Age and Nationality Facts from Spa
Find out the youngest and oldest crews and which nations they represent this weekend!
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
