Le Mans 2017 team by team guide

A slimmed-down LMP1 entry might give the indication of a weaker top-brass in the World Endurance Championship this season, but that will be reduced to a minor insignificance if Porsche and Toyota go wheel-to-wheel for the 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Toyota's quest for redemption after last-gasp heartbreak in the 2016 edition of the French class is the main storyline at the Circuit de la Sarthe this week, but with a packed grid including a monster LMP2 contingent and top-class GTE factory entries there is a lot to watch out for through the field.

Here is a full run-through of the runners and riders at Le Mans this year.

LMP1

PORSCHE
Porsche 919 Hybrid
#1 Neel Jani/Nick Tandy/Andre Lotterer
#2 Earl Bamber/Timo Bernhard/Brendon Hartley

It's all change at Porsche after Mark Webber's retirement and the decision to drop Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb. Tandy and Bamber have been promoted to the full-season line-up.

Bamber steps into Webber's shoes alongside Bernhard and Hartley, while 2016 Le Mans winner Jani is joined by Audi refugee Lotterer and Tandy. There's no third car again because the cost-cutting move of late 2015 still stands.

Autosport says: Porsche has work to do on the evidence of the official pre-race test.

TOYOTA
Toyota TS050 HYBRID
#7 Mike Conway/Kamui Kobayashi/Stephane Sarrazin
#8 Anthony Davidson/Sebastien Buemi/Kazuki Nakajima
#9 Jose Maria Lopez/Yuji Kunimoto/Nicolas Lapierre

Toyota returns to Le Mans with three cars after its 2016 near-miss. Buemi, Davidson and Nakajima, last year's moral winners, make a third start together. Kobayashi, Conway and Sarrazin join up for a second time, but only because the Frenchman has replaced Lopez in the #7 car.

The Argentinian has been relegated to the third entry with Kunimoto and Toyota returnee Lapierre courtesy of a lack of track time resulting from injuries sustained in a huge crash at the Silverstone opener, which subsequently ruled him out of racing at Spa.

Autosport says: Toyota installed itself as pre-race favourite with an impressive performance at the test.

BYKOLLES
ENSO CLM-NISMO P1/01
#4 Oliver Webb/Marco Bonanomi/Dominik Kraihamer

The team run by ex-HRT Formula 1 boss Colin Kolles takes it own CLM chassis, now with the Japanese-inspired ENSO prefix, back to Le Mans for a third time.

The car's AER engine has been replaced by the twin-turbo V6 that powered Nissan's disastrous front-engined LMP1 of 2015. Webb stays on for a second season, while Kraihamer moves over from Rebellion Racing. Former Audi factory driver Bonanomi was a last-minute addition.

Autosport says: It's all about getting a clean finish for ByKolles.

LMP2

VAILLANTE REBELLION
ORECA-Gibson 07
#13 Nelson Piquet Jr/Mathias Beche/David Heinemeier Hansson
#31 Nicolas Prost/Bruno Senna/Julien Canal

A team with three top-six results at Le Mans as an LMP1 privateer has stepped down to P2 for 2017 in search of real competition in both the WEC and the North American IMSA enduros.

It fields a pair of ORECAs for a line-up of team regulars, Prost, Piquet and Beche, and newcomers in Senna, Canal and Heinemeier Hansson.

Autosport says: With a couple of podiums in the WEC already this year, Rebellion must have a shot at another class victory.

IDEC SPORT RACING
Ligier-Gibson JSP217
#17 Patrice Lafargue/Paul Lafargue/David Zollinger

The motorsport arm of a French team that also competes in the sailing world was established for an European Le Mans Series campaign last season and makes its Le Mans debut in 2017.

Team boss Patrice Lafargue, who raced in the 24 Hours back in 2011, drives with son Paul in a crew led by sportscar regular Zollinger, a French Formula Ford champion in '05.

Autosport says: Lafargue is fulfilling an ambition to race at Le Mans with his son, not bidding for glory.

DRAGONSPEED-10 STAR
ORECA-Gibson 07
#21 Ben Hanley/Felix Rosenqvist/Henrik Hedman

The US team run by one-time British Formula 3 race winner Elton Julian switched operations to Europe in 2015 to race in the Blancpain Endurance Series and then moved to the ELMS last year.

Now, it gets its chance to race at Le Mans for the first time. Ex-Renault F1 development driver Hanley and recent Formula E race-winner Rosenqvist share with amateur Hedman.

Autosport says: An ELMS winner with two strong drivers, DragonSpeed should be a contender.

G-DRIVE RACING
ORECA-Gibson 07
#22 Memo Rojas/Ryo Hirakawa/Jose Gutierrez
#26 Alex Lynn/Roman Rusinov/Pierre Thiriet

A stalwart of the WEC, G-Drive is now partnered with TDS and is also represented by a second ORECA fielded by the US DragonSpeed squad. Ex-Williams F1 tester Lynn has been brought in to lead the WEC squad, while Thiriet is an ELMS race winner with TDS.

Toyota driver Hirakawa and three-time Daytona 24 Hours winner Rojas lead the DragonSpeed part of the line-up.

Autosport says: Strong early-season form for both G-Drive arms makes it one of the pre-event favourites.

PANIS BARTHEZ COMPETITION
Ligier-Gibson JSP217
#23 Nathanael Berthon/Timothe Buret/Fabien Barthez

The operation put together by grand prix winner Olivier Panis and ex-Manchester United goalkeeper Barthez is making its second Le Mans appearance around a full ELMS campaign in conjunction with the Tech 1 squad best known for its single-seater exploits.

Barthez, who has a French GT title to his name since taking up racing, is joined by former GP2 racer Berthon and another single-seater convert in Buret.

Autosport says: Decent line-up but much will depend on how its Michelin tyres stack up against the Dunlops.

CEFC MANOR TRS RACING
ORECA-Gibson 07
#24 Jean-Eric Vergne/Jonathan Hirschi/Tor Graves
#25 Vitaly Petrov/Simon Trummer/Roberto Gonzalez

The sportscar team set up by former Manor F1 bosses John Booth and Graeme Lowdon is in its second WEC season, now under a new moniker thanks to Chinese backing, and fields two cars at Le Mans for the first time.

Ex-F1 drivers Vergne and Petrov lead line-ups that include former ByKolles LMP1 privateer driver Trummer and sometime Champ Car driver Gonzalez, brother of 2013 WEC P2 champion Ricardo.

Autosport says: Manor probably doesn't have the drivers to mount a race-long challenge.

SMP RACING
Dallara-Gibson P217
#27 Mikhail Aleshin/Sergey Sirotkin/Viktor Shaitar

Russian entrant SMP has joined with the Danish High Class Racing squad to make what for the moment is a one-off return to the prototype ranks ahead of its entry into the LMP1 privateer arena next season.

Renault F1 tester Sirotkin makes his sportscar debut alongside IndyCar driver Aleshin and Shaytar, who was part of SMP's podium finish last year with its own BR Engineering-built chassis.

Autosport says: Strong driver crew and the form of High Class in the ELMS suggests SMP could surprise the P2 regulars.

TDS RACING
ORECA-Gibson 07
#28 Emmanuel Collard/Matthieu Vaxiviere/Francois Perrodo

The French team, twice a runner-up in LMP2 at Le Mans, has moved full time into the WEC for this year and fields its own car alongside its G-Drive entry for two of last year's WEC GTE Am champions in Collard and Perrodo.

They are rejoined by Formula Renault 3.5 race winner Vaxiviere to create one of the stronger line-ups with a real silver-rated driver.

Autosport says: Might be a big ask for TDS to match its second places from 2012 and '14.

RACING TEAM NEDERLAND
Dallara-Gibson P217
#29 Rubens Barrichello/Jan Lammers/Frits van Eerd

Dutch supermarket mogul van Eerd, a sponsor of Max Verstappen, is fulfilling a long held ambition to race at Le Mans.

He and ELMS driving partner Lammers have put together a team with Davy Lemmens, who was technical boss of the Racing for Holland Dome squad in the early 2000s. Ex-F1 driver Barrichello is also ticking a box with his first appearance at Le Mans.

Autosport says: Lammers' Le Mans experience will be a big plus for a team that hasn't starred in the ELMS.

UNITED AUTOSPORTS
Ligier-Gibson JSP217
#32 Filipe Albuquerque/Will Owen/Hugo de Sadeleer

The Anglo-American United squad, co-owned by McLaren boss Zak Brown, enters Le Mans for the first time after gaining an entry for winning the ELMS LMP3 title last year.

Former Audi LMP1 driver Albuquerque has been brought in to share with a pair of inexperienced single-seater converts in Formula Renault Eurocup race winner de Sadeleer and Pro Mazda graduate Owen.

Autosport says: Victory in the Silverstone ELMS opener suggests United should be at the forefront of Ligier's challenge.

EURASIA MOTORSPORT
Ligier-Gibson JSP217
#33 Jacques Nicolet/Pierre Nicolet/Erik Maris

This stalwart of the Asian motorsport scene run by expat Brit Mark Goddard, a Formula 3 racer in the 1980s, is back at Le Mans for a second attempt, this time with a Ligier rather than an ORECA.

After its initial plans fell out of bed, it has linked up with Jacques Nicolet, boss of Ligier constructor Onroak Automotive and the OAK Racing team. The 61-year-old shares with son Pierre and another veteran in Maris.

Autosport says: These guys are here for the hell of it.

TOCKWITH MOTOTRSPORTS

Ligier-Gibson JSP217
#34 Nigel Moore/Karun Chandhok/Phil Hanson

A British family team with a strong record in national-level racing at home has made the step up to the international ranks in the ELMS with Moore and Hanson via a winning LMP3 campaign in last winter's Asian Le Mans Series.

The Moores have done all the right things by bringing in Chandhok, a veteran of four Le Mans, and stalwart engineer Dave Benbow, who was in the headphones for Jaguar's 1990 victory, to bolster Tockwith's experience.

Autosport says: A clean finish for the Gulf-sponsored Ligier would be a good result for this rookie team.

SIGNATECH ALPINE MATMUT
Alpine-Gibson A470
#35 Nelson Panciatici/Andre Negrao/Pierre Ragues
#36 Romain Dumas/Gustavo Menezes/Matt Rao

The French team that triumphed in LMP2 at both Le Mans and in the WEC last year is back with a pair of Alpine-badged ORECAs.

Lapierre's late recall to Toyota means two-time overall race winner Dumas comes in to share with Menezes, formerly Signatech's secret weapon as a silver driver, and Briton Rao. Former GP2 driver Negrao and Le Mans stalwart Ragues join Panciatici in the second car.

Autosport says: Signatech's pace at the test suggests it will be a force again.

JACKIE CHAN DC RACING
ORECA-Gibson 07
#37 Tristan Gommendy/Alex Brundle/David Cheng
#38 Ho-Pin Tung/Oliver Jarvis/Thomas Laurent

The British Jota squad, LMP2 victor at Le Mans in 2014 and a three-time WEC winner as G-Drive last year, enters a pair of ORECAs under the name of Hollywood action hero Chan after its Russian partner took its roubles elsewhere.

DC team boss Cheng has moved from Signatech with regular partner Tung. A strong roster of drivers includes ex-Audi LMP1 driver Jarvis and Jota regular Brundle.

Autosport says: The lead car with the talented Laurent as its silver has already proved it is a contender.

GRAFF
ORECA-Gibson 07
#39 Eric Trouillet/Enzo Guibbert/James Winslow
#40 Richard Bradley/James Allen/Franck Matelli

The team that ran French talents such as Loic Duval and Emmanuel Collard in single-seaters is back at Le Mans 24 years after its previous official start (though it did run a Chrysler Viper for ORECA in 1999).

No longer owned by founder Jean-Philippe Grand, Graff is stepping up from LMP3 with a pair of ORECAs also fielded in the ELMS. Proven Le Mans LMP2 winner Bradley leads one line-up, while Winslow comes into the car that finished fourth at Monza.

Autosport says: ELMS form makes Graff a dark horse on its Le Mans return.

KEATING MOTORSPORTS
Riley-Gibson Mk30
#43 Jeroen Bleekemolen/Ricky Taylor/Ben Keating

American sportscar stalwart Keating, back for his third consecutive Le Mans, has put together his own team for this race to run the only Riley Mk30 chassis in the field - and the only one in Europe right now.

Long-time driving partner Bleekemolen, whose family team is providing logistical support for Le Mans, is again on the books, along with 2017 Daytona and Sebring winner Taylor.

Autosport says: Difficult to judge the prospects of a Riley on Michelins, despite the quality of the driver line-up.

ALGARVE PRO RACING
Ligier-Gibson JSP217
#45 Vincent Capillaire/Matt McMurry/Mark Patterson

The British-run, Portuguese-based Algarve team returns to Le Mans a year after fielding Olympian Sir Chris Hoy under the eye of the TV cameras. This year's assault is much lower key and includes a teenager and a 60-something.

McMurry, 19, is back three years after becoming the youngest driver to race in the 24 Hours, while Patterson is making his fifth start beyond his 60th birthday. Frenchman Capillaire is the third driver.

Autosport says: Algarve is unlikely to trouble the frontrunners.

CETILAR VILLORBA CORSE
Dallara-Gibson P217
#47 Andrea Belicchi/Roberto Lacorte/Giorgio Sernagiotto

Villorba Corse is another team to have done a bit of everything and has class titles in the Blancpain Endurance Series and GT Open to its name.

It makes its Le Mans debut this year after racing in the ELMS LMP3 class for the past two seasons and the ACO GT3 Le Mans Cup in 2016. Belicchi, once a key part of Rebellion's LMP1 line-up, joins Italian amateurs Lacorte and Sernagiotto.

Autosport says: Two top sixes in the ELMS bodes well for this experienced team.

ARC BRATISLAVA
Ligier-Gibson JSP217
#49 Konstantins Calko/Rik Breukers/Miro Konopka

This well-travelled Slovakian sportscar team has raced in everything from FIA GTs to VdeV enduros over the past 20 years. Konopka's team is making its Le Mans debut in conjunction with the British Lanan Racing squad after an LMP3 campaign in the Asian LMS, which included one class win.

Lamborghini development driver Breukers and Calko, who is set to become the first Latvian to race at Le Mans, complete the line-up.

Autosport says: Le Mans is a big step up for everyone involved in this project.

GTE PRO

AF CORSE
Ferrari 488 GTE
#51 Alessandro Pier Guidi/James Calado/Michele Rugolo
#71 Davide Rigon/Sam Bird/Miguel Molina

Ferrari's factory WEC squad has a revised line-up across its two cars. AF's long-time talisman Gianmaria Bruni has been poached by Porsche (and is on gardening leave right now) and his full-season seat alongside Calado in #51 taken by Pier Guidi.

With third driver di Grassi withdrawn thanks to injury ahead of the start of practice, Ferrari stalwart Michele Rugolo will be a solid replacement. DTM refugee Molina fills that role in #71 with WEC regulars Bird and Rigon.

Autosport says: A strong Spa bodes well for a team looking to make amends for a disastrous Le Mans in 2016.

CORVETTE RACING
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
#63 Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor
#64 Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Marcel Fassler

The Pratt & Miller-run Chevrolet squad has tweaked its line-up for 2017. Ricky Taylor is no longer part of the squad and brother Jordan switches cars.

He moves over to share with Magnussen and Garcia, while Audi driver and three-time Le Mans winner Fassler joins Gavin and Milner after racing with them at the Daytona and Sebring enduros for the past two years.

Autosport says: If the Balance of Performance does its job, don't doubt that Corvette Racing will be in the frame.

FORD CHIP GANASSI RACING
Ford GT
#66 Olivier Pla/Stefan Mucke/Billy Johnson
#67 Andy Priaulx/Harry Tincknell/Pipo Derani
#68 Joey Hand/Tony Kanaan/Dirk Muller
#69 Ryan Briscoe/Scott Dixon/Richard Westbrook

The WEC and IMSA Ganassi squads again converge on Le Mans to defend Ford's GTE Pro class win. The line-ups remain largely unchanged. Brazilian Pipo Derani, outright winner of the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours in 2016, joins Priaulx and Tincknell in the #67 WEC car.

Kanaan, an Indianapolis 500 winner, comes in to replace the injured Sebastien Bourdais, who partnered Muller and Hand to victory last year.

Autosport says: Don't read too much into Ford's pace at the test - it will be in the hunt.

RISI COMPETIZIONE
Ferrari 488 GTE
#82 Toni Vilander/Giancarlo Fisichella/Pierre Kaffer

This US sportscar stalwart ended a six-year absence from Le Mans last year and came close to a fourth class victory.

Ex-F1 driver Fisichella and 2014 WEC GTE title winner Vilander, the Risi regulars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in North America, are this year joined by Kaffer in place of Matteo Malucelli. The German is making a return to the team with which he scored a GT2 victory at Le Mans back in 2009.

Autosport says: Risi proved last year that it can compete with the full factory teams.

PORSCHE GT TEAM
Porsche 911 RSR
#91 Richard Lietz/Frederic Makowiecki/Patrick Pilet
#92 Michael Christensen/Dirk Werner/Kevin Estre

Porsche is back full time in the WEC's GTE Pro this year after taking a sabbatical to develop a mid-engined version of the 911. The promotion of Tandy and Bamber to the LMP1 squad means a new look to the driving roster in comparison with last year's one-off Le Mans appearance with the old car.

Lietz, Porsche's 2015 WEC GT title winner, is back in a full works car alongside Makowiecki and Pilet. Werner, recruited from BMW last winter, shares with Estre and Christensen.

Autosport says: Pace at the official test suggests Porsche will be in the mix.

ASTON MARTIN RACING
Aston Martin Vantage GTE
#95 Nicki Thiim/Marco Sorensen/Richie Stanaway
#97 Darren Turner/Jonny Adam/Daniel Serra

The big news at Aston Martin this year is that the Prodrive-run AMR squad's WEC GTE Pro assault is now fully funded by the British manufacturer.

Reigning champions Thiim and Sorensen are now teamed with Stanaway, who did the majority of last season in the other car. Brits Turner and Adam, the full-season drivers in #97, race with Serra, son of ex-F1 driver Chico and a test driver with Dunlop.

Autosport says: Expect Aston to be more competitive than in the opening WEC rounds.

GTE AM

LARBRE COMPETITION
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
#50 Fernando Rees/Romain Brandela/Christian Philippon

The ultra-successful French Larbre team, which has an impressive total of five class wins at Le Mans to its name, is back at the 24 Hours despite dropping out of the WEC for this season.

Brazilian Rees returns to the team that he used as a springboard to a factory Aston Martin drive in 2014-16 and is joined by French sportscar regular Brandela and Le Mans rookie Phillipon.

Autosport says: Don't expect much from the Larbre Corvette once Rees climbs out.

SPIRIT OF RACE
Ferrari 488 GTE
#54 Olivier Beretta/Francesco Castellacci/Thomas Flohr
#55 Marco Cioci/Aaron Scott/Duncan Cameron

AF Corse fields a pair of GTE Am entries under its Spirit of Race banner, one from the WEC and the other from the ELMS.

Le Mans returnee Beretta, a six-time class winner, fills the place of Molina (who has moved up to the #71 factory AF car) alongside Castellacci and Flohr in the WEC entry. ELMS regulars Cameron and Scott are joined by Ferrari stalwart Cioci in place of the otherwise-engaged Matt Griffin.

Autosport says: A repeat of AF's second in class last year looks like a big ask.

CLEARWATER RACING
Ferrari 488 GTE
#60 Alvaro Parente/Hiroki Katoh/Richard Wee
#61 Matt Griffin/Keita Sawa/Mok Weng Sun

The Clearwater team from Singapore has stepped up to a full-season WEC campaign after a debut at the 24 Hours last year and also fields a second Le Mans-only car.

Team owner Mok, two-time Macau GT Cup winner Sawa and Griffin drive the WEC entry, while McLaren GT star Parente and former Panoz driver Katoh - who's back at Le Mans after nine years away - lead the second car.

Autosport says: Last-gasp Silverstone win points to Clearwater being in the mix.

SCUDERIA CORSA
Ferrari 488 GTE
#62 Townsend Bell/Bill Sweedler/Cooper MacNeil
#65 Alessandro Balzan/Christina Nielsen/Bret Curtis

This US team defends its GTE Am Le Mans crown with a pair of Ferrari 488s after securing two guaranteed spots for this year's race, one for winning the class last year with a 458 and one awarded by IMSA.

Ten-time Indy 500 starter Bell and regular driving partner Sweedler return to defend their crown, this time with two-time ALMS class champion MacNeil. The team's 2016 IMSA GTD title winners, Balzan and Nielsen, line up in the second car.

Autosport says: Scuderia Corsa should be near the sharp end with both cars.

DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING
Porsche 911 RSR
#77 Matteo Cairoli/Marvin Dienst/Christian Ried

The entry that bears allegiance to Grey's Anatomy and Bridget Jones's Baby star Patrick Dempsey is back in GTE Am this year after a year in the Pro ranks.

Two Porsche junior drivers in Cairoli (a former Supercup frontrunner) and Dienst (who moved into GTs last year after winning the German Formula 4 title) are teamed up with dependable Proton boss Ried in this full-season WEC entry.

Autosport says: Two podiums in two starts in the WEC this year prove the credentials of this trio.

DH RACING
Ferrari 488 GTE
#83 Andrea Bertolini/Nic Jonsson/Tracy Krohn

This Hong Kong entrant makes its Le Mans debut after gaining an automatic entry for winning the GT title in last winter's Asian LMS.

Krohn and Jonsson are back for a record 12th straight Le Mans in the same car (Tommy Erdos and Mike Newton are second on nine consecutive participations together). Factory driver Bertolini joins them in a team that is fully run by AF Corse at Le Mans.

Autosport says: The days when Krohn and Jonsson made it to the podium are probably in the past.

JMW MOTORSPORT
Ferrari 488 GTE
#84 Will Stevens/Dries Vanthoor/Rob Smith

British sportscar stalwart JMW is back after a year away for its eighth campaign at Le Mans with one of the strongest line-ups in class.

Ex-F1 driver Stevens, a two-time LMP2 winner in the WEC last year, and the younger of the Vanthoor brothers, one of his team-mates at WRT Audi in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, join JMW regular Smith.

Autosport says: JMW has its best chance in years to improve on its fourth in GT2 on debut back in 2009.

GULF RACING
Porsche 911 RSR
#86 Ben Barker/Nick Foster/Michael Wainwright

The British Gulf team that takes its name from the oil company in whose famous blue-and-orange colours it races is competing at Le Mans for a second time as part of a full WEC campaign.

Barker, now promoted to gold status, steps up to lead the line-up after an impressive 2016, while '15 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion Nick Foster comes in as the silver-rated driver alongside team owner Wainwright.

Autosport says: A repeat of last year's fifth place would be a decent result.

PROTON COMPETITION
Porsche 911 RSR
#88 Klaus Bachler/Stephane Lemeret/Khaled Al Qubaisi
#93 Patrick Long/Abdulaziz Al Faisal/Mike Hedlund

Le Mans stalwart Proton Competition, a class winner in 2010, fields two rear-engined 911 RSRs in addition to its full-season WEC entry under the Proton-Dempsey banner.

Factory driver Long, who's been on the GTE Am podium for the past two years, stays on board for a fifth Le Mans assault with the team. Porsche regular Bachler and racing journo Lemeret anchor the other line-up.

Autosport says: Experienced team with two decent driver squads must have a strong shot.

TF SPORT
Aston Martin Vantage
#90 Rob Bell/Euan Hankey/Salih Yoluc

Former touring car driver Tom Ferrier's team is establishing a strong reputation with Aston's GT machinery and makes its first Le Mans entry thanks to its runner-up spot last year in the GT3 series run by the ACO and its participation in this year's ELMS.

McLaren factory driver Bell is moonlighting alongside TF regulars Hankey and Yoluc for the 24 Hours in place of the factory-contracted Thiim.

Autosport says: A win and a podium in the first two ELMS races proves TF can cut it at this level.

ASTON MARTIN RACING
Aston Martin Vantage
#98 Pedro Lamy/Mathias Lauda/Paul Dalla Lana

Lamy, Lauda, son of three-time F1 champion Niki, and Dalla Lana are the stand-out GTE Am line-up in the WEC with nine wins in two and a bit seasons.

They return to Le Mans for a third time together in search of an elusive first 24 Hours victory that was snatched away in 2015 when Dalla Lana crashed with 45 minutes to go.

Autosport says: A second and a win so far this season suggests Lamy and co will be a force.

BEECHDEAN AMR
Aston Martin Vantage
#99 Ross Gunn/Oliver Bryant/Andrew Howard

Prodrive-run AMR fields a second GTE Am Vantage under the Beechdean banner of Howard, winner of the ELMS GTE title last year and two British GT crowns.

Aston factory driver Gunn, a graduate of the marque's academy scheme, has moved up to the GTE ranks for 2017 and is making his Le Mans debut, while historic and GT specialist Bryant joins the team for his second start in the 24 Hours in place of factory driver Turner.

Autosport says: This year's line-up should give Howard a better shot than last year.

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