Bumper Le Mans Series entry revealed.

The full season entry list for the 2008 Le Mans Series has been revealed, with 50 cars set to take part in the five-event calendar during the season ahead.

Some 16 LMP1 cars are named on the entry list, with 15 in LMP2, 14 in GT2 but only 5 in GT1 for the 2008 campaign, which will feature 1000km races at Catalunya, Monza, Spa, Nurburgring and Silverstone.

The headline news had already been revealed as far as the entry list is concerned, with Audi electing to bring its Le Mans winner R10 TDi to race in the LMS for the first time. ALMS champions Allan McNish and 'Dindo' Capello will share one car, with the sister machine driven by Mike Rockenfeller and Alex Premat. Main rival Peugeot has yet to officially announce its programme for the season ahead, but two 908 HDis feature on the entry list, albeit both with driver line-ups still to be announced.

Amongst the privateer LMP1 teams, Pescarolo Sport retains it 2007 driver line-up for a two-car entry once again, while former F1 racer Olivier Panis will form part of the line-up for Team ORECA as it graduates to LMP1 following its tie-up with Courage Racing over the winter. Epsilon Euskadi are another team moving up to LMP1, although with no drivers yet named, while British outfit Creation Autosportif will also run two cars - one of which has an all-new line-up in the shape of former Rollcentre Racing driver Stuart Hall and Champ Car World Series star Simon Pagenaud. Single car entries from Saulnier Racing, Rollcentre Racing, Chamberlain Synergy and Charouz Racing System - the latter with the new Lola LMP1 Coupe - complete the class entry.

In LMP2, just one team will field a multi-car entry, with Embassy Racing set to debut its all new WF01-Zytek during the season ahead. Although drivers were already announced, the entry list shows that Jonny Kane will be partnered by Warren Hughes, with recently announced Mario Haberfeld partnering Joey Foster. Horag Racing, Team Essex and van Merksteijn Motorsport will all run the Porsche RS Spyder as the car runs in Europe for the first time, while the 'usual suspects' also figure with the likes of RML, Barazi Epsilon and Quifel-ASM set to renew battle during the year ahead. One team missing, however, is the Le Mans-winning Binnie Motorsports outfit, with team owner Bill Binnie having put his racing programme to one side to deal with family issues.

As is the case in the ALMS, the GT1 category is somewhat lacking in numbers for the season ahead with just five cars signed up the season. Luc Alphand and his team return with a brace of Corvette C6.Rs, while Team Modena will again fly the flag for Aston Martin with its DRB9. The IPB Spartak Racing team will run a Lamborghini Murcielago, while Larbre Competition will switch to a Saleen S7R - the car that shone in ORECA's hands last season.

In GT2, the scene is set for another exciting season with four manufacturers set to be represented amongst the 14-car field. Porsche and Ferrari dominate, with six 997 and four F430 GTs on the entry, including defending champion Rob Bell and the Virgo Motorsports crew. Bell has a new team-mate for the season ahead, however, in the shape of Gianmaria Bruni, with 2007 partner Allan Simonsen part of a strong looking line-up at Farnbacher Racing, where he will be joined by Porsche factory driver Richard Westbrook.

Elsewhere, the factory Spyker team will run two cars, having had just a single entry last season, while the Speedy Racing team will continue to run a single C8 GT2R alongside its LMP2 Lola Coupe. Finally, James Watt Automotive will bring the new Aston Martin Vantage into the series, running the new car as part of a two-car entry alongside its usual Porsche.

The new season will kick off with the Paul Ricard test sessions in early March, before the racing campaign gets underway in April at Catalunya.

2008 Le Mans Series - Full season entries:

1. Capello/McNish Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 TDi LMP1
2. Rockenfeller/Premat Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 TDi LMP1
4. Nicolet/Faggionato/Hein Saulnier Racing Pescarolo 05-Judd LMP1
5. Ortelli/Ayari Team Oreca Matmut Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd LMP1
6. Panis/Lapierre Team Oreca Matmut Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd LMP1
7. TBA/TBA Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi LMP1
8. TBA/TBA Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi LMP1
10. Charouz/Mucke Charouz Racing System Lola-Aston Martin LMP1
14. Campbell-Walter/Ortiz Creation Autosportif Creation CA07/001-AIM LMP1
15. Hall/Pagenaud Creation Autosportif Creation CA07-AIM LMP1
16. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1
17. Primat/Tinseau Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo 07-Judd LMP1
18. Barbosa/Short Rollcentre Racing Pescarolo 04-Judd LMP1
19. Evans/Berridge Chamberlain Synergy Lola B06/10-AER LMP1
20. TBA/TBA Epsilon-Euskadi Epsilon Euskadi-Judd LMP1
21. TBA/TBA Epsilon-Euskadi Epsilon Euskadi-Judd LMP1

25. Erdos/Newton RML MG Lola EX265-MG LMP2
26. Moseley/Greaves Bruichladdich Radical Radical SR9-AER LMP2
27. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers Horag Racing Porsche RS Spyder LMP2
30. Didaio/Francioni Racing Box Lucchini-Judd LMP2
31. Nielsen/Elgaard Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder LMP2
32. Barazi/Vergers Barazi Epsilon Zytek 07S-Zytek LMP2
33. Belicchi/Zacchia/Pompidou Speedy Racing Team Sebah Lola B08/80-Judd LMP2
34. van Merksteijn/Verstappen/Bleekemolen van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche RS Spyder LMP2
35. Ragues/TBA Saulnier Racing Pescarolo 06-Judd LMP2
37. Salini/Salini/Roussel WR/Salini WR-Zytek LMP2
40. Amaral/Pla Quifel-ASM Lola B05/40-AER LMP2
41. Ojjeh/Gosselin/Schroyen Trading Performance Zytek 07S-Zytek LMP2
44. de Pourtales/Muller/Noda Kruse Schiller Motorsport Lola-Mazda LMP2
45. Kane/Hughes Embassy Racing WF01-Zytek LMP2
46. Haberfeld/Foster Embassy Racing WF01-Zytek LMP2

50. Makowiecki/Lunardi/Halliday Larbre Competition Saleen S7-R GT1
55. Rusinov/Kox IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini Murcielago GTR GT1
59. Garcia/Enge Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9 GT1
72. Alphand/Moreau Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R GT1
73. Dumez/Blanchemain/Berville Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R GT1

75. Balandras/Lecourt/Belloc IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR GT2
76. Narac/Lietz IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR GT2
77. Lieb/Davison Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR GT2
85. Coronel/Dumbreck Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 GT2R GT2
86. Kelleners/Vassiliev Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 GT2R GT2
88. Felbermayr Jr/Ried Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR GT2
90. Nielsen/Simonsen/Westbrook Farnbacher Racing Porsche 997 GT3 RSR GT2
93. Camathias/Sugden/Daniels James Watt Automotive Porsche 997 GT3 RSR GT2
94. Chiesa/Camandona/Leuenberger Speedy Racing Team Spyker C8 GT2R GT2
95. TBA/TBA James Watt Automotive Aston Martin Vantage V8 GT2
96. Bell/Bruni Virgo Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT GT2
98. TBA/TBA JMB Ferrari F430 GT GT2
99. Daoudi/Aucott JMB Ferrari F430 GT GT2