Age and Nationality Facts from Spa

Average age of LMP2 drivers:

Richard Mille #1 – Lilou Wadoux 21 – Sebastien Ogier 38 – Charles Milesi 21 = 80

Penske #5 – Dane Cameron 33 – Emmanuel Collard 51 – Felipe Nasr 29 = 113

Prema #9 – Robert Kubica 37 – Louis Deletraz 24 – Lorenzo Colombo 21 = 82

Vector Sport #10 – Nico Muller 30 – Ryan Cullen 31 – Sebastien Bourdais 43 = 104

United Autosports #22 – Phil Hanson 22 – Filipe Albuquerque 36 – Will Owen 27 = 85

United Autosports #23 – Alex Lynn 28 – Oliver Jarvis 38 – Josh Pierson 16 = 82

Jota Sport #28 – Oliver Rasmussen 21– Ed Jones 27 – Jonathan Aberdein 24 = 72

WRT #31 – Sean Gelael 25 – Robin Frijns 30 – Rene Rast 35 = 90

Inter Europol Competition #34 – Jakub Smiechowski 30 – Alex Brundle 31 – Esteban Gutierrez 30 = 91

Ultimate #35 – Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 30 – Mathieu Lahaye 37 – Francois Heriau 38 = 105

Jota Sport #38 – Roberto Gonzales 46 – Antonio Felix da Costa 30 – Will Stevens 30 = 106

Realteam by WRT #41 – Rui Andrade 22 – Ferdinand Habsburg 24 – Norman Nato 29 = 75

ARC Bratislava #44 – Miro Konopka 60 – Tijmen van der Helm 18 – Bent Viscaal 22 = 100

Algarve Pro #45 – Steven Thomas 54 – James Allen 25 – Rene Binder 30 = 109

AF Corse #83 – Francois Perrodo 45 – Nicklas Nielsen 25 – Alessio Rovera 26 = 96

15 cars, 45 drivers

Oldest average crew: Penske #5, 113 years

Youngest average crew: Jota #28, 72 years

Oldest driver: Miro Konopka, 60

Youngest driver: Josh Pierson, 16

All drivers together totals 1,390 years

Average age of a driver trio: 93

Average age of a driver in the LMP2 class: 31

Trio closest to the average age: Inter Europol Competition #34, 91 years combined

United Nations of WEC:

Based on nationality of license stated on the entry list, as opposed to nationalities a driver identifies as elsewhere, or flags they were listed against on previous entry lists.
Rui Andrade is Angolan, racing under a Portuguese flag

Sebastien Priaulx is British, competing for France

Total nations represented (24):  

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and USA

• France and Great Britain both have drivers competing in every class.
• No driver from Indonesia, Poland, Slovakia or South Africa, has ever won in the series

Total drivers from each nation participating (106 total drivers):

20 drivers: France

17 drivers: Great Britain

11 drivers: Italy

10 drivers: USA

8 drivers: Denmark

7 drivers: Switzerland

4 drivers: Japan, Portugal

3 drivers: Austria, Brazil, Holland

2 drivers: Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland

1 drivers: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Belgium

Hypercar – 12 drivers, 7 nations

France – 4, Lapierre, Vaxiviere, Pla, Dumas

Brazil – 2, Negrao, Derani

Japan – 2, Kobayashi, Hirakawa

GB – 1, Conway

Argentina – 1, Lopez

Switzerland – 1, Buemi

New Zealand – 1, Hartley

LMP2 –  45 drivers, 17 nations

France – 10, Ogier, Wadoux, Milesi, Collard, Bourdais, Lahaye, Lahaye, Heriau, Nato, Perrodo

GB – 7, Cullen, Hanson, Lynn, Jarvis, Jones, Brundle, Stevens

USA – 4, Cameron, Owen, Pierson, Thomas

Holland – 3, Frijns, van der Helm, Viscaal

Portugal – 3, Albuquerque, da Costa, Andrade

Austria – 2, Habsburg, Binder

Denmark – 2, Rasmussen, Nielsen

Italy – 2, Colombo, Rovera

Mexico – 2, Gutierrez, Gonzalez

Poland – 2, Kubica, Smiechowski

Switzerland – 2, Deletraz, Muller

Australia – 1, Allen

Brazil – 1, Nasr

Germany – 1, Rast

Indonesia – 1, Gelael

Slovakia – 1, Konopka

South Africa – 1, Aberdein

GTE Pro –  10 drivers, 7 nations

Italy – 3, Pier Guidi, Fuoco, Bruni

GB – 2, Calado, Tandy

Austria – 1, Lietz

Denmark – 1, Christensen

France – 1, Estre

Spain – 1, Molina

USA – 1, Milner

GTE Am –  39 drivers,  13 nations

GB – 7, Millroy, Barnicoat, Tincknell, Wainwright, Barker, Pittard, Fagg

Italy – 6, Cairoli, Castellacci, Schiavoni, Cressoni, Fisichella, Pera

USA – 5, Mann, Keating, Iribe, Poordad, Lindsey

Denmark – 5, Sorensen, Pedersen, Gatting, Thiim, Nielsen

France – 5, Dezoteux, Ragues, Aubry, Priaulx, Pin

Switzerland – 4, Ulrich, Leutwiler, Flohr, Frey

Japan – 2, Fujii, Hoshino

Canada – 1, Dalla Lana

Finland – 1, Vilander

Germany – 1, Ried

New Zealand – 1, Cassidy

Portugal – 1, Chaves

Belgium - 1 Heylen