2022 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 90th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 90e 24 Heures du Mans) will be an automobile endurance event that will take place on 11–12 June 2022[1][2] at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. It will be the 90th running of the 24 Hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest.
Young driver record[edit]
Josh Pierson, driving the United Autosports Oreca 07 Gibson, will be 16 years and 117 days old when he is scheduled to compete at Le Mans, beating the previous record set by Matt McMurry in 2014 should he indeed make the grid.[2]
Automatic entries[edit]
Teams that won their class in the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, or won championships in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS), and the Michelin Le Mans Cup (MLMC) earned automatic entry invitations. The second-place finishers in the 2021 ELMS in LMP2 and LMGTE championships each earned an automatic invitation. Two participants from the IMSA SportsCar Championship (WTSC) were chosen by the ACO to be automatic entries, regardless of their performance or category. As teams were granted invitations, they were allowed to change their cars from the previous year but not their category. The European and Asian LMP3 (Le Mans Prototype 3) champion was required to field an entry in LMP2. The Michelin Le Mans Cup Group GT3 (GT3) champion was limited to the LMGTE Am category.[3]
| Reason invited | LMP2 | LMGTE Am |
|---|---|---|
| 1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans |  Team WRT
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 AF Corse
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| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) | Iron Lynx
| |
| 2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) |  United Autosports
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 Spirit of Race
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| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3) |  DKR Engineering
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| IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entries |  TBA
|
TBA
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| 1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) | TBA
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TBA
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| 1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3) | TBA
|
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| 2nd in the Asian Le Mans Series (GT) | TBA
| |
| 3rd in the Asian Le Mans Series (GT) | TBA
| |
| 4th in the Asian Le Mans Series (GT) | TBA
| |
| 1st in the Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3) | Iron Lynx
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References[edit]
- ^ "Le Mans 2022 tickets, camping & travel for Le Mans 24 Hours". lemansrace.com. Travel Destinations. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ a b Watkins, Gary (17 August 2021). "American teen set to break youngest Le Mans driver record next year". Autosport. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b Lloyd, Daniel (25 October 2021). "Four Automatic Entries Confirmed at ELMS Finale". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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