The entry list for the 2022 4 Hours of Le Castellet boasts 42 cars in three classes: 17 in LMP2, 13 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.

In LMP2, 2021 champions Yifei Ye and Louis Delétraz are back, but with different teams this season. Ye will take the wheel of Cool Racing's #37 ORECA 07-Gibson and Delétraz is set to drive the #9 ORECA fielded by rookie outfit Prema Racing, winner of the FIA Formula 2 and Formula 3 Championships. The team has recruited Ferdinand Habsburg and Juan Manuel Correa to join forces with Delétraz.

Defending LMP2 Pro/Am champion John Falb will return in Algarve Pro Racing's #47 ORECA.

The LMP3 class will welcome back defending champion DKR Engineering, this time with a new driver line-up composed of Tom Van Rompuy, Sebastián Álvarez and Alexander Bukhantsov. United Autosports, RLR MSport, Eurointernational and Cool Racing are all expected to field two cars each, and DKR Engineering will be the only team to enter one Duqueine M30-D08-Nissan, all others have opted for a Ligier JS P320-Nissan.

The LMGTE class will see seven Ferrari 488 GTE Evos, three Porsche 911 RSR-19s and two Aston Martin Vantage AMRs do battle. 2021 title-winner Iron Lynx will return with two Ferraris entrusted to Schiavoni/Cressoni/Rigon and Frey/Gatting/Bovy.

Click for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet provisional entry list.

Don't forget, before hitting the track for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, competitors will take part in official preseason testing on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 April. Entry into the circuit will be free for the entire event.

For more info on the European Le Mans Series, go to the official championship website.