The 86th edition of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans is happening today. The race starts at 16h00 Beirut time and will feature 24 drivers who’ve raced in F1.
The most notable driver is nonother than two-time world champion and current McLaren F1 driver, Fernando Alonso. His Formula 1 season hasn’t lived up to his expectations, and he had to retire in his last two races. It’s a different story at Le Mans for the Spaniard who will start the race from pole position today. 23 other F1 drivers will join him and here’s where they will be starting from:
Fernando Alonso/Sebastien Buemi/Kazuki Nakajima: P1 – #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 (LMP1)
Kamui Kobayashi: P2 #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 (LMP1)
Bruno Senna/Andre Lotterer: P3 #1 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R-13 (LMP1)
Stéphane Sarrazin: P4 #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1 (LMP1)
Jenson Button/Vitaly Petrov: P7 – #11 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1 (LMP1)
Pastor Maldonado: P11 – #31 Dragonspeed Oreca 07 (LMP2)
Jean-Eric Vergne: P12 – #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 Gibson (LMP2)
Will Stevens: P15 – #23 Panis-Barthez Competition Ligier JSP217 Gibson (LMP2)
Paul di Resta: P18 – #22 United Autosports Ligier JSP217 Gibson (LMP2)
Felipe Nasr: P22 – #47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 Gibson (LMP2)
Giedo van der Garde/Jan Lammers: P23 – #29 Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 (LMP2)
Juan Pablo Montoya: P24 – #32 United Autosports Ligier JSP217 Gibson (LMP2)
Gianmaria Bruni: P31 – #91 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (LMGTE Pro)
Sebastien Bourdais: P35 – #68 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT (LMGTE Pro)
Jan Magnussen: P39 – #63 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R (LMGTE Pro)
Antonio Giovinazzi: P46 – #52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE EVO (LMGTE Pro)
Giancarlo Fisichella: P49 – #54 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE (LMGTE Am)
Pedro Lamy: P57 – #98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage (LMGTE Am)
Olivier Beretta: P60 – #70 MR Racing Ferrari 488 GTE