The provisional entry list for the FIA WEC’s return to the Interlagos Circuit in São Paulo next month has been revealed.
After 62 cars took part in the Le Mans 24 Hours, the entry list for the fifth round of the season, as expected, is back to its usual size, with the 37 cars on the full-season WEC entry all present.
There are no guest cars and there is no LMP2 class following its inclusion at Le Mans. There are, however, a few changes to report among the full-season teams.
In Hypercar, Proton Competition – like Cadillac Racing – will compete with two drivers in its #99 963.
Neel Jani and Julien Andlauer will share the car as a pair, as they did at Spa, due to Harry Tincknell’s clashing IMSA commitments. That weekend, Tincknell is set to compete with Ford in the GTD Pro class at CTMP.
As expected, following Alex Palou’s guest appearance in the third seat at Le Mans, Cadillac’s V-Series.R reverts to the pairing of Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber.
And finally, Mike Conway, who missed Le Mans due to injury, is set to return to the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID.
Meanwhile, in LMGT3, AKKODIS ASP’s Lexus RC F LMGT3s have had their driver crews shuffled once again.
The #78 sees full-season Bronze Arnold Robin share the car with returning Clemens Schmid and Kelvin van der Linde.
Schmid is back for a second appearance in the seat usually filled by Timur Boguslavskiy, who has decided to part ways with the team to focus on “new challenges”. Previously Schmid joined the team on short notice at Spa.
The #87 will see Jose Maria Lopez return to the line-up after the Argentinian was called up to Toyota’s Hypercar effort to stand in for Conway last time out.
He will race with regulars Takeshi Kimura and Esteban Masson, who shared the car with Jack Hawksworth at Le Mans.
Josh Caygill also returns to United Autosports’ #95 McLaren and at D’Station Racing, Clément Mateu is back in the #777 Aston Martin after Satoshi Hoshino took the start at Le Mans for a final time.
The 2024 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Sao Paulo is set to run on July 14th.
