Numerous well-known figures from the Formula 1 community are on the star-studded entry list for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In an attempt to traverse the furthest mileage in a 24-hour period, 186 drivers will queue on the Circuit de la Sarthe in northwest France between June 14 and 15.
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Part of the ‘Triple Crown’, which also includes the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix, the yearly spectacle is a major event on the motorsport calendar.
A sizeable group of drivers to have previously been involved in F1 will be out on track, each with ambitions to emulate two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, who triumphed in 2019.
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Jenson Button is one of the most high-profile figures in action and will make his fourth appearance at the 24-hour race with Cadillac, joined by fellow Brit Jack Aitken, whose sole appearance in F1 came with Williams back in 2020 at the Sakhir GP.
He will be joined by former Haas racer Mick Schumacher, who had spent the previous two F1 campaigns as reserve at Mercedes before stepping down from that role at the end of last season.
The German racer – son of F1 legend Michael – opted to turn his attention towards the World Endurance Championship with Alpine for 2025 and will be hoping to improve on last year’s disappointing debut in which the team failed to finish.
Kevin Magnussen – axed by Haas ahead of the 2025 F1 season – will be racing for BMW, while Nyck de Vries – whose rookie year at AlphaTauri was brutally cut short – will be in the #7 seat for Toyota alongside Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway. Former F1 star Sebastian Buemi will also represent Toyota alongside Brendon Hartley and Haas F1 reserve Ryo Hirakawa.
Former Le Mans winner Antonio Giovinazzi – who made over 60 starts in F1 between 2017 and 2021 – will also be racing, as will Paul Di Resta, Sebastian Bourdais and Stoffel Vandoorne.
The list is completed by Jean-Eric Vergne, Will Stevens, Felipe Nasr, Pascal Wehrlein, Andre Lotterer, and Pietro Fittipaldi.
