This morning, the first provisional entry list for the 2024 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps has been revealed, featuring 37 cars across the two classes and a smattering of driver line-up tweaks.
The majority of the changes from the Imola entry are a result of the clashing Formula E double-header in Berlin, with Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne from Peugeot, Norman Nato from HERTZ Team JOTA and Kelvin van der Linde from AKKODIS ASP missing the WEC race.
Peugeot has opted to race with two drivers in both 9X8s as a result. It’s the same at JOTA, as Callum Ilott and Will Stevens will share its #12 Porsche 963 in Nato’s absence.
With no full-time third driver, Cadillac Racing will, as expected, race with just Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn for a second time this season. They will be joined by IndyCar star Alex Palou for Le Mans in June.
At Alpine, Ferdinand Habsburg, who missed Imola due to his injury sustained in testing, returns to the entry list. Last weekend he was replaced by reserve driver Jules Gounon in the #35 A424.
He is still in recovery at the time of writing, so it remains to be seen whether or not he is indeed going to be fit in time to race in Belgium; and take part in the ELMS race at Paul Ricard the weekend before.
In LMGT3 there are two driver changes. The first comes at AKKODIS ASP Team. With Kelvin van der Linde standing in for Peugeot driver Nico Muller in Berlin, Toyota Gazoo Racing reserve Ritomo Miyata will take his place in the #78 Lexus RC F LMGT3.
The other driver change in the class sees Rahel Frey rejoin the Iron Dames crew for the first of five races in the WEC this year. She fills in for Doriane Pin, who was announced as an Iron Dames Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine driver last week. That campaign will see her miss the WEC races at Spa, COTA, Interlagos, Fuji and Bahrain.
The 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is set to run on May 11th.
