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Old 13 Feb 2012, 11:00 (Ref:3025183)   #301
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I guess we'll never see the OAK-Morgan Nissan combo aside from the ALMS then. Sad.
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Old 13 Feb 2012, 11:28 (Ref:3025196)   #302
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I just now realized that the Bailey isn't on that entry list posted last week. Did things not work out or are they looking to run later on in the year?
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Old 14 Feb 2012, 20:21 (Ref:3025882)   #303
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Any updated entry list knocking around please ?
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 00:30 (Ref:3025964)   #304
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Any updated entry list knocking around please ?
I think this is still the current entry list. LMPC entries will be added after testing or something like that.
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 01:54 (Ref:3025981)   #305
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Oh dear , GT aint looking so hot !!! Still , plenty of time left for entries .

Thanks for posting the list , Ive been kinda outta touch .
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 03:45 (Ref:3026000)   #306
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Race by race, but this is the full season entry list. Have to say it's not the most appealing option. With a GTE car, I think you either go WEC or GT Open, and ELMS is a strange middle ground. Of course, you want to go long distance GT racing in Europe, BES is very sensible alternative and a GT3 car is a very sensible investment.
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 10:07 (Ref:3026066)   #307
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Even the only GTC full season entry, Race Art Team haven't find enough drivers so far, sounds like Grouwels is the only man confirmed.
http://www.raceart.eu/rental-sale
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 10:12 (Ref:3026067)   #308
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If I take it right, ELMS official web means there're 10 full season GTs, 1 GTC(Race Art), 2GTE PRO(ProSpeed, Lotus) and 7 GTE AM(IMSA Matmut, AF Corse, ??Proton??, ??Aston??)
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 11:02 (Ref:3026089)   #309
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If I take it right, ELMS official web means there're 10 full season GTs, 1 GTC(Race Art), 2GTE PRO(ProSpeed, Lotus) and 7 GTE AM(IMSA Matmut, AF Corse, ??Proton??, ??Aston??)
Hmm. I thought JMW was doing a full season of ELMS. Maybe not?
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 11:22 (Ref:3026105)   #310
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Hmm. I thought JMW was doing a full season of ELMS. Maybe not?
I also think so, likely they'll post a late entry. Also JMB shall enter al least 1 458 in GTE AM, otherwise they shouldn't get an LM24 entry. No idea if Proton(#63 more likely) and AF Corse will race ELMS as well as WEC. And IMSA Matmut with a PRO car like last year?Who knows

If every dream come true, expect 20 more cars in GT class each round, I'm sure there're teams with GTC cars would like to enter their local round with paying drivers,now it seems finishing a 6h run means get a ELMS GTC podium even a class win.
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 11:29 (Ref:3026109)   #311
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Perhaps some teams will race in select ELMS races and then also enter the European WEC rounds. Is that a better solution than going for the ELMS title? I don't know. That's just speculation though. There's no real reason why teams can't do the European WEC races (at least non-Le Mans ones) and the full ELMS.

It does seem like perhaps the ELMS was in such a rush to get an entry list posted for public viewing that maybe they released an incomplete entry list. Well, we know that is the case with the LMPCs.
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 12:50 (Ref:3026136)   #312
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Even the only GTC full season entry, Race Art Team haven't find enough drivers so far, sounds like Grouwels is the only man confirmed.
http://www.raceart.eu/rental-sale
Seems like they originally had two drivers confirmed, but one was injured in a shunt at the Dubai 24 hours and had to step down- they're talking to potential replacements:

'Roger Grouwels will be the first driver of this very competitive car. Unfortunately, we saw our intended second driver for the 2012 season being sidelined due to injuries sustained in a big crash in the Dubai 24 Hours. Meanwhile, we have entered negotiations with various drivers who have expressed their interest and we expect to announce the driver to partner Grouwels in due course'
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Hmm. I thought JMW was doing a full season of ELMS. Maybe not?
They're certainly still on the official full-season entry list downloadable from the ELMS website...
http://www.lemans-series.com/ml/imag...entry_list.pdf

James Walker is named as first driver on the ELMS list, and Tim Sugden for their Le Mans entry, so presumably we're looking at Walker/Sugden, plus a third?
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 13:32 (Ref:3026148)   #314
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They're certainly still on the official full-season entry list downloadable from the ELMS website...
http://www.lemans-series.com/ml/imag...entry_list.pdf

James Walker is named as first driver on the ELMS list, and Tim Sugden for their Le Mans entry, so presumably we're looking at Walker/Sugden, plus a third?
Thanks for the link, haven't see the list before.

Anyway, the newly found DownForce1 team will also race a GT1 Saleen in Blancpain Revival. AMR use "surprise" to describe their Aston ELMS full season entry, so they aren't related to AMR's double LM24 GTE entries.
http://www.amr-teams.co.uk/2012/02/f...ownforce1.html
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 14:43 (Ref:3026168)   #315
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Thats not an official AMR site - see the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. How ever they are normally on the mark with Aston news. DSC didnt look to know about Downforce1 either so I'd guss it was pretty left wing.
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 16:19 (Ref:3026197)   #316
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The text on amr-teams.co.uk is more or less the text from the team - with spelling errors removed ;-)

Team will present details of its 2012 campaign on March 15.
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Old 15 Feb 2012, 19:40 (Ref:3026290)   #317
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Surprised to see Pegasus Racing not entered in anything this year...could it have something to do with the news that Mariantic had reported in the tail end of last year that Mirco Schultis was looking to take the DressforLess sponsorship elsewhere?

On the face of it one less identical Oreca 03-Nissan seems welcome but this team did earn an auto-invite to Le Mans after all...
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Old 16 Feb 2012, 00:07 (Ref:3026385)   #318
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They're certainly still on the official full-season entry list downloadable from the ELMS website...
Yes, it seems that the written press release and the entry chart are not well calibrated.

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Surprised to see Pegasus Racing not entered in anything this year...could it have something to do with the news that Mariantic had reported in the tail end of last year that Mirco Schultis was looking to take the DressforLess sponsorship elsewhere?
I'm not sure, but it is a bit of a surprise not to see them anywhere. I guess they could be one of the LMPCs. I think Pegasus hoped to run their LC75 in P2 last year too, but the money never arrived for that to happen. Perhaps the money never arrived for an Oreca 03 this year.
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Old 16 Feb 2012, 18:08 (Ref:3026709)   #319
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The text on amr-teams.co.uk is more or less the text from the team - with spelling errors removed ;-)

Team will present details of its 2012 campaign on March 15.
Going by their facebook page it seems to be the ex JMW Aston they will be running http://www.facebook.com/Downforce1 (though all the photos are from the JMW workshop...)
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RaceArt cancels ELMS GTC entry - will race in Blancpain Endurance Series instead. This means NO GTC entries so far - not good at all!
While I don't think one team would have made a difference, this is a bad sign for other teams who might be looking at running GTC. Without competition, there's no point in driving around alone on the back of the field.
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While I don't think one team would have made a difference, this is a bad sign for other teams who might be looking at running GTC. Without competition, there's no point in driving around alone on the back of the field.
It's quite hard to believe that nobody with a Cup or Challenge car in Europe is willing to run a full season of ELMS. Are things really that bad?
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No GTC full season entries...I just think teams without the money running a GTE car can try this, if it's a full season one, years after when they can afford a GTE program, they can get an LM24 entry easier.
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Going by their facebook page it seems to be the ex JMW Aston they will be running http://www.facebook.com/Downforce1 (though all the photos are from the JMW workshop...)
Or is it the car they would like to be running ;-)
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It's quite hard to believe that nobody with a Cup or Challenge car in Europe is willing to run a full season of ELMS. Are things really that bad?
Or is the entry fee for the ELMS too much compared to other series...
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They're certainly still on the official full-season entry list downloadable from the ELMS website...
http://www.lemans-series.com/ml/imag...entry_list.pdf

James Walker is named as first driver on the ELMS list, and Tim Sugden for their Le Mans entry, so presumably we're looking at Walker/Sugden, plus a third?
For ELMS? I doubt it, Sugden's had the 'day job' of JMW team manager for a while and has broke from that only to have a run at LM (who can blame him!). Hopefully Walker will have the budget (or get paid with the money used to pay Bell previously?) to do LM this year. They may have to resort to a fast funded driver again at LM a la Maassen or Miller, and in this ELMS field you'd say they could afford to do that all year!
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