Nissan	Fabien Barthez
25	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Nissan	Michael Munemann
28	IDEC Sport Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Judd	Patrice Lafargue
29	Pegasus Racing	Morgan - Nissan	Ines Taittinger
32	Courage	BR01 - Nissan	Andreas Wirth
33	Eurasia Motorsport	ORECA 05 - Nissan	Pu Jun Jin  Nick de Bruijn  Tristan Gommendy
34	Race Performance	ORECA 03R - Judd	Nicolas Leutwiler
38	G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S - Nissan	Giedo van der Garde  Simon Dolan Harry Tincknell
40	Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2 - Nissan	Tracy Krohn
41	Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2 - Nissan	Memo Rojas
46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	ORECA 05 - Nissan	Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche
48	Murphy Prototypes	ORECA 03R - Nissan	Greg Murphy
LMP3
2	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Alex Brundle  Mike Guasch
3	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Mark Patterson Matt Bell
4	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Jean-Marc Merlin
5	By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Jesus Fuster
6	360 Racing	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Terrence Woodward
7	Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Roberto Lacorte  Giorgio Sernagiotto
8	Race Performance	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Nicolas Leutwiler
9	Graff	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Eric Trouillet  Paul Petit  Enzo Guibbert
10	Graff	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	John Falb  Sean Rayhall  Bob Corliss
11	EuroInternational	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Constantino Peroni
12	EuroInternational	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Jay Palmer
13	InterEuropol Competition	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Jakub Smiechowski
14	Murphy Prototypes	Riley AR-2 - Nissan	Tony Ave  Doug Peterson
15	RLR Msport	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Ossy Yusuf  Ross Warburton  Morten Dons
16	Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Eric Debard
17	Ultimate	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
18	M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Thomas Laurent
19	Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	David Hallyday
20	Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	TBA
24	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3 - Nissan	Jacques Nicolet
LMGTE
51	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	Piergiuseppe Perazzini
55	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	Duncan Cameron
56	AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia	Alexander Talkanitsa
59	TDS Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	Eric Dermont
60	Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia	Christina Nielsen Mikkel Mac Johnny Laursen
76	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia	Robert Smith
77	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Marco Seefried
88	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Gianluca Roda
99	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	Andrew Howard