The field for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hour was unveiled in Paris today for the 82nd running of the classic French endurance race.

31 full season cars from the FIA WEC will grow to 56 for the June 14-15 race including the revolutionary NissanZEOD RC which occupies “Garage 56” for new and innovative technology.

Today’s press conference also unveiled a new logo for the 24 Hours of Le Mans (pictured right)

Porsche’s return as a factory prototype team will be a highlight as the winningest manufacturer in the race’s history (16 victories) aims to take on their German counterparts Audi who have been the dominant force in this millennium with 12 wins.

American fans will watch the GTE-Pro class with interest as two cars teams from SRT and Corvette take on factory entries from Porsche and Aston Martin plus a trio of Ferraris.

For SRT, they have found a handy replacement for IndyCar star Ryan Hunter-Reay who can’t contest Le Mans due to a scheduling conflict. Jeroen Bleekemolen will fill his slot – transferring across from the SRT GT-Daytona class TUDOR championship entry.

The entry list also includes Patrick Dempsey who returns in partnership with Proton aboard a Porsche.

Two other American racers are on the reserve list – Chris Dyson in a Caterham Racing entry and the Risi Competizione-run entry for Tracy Krohn.

LM P1-H (7 Entries)

1 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Lucas di Grassi*
2 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Marcel Fassler*
3 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Filipe Albuquerque
7 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS040 Hybrid – Alexander Wurz*
8 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS040 Hybrid – Anthony Davidson*
14 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid – Romain Dumas*
20 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid – Timo Bernhard*

LM P1-L (3 Entries)
9 – Lotus – Lotus T129 AER – Christijan Albers*
12 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One Toyota – Nicolas Prost*
13 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One Toyota – Mathias Beche*

LM P2 (17 Entries)
21 – Strakka Racing – Dome Strakka S103 Nissan – Nick Leventis*
22 – Millennium Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Fabien Giroix*
23 – Millennium Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Stefan Johansson*
24 – Sebastien Loeb Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Rene Rast
26 – G-Drive Racing – Morgan Nissan – Roman Rusinov*
27 – SMP Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Kirill Ladygin*
33 – OAK Racing Team Asia – Ligier JS P2 HPD – David Cheng
34 – Race Performance – Oreca 03 Judd – Michel Frey
35 – OAK Racing – Morgan Nissan – Alex Brundle
36 – Signatech Alpine – Alpine A450 Nissan – Paul-Loup Chatin
37 – SMP Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Sergey Zlobin*
38 – Jota Sport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Simon Dolan
41 – Greaves Motorsport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Tom Kimber-Smith
43 – Newblood by Morand Racing – Morgan Judd – Christian Klien
46 – Thiriet by TDS Racing – Ligier JS P2 Nissan – Pierre Thiriet
47 – KCMG – Oreca 03 Nissan – Matthew Howson*
48 – Murphy Prototypes – Oreca 03 Nissan – Greg Murphy

GTE PRO (12 Entries)
51 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Gianmaria Bruni*
52 – Ram Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Matt Griffin*
71 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Davide Rigon*
73 – Corvette Racing – Chevrolet Corvette C7.R – Jan Magnussen
74 – Corvette Racing – Chevrolet Corvette C7.R – Oliver Gavin
89 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Bruno Senna
91 – Porsche Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR – Patrick Pilet*
92 – Porsche Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR – Marco Holzer*
93 – SRT Motorsports – SRT Viper GTS-R – Rob Bell
94 – SRT Motorsports – SRT Viper GTS-R – Jeroen Bleekemolen
97 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Darren Turner*
99 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Stefan Mucke*

GTE AM (16 Entries)
53 – Ram Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Johnny Mowlem*
58 – Team Sofrev ASP – Ferrari F458 Italia – Fabien Barthez
60 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Peter Ashley Mann
61 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Luis Perez Companc*
62 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Yannick Mallegol
67 – Imsa Performance Matmut – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Erik Maris
72 – SMP Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Andrea Bertolini
75 – Prospeed Competition – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Francois Perrodo*
77 – Dempsey Racing-Porton – Porsche 911 RSR – Patrick Dempsey
81 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Stephen Wyatt*
87 – Craft Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Frank Yu
88 – Proton Competition – Porsche 911 RSR – Christian Ried*
90 – 8Star Motorsports – Ferrari F458 Italia – Vicente Potolicchio*
95 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Kristian Poulsen*
96 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Richie Stanaway
98 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Paul Dalla Lana*

GARAGE 56
0 – Nissan Motorsports Global – Nissan ZEOD RC – Lucas Ordonez

*Denotes full-season FIA World Endurance Championship entrant.

RESERVES

LMP (5 Reserves)
50 – Larbre Competition – Morgan Judd – Jacques Nicolet
30 – Signatech Alpine – Alpine A450 Nissan – Nelson Panciatici
42 – Caterham Racing – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Chris Dyson
40 – Boutsen Ginion Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Vincent Capillaire
29 – Pegasus Racing – Morgan Nissan – Julien Schell

GTE (5 Reserves)
66 – JMW Motorsport – Ferrari F458 Italia – George Richardson
70 – Team Taisan – Ferrari F458 Italia – Matteo Malucelli
76 – Imsa Performance Matmut – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Raymond Narac
79 – Prospeed Competition – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Xavier Maassen
57 – Risi Competizione – Ferrari F458 Italia – Tracy Krohn