The 2026 grid, and the manufacturer that left
Eighteen cars contested Hypercar at this year's race, according to the official entry list, with Aston Martin, Toyota, Cadillac, BMW, Genesis, Alpine, Ferrari and Peugeot all represented. Porsche was not among them. The factory two-car Penske-run Porsche program folded at the end of 2025, following the 8 Hours of Bahrain, with the company citing budget pressure tied to slowing EV sales alongside ongoing frustration with how the Balance of Performance system was being adjudicated during the season. Porsche kept its GTP effort running in IMSA with Penske and its factory Formula E team, but the Hypercar exit removed one of the four manufacturers that had been racing at Le Mans since 2023, a reminder that the current boom in entries has not made every program bulletproof.
