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The top 10 prototype drivers of 2014

Porsche's arrival to take on Audi and Toyota in the WEC raised the quality of the prototype-driver field even higher in 2014. GARY WATKINS ranks his stars of the season

When it comes to picking the world's top prototype drivers there's no need to look beyond the World Endurance Championship.

There can be no apologies for the fact that this list is made up entirely of LMP1 factory drivers racing in the WEC — if it wasn't, there would surely be something wrong.

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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.