WEC Confirms 7 US Entries for 24 Hours of Le Mans

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The FIA World Endurance Championship on Monday released its entry list for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the United States is very well represented.

The list includes seven entries from the United States. A total of five of the 16 entries in the growing Hypercar class are from the U.S. There were just five Hypercars racing at Le Mans in 2022.

This year, three of the Hypercar entries are Cadillacs and two others will come from Glickenhaus Racing, which earned the final spot on the Hypercar podium last year at Le Mans behind a pair of Toyota Gazoo Racing entries.

For Cadillac, this will be the manufacturer's first trip to the world's largest sports car race in two decades. Cadillac will field its two Cadillac V-Series.Rs that are currently racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and one that is competing in with WEC.

The Le Mans entry list also confirmed an LMGTE AM entry for Corvette Racing and a Garage 56 entry for the Hendrick Motorsports/NASCAR effort.

“We are thrilled to return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the full Cadillac Racing team,” said global vice president of Cadillac Rory Harvey. “Over the last 20 years Cadillac Racing has built a legacy of winning on the track and we feel very privileged to return to Le Mans during this exciting new electrified era in racing.”

The three Cadillac V-Series.R race cars made their competition debut Jan. 28-29 in the 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona, with the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R earning a podium finish. The No. 02 Cadillac V-Series.R finished fourth and the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R was fifth.

The No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R received an automatic entry for Le Mans based on its full-season participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Richard Westbrook are the drivers.

“We are all looking forward to Cadillac returning to Le Mans and challenging for the overall victory. It has been decades since an American manufacturer has achieved this and we will be strongly pushing to achieve our goal,” said Bamber, a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.