WEC reveals 36-car entry for Sebring 1000 season-opener

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The entry for the race on 18 March is down on the 37 cars listed on the provisional entry published last month after Russian entrant G-Drive Racing’s withdrawal from international sportscar racing last week.
The field for the second edition of the 1000-mile fixture on the undercard of the Sebring 12 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship round is three cars fewer than the 39 on the full-season WEC entry, which includes the two Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercars that are now expected to race for the first time at Monza in July.
The LMP2 entry now stands at 15 rather than 16 cars after G-Drive’s withdrawal in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the conditions laid down by the FIA on teams and drivers from Russia competing in international motorsport.
That contrasts with the approach of some manufacturers at the inaugural Sebring 1000 Miles in 2019: Ferrari along with Ford and BMW and Aston Martin with one of its cars, which are all no longer competing in the WEC, ran three drivers.