Full 58-Car Road to Le Mans Entry List Released

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The full 58-car, 116-driver entry list for the first ever three-hour Road To Le Mans race has been revealed, with 35 different nations represented across the grid for the 11th edition of the event.

The 25-strong LMP3 field includes 24 full season Michelin Le Mans Cup entries, which are eligible for championship points, with an addition entry by Rinaldi Racing for Italian Alvise Rodella and Greek racer Stylianos Taxiarchis Kolovos.

Last year’s Race 2 winner Lena Bühler, who became the first female Road To Le Mans winner, will be joining her New Zealand co-driver Zack Scoular for R-ace GP.

David Droux is the other former LMP3 winner on the grid, with the Swiss driver teaming up with regular Le Mans Cup stablemate Cedric Oltramare in the No. 97 CLX Motorsport Ligier JS P25 Toyota, as the Swiss squad seeks its fifth Road to Le Mans victory.

Barcelona winners Enzo Peugeot and Danial Frost lead the championship standings on 44 points in the No. 85 R-ace GP Duqueine D09 Toyota, with Le Castellet winners Colin Queen and Giovanni Maschio just one point behind in the No. 50 23Events Racing Ligier.

There are 15 entries in the LMP3 Pro-Am category with six additional entries to series regulars, with three of the four class winners from 2025 also taking part in this year’s race.

Stefan Aust and Felipe Fernandez-Laser return in the No. 71 Rinaldi Ligier, while Estonian Antti Rammo, who won Race 2 last year in a DKR Engineering Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo Toyota, returns, but this year in a Ligier alongside Quentin Antonel for the Luxembourg-flagged team.

Championship leaders Jacek Zielonka and Leo Sami Robinson head to Le Mans in the No. 62 Bretton Racing Ligier after winning in Barcelona, while reigning LMP3 Pro-Am champions Eric De Doncker and Gillian Henrion closed the gap to just ten points with victory in Le Castellet.

The GT3 field features 18 entries with eight race-by-race entries joining the ten Le Mans Cup season entries.

Last year’s Race 1 winners Steve Jans and Anthony Bartone return in the No. 14 Getspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, while 2024 RTLM winner David Fumanelli travels to Le Mans on the back of a race win in Le Castellet alongside his Kessel Racing teammate Lorenzo Innocenti, which put them back up to third in the championship standings on 25-points.

Round 1 winners Valentin Hasse Clot and Philipp Sager hold a 12-point lead in the No. 10 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo after the Franco-Austrian duo finished third in Le Castellet.

Reigning Le Mans Cup GT3 champions Eliseo Donno and Alessandro Cozzi finished second at Paul Ricard and are currently on 28 points in the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo.

This year will mark the first-ever three-hour Road To Le Mans race, a change from the previous two single 60-minute races.

Points will be awarded differently to previous editions, with the winners of each category receiving 38 points, 27 for second, 23 for third, 18-15-12-9-6-3 and 2 points for positions fourth through tenth, respectively, with the pole sitter getting one point. Only full season entries are eligible for points.

Qualifying will be held on Thurs., June 11 at 10:15 a.m. CET and will be a single 60-minute session to determine the grid, with the race held on Fri., June 12 at 10 a.m. local time.

Source: Sports Car 365