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Old 31 Mar 2017, 09:31 (Ref:3722746)   #226
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Loads of news today:

Di Grassi takes the AF Corse #51 seat. Very intrigued to see his GT pace. Looks like Molina is actually in the #71. Must be a change to the full season lineup for Spirit of Race - https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/ne...at-888264/?s=1

Doesn't seem like Fassler will race:
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Old 31 Mar 2017, 10:46 (Ref:3722760)   #227
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bentley speed 8 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridbentley speed 8 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Audi's motorsport cutbacks seem to have helped Ferrari find some drivers.
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Old 31 Mar 2017, 11:28 (Ref:3722770)   #228
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Manor pairings:

#24 Tor Graves / Jonathan Hirschi / Jean-Eric Vergne
#26 Roberto Gonzalez / Simon Trummer / Vitaly Petrov

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/0...ec-driver.html
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Old 1 Apr 2017, 19:09 (Ref:3723114)   #229
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Porsche GTE Pro third seats confirmed- Pilet in #91 and Dirk Werner in #92

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Old 2 Apr 2017, 10:26 (Ref:3723239)   #230
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In the latest installment of 'Mike should get out more', here is my entry list so far. No doubt it contains some errors and omissions...

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Old 2 Apr 2017, 12:16 (Ref:3723252)   #231
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Thanks Mike. (Time for some cross-referencing...... )
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Old 2 Apr 2017, 15:25 (Ref:3723297)   #232
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Mike, you have Sorenson down twice for the #95 Aston (instead of Stanaway). I do have a few other names......
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Mike, you have Sorenson down twice for the #95 Aston (instead of Stanaway). I do have a few other names......
Whoops. Thanks.
ByKolles have also switched back to Michelin.
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Old 2 Apr 2017, 17:40 (Ref:3723332)   #234
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Great work Mike.

Extra names I have on my own list (all P2). I've tried to air on the side of caution when adding drivers. I think but can't verify these are all correct:

#21 Dragonspeed - Ben Hanley
#34 Tockwith Motorsports - Phil Hanson
#39 Graff - Franck Matelli
#40 Graff - Eric Trouillet / Paul Petit
#47 Villorba Corse - Giorgio Sernagiotto / Andrea Belicchi

I reckon less than 30 drivers now to be confirmed.

In terms of tyres - Proton Competition just announced the other day they are switching to Dunlops - http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/0...p-for-wec.html
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Yes, I have all of those too (I probably got them from you anyway...... ). I wasn't sure how the Graff drivers split between the two cars.....
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I know Top Gear is not normally the place you go for motor racing news. Just watched Chris Hoy on there. Multiple mentions of him competing last year - nothing at all about him going back this year.

In fact the whole thing has been very quiet around the Eurasia entry. Not seen Chris testing anywhere, or any mention of a racing programme this year.

So basically I'm wondering is he actually even racing...?
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I know Top Gear is not normally the place you go for motor racing news. Just watched Chris Hoy on there. Multiple mentions of him competing last year - nothing at all about him going back this year.

In fact the whole thing has been very quiet around the Eurasia entry. Not seen Chris testing anywhere, or any mention of a racing programme this year.

So basically I'm wondering is he actually even racing...?
Didn't he mention trying to cycle across one of the poles? That's what I heard, but I usually tune out of the celeb segment (even though this format is an improvement on the previous version). Now whether that is a result of Le Mans being a no-go for some reason or if this was always the plan post-LM is another question.
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Great work Mike.

Extra names I have on my own list (all P2). I've tried to air on the side of caution when adding drivers. I think but can't verify these are all correct:

#21 Dragonspeed - Ben Hanley
#34 Tockwith Motorsports - Phil Hanson
#39 Graff - Franck Matelli
#40 Graff - Eric Trouillet / Paul Petit
#47 Villorba Corse - Giorgio Sernagiotto / Andrea Belicchi

I reckon less than 30 drivers now to be confirmed.

In terms of tyres - Proton Competition just announced the other day they are switching to Dunlops - http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/0...p-for-wec.html
Thanks, Simmi. I was aware of most of these names but hadn't heard anything official, so just left them for now.
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A few links I could find -
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Hard to get excited about those Graff entries.

Now we just need Shinji Nakano to buy his way into a seat for another year.
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Hard to get excited about those Graff entries.

Now we just need Shinji Nakano to buy his way into a seat for another year.
Yes indeed. The WEC teams and the Keating car look pretty serious. The rest, not so much.
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More amateurs this year in LMP2 it seems.
Possibly as everyone has had to shell out for new cars, so some teams need additional pay drivers to cover the costs?

And Nakano is by no means to worst guy who could buy his way in last minute
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This guy would be a very nice addition to the P2 grid - http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/r...-le-mans-seat/
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They might have to start paying drivers to race that thing.

Sad not to see Bobby K at Le Mans but like I said in the WEC thread - he's above this programme.
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They might have to start paying drivers to race that thing.

Sad not to see Bobby K at Le Mans but like I said in the WEC thread - he's above this programme.
'That thing' is clearly in no position to do any racing.
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'That thing' is clearly in no position to do any racing.
And 'that thing' has to be red hot favourite to be first retirement in the annual predictions competition. Has the feel of the JLOC effort in 2009, but maybe they'll surprise us all and get the thing sorted.
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