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AF Corse makes official one of the squads engaged in the next 24 Hours of Le Mans: Piergiuseppe Perazzini, Darryl O’Young and Lorenzo Casè in the GTE AM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 No. 55

The German team takes the lead on the route to Le Mans, which began this weekend in front of 35,000 spectators in the Silverstone 6 Hours, the opening round of the WEC. The European Le Mans Series had a 3-hour race.

With alternative fuels and energies quite popular in racing these days (Le Mans has an extra, non-points awarding, entry devoted to exactly this), Motorsport.com thought it would be fun to explore the ultimate alternative energy sourced racer.

The 6 Hours of Silverstone will be the first real FIA WEC test of the year before the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, and the hybrid war between Audi and Toyota will be there too.

Nelson Panciatici and Pierre Ragues, the two drivers who will share the car at every round of the ELMS, will be joined for the Le Mans 24 Hours by Tristan Gommendy.

"Le Mans remains an important objective for us and we are starting the work today to be there in 2014 in accordance with our ambitions," explains Dominique Heintz, team manager.

As reported earlier in the week, the famous Renault brand Alpine will be returning to sportscars this year. It's official.

This phenomenal record of success of Lucas Luhr makes him the perfect final addition to Jota’s 2013 Le Mans line-up.

The twenty-two teams represent nine different countries - France, Great Britain, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands and the United States.

Exceptional cars and top-line drivers plus stars will be ready for the 90th Anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Today in Paris, the ACO and WEC held a joint press conference on this coming season and the future.

On Friday, February 1st, 2013, the ACO in conjunction with the WEC will introduce the new Le Mans 24 hours web site.

Despite the economic crisis, Le Mans 24-Hours received 71 entries, the same number as in 2011. The list of entrants will be announced on 1st February in the Eurosites-George V.