LMP2 race season entries announced

Official entries for the 2017 endurance season have been announced, with Gibson GK428 engines powering all LMP2 sportscars in the European Le Mans Series, World Endurance Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours.

In ELMS thirteen cars have entered LMP2, all of which will compete with Gibson’s newly developed 4.2 litre V8 engines. The full ten LMP2 cars in WEC will also be powered by the GK428. The prestigious Le Mans 24 hour race features twenty five LMP2 cars on the grid with Gibson engines.

Teams competing in LMP2 in ELMS, WEC and Le Mans 24 hours will race with Gibson engines installed in one of the approved chassis suppliers; Dallara, Onroak (Ligier), ORECA or Riley Multimatic.

The IMSA Weathertech Championship in the USA also has four teams racing throughout the season powered by Gibson.

 The tables below show details of all the teams Gibson engines will be racing with this season.

ELMS / IMSA / WEC
Team Car No Chassis Series
Algarve 25 Ligier ELMS
Dragon Speed 1 21 Oreca ELMS
Dragonspeed (G Drive) 22 Oreca ELMS
Graff 1 39 Oreca ELMS
Graff 2 40 Oreca ELMS
High Class Racing 49 Dallara ELMS
Idec 28 Ligier ELMS
Panis Barthez (Tech 1) 23 Ligier ELMS
Racing Team Nederland (Day V Tec) 29 Dallara ELMS
SMP 27 Dallara ELMS
Tockwith Motorsports 34 Ligier ELMS
United Autosports 32 Ligier ELMS
Villorba Corse 47 Dallara ELMS
JDC Miller Motorsports 85 Oreca IMSA
PR1 Motorsports 52 Ligier IMSA
Sebah / Rebellion Racing 3 IMSA 13 Oreca IMSA
SRD / Hi Rev Motorsport / Visit Florida 90 Riley IMSA
Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 (Jota) 37 Oreca WEC
Jackie Chan DC Racing 2 (Jota) 38 Oreca WEC
Manor 1 24 Oreca WEC
Manor 2 25 Oreca WEC
Rebellion 1 13 Oreca WEC
Rebellion 2 31 Oreca WEC
Signatech Alpine 1 35 Oreca WEC
Signatech Alpine 2 35 Oreca WEC
TDS 1 (G Drive) 26 Oreca WEC
TDS 2 28 Oreca WEC
LE MANS 24 HOURS
Team Car No Chassis
Algarve 45 Ligier
ARC Bratislava 49 Oreca
Dragon Speed 1 21 Oreca
Dragonspeed (G Drive) 22 Oreca
Eurasia 33 Ligier
Graff 1 39 Oreca
Graff 2 40 Oreca
Idec 17 Ligier
Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 (Jota) 37 Oreca
Jackie Chan DC Racing 2 (Jota) 38 Oreca
Keating 43 Riley
Manor 1 24 Oreca
Manor 2 25 Oreca
Panis Barthez (Tech 1) 23 Ligier
Racing Team Nederland (Day V Tec) 29 Dallara
Rebellion 1 13 Oreca
Rebellion 2 31 Oreca
Signatech Alpine 1 35 Oreca
Signatech Alpine 2 35 Oreca
SMP 27 Dallara
TDS 1 (G Drive) 26 Oreca
TDS 2 28 Oreca
Tockwith Motorsports 34 Ligier
United Autosports 32 Ligier
Villorba Corse 47 Dallara

 

 

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