LMGTE Am: Star Quality on the Grid and Chevrolet Corvette Returns to the WEC
Seven cars and four different manufacturers makes the battle for the GTE Am title an exciting prospect in 2015. American acting star Patrick Dempsey will join the grid racing a Porsche 911 RSR for Dempsey-Proton Racing, with a second Porsche 911 being run under the Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing banner with Christian Ried leading the no88 car.
2012 LMGTE Am Champions and 24 Hours of Le Mans class winners Larbre Competition return to the WEC in 2015 with the Corvette C7R. The very experienced Italian Gianluca Roda is named by the French team as the lead driver.
Last season’s WEC LMP2 Champion SMP Racing transfers to the GTE Am category with a single Ferrari 458 for 2014 ELMS Champion Victor Shaitar, while AF Corse will also enter a single Ferrari 458 with Francois Perrodo as the lead driver.
As well as the three LMGTE Pro cars, Aston Martin Racing will be running a further two Vantage V8s in the LMGTE Am class for Germany’s Roald Goethe (no96) and Canadian Paul Dalla Lana (no98).
| N° | LMGTE Am | NAT | T | CARS | DRIVER 1 |
| 50 | LARBRE COMPETITION | FRA | M | Chevrolet Corvette C7 | Gianluca Roda (ITA) |
| 72 | SMP RACING | RUS | M | Ferrari F458 Italia | Victor Shaitar (RUS) |
| 77 | DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING* | DEU | M | Porsche 911 RSR | Patrick Dempsey (USA) |
| 83 | AF CORSE | ITA | M | Ferrari F458 Italia | François Perrodo (FRA) |
| 88 | ABU DHABI-PROTON RACING* | DEU | M | Porsche 911 RSR | Christian Ried (DEU) |
| 96 | ASTON MARTIN RACING* | GBR | M | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | Roald Goethe (DEU) |
| 98 | ASTON MARTIN RACING* | GBR | M | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | Paul Dalla Lana (CAN) |
