Sportscar/GT (and Le Mans) Rumours and Repetition

[lms]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Great bit of news courtesy of Hindy who just tweeted:

awesome news

[Simmi]

Question is does the 'third' car include the Muscle Milk Honda or not? As there were rumours about an unnamed HPD squad competing in WEC/Le Mans alongside Strakka. Four 03a's at LM is too much to ask surely?

My stab in the dark would be Jota.


EDIT: Seen Hindy confirm on twitter the three cars are Strakka, Muscle Milk and .......

[The Badger]

And who ..... stopped short at that bit , did he ?

Could it be Farnbacher ?

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Could it be Farnbacher ?

Unlikely, although Allan Simonsen in an LMP1 would be something

[Rodger Davies]

good guesses on Farnbacher and Jota, each would make some sense. Would love it if it was someone from outside the current ACO 'family' coming in rather than an upgrade, so here's a left-field hope for someone like Team LMP Motorsport or United Autosports, but I think the previous two suggestions are more likely.

[alexkiller8]

jota didn't already buy a amr-one chassis last year?
has prodrive a money back garantuee attitude?
however i think is farnbacher, hankook will has a huge sponorship visibility running in lmp1.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by alexkiller8

jota didn't already buy a amr-one chassis last year?
has prodrive a money back garantuee attitude?
however i think is farnbacher, hankook will has a huge sponorship visibility running in lmp1.

They ordered one.
But as they never received anything, they can't be forced to pay.

[The Badger]

that may depend on if the car was manufactured for them . But probably the tub ended up on the X-wing . Lucky them !!!

[Articus]

Farnbacher got rid of their 458 Italia hmm. That would be refreshing. Anyway great news!

[Simmi]

Apparently it's neither Farnbacher or Jota. Two of those were guessed on twitter and Hindy said it's neither of those GT squads.

[CTD]

Flying Lizard!?

EDIT: Just checked that they have confirmed a two car effort next year.

[Articus]

Risi Competizione surely would not run Honda's right?

[Simmi]

Anyone know what JetAlliance are doing for 2012? We know they have finished with the Evora programme.

[JayBMS]

They were my thought

[acox93]

As far as i know Jet Alliance will be running 2 lmp2 lola's in the WEC.

[AGD]

Just a guess to add to the mix, but what about JMW? With Dunlop factory money?

I know some people want to pretend that there is a zero percent chance of prototype overcrowding at Le Mans this year and into the future, but reality is presenting a different view. Of course, if GTE teams are fleeing in order to get prototypes, the answer may become very obvious in terms of unbalanced class distribution of entries.

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by acox93

As far as i know Jet Alliance will be running 2 lmp2 lola's in the WEC.

Now that is news! Explain please.

[Coach Ep]

Also, re the new Honda P1 entry in WEC is from a team are already a well established player in another branch of motorsport - according to DSC. So we could be talking about a rally or a motorbike team?

[acox93]

Just know through a friend who will be working on the project. I dont know any other details though.

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by AGD

I know some people want to pretend that there is a zero percent chance of prototype overcrowding at Le Mans this year and into the future, but reality is presenting a different view. Of course, if GTE teams are fleeing in order to get prototypes, the answer may become very obvious in terms of unbalanced class distribution of entries.

The more prototypes the better I`d say, GTs are pretty much a sideshow at Le mans anyways...a 70:30 ratio would still be fine.

[AGD]

Originally Posted by Acid09

The more prototypes the better I`d say, GTs are pretty much a sideshow at Le mans anyways...a 70:30 ratio would still be fine.

I think most fans would agree with you. After all, there are other great European GT endurance races aside from Le Mans. That said, I know that not everyone agrees with that thought! Those fans may not have a choice though. Of course, getting rid of the Schwing would help alleviate the situation for at least one team.

[rich07]

So if JetAlliance are running in LMP then who will run the Evoras? Cant see that programme ending abruptly as Ive heard the cars are still being upgraded for next year.

[AGD]

Originally Posted by rich07

So if JetAlliance are running in LMP then who will run the Evoras?

I think the plan was to run the Evoras in-house. Or something like that. I don't know if the Ian Dawson situation (if there is one - there is conflicting information on this) is changing that or what.

[rich07]

Originally Posted by AGD

I think the plan was to run the Evoras in-house. Or something like that. I don't know if the Ian Dawson situation (if there is one - there is conflicting information on this) is changing that or what.

Well hopefully the plan to run it inhouse brings about full pro lineups in both cars and some more straight line speed. I'd like to see this project go forwards not backwards in 2012.

As far as Ian Dawson goes, who knows?

[NelisB]

Originally Posted by AGD

Just a guess to add to the mix, but what about JMW? With Dunlop factory money?

I know some people want to pretend that there is a zero percent chance of prototype overcrowding at Le Mans this year and into the future, but reality is presenting a different view. Of course, if GTE teams are fleeing in order to get prototypes, the answer may become very obvious in terms of unbalanced class distribution of entries.

This is also my thought. A tire manufacturer upping it's influence in the team and saying it's time to take a step up.

Or could it be that Proton/Felbermayr are stepping up? They haven't announced anything and they are pretty big in GT...