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Le Mans 2015 runners and riders

Defending winner Audi has started the WEC season strongly but Porsche is right on its tail and all four classes are wide open. GARY WATKINS gives his verdict on the 2015 Le Mans field

Gary Watkins Jun 9, 2015, 11:16 PM

Porsche has stepped up its assault and Nissan has joined the the big guns in LMP1, yet the intrigue ahead of the 83rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours stretches all the way down the entry list.

Picking a winner in LMP2 and GTE Pro is probably even harder than making predictions about the battle at the sharp end: the four GTE manufacturers should all be in the hunt in Pro; and at least 10 of the 19 P2 cars head into the big race this weekend with their eyes on a class victory.

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Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.