FIA WEC '14 ~ Speculation Thread

[Beetle]

I think it's that time of year, folks. The 2013 season is in a bad midlife crisis (as usual) and entries are dropping out and changing around left and right. So I think it's a good time to start seriously considering the 2014 season which looks, on paper, to be even more competitive than it's two predecessors.

Here's the latest rundown of the entry list (let me know if you see any errors are have any teams I haven't included on here)...

LMP1
Confirmed
Audi Sport
OAK Racing
Porsche
Rebellion Racing (w/ Oreca R-One)
Strakka Racing (w/ HPD)
Toyota Racing
Likely
Lotus-Kodewa
Possible
ADESS
AER
Ferrari LMP1
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing (w/ HPD)
Nissan
Perrinn
Pescarolo (Dome, ADESS, OAK possible)
Pilbeam

LMP2
Confirmed
Alpine
Oreca
SMP Racing (with Ferrari power)
Zytek
Likely
Dome
Lola (probably part-time and customer-based)
OAK
Possible
Bailey
Caterham
Honda
Tiga
Toyota
Wolf

GTE
None have really been "confirmed" yet but we can reasonably expect...
Aston Martin
Chevrolet
Ferrari
Porsche

And, of course, for all of the LMP2 and GTE manufacturers, we can expect multiple teams to enter.

One thing that seems to be slipping under the radar a bit is the GTE news. Will GTE and GT3 combine in Europe for 2014? Or is that a later project... and could it even be dead in the water? If GTE and GT3 combine, we could see absolutely massive interest from GT teams from the likes of BMW, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, and more.

As far as the schedule goes, nothing has been talked about yet. All the tracks stayed the same from 2012 to 2013 except Sebring switching to Austin, but could the same be said for 2013 to 2014? Interlagos springs to mind as they should be making critical changes to the track and relocate the start/finish line, pits, and pit building to the Reta Oposta, the "back straight". Besides Sao Paulo, we should expect Silverstone, Spa, Le Mans (obviously), Austin, Fuji, Shanghai, and Bahrain to stay.

Otherwise, let the discussion and speculation commence!