The 186 driver line-up for the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans has been confirmed today with a number of previously unannounced additions:
LMP2
DKR Engineering confirms that Alexandre Cougnaud will join Laurents Hörr and Jean Glorieux in their #3 LMP2 class Oreca 07.
Cool Racing add Ricky Taylor to their #37 ORECA line-up alongside Yifei ye and Niklas Krütten.
Tristan Vautier joins the #44 ARC Bratislava crew alongside Miro Konopka and Bent Viscaal.
The #47 Algarve Pro Racing crew is confirmed as John Falb, Sophia Flörsch and Jack Aitken.
GTE-Am
Iron Lynx reshuffle the pack with Claudio Schiavoni joined by Alessandro Balzan and Raffaele Gianmaria in the #60 Ferrari.
JMW Motorsport will field Renger Van der Zande, Mark Kvamme and Jason Hart in the #66 Ferrari.
Pierre Ehret partners with Christian Hook and Nico Varrone in the #75 Iron Lynx Ferrari.
Iron Lynx also confirm their #80 Ferrari line-up with Matteo Cressoni, Giancarlo Fisichella and Richard Heistand.
The #93 Proton Competition Porsche fields Michael Fassbender, Matt Campbell and Zacharie Robichon.
Adrian de Leener completes the #99 Hardpoint Porsche line-up with Katherine Legge and Rob Ferriol.
The total includes an astounding 55 Le Mans 24 Hours rookies this year with the notable names amongst that total including:
Jack Aitken, Katherine Legge, Sebastien Ogier, Dane Cameron, Nico Müller, Mirko Bortolotti, Tristan Vautier, Esteban Gutierrez, Pietro Fittipaldi, Nick Cassidy, Shane van Gisbergen, Sebastian Priaulx, Zach Robichon, Jan heylen and Micheal Fassbender as well as the driver set to become the youngest starter ever in the 99 year history of the race, Josh Pierson
