LE MANS 2015 DRIVER DETAILS P = Platinum G = Gold S = Silver B =Bronze

LMP1 (No Bronze drivers allowed) #1 Racing TS040 Anthony Davidson (GBR) P www.anthonydavidson.com Age : 36 Best Finish at LM : 2ND (2013) 7 starts 24 races in F1 for , BAR and Super Aguri

Sebastien Buemi (CHE) P www.buemi.ch Age: 26 Best Finish at LM : 2ND (2013) 3 starts 55 races in FI for Toro Rosso Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) P www.kazuki-nakajima.com Age: 30 Best Finish at LM : 4TH (2013) 3 starts 36 races in FI for Williams, son of ex FI driver Satoru Nakajima

#2 Toyota Racing TS040

Alexander Wurz (AUT) P www.alexwurz.com Age: 41 Best Finish at LM : Winner 1996 ( WSC-95), 2009 (Peugeot 908 HDi) 8 starts 69 races in F1 for Benetton, McLaren and Williams Stephane Sarrazin (FRA) P www.stephane-sarrazin.com Age : 39 Best Finish at LM : 2ND (2007,2009,2013) 13 starts 1 race in F1 for Minardi Mike Conway (GBR) P www.mikeconway.co.uk Age : 31 Best Finish at LM : Excluded (2013) 1 start

#4 Team ByKolles CLM P1 Simon Trummer (CHE) G www.simontrummer.ch Age : 25 Rookie (DEU) G www.pierrekaffer.de Age: 39 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2004) 8 starts Tiago Monteiro (PRT) P www.tiagomonteiro.com Age : 38 Best Finish at LM: 17TH (1999) 4 starts 37 races in F1 for Jordan #7 Sport R18

Marcel Fassler (CHE) P www.mfspeed.ch Age: 39 Best Finish at LM: Winner 2011 (),2012(Audi R18 e-tron), 2014(Audi R18 e-tron) 9 starts

Andre Lotterer (DEU) P www.andrelotterer.com Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: Winner 2011 (Audi R18),2012(Audi R18 e-tron), 2014(Audi R18 e-tron) 6 starts 1 race in F1 for Caterham

Benoit Treluyer (FRA) P www.benoittreluyer.com Age: 38 Best Finish at LM: Winner 2011(Audi R18),2012(Audi R18 e-tron), 2014 (Audi R18 e-tron) 10 starts

#8 Audi Sport R18

Lucas di Grassi (BRA) P www.lucasdigrassi.com.br Age : 30 Best Finish at LM : 2nd (2014) 2 starts 19 races in F1 for Virgin

Loic Duval (FRA) P www.loicduval.com Age: 33 Best Finish at LM : Winner 2013 (Audi R18 e-tron) 5 starts (GBR) P www.oliverjarvis.com Age: 31 Best Finish at LM: 3RD (2012,2013) 4 starts

#9 Audi Sport R18

Filipe Albuquerque (PRT) P www.felipealbuquerque.com Age : 30 Best Finish at LM : DNF (2014) 1 start (ITA) P www.marcobonanomi.com Age: 30 Best Finish at LM: 3RD (2012) 2 starts

Rene Rast (DEU) P www.rene-rast.de Age : 28 Best Finish at LM: 8TH (2014) 1 start

#12 Rebellion R-One Nicolas Prost (FRA) P www.nicolas-prost.com Age : 33 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2012, 2014) 7 starts Son of ex FI World Champion Alain Prost (DEU) P www.nickheidfeld.com Age: 38 Best Finish at LM: 4th (2012, 2014) 4 starts 185 races in F1 for Prost, Sauber, Jordan, Williams, BMW, Renault

Mathias Beche (CHE) P www.mathiasbeche.com Age: 28 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2014) 3 starts

#13 Rebellion R-One Alexandre Imperatori (CHE) G www.alexandreimperatori.com Age: 28 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2013,2014) 2 starts (AUT) G Age: 25 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2011-14) 4 starts Daniel Abt (DEU) G Age: 22 www.danielabt.de Rookie

#17 Porsche 919 (DEU) P www.timo-bernhard.de Age : 34 Best Finish at LM: Winner 2010 (Audi R15 TDI+) 8 starts Mark Webber (AUS) P www.markwebber.com Age : 38 Best Finish at LM: DNF (1998,2014) 2 starts 217 races in F1 for Minardi, Jaguar, Williams, Red Bull Brendon Hartley (NZL) P www.brendonhartley.co.nz Age: 25 Best Finish at LM: 12TH (2013) 3 starts

#18 Porsche 919 (FRA) P www.romaindumas.com Age: 37 Best Finish at LM: Winner 2010 (Audi R15 TDI+) 14 starts Neel Jani (CHE) P www.neel-jani.com Age : 31 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2012) 6 starts Marc Lieb (DEU) P www.marc-lieb.de Age: 34 Best Finish at LM: 10TH (2005) 9 starts

#19 Porsche 919 Nico Hulkenberg (DEU) P www.nicohulkenberg.net Age : 27 Rookie Current F1 driver for 83 races so far Earl Bamber (NZL) G www.earlbambermotorsport.com Age: 24 Rookie Nick Tandy (GBR) P Age : 30 Best Finish at LM: 36TH (2014) 2 starts

#21 GTR-LM Tsugio Matsuda (JPN) P www.tsugio.com Age: 35 Rookie Mark Schulzhitskiy (RUS) S Age: 25 Best Finish at LM: 9TH (2014) 1 start Lucas Ordonez (ESP) G www.lucasordonez.com Age: 30 Best Finish at LM: 9TH (2011, 2013) 4 starts

#22 Nissan GTR-LM (GBR) G www.harrytincknellracing.com Age : 23 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2014) 1 start (DEU) P www.techniq-group.co.jp Age : 45 Best Finish at LM: 3RD (2002) 6 starts Married to Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date Alex Buncombe (GBR) G Age: 33 Rookie

#23 Nissan GTR-LM (FRA) P www.olivierpla.com Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: 8TH (2013) 7 starts Jann Mardenborough (GBR) P Age : 23 Best Finish at LM : 9TH (2013,2014) 2 starts Max Chilton (GBR) P www.maxchilton.com Age : 24 Rookie 35 races for Marussia in F1 TOTAL LMP1 Drivers (Platinum 32 Gold 9 Silver 1) Rookies 7

LMP2 (At least 1 Silver or 1 bronze driver) #26 G-Drive Ligier JSP2

Roman Rusinov (RUS) G www.rusinov.com Age: 34 Best Finish at LM: 10TH (2012) 5 starts Julien Canal (FRA) S Age: 32 Best Finish at LM: 13TH (2010) 5 starts Sam Bird (GBR) P www.sambird.com Age: 28 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start

#27 SMP Racing BR01 Maurizio Mediani (ITA) G Age: 46 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2013,2014) 2 starts David (Devi) Markozov (RUS) S Age : 41 Rookie (FRA) P www.nicolasminassian.com Age: 42 Best Finish at LM: 2ND (2008) 15 starts

#28 G-Drive Ligier JSP2 Gustavo Yacaman (COL) G www.gustavoyacaman.com Age: 24 Rookie Luis Felipe Derani (BRA) G www.pipoderani.com.br Age: 21 Rookie Ricardo Gonzalez (MEX) S www.ricardogonzalez.com.mx Age: 37 Best Finish at LM: 7TH (2013) 2 starts #29 Pegasus Racing Morgan LMP2 Leo Roussel (FRA) S www.leo-roussel.com Age: 19 (The youngest driver this year) Best Finish at LM: 18TH (2014) 1 start Ho-Pin Tung (NLD) G www.hopintung.net Age: 32 Best Finish at LM: 11TH (2014) 2 starts David Cheng (USA) S www.dchengracing.com Age: 25 Best Finish at LM: 11TH (2014) 1 start

#30 ESM Ligier JSP2 Scott Sharp (USA) P Age : 47 Best Finish at LM: DNF (1996) 1 start Ryan Dalziel (GBR) P www.ryandalziel.com Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: 7TH (2012) 3 starts David Heinemeier-Hansson (DNK) S www.david.heinemeierhansson.com Age: 35 Best Finish at LM: 8TH (2013) 3 starts

#31 ESM Ligier JSP2 Ed Brown (USA) S www.patronspirits.com Age : 52 Rookie Johannes van Overbeek (USA) G www.esmracing.com Age : 42 Best Finish at LM: 13TH (2005) 4 starts Jonathan Fogarty (USA) G www.esmracing.com Age: 40 Rookie

#34 Oak Ligier JSP2 Christopher Cumming (CAN) B Age: 44 Rookie Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) P www.laurensvanthoor.be Age: 24 Rookie Kevin Estre (FRA) P www.kevinestre.com Age : 26 Rookie #35 Oak Ligier JSP2 Jacques Nicolet (FRA) B Age : 59 Best Finish at LM : 20th (2009) 7 starts Jean-Marc Merlin (FRA) B Age : 50 Best Finish at LM : 34th (2014) 2 starts Erik Maris (FRA) B Age: 51 Best Finish at LM: 34TH (2014) 1 start

#36 Signatech Alpine A450b Nelson Panciatici (FRA) P www.nelsonpancia.com Age: 26 Best Finish at LM: 7TH (2014) 3 starts

Paul-Loup Chatin (FRA) G www.paulloup-chatin.com Age : 23 Best Finish at LM: 7TH (2014) 1 start Vincent Capillaire (FRA) S Age: 39 Best Finish at LM: 8TH (2014) 1 start

#37 SMP BR01 (RUS) P www.mikhail-aleshin.ru Age: 28 Rookie (RUS) G www.ladyginkirill.com Age: 36 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start Anton Ladygin (RUS) S Age : 25 Best Finish at LM: 37TH (2014) 1 start

#38 Jota Gibson 015S Simon Dolan (GBR) S www.nodegree.co.uk Age: 46 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2014) 4 starts Mitch Evans (NZL) G www.mitchevans.com Age: 20 Rookie Oliver Turvey (GBR) P www.oliverturvey.com Age: 28 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2014) 2 starts #40 Krohn Ligier JSP2 Tracy Krohn (USA) B www.krohnracing.com Age: 60 Best Finish at LM: 19TH (2007) 9 starts Nick Jonsson (SWE) G www.nicjinsson.com Age: 47 Best Finish at LM: 19TH (2007) 9 starts Joao Barbosa (PRT) G Age: 40 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2007) 7 starts

#41 Greaves Gibson 015S Gary Hirsch (CHE) S www.garyhirsch.com Age: 28 Best Finish at LM: 10TH (2014) 1 start Gaetan Paletou (FR) G Age: 22 Rookie Jon Lancaster (GBR) G www.jonlancasterracing.com Age: 26 Best Finish at LM: 12TH (2014) 1 start

#42 Strakka Dome S103 Nick Leventis (GBR) S www.nickleventis.com Age: 35 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2010) 6 starts Danny Watts (GBR) P www.danny-watts.com Age: 35 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2010) 6 starts (GBR) P www.jonny-kane.com Age: 42 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2010) 10 starts

#43 Morand Evo Morgan LMP2

Pierre Ragues (FRA) S www.pierreragues.com Age: 31 Best Finish at LM: 10TH (2012) 8 starts (GBR) G www.oliwebbracing.com Age: 24 Best Finish at LM: 7TH (2014) 1 start Zoel Amberg (CHE) G www.zoelamberg.com Age: 22 Rookie #45 Ibanez 03R Jose Ibanez (FRA) B www.ibanezracing.com Age: 39 Rookie Pierre Perret (FRA) B Age : 57 Rookie Ivan Bellarosa (ITA) S Age : 39 Rookie

#46 Thiriet Oreca 05 Pierre Thiriet (FRA) S Age: 26 Best Finish at LM: 6TH (2014) 4 starts Ludovic Badey (FRA) S Age: 35 Best Finish at LM: 6TH (2014) 3 starts (FRA) P www.tristan-gommendy.com Age: 36 Best Finish at LM: 6TH (2014) 5 starts

#47 KCMG Oreca 05 Matthew Howson (GBR) S Age : 31 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2013,2014) 2 starts Richard Bradley (GBR) G www.richardbradleymotorsport.com Age: 23 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start

Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) P www.nicolaslapierre.com Age: 31 Best Finish at LM: 3RD (2014) 7 starts

#48 Murphy Oreca 03R Karun Chandhok (IND) G www.karunchandhok.com Age: 31 Best Finish at LM: 6TH (2012) 3 starts Mark Patterson (USA) B Age: 63 (Oldest driver in this year’s race) Best Finish at LM: 12TH (2013) 2 starts Nathanael Berthon (FRA) G Age : 25 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start TOTAL LMP2 Drivers (Platinum 13 Gold 19 Silver 17 Bronze 8) Rookies 15 LMGTE Pro (No restrictions on drivers)

#51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Gianmaria Bruni (ITA) P www.gianmariabruni.it Age: 34 Best Finish at LM: 13th (2011, 2014) 7 starts 18 races in F1 for Minardi

Toni Vilander (FIN) P www.tonivilander.net Age: 34 Best Finish at LM: 13TH (2011) 6 starts Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) P www.giancarlofisichella.com Age: 42 Best Finish at LM: 13th (2011,2014) 5 starts 231 races in F1 for Minardi, Jordon, Benetton, Sauber,Renault, Force India, Ferrari

#63 Corvette C7.R Jan Magnussen (DNK) P www.janmagnussen.com Age: 41 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2003,2006) 16 starts 25 races in F1 for McLaren and Stewart

Antonio Garcia (ESP) P www.antoniogarcia.com Age: 35 Best Finish at LM: 9TH (2006) 9 starts Ryan Briscoe (AUS) P www.ryanbriscoe.com Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: NC (2013) 1 start

#64 Corvette C7.R (GBR) P www.olivergavin.com Age: 42 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2006) 14 starts Tommy Milner (USA) P www.tommymilner.com Age: 29 Best Finish at LM: 11TH (2011) 6 starts Jordan Taylor (USA) P Age: 24 Best Finish at LM: 14TH (2014) 3 starts #71 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Davide Rigon (ITA) P www.daviderigon.it Age: 28 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start James Calado (GBR) P www.jamescalado.com Age: 26 Rookie Olivier Beretta (ITA) P Age: 45 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2001,2006,2012) 19 starts 10 races in F1 for

#91 Porsche 991

Richard Lietz (AUT) P www.richard-lietz.at Age: 32 Best Finish at LM: 11TH (2010) 8 starts Michael Christensen (DNK) P www.michaelkchristensen.com Age: 24 Rookie

Jorg Bergmeister (DEU) P www.bergmeister.de Age: 39 Best Finish at LM: 10TH (2004) 13 starts

#92 Porsche 991 Patrick Pilet (FRA) P www.patrickpilet.com Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: 16TH (2013) 6 starts Frederic Makowiecki (FRA) P www.fredmako.com Age: 34 Best Finish at LM: 15TH (2014) 4 starts Wolf Henzler (DEU) P www.wolfhenzler.com Age: 40 Best Finish at LM: 11TH (2010) 6 starts #95 Vantage Marco Sorensen (DNK) G www.marcoracing.dk Age: 24 Rookie (DNK) G www.nickithiim.com Age: 26 Best Finish at LM: 1 start Christoffer Nygaard (DNK) G Age: 29 Best Finish at LM: 22ND (2010) 4 starts

#97 Aston Martin Vantage Darren Turner (GBR) P www.darrenturner.net Age: 41 Best Finish at LM: 5TH (2007) 12 starts Stefan Mucke (DEU) P www.stefan-muecke.de Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2009) 8 starts Rob Bell (GBR) P www.robbellracing.com Age: 36 Best Finish at LM: 22ND (2007) 6 starts

#99 Aston Martin Vantage Fernando Rees (BRA) G www.fernandorees.com Age: 30 Rookie Alex MacDowall (GBR) S www.alexmacdowallracing.co.uk Age: 24 Rookie (NZL) G www.richiestanaway.com Age: 23 Rookie TOTAL LM GTE Pro Drivers ( Platinum 21 Gold 5 Silver 1 Bronze 0) Rookies 6 LMGTE Am (At least 1 Bronze and 1 Bronze or Silver driver)

#50 Larbre Corvette C7.R Gianluca Roda (ITA) B Age: 56 Best Finish at LM: 23RD (2014) 3 starts Paolo Ruberti (ITA) G Age: 40 Best Finish at LM: 19TH (2009) 5 starts (DNK) S Age: 39 Best Finish at LM: 10TH (2009) 4 starts

#53 Riley Dodge Viper GTS-R (NDL) P www.racen.nl Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: 6TH (2011) 9 starts Ben Keating (USA) S Age: 43 Rookie Marc Miller (USA) B Age: 39 Rookie

#55 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Duncan Cameron (GBR) B Age: 43 Rookie Matthew Griffin (IRL) G Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: 27TH (2013) 3 starts Alex Mortimer (GBR) S Age: 30 Rookie #61 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Peter Ashley Mann (USA) B Age: 58 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start Raffaele Giammaria (ITA) G www.raffaelegiammaria.com Age: 37 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start Matteo Cressoni (ITA) S www.matteocressoni.com Age: 30 Rookie

#62 Scuderia Corse Ferrari F458 William Sweedler (USA) B Age: 48 Rookie Townsend Bell (USA) G www.townsendbell.com Age: 40 Rookie Jeffrey Segal (USA) S www.jeffreysegal.com Age: 30 Rookie

#66 JMW Ferrari F458 (Prince) Abdulaziz bin Turki Alfaisal (SAU) S Age: 32 Best Finish at LM: 27TH (2014) 4 starts Jakub “Kuba” Giermaziak (POL) G www.kubagiermaziak.com.pl Age: 24 Rookie Michael Avenatti (USA) B Age : 44 Rookie

#67 AAI Jun-San Chen (TWN) B Age: 52 Rookie Alex Kapadia (GBR) S Age: 35 Rookie Xavier Maassen (NLD) G www.xaviermaassen.nl Age: 34 Best Finish at LM: 16TH (2009) 3 starts #68 AAI Porsche 991 Han-Chen Chen (TWN) B Age: 32? Rookie Gilles Vannelet (FRA) B Age: 56 Rookie Mike Parisy (FRA) G www.mikeparisy.com Age: 30 Rookie

#72 SMP Ferrari F458 Victor Shaitar (RUS)S Age: 32 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start (ITA) P www.andreabertolini.it Age: 41 Best Finish at LM: 22ND (2012) 3 starts Aleksey Basov (RUS) B Age: 38 Best Finish at LM: DNF (2014) 1 start

#77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 991 Patrick Dempsey (USA) B www.patrickdempsey.com Age: 49 Best Finish at LM: 24TH (2014) 3 starts Patrick Long (USA) P www.patricklong.com Age: 33 Best Finish at LM: 10TH (2004) 11 starts Marco Seefried (DEU) S Age: 39 Rookie

#83 AF Corse Ferrari F458

Francois Perrodo (FRA) B www.perenco.com Age : 38 Best Finish at LM: 36TH (2013) 2 starts (FRA) P www.manucollard.com Age : 44 Best Finish at LM: 2ND (2005) 20 starts (the most in this year’s race) Rui Aguas (PRT) S Age: 43 Best Finish at LM: 31ST (2012) 3 starts #88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche 991 Christian Ried (DEU) B Age: 36 Best Finish at LM: 21ST (2014) 5 starts Khaled Al Qubaisi (ARE) B Age: 39 Best Finish at LM: 21ST (2014) 2 starts Klaus Bachler (AUT) G www.bavariasports.com Age: 23 Best Finish at LM: 21ST (2014) 1 start

#96 Aston Martin Vantage Roald Goethe (DEU) B Age: 55 Best Finish at LM: 30TH (2013) 2 starts Stuart Hall (GBR) G www.stuarthallracing.co.uk Age: 30 Best Finish at LM: 4TH (2007) 5 starts Francesco Castellacci (ITA) S www.francescocastellacci.com Age: 28 Rookie

#98 Aston Martin Vantage Paul Dalla Lana (CAN) B Age: 49 Best Finish at LM: 26TH (2014) 2 starts (PRT) P www.pedrolamy.com Age: 43 Best Finish at LM: 2ND (2007,2011) 15 starts 32 races in F1 for Lotus and Minardi

Mathias Lauda (AUT) S www.mlauda.com Age: 34 Rookie Son of former F1 World Champion Niki Lauda

TOTAL LM GTE Am Drivers (Platinum 5 Gold 10 Silver 11 Bronze 16) Rookies 18 Nationalities of the drivers

France (FRA) 31 GB (GBR) 29 USA 18 Germany (DEU) 16 Italy (ITA) 13 Switzerland (CHE) 8 Russia (RUS) 8 Denmark (DNK) 7 Portugal (PRT) 5 Austria (AUT) 4 Brazil (BRA) 3 New Zealand (NZL) 3 Australia (AUS) 2 Canada (CAN) 2 Spain (ESP) 2 (JPN) 2 Holland (NLD) 2 Taiwan (TWN) 2 Belgium (BEL) 1 Colombia (COL) 1 Finland (FIN) 1 India (IND) 1 Ireland (IRL) 1 Mexico (MEX) 1 Monaco (MCO) 1 Poland (POL) 1 Saudi Arabia (SAU) 1 Sweden (SWE) 1 UAE (ARE) 1 Total 168

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