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28 Jan 2013, 15:37 (Ref:3195335) | #276 | ||
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Damian Faulkner hopeful of a Le Mans drive in the TRG Aston .
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In advance to the big announcements on February 1st, I'd like to thank everyone who has commented constructively and helpfully, especially Aysedasi, Simmi, Victor_RO, The Badger, CTD, and Jacques Rabbit, whose help made this thread great. Good job to you all! With my relatively low knowledge of the minor proceedings happening in the Endurance Racing world that isn't top headlines, I couldn't have created a respectable entry list without all of your help. That calls for an update. Congfu "Frankie" Cheng replacing Harold Primat in the Rebellion car, Primat demoted to LMP2 Jota car. |
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30 Jan 2013, 00:07 (Ref:3196012) | #279 | ||
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The big day is near. Knowing that 71 entries were lodged, 41 LMP and 30 GT, anyone care to speculate on car counts in each class of accepted entries?
I would guess 10 LMP1, 22 LMP2, 14 GTE Pro, 9 GTE Am. |
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30 Jan 2013, 10:26 (Ref:3196109) | #280 | |
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10 LMP1 is max
3 Audi 2 Toyota 2 Rebellion 1 Strakka 1 JRM 1 Swiss hybrid ... |
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30 Jan 2013, 10:42 (Ref:3196115) | #281 | |
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Maybe 1 Oak?
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30 Jan 2013, 10:53 (Ref:3196119) | #282 | |
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Last time I've talk of 2013 plans Nicolet told me that the P1 will not run.
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3x Audi e-tron 2x Rebellion Racing 1x JRM 1x Strakka 2x Toyota 1x Hope Flybrid 22 LMP2 2x Signatech 2x OAK 1x ADR-Delta 2x Gulf Racing 1x Status GP 1x Lotus 1x Level 5 1x Morand Racing 2x Jota 1x Race Performance 2x Greaves 1x 8 Star 1x Boutsen Ginion 1x TDS Racing 1x Sebastien Loeb 1x Murphy Prototypes 1x Pecom 24 GTE 3x AF Corse 2x Corvette Racing 2x Manthey AG 2x Larbre 1x JMW Ferrari 1x ESM Ferrari 2x SRT Viper 1x Krohn 1x JWA-Avila 1x IMSA-Matmut 1x TRG 3x Aston Martin Racing 1x JMB Ferrari 1x RAM Racing Ferrari 1x Kessel Ferrari 1x Felbermayr-Proton That would of course give us 4 Aston Martins Vantages, 4 Corvettes, 9 Ferraris, 5 Porsches, and 2 Vipers. Nice lineup there! Another surprise entry could be the BMW Z4 GTE, as we were talking about. I can see a really unique combination of Blancpain Endurance Series drivers, ALMS drivers, and DTM drivers. Le Mans is not on a DTM race week, so it is feasible for, really, any DTM driver to make Le Mans happen. If I had to come up with six drivers, I couldn't. But there's a very long list of good possibilities. 1. Augusto Farfus 2. Timo Glock 3. Joey Hand 4. Andy Priaulx 5. Bruno Spengler 6. Martin Tomcyzk 7. Dirk Werner 8. Marco Wittmann 9. Maxime Martin 10. Jorg Muller 11. Uwe Alzen 12. Dirk Muller 13. Bill Auberlen 14. Mike Hezemans 15. Bert Longin 16. Henri Moser 17. Adam Carroll 18. Nick Catsburg 19. Gregory Franchi 20. Frank Kechele 21. Mathias Lauda 22. Stephane Lemeret 23. Jeroen den Boer 24. Jeffrey van Hooydonk 25. Michael Bartels 26. Tom Coronel 27. Simon Knap 28. Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof That's enough for 9 BMWs. However, if I was to narrow that list down to six, I'd pick Maxime Martin, Dirk Muller, Andy Priaulx, Uwe Alzen, Mike Hezemans, and Joey Hand. |
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31 Jan 2013, 00:24 (Ref:3196405) | #285 | ||
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I can't remember 100%, but I think Enzo said 8Star haven't lodged an entry to WEC or Le Mans, possibly both.
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31 Jan 2013, 01:44 (Ref:3196424) | #286 | ||
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^ 8Star tweeted they have big news soon so who knows? Hopefully it's not the second car they have coming for Grand Am. I would hope to see a Le Mans entry as well as Sebring as a warmup with their LMP2 car.
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31 Jan 2013, 07:14 (Ref:3196432) | #287 | |
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I didn't realise JMB weren't going to take up their auto entry:
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-15558.html |
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31 Jan 2013, 07:20 (Ref:3196435) | #288 | |
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http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...ds-the-future/
According to this, expect Dempsey to show up in GTE this year. Of course, with what we still don't know but I expect some sort of European car. Edit: Actually, the article confirms that Dempsey will be in GTE for the LM24. |
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31 Jan 2013, 07:49 (Ref:3196445) | #289 | |
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Canada ALMS fan said in the 2013 ALMS discussion thread that the rumor is a 458.
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31 Jan 2013, 07:56 (Ref:3196449) | #290 | ||
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Autosport digital edition confirms that SRT Viper have put in two entries for Le Mans and that one of their show cars will be in Paris for the announcement (along with some of the head people at SRT).
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Was really gutted last year initially when Marc Goossens told me they weren't targeting the race for 2013. I guess plans change! Nice to see a factory step up and take it on. They will get both of their entries approved. |
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Oh I do hope there are vipers there this year, we need cars that make your whole body shake as they go passed rather than the ultra quiet deisels, IMHO there should be a decibel limit that excludes cans below a certain figure rather that the other way round
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31 Jan 2013, 14:51 (Ref:3196600) | #294 | ||
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Dempsey is on his way to Paris, I would assume for the presentation.
Have Bailey/sbarta sports lodged an entry. Sylvan boulay is the guy behind the team and we know the aco love a local. |
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Bad news for LMP1...
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31 Jan 2013, 15:08 (Ref:3196604) | #296 | |
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That's a blow.
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31 Jan 2013, 16:02 (Ref:3196630) | #297 | ||
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And an article by John Dagys on JRM pulling its Le Mans entry:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...ls-lm24-entry/ |
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http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...ls-lm24-entry/
Full article by John Dagys. Oh dear, LMP1 gets weaker again. |
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31 Jan 2013, 16:26 (Ref:3196637) | #299 | |
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I think that's probably the last we'll see of them in prototypes to be honest.
The assumed support and step up from Honda never materialised. Another alarm bell as if their absence from the WEC wasn't bad enough. |
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31 Jan 2013, 16:36 (Ref:3196640) | #300 | ||
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Sad news but the race goes on
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