The most legendary endurance race in the world begins on Saturday with Qualifying going on at the moment. Overall its expected to be another battle between Audi and last years winners Peugeot, but there's more than just them, here's the runners and riders from the main class
MAIN CLASS ex F1 drivers in Red
PEUGEOT
1. Team Peugeot Total: Alexander Wurz (AUT), Marc Gene (SPA), Anthony Davidson (GBR)
2. Team Peugeot Total: Stephane Sarrazin (FRA), Franck Montagny (FRA), Nicolas Minassian (FRA)
3. Team Peugeot Total: Sebastien Bourdais (FRA), Pedro Lamy (POR), Simon Pagenaud (FRA)
4, Oreca Team Matmut: Olivier Panis (FRA), Nicolas Lapierre (FRA), Loic Duval (FRA)
AUDI
7. Audi Sport: Allan McNish (GBR), Tom Kristensen (DEN), Rinaldo Capello (ITA)
8. Audi Sport: Andre Lotterer (GER), Marcel Fassler (SUI), Benoit Treluyer (FRA)
9. Audi Sport: Mike Rockenfeller (GER), Romain Dumas (FRA), Timo Berhnard (GER)
14. Kolles HRT Audi: Christophe Bouchut (FRA), Manuel Rodrigues (FRA), Scott Tucker (USA)
15. Kolles HRT Audi: Christijan Albers (NED), Oliver Jarvis (GBR), Christian Bakkerud (DEN)
ASTON MARTIN
007. Gulf Aston Martin Racing: Stefan Mucke (GER), Adrian Fernandez (MEX), Harold Primat (SUI)
008. Team Signature-Plus: Franck mallieux (FRA), Pirre Ragues (FRA), Vanina Ickx (BEL)
009. Gulf Aston Martin Racing: Darren Turner (GBR), Sam Hancock (GBR), Juan Barazi (DEN)
LOLA
11. Drayson Racing: Emanuele Pirro (ITA), Jonny Cocker (GBR), Paul Drayson (GBR)
12. Rebellion Racing: Marco Andretti (USA), Neel Jani (SUI), Nicolas Prost (FRA)
13. Rebellion Racing: Jean Cristophe Bouillon (FRA), Guy Smith (GBR), Andrea Belicchi (ITA)
19. Autocon Motorsports: Bryan Williams (USA), Michael Lewis (USA), Tony Burgess (CAN)
ORECA
6, Oreca Team Matmut: Soheil Ayari (FRA), Didier Andre (FRA), Andrew Meyrick (GBR)
GINETTA
5. Beechdean Mansell Motorsport: Nigel Mansell (GBR), Greg Mansell (GBR), Leo Mansell (GBR)
And of the other classes
LMP2: The works Acura run by american team Highcroft Racing is the runaway favourite to win here with their nearest challengers coming from a privateer Acura run by Strakka Racing, a British outfit. Expect strong challenges from a variety of privateer Lola's and Ginetta's
GT1: With only 8 entries this year and no factory teams, GT1 is very weak this year but there is a lot of excitement about the Ford GT's run by the Matech team, they are the favourites here
GT2: A lot of manufacturer interest here with three manufacturer entries from Chevrolet, BMW and Jaguar, of these 3, Chevroelt are the favourites with their Corvette C6's but their most likely competition fro victory comes in the shape of a privateer team called Felbermayr=Proton who are running a pair of Porsche 911's and the AF Corse team who are running 2 Ferrari 430 GT's and boast ex F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella in their ranks