This article is based on team announcements and does not constitute an official entry list. That will be released after the deadline of May 10, 2018 has passed (read Focus on the 24 Hours of Le Mans regulations: Driver nomination).

The LMGTE Pro class - in which most if not all drivers are factory drivers - is typically one of the first to confirm its line-ups, and this year is no exception. Only the Corvette Racing team has yet to reveal both its third drivers.

A few new points of interest in the class: BMW's big return, with two M8 GTEs fielded by the MTEK team, and the new Aston Martin Vantage, the class winner last year. Also, three outfits have opted to increased their chances of winning by entering more than two cars: three for Ferrari and four for Ford and Porsche (driven by no less than four former overall winners: Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy).

 

51   AF Corse                                                  Ferrari 488 GTE EVO                       Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Daniel Serra

52   AF Corse                                                  Ferrari 488 GTE EVO                       Toni Vilander, Antonio Giovinazzi, Luis Felipe "Pipo" Derani

63   Corvette Racing - GM                            Chevrolet Corvette C7.R                Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia

64   Corvette Racing - GM                            Chevrolet Corvette C7.R                 Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner

66   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK    Ford GT                                             Stefan Mücke, Olivier Pla, Billy Johnson

67   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK    Ford GT                                             Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell, Tony Kanaan

68   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team USA  Ford GT                                            Joey Hand, Dirk Müller, Sébastien Bourdais

69   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team USA  Ford GT                                            Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook, Scott Dixon

71   AF Corse                                                   Ferrari 488 GTE EVO                      Davide Rigon, Sam Bird, Miguel Molina

81   BMW Team MTEK                                   BMW M8 GTE                                   Martin Tomczyk, Nicky Catsburg, Philipp Eng

82   BMW Team MTEK                                   BMW M8 GTE                                   Augusto Farfus, António Félix da Costa, Alexander Sims

91   Porsche GT Team                                   Porsche 911 RSR                            Richard Lietz, Gianmaria Bruni, Frédéric Makowiecki

92   Porsche GT Team                                   Porsche 911 RSR                            Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor

93   Porsche GT Team                                   Porsche 911 RSR                            Patrick Pilet, Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy

94   Porsche GT Team                                   Porsche 911 RSR                            Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard, Sven Müller

95 Aston Martin Racing                                Aston Martin Vantage AMR           Marco Sørensen, Nicki Thiim, Darren Turner

97 Aston Martin Racing                                Aston Martin Vantage AMR           Alex Lynn, Maxime Martin, Jonny Adam

 

PHOTO (Copyright - ACO/Nikon): Ford, Porsche, Corvette and Ferrari will once again battle it out at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Pro class.