24h Le Mans
The grid for the 2026 Michelin Le Mans Cup is the largest ever, with 45 cars across the three classes for the six round series that takes in six of Europe’s most iconic circuits and is firmly established as the proving ground for the Endurance stars of tomorrow.
There are 24 LMP3, 11 LMP3 Pro/Am and 10 GT3 entries, with the three championship winning teams and five of the six driver champions returning to defend their titles.
The international grid will see 30 different teams running the 45 entries, with the teams and drivers representing 24 different nations from all around the world.
With 24 entries, the LMP3 category for Silver and Gold rated driver pairings is the largest of the three classes and features some of the best young professional drivers looking to make their way up the endurance racing ladder.
2025 LMP3 Team Champions R-ace GP will be fielding a pair of Duqueine D09-Toyotas to defend their title with Singapore’s Danial Frost and New Zealander Zack Scoular being named as the lead drivers in the no85 and no86 cars respectively.
2025 LMP3 Vice Champions Forestier Racing by VPS also return with a two-car line up, with Denmark’s Sebastian Kirch Bach in the no29 Ligier JS P325-Toyota and Lucas Fecury in the no 92 car, who is currently racing with the team in the Asian Le Mans Series.
2024 Driver’s champion David Droux also returns to the MLMC with CLX Motorsport. Last year’s teammate Cedric Oltramare will also be rejoining the team, and the 2025 Barcelona race winners are ready for the challenge ahead in 2026. CLX Motorsport will also run a second car for Alexander Jacoby and Kevin Rabin.
2023 Team Champions Team Virage have entered a pair of Ligier-Toyotas for the 2026 season, with 2021 Champions Nielsen Racing switching from Adess to Duqueine and 2025 LMP3 Driver’s Champion Hadrien David joining the British team for the 2026 season.
Road To Le Mans winners 23Events Racing will run a pair of Ligiers in LMP3 this season, with former Ligier European Series Vice Champion Natan Bihel racing in the sole M Racing Ligier.
MLMC regulars ANS Motorsport, High Class Racing, Inter Europol Competition, Bretton Racing and More Motorsport all return with LMP3 entries. RLR MSport have teamed up with fellow British team Vector Sport to form Vector Sport RLR and another British team Steller Motorsport, makes a welcome return to the series.
There are three teams making their MLMC debuts this season. German team BWT Muecke Motorsport will run a Duqueine-Toyota for Mattis Pluschkell and Maksymillian Angelard. Spain’s Brutal Fish Campos Racing and French team Trajectus Motorsport both join the grid, with the former runner a pair of Ligiers and the latter a single car.
The 11 strong LMP3 Pro/Am grid is made up of ten Ligier and one Duqueine.
2025 Champions Motorsport 98 return with driver champions Eric De Doncker and Gillian Henrion back to defend the title they won in dramatic fashion in Portugal in October last year.
Rinaldi Racing narrowly missed out on clinching the title in 2025 and the German team are back with two cars to try and secure the crown this year. Driver’s Vice Champion Steve Parrow will drive the no68 Ligier alongside Mikkel Pedersen, while the racing winning crew of Stefan Aust and Felipe Fernandez-Laser will once again be in action in the no71 car.
2022 LMP3 Champions Racing Spirit of Léman will field a single entry for Oskar Kristensen and Christian Gisy. Former champions Nielsen Racing will also enter the sole Duqueine D09 in the LMP3 Pro/Am category, with Matthew Bell being named as the lead driver.
P4 Racing, Inter Europol Competition, GG Classics, High Class Racing and Bretton Racing will all return to the series with a single entry once again.
There is one new team that will make their MLMC debut this season and that is Belgian team Ajith Redant Racing. The driver crew will consist of former Indian F1 racer Narain Karthikeyan and his Tamil Cinema actor teammate Ajith Kumar. The Indian duo is currently competing in the Asian Le Mans Series, where there has been massive interest in Ajith Kumar’s race programme, ahead of their move to Europe to take on the challenge of the Michelin le Mans Cup.
The GT3 grid will see the return of the 2025 champions, with Alessandro Cozzi and Eliseo Donno racing for a second season for AF Corse, with the Italian team looking to secure their third GT3 Team title in a row.
AF Corse will also run a second Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo for American Rey Acosta III and his Italian teammate Marco Bonanomi.
Two-time GT3 Team champions Kessel Racing will also field a pair of Ferrari 296 GT3 Evos, with 2025 Vice Champion David Cleto Fumanelli being joined by Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti in the no17 car.
2025 race winners Code Racing Development return with one of the three Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3s that will be on the grid this season, with former GT3 champions Racing Spirit of Léman and British team Blackthorn fielding the other two.
Spanish team Biogas Motorsport will also enter a Ferrari 296 GT3, with Marc Carol Ybarra once again driving for the team.
There are two new teams to the MLMC GT3 field this year, with Italian team Dinamic GT running the only Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo in the field for Loek Hartog and Reinhold Gerhard Krahn, while Spanish team SMC Motorsport will run a McLaren 720S GT3 Evo for Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer and Gonzalo De Andres Martin.
Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest: “With 45 cars on the grid, the Michelin Le Mans Cup reaches a historic milestone and reaffirms its pivotal role in the endurance racing ecosystem. This record underscores the teams’ trust and the appeal of a championship that has truly become a springboard to the highest level. It promises exceptionally competitive fields, hard-fought races, and a season more intense than ever for both drivers and fans.”
Frédéric Lequien, Le Mans Endurance Management (LMEM) CEO: “It is great to witness an exceptional assembly of teams and drivers for the 2026 Michelin Le Mans Cup, with more entries than ever before. We would like to extend a warm welcome to the new teams who will be making their debut in Barcelona and to say thank you to the teams who are returning for their continued support for the series. With a great line-up in both the Michelin Le Mans Cup and the European Le Mans Series, the 2026 season promises to be exciting. We look forward to welcoming all of you this year.”
CLICK HERE for the provisional entry list for the 2026 Michelin Le Mans Cup.
