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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