The selection process for the Le Mans 24 Hours is a long and meticulous one spread over several major rendezvous.

• At the end of the 2013 season, which closed on 8th December after the Sepang 3 Hours the final round of the Asian Le Mans Series, the names of 12 teams invited to take part were known thanks to their results in the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours, the American Le Mans Series, the Asian Le Mans Series and the European Le Mans Series. This represented 13 cars as the OAK Racing team had clinched two invitations. Concerning these invitations they cannot be granted unless the car is also entered in one of the Le Mans Continental Series including the Tudor United SportsCar Championship that has replaced the American Le Mans Series in North America.

• The opening date for entries to be sent to the Automobile Club de l’Ouest for the Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series was 19th December 2013.

• The closing date was fixed at 30th January 2014 at midnight.

• On the evening of 6th February the Selection Committee met under the presidency of the ACO President Pierre Fillon to draw up the list of the teams invited: the 55 cars taking part in the race plus the 10 reserves on hand to fill any withdrawal of the original selections. Since yesterday evening the Automobile Club de l’Ouest’s Sports Management has had a final look at the entries before validating them.

• On 13th February 2014 the field for the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series will be announced during a press conference starting at 15h00 in the George V-Eurosites. The conference will be broadcast in live streaming on the site www.24h-lemans.com thanks to collaboration with Michelin.

Just one piece of confidential information has filtered through from the deliberations of the Selection Committee, the blue riband prototype category, LM P1, which now has a new revolutionary set of technical regulations, associated with the LM P2s plus the 56th garage represents 50 per cent of the field with 28 cars and 28 car also in LM GTE Pro and Am.

So just six days to go for the entrants! Already a 56th car is assured of its place: the Nissan ZEOD RC. This prototype has been given an invitation in the context of the 56th garage, which is allotted to a car designed around an innovative technological project. The vehicle can take part in practice and the race provided it meets the safety and performance minima fixed by the ACO, but runs outside the overall classification. Above all, the Nissan ZEOD RC will serve as a test-bed for the Franco-Japanese manufacturer in the context of its entry in LM P1 in 2015!

Live broadcast powered by Michelin!

The press conference during which the list of entries for the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series will be announced, will be shown live on the site www.24h-lemans.com.

The broadcasting of this conference hosted by Guenaélle Longy (Eurosport) and Bruno Vandestick, the official Le Mans 24-Hours commentator, has been made possible thanks to a partnership with Michelin.

It will start to air at 14h30 and the live streaming will end at the end of the press conference. In 2013, more than 25 000 visitors from all over the world followed this event. It is eagerly awaited by all the fans of motor sport, and also by all the teams who are impatience to find out if they have been selected to race in the 82nd Le Mans 24 Hours.

In 2014, do not miss this press conference under any pretext because in addition to the different 2014 fields, other revelations will be announced!

PRATICAL INFORMATION ON THE 2014 LE MANS 24 HOURS

82nd running
3rd round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
Dates : 14-15 June 2014
General enclosure ticket price: 56 euros (ACO members) 73 euros (non ACO members).
Free for young people born after 15th June 1998 accompanied by an adult.
Test day: Sunday 1st June 2014.
Scrutineering and administrative checks: Sunday 8th and Monday 9th June 2014.
Free practice and qualifying: Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th June 2014.
Start of the 82nd Le Mans 24 Hours: Saturday 14th June 2014 at 15h00.

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