A edição de 2016 das 24 Horas de Le Mans vê a grelha de partida crescer para 60 carros, voltando a ter um número elevado à partida, nada menos que 180 pilotos, espalhados por 9 LMP1, 23 LMP2, 14 GTE-PRO, 13 GTE-AM e o carro da Garagem 56, pilotado pelo primeiro quadriplégico a alinhar na prova.
Quatro pilotos portugueses vão alinhar, Filipe Albuquerque e João Barbosa na classe LMP2, Pedro Lamy e Rui Águas nos GTE-AM. A Algarve Pro Racing é a única portuguesa, em LMP2, mas sem pilotos nacionais.
LMP1
1 Timo Bernhard/Mark Webber/Brendon Hartley (Porsche Team) Porsche 919 Hybrid
2 Romain Dumas/Neel Jani/Marc Lieb (Porsche Team) Porsche 919 Hybrid
4 Simon Trummer/Oliver Webb/Pierre Kaffer (ByKolles Racing Team) CLM P1/01-AER
5 Anthony Davidson/Sébastien Buemi/Kazuki Nakajima (Toyota Gazoo Racing) Toyota TS050
6 Stéphane Sarrazin/Mike Conway/Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota Gazoo Racing) Toyota TS050
7 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer (Audi Sport Team Joest) Audi R18
8 Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis (Audi Sport Team Joest) Audi R18
12 Nicolas Prost/Nick Heidfeld/Nelson Piquet Jr. (Rebellion Racing) Rebellion R-One
13 Mathéo Tuscher/Alexandre Imperatori/Dominik Kraihamer (Rebellion Racing) Rebellion R-One
LMP2
22 Vincent Capillaire/Olivier Lombard/Jonathan Coleman (So24! by Lombard Racing) Ligier JS P2-Judd
23 Fabien Barthez/Paul-Loup Chatin/Timothé Buret (Panis-Barthez Compétition) Ligier JS P2-Nissan
25 Michael Munemann/Chris Hoy/Andrea Pizzitolla (Algarve Pro Racing) Ligier JS P2-Nissan
26 Roman Rusinov/Nathanaël Berthon/Roman Rusinov (G-Drive Racing) Oreca 05-Nissan
27 Nicolas Minassian/Maurizio Mediani/Mikhail Aleshin (SMP Racing) BR01-Nissan
28 Inès Taittinger/Rémy Striebig/Léo Roussel (Pegasus Racing) Morgan LMP2-Nissan
30 Scott Sharp/Ed Brown/Johannes Van Overbeek (Extreme Speed Motorsports) Ligier JS P2-Nissan
31 Ryan Dalziel/Pipo Derani/Chris Cumming (Extreme Speed Motorsports) Ligier JS P2-Nissan
33 Kevin Pu/Tristan Gommendy/Nico de Bruijn (Eurasia Motorsport) Oreca 05-Nissan
34 Niki Leutwiler/Shinji Nakano/James Winslow (Race Performance) Oreca 03R-Judd
35 David Cheng/Ho-Pin Tung/Nelson Panciatici (Baxi DC Racing Alpine) Alpine A460-Nissan
36 Gustavo Menezes/Nicolas Lapierre/Stéphane Richelmi (Signatech Alpine) Alpine A460-Nissan
37 Vitaly Petrov/Viktor Shaytar/Kirill Ladygin (SMP Racing) BR01-Nissan
38 Simon Dolan/Jake Dennis/Giedo van der Garde (G-Drive Racing) Gibson 015S-Nissan
40 Tracy Krohn/Nic Jönsson/João Barbosa (Krohn Racing) Ligier JS P2-Nissan
41 Memo Rojas/Julien Canal/Kuba Giermaziak (Greaves Motorsport) Ligier JS P2-Nissan
42 Nick Leventis/Danny Watts/Jonny Kane (Strakka Racing) Gibson 015S-Nissan
43 Ricardo González/Bruno Senna/Filipe Albuquerque (RGR Sport by Morand) Ligier JS P2-Nissan
44 Tor Graves/Matthew Rao/Will Stevens (Manor) Oreca 05-Nissan)
46 Pierre Thiriet/Mathias Beche/Ryo Hirakawa (Thiriet by TDS Racing) Oreca 05-Nissan
47 Tsugio Matsuda/Matt Howson/Richard Bradley (KCMG) Oreca 05-Nissan
48 Ben Keating/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Marc Goossens (Murphy Prototypes) Oreca 03R-Nissan
49 John Pew/Oswaldo Negri Jr./Laurens Vanthoor (Michael Shank Racing) Ligier JS P2-Honda
GTE-PRO
51 Gianmaria Bruni/James Calado/Alessandro Pier Guidi (AF Corse) Ferrari 488 GTE
63 Jan Magnussen/Antonio García/Ricky Taylor (Corvette Racing) Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
64 Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Jordan Taylor (Corvette Racing) Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
66 Olivier Pla/Stefan Mücke/Billy Johnson (Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK) Ford GT
67 Marino Franchitti/Andy Priaulx/Harry Tincknell (Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK) Ford GT
68 Joey Hand/Dirk Müller/Sébastien Bourdais (Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA) Ford GT
69 Ryan Briscoe/Richard Westbrook/Scott Dixon (Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA) Ford GT
71 Davide Rigon/Sam Bird/Andrea Bertolini (AF Corse) Ferrari 488 GTE
77 Richard Lietz/Michael Christensen/Philipp Eng (Dempsey-Proton Racing) Porsche 911 RSR
82 Giancarlo Fisichella/Toni Vilander/Matteo Malucelli (Risi Competizione) Ferrari 488 GTE
91 Patrick Pilet/Kevin Estre/Nick Tandy (Porsche Motorsport) Porsche 911 RSR
92 Frédéric Makowiecki/Earl Bamber/Jörg Bergmeister (Porsche Motorsport) Porsche 911 RSR
95 Nicki Thiim/Marco Sorensen/Darren Turner (Aston Martin Racing) Aston Martin Vantage GTE
97 Richie Stanaway/Fernando Rees/Jonny Adam (Aston Martin Racing) Aston Martin Vantage GTE
GTE-AM
50 Yutaka Yamagishi/Pierre Ragues/Paolo Ruberti (Larbre Compétition) Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
55 Duncan Cameron/Matt Griffin/Aaron Scott (AF Corse) Ferrari 458 GTE
57 Johnny O’Connell/Oliver Bryant/Mark Patterson (Team AAI) Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
60 Johnny Lauresen/Mikkel Mac Jensen/Christina Nielsen (Formula Racing) Ferrari 458 GTE
61 Mok Weng Sun/Keita Sawa/Rob Bell (Clearwater Racing) Ferrari 458 GTE
62 Bill Sweedler/Townsend Bell/Jeff Segal (Scuderia Corsa) Ferrari 458 GTE
78 Christian Ried/Wolf Henzler/Joël Camathias (KCMG) Porsche 911 RSR
83 François Perrodo/Emmanuel Collard/Rui Águas (AF Corse) Ferrari 458 GTE
86 Michael Wainwright/Adam Carroll/Ben Barker (Gulf Racing UK) Porsche 911 RSR
88 Khaled Al-Qubaisi/David Heinemeier-Hansson/Patrick Long (Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing) Porsche 911 RSR
89 Cooper MacNeil/Leh Keen/Marc Miller (Proton Competition) Porsche 911 RSR
98 Paul Dalla Lana/Pedro Lamy/Matthias Lauda (Aston Martin Racing) Aston Martin Vantage GTE
99 Andrew Howard/Liam Griffin/Gary Hirsch (Aston Martin Racing) Aston Martin Vantage GTE
Garagem 56
84 Frédéric Sausset/Christophe Tinseau/Jean-Bernard Bouvet (SRT41 by OAK Racing) Morgan LMP2-Nissan
