The hypercar era begins as WEC unveils its 2021 entry list
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Toyota, Glickenhaus and Alpine will head up the new hypercar era in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) as the entry list for the 2021 season has been unveiled.
Five entries have been confirmed for the hypercar category along with the strongest LMP2 grid in the history of the season.
Toyota will continue with its six drivers from the 2019/20 season with its hypercar programme and two entries. Glickenhaus will also enter two cars into the top class with Ryan Briscoe, Gustavo Menezes and two-time Le Mans winner Romain Dumas confirmed as part of its line-up. However, there is no sign yet of ByKolles’ 2021 hypercar entry.
Alpine has moved up to the top class with one entry, having taken over Rebellion’s LMP1 car, running it this year as a grandfathered car.
| Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 Hybrid | Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi & Jose Maria Lopez |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 Hybrid | Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima & Brendon Hartley |
| Glickenhaus Racing | Glickenhaus 007 LMH | Gustavo Menezes, Franck Mailleux & Olivier Pla |
| Glickenhaus Racing | Glickenhaus 007 LMH | Ryan Briscoe, Pipo Derani, Romain Dumas & Richard Westbrook |
| Alpine Elf Mamut | Alpine A480-Gibson | Andre Negrao, Nicolas Lapierre & Matthieu Vaxiviere |
The LMP2 class will be the largest in WEC history this season, with 11 confirmed entries, including the all-female line-up of the Richard Mille Racing no1 squad.
Sophia Floersch, Tatiana Calderon and Beitske Visser will form that team while plenty of familiar names comprise the rival entries in the class.
Juan Pablo Montoya will contest the full season with DragonSpeed and Mercedes Formula E driver Stoffel Vandoorne will race for JOTA.
| Richard Mille Racing | Oreca 07-Gibson | Sophia Floersch, Tatiana Calderon & Beitske Visser |
| High Class Racing | Oreca 07-Gibson | Jan Magnussen, Anders Fjordbach & Dennis Andersen |
| DragonSpeed USA | Oreca 07-Gibson | Henrik Hedman, Juan Pablo Montoya & Ben Hanley |
| United Autosports USA | Oreca 07-Gibson | Philip Hanson, Fabio Scherer & Filipe Albuquerque |
| JOTA | Oreca 07-Gibson | Sean Gelael, Stoffel Vandoorne & Tom Blomqvist |
| Racing Team Nederland | Oreca 07-Gibson | Frits Van Eerd, Giedo Van Der Garde & Job Van Uitert |
| Team WRT | Oreca 07-Gibson | Robin Frijns |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Jakub Smiechowski, Renger Van dez Zande & Alex Brundle |
| JOTA | Oreca 07-Gibson | Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix Da Costa & Anthony Davidson |
| ARC Bratislava | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Miroslav Konopka |
| Realteam Racing | Oreca 07-Gibson | Esteban Garcia |
Porsche and Ferrari will battle it out head-to-head in GTE-Pro with two entries from each in 2021.
Neel Jani and Daniel Serra are the new names for each manufacturer respectively for the new season.
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | Alessandro Pier Guidi & James Calado |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | Daniel Serra & Miguel Molina |
| Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Gianmaria Bruni & Richard Lietz |
| Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Kevin Estre & Neel Jani |
13 entries make up the GTE-Am grid for 2021, with Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche represented with at least three cars in the field.
Another all-female line-up will be in the Am class, as Rahel Frey, Manuela Gostner and Michelle Gatting comprise the no85 Iron Lynx entry.
AF Corse, Dempsey-Proton Racing and Aston Martin Racing all return for the 2021 season.
| TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage | Ben Keating, Dylan Pereira & Felipe Fraga |
| Team Project 1 | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Jörg Bergmeister |
| Cetilar Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | Roberto Lacorte |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci & Giancarlo Fisichella |
| Team Project 1 | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Egidio Perfetti & Matteo Cairoli |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | Claudio Schiavoni |
| Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Christian Ried |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | François Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen & Alessio Rovera |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | Rahel Frey |
| GR Racing | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Michael Wainwrigh |
| Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Julien Andlauer |
| Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage | Paul Dalla Lana |
| D’station Racing | Aston Martin Vantage | Satoshi Hoshino |
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