2021 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 89th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 89e 24 Heures du Mans) will be an automobile endurance event that will take place on 12–13 June 2021 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. It will be the 89th running of the 24 Hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest.

2021 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Circuit de la Sarthe track

Hypercars

A new Le Mans Hypercar class with regulations created jointly by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile replaces the Le Mans Prototype LMP1 class.[1]

Entries

Automatic entries

Teams that won their class in the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, or won championships in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS), and the Michelin Le Mans Cup earned an automatic entry invitation. The second-place finishers in the European Le Mans Series in LMP2 and LMGTE championships also earned automatic invitations. The ACO chose two participants from the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC) to be automatic entries regardless of their performance or category. As invitations were granted to teams, they could change their cars from the previous year but were not allowed to change their category. The LMGTE class invitees from the ELMS and GT class invite from the ALMS were invited to the LMGTE Am category. ELMS' LMP3 (Le Mans Prototype 3) champion is required to field an entry in LMP2, while the ALMS LMP3 champion was permitted to choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Am. The Michelin Le Mans Cup Group GT3 (GT3) champion was invited to the LMGTE Am category.

Reason invited LMP2 LMGTE Am
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans United Autosports TF Sport
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) Proton Competition
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) Kessel Racing
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3)
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at-large entries Patrick Kelly Ryan Hardwick
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) TBA TBA
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3) TBA
1st in the Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3) Iron Lynx

References
  1. "WEC's new top class named 'Le Mans Hypercar'". Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
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