For more than 103 years, 24 Hours of Le Mans has stood as the ultimate proving ground in motorsport, drawing manufacturers and race teams to France to see what their cars, and their drivers, are really made of. It’s 24 hours of relentless, unforgiving racing, where durability matters as much as outright speed, and simply making it to the finish is an achievement before anyone even thinks about crossing the line first. With the official entry list now confirmed by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, General Motors is showing up in full force. Four Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs will line up in the LMGT3 class, while Cadillac Racing will compete with three factory Cadillac V-Series.R race cars. Seven cars on the grid might sound like a lot, but at Le Mans, presence matters almost as much as pace.
Seeing four Corvettes on the Le Mans grid at once is monumental, even by Corvette Racing standards. The program brings together a mix of factory-backed and privateer teams, with TF Sport returning as the team’s FIA World Endurance Champions, and additional entries earned the old-fashioned way through results. Le Mans has always rewarded teams that earn their place, not just buy it. It’s also not the first time Corvette has rolled deep into France. The brand debuted here in 1960 with four cars, including a GT class win, and repeated the feat in 2016.
What makes the Corvette Z06 GT3.R especially exciting is how closely it stays tied to the road car. The aluminum chassis, carbon aero, and even the side air ducts trace their lineage straight back to the production Z06. Under the hood, that hand-built 5.5L flat-plane-crank V8 shares roughly 80 percent of itself with the street version, which is still a wild thing to say about a modern GT3 race car. When the green flag drops on June 13, 2026, it won’t just be about who’s fastest, but who’s built to last.
Source: General Motors
