2026 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 94e 24 Heures du Mans) will be an automobile endurance event, set to be held on 13–14 June 2026 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. It will be the 94th running of the 24-hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest.[1] Hyundai's luxury division Genesis will run two cars in the Hypercar class, becoming the first Korean team to compete at the 24-hour race.[2]
Entries
Automatic entries
In addition to all full-season WEC entries, automatic invites were given to all championship winners in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), LMP2 and LMGT3 in the Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) and Bronze Cup in GT World Challenge Europe's (GTWCE) combined Endurance and Sprint championship. Second-place finishers in LMP2 in the ELMS also earned an invite. Three IMSA teams were also granted invites, one in Hypercar at the discretion of IMSA, and one each for the Jim Trueman and Bob Akin awards, given to the highest placed Bronze-rated drivers in IMSA's LMP2 and GT3 classes.
| Reason invited | Hypercar | LMP2 | LMGT3 |
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| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGT3) |  VDS Panis Racing
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 TF Sport
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| 2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2) |  Inter Europol Competition
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| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 Pro-Am) |  AO by TF
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| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3) | .svg.png){kind=small} CLX Motorsport
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| IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entries |  Porsche Penske Motorsport
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P. J. Hyett
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.svg.png){kind=small} Orey Fidani
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| 1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) | CrowdStrike Racing by APR
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Kessel Racing
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| 1st in the GT World Challenge Europe (Bronze Cup) | Kessel Racing
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| Source:[3][4][5] | |||
References
- ^ Goodwin, Graham; Little, Martin; O'Connell, RJ; Kilbey, Stephen (13 June 2025). "2026 FIA WEC Calendar Revealed". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Chemello, Lalita; Watkins, Gary (17 April 2025). "Revealed: Genesis' LMDh Hypercar set to take on Le Mans, WEC in 2026". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "CLX Motorsport décroche son invitation pour les 24H du Mans 2026". Endurance-Info (in French). 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Orey Fidani et 13 Motorsports aux 24 Heures du Mans 2026". Endurance-Info (in French). 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ Wane, Ewan (13 October 2025). "2026 Le Mans Invitations Handed To IMSA Award Winners". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 13 October 2025.