Van der Zande, King in LMP2 as Full 24H Le Mans Entry List Set

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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship racers Renger van der Zande and Harry King joining the LMP2 ranks are among the drivers confirmed as tackling this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans as the full 62-car entry list has been published.

Acura WeatherTech Championship driver van der Zande has made sporadic LMP2 appearances at La Sarthe in recent times, including finishing seventh with United Autosports last year, but will now join the DKR Engineering outfit to drive the No. 3 Oreca 07 Gibson alongside John Farano and Sebastian Alvarez.

King, meanwhile, who currently sits third in the WeatherTech Championship’s GTD Pro class standings, will make his Le Mans debut on June 13-14 with Proton Competition alongside brothers Jonas and Lenny Ried.

His sole previous prototype campaign was in the 2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series when he drove an Oreca for Pure Rxcing.

While the Hypercar lineup had already been set, other drivers confirmed in the LMP2 ranks upon the publication of the full entry list include Ben Barnicoat, who will tackle the race for the third consecutive year with AF Corse after winning the Pro-Am class in 2025.

Former Formula 1 driver Jack Doohan has also been revealed as reprising his seat with Nielsen Racing from the European Le Mans Series as he will tackle Le Mans alongside Edward Pearson and veteran competitor David Heinemeier Hansson in the No. 24 Oreca.

Another WeatherTech Championship competitor on the grid will be Tristan Vautier, who has been confirmed alongside team founder Romain Dumas and Fred Poordad for the RD Limited squad.

There are just a few additions to the LMGT3 ranks with the publication of the entry list and these include JMR Johor Racing drivers Ben Green and Afiq Ikhwan joining Prince Jefri Ibrahim in the No. 2 TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R that is an extra entry by virtue of the squad’s ELMS success.

Conrad Laursen has also been named alongside Daniel Serra and Takeshi Kimura in the No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo.

Source: Sports Car 365