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ELMS reveals record 44-car grid for 2016
The European Le Mans Series will boast a mammoth 44-car grid in 2016, including no fewer than 20 cars in the LMP3 class.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Feb 6, 2016, 11:06 PM
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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
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