7 GM entries for the next 24 Hours of Le Mans

General Motors will be the second best-represented manufacturer in terms of the number of entries at the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans with three Cadillac V-Series.R and four Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R.

Cadillac Racing seeking victory with Three Entries

Cadillac Racing will challenge for overall victory with a trio of factory Cadillac V-Series.R race cars supported by experienced and championship-winning teams and drivers in the Hypercar class.

In addition to the #12 and 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R entries from the World Endurance Championship (WEC), the  hypercars grid will count the #101 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R, a full-season IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entrant in the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class.

πŸ“· Β© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans 2025: from left to right: Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R #12, Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R #101 and Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R #38

In the 2025 WEC Hypercar competition, Cadillac finished fourth in the manufacturers’ championship and in July in Brazil the #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R won the event, while the #38 car was second. At Le Mans, Cadillac swept the front row with the #12 car taking the pole and the No. 38 qualifying second. 

The #12 and 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R received automatic invitations based on full-season participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) are entering their second season of WEC Hypercar competition with Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, SΓ©bastien Bourdais, (in #38) Alex Lynn, Norman Nato and Will Stevens (in #12).

πŸ“· Β© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans 2025: #101 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R

The #101 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R will compete at Le Mans for the second time. Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque will be the drivers.

Four Corvette Racing at Le Mans

For the first time at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, four Corvettes from the Corvette Racing program are part of a strong LMGT3 class that will feature 25 cars. Three Corvettes Z06 GT3.Rs are running under the TF Sport banner.

πŸ“· Β© Luc Warnotte at Austin, Fuji and Portimao (top down). #33, 81 and 82 TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3 R.

TF Sport, Corvette Racing’s full-season representative in the FIA WEC, will be present for the third year in a row with its Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs β€“ the #33 of Nicky Catsburg, Jonny Edgar and Ben Keating plus the #34 of Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluc and Peter Dempsey – that also will contest the full-season championship. 

The team will also take up its automatic invitation from winning last year’s European Le Mans Series with Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade and Hiroshi Koizumi who claimed the class Drivers and Teams championships in the #82 Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Running under the TF Sport banner with the #2 for Le Mans, the effort also includes personnel from Johor Motorsports Racing with Prince Jefri Ibrahim, Afiq Ikhwan and Ben Green teaming together.

Corvette Z06 GT3 R #82

πŸ“· Β© Luc Warnotte at Portimao. TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3 R #82

From North America, 13 Autosport will take to the Le Mans grid with its #13 Corvette. Under the AWA banner in 2025, 13 Autosport owner/driver Orey Fidani won his second straight Bob Akin Award in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship to earn 13 Autosport a return trip to Le Mans this year. Fidani will team with IMSA teammates Matt Bell and Lars Kern.

#13 AWA Corvette Z06.R

πŸ“· Β© Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #13 AWA Corvette Z06.R

This isn’t the first time that four Corvettes have taken on Le Mans in the same year. The brand’s first appearance at the French classic came in 1960 with a quartet of Corvettes – one of which won the GT class in the hands of John Fitch and Bob Grossman. Four Corvettes also appeared at the 2016 race including two factory cars from Corvette Racing in the GTE Pro class.

Four Corvette in 24 Hours of Le Mans 2026

πŸ“· Β© Luc Warnotte at Portimao, Fuji, Austin and Road Atlanta. Four Corvette Z06 GT3 R in 24 Hours of Le Mans 2026

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