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Expect Jeroen Bleekemolen to sneek in somewhere...
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JMW announced on Twitter they will announce their Le Mans drivers this weekend.
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Looks like we've found another LMP2 driver with Mark Shultzhitskiy likely getting the works Oak Ligier seat.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113634 Cool to see these GT Academy guys consistently getting chances at the race. Hoping Gustavo Yacaman takes the third seat. The article hints at Jann Mardenborough possibly going to Le Mans but I'm not really sure where he will fit in, unless they put him in the same car... |
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That makes sense, given the earlier report that Shultzitskiy had been testing the car.
I'd certainly like to see Mardenborough get another run at Le Mans... |
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Mardenborough did a very good job but is his career not too much focussed on single seaters
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Might be, but if Nissan are targeting a Le Mans victory with a GT Academy graduate, Mardenborough would likely be the top candidate/possibility at the moment so all experience would be helpful.
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When Nissan gets their LMP1 up and running they're going to have a nice headache when it comes to choosing drivers.
Not only do they have all these young guns hanging about but they have a bucket load of talent in Japan too. |
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Like porsche Nissan will probably want to bring at least one big name star into the team to help generate publicity
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Assuming they go with a full 2-car entry, rather than a single-car and a second for LM like Toyota did when they came in, I'd expect a 'name' as GT6 suggests, a GT Academy graduate, at least one Japanese driver and someone with recent LMP1 experience.
Getting back onto the topic of this year's entry list, Simmi mentioned a couple of days back that JMW were expected to announce this weekend. IIRC, there had already been a report that their Le Mans drivers wouldn't be their ELMS squad, so I suspect this is a one-off 'rentadrive' deal for Le Mans, maybe with a pro to bolster the lineup. I wondered if it might be a return of the Saudi/UAE drivers from last year, but IIRC Khaled al-Qubaisi is already confirmed in one of the Proton Porsches. |
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Ominous tweet from Mr Dagys referring to a number of 'changes' likely to be announced today.
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well what did it say?
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I guess Friday was the last 'cheap' time you could pull an entry so suspect we'll see a couple related to that.
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suerely we would have heard by now, the grapevine would usually let that out very quickly
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I reckon Lotus will pull the plug . Wouldnt surprise me to see Strakka pull out either , over reliability issues . Ram pull their entry due to finance issues . SMP pull the plug cuz of finance embargo . Melleniun pull out . Missed Silverstone and have pulled their Spa entry and pulled their Sebring entry to . What reserves are left now ? |
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My guesses are Lotus and Millennium.
SMP probably waits and see if they get properly choked by the US/EU sanctions later on. I doubt Strakka will fold. And I'm pretty sure RAM would rather pull out of the rest of the WEC season if it meant they could still afford do Le Mans (the series doesn't even give financial penalties for teams giving up after LM anymore so there's no real downside, apart from ACO not looking so favourable at you for next year). LM means more than all the other sportscar races in the world combined Dunno about the other teams mentioned earlier. The AsLMS teams look a bit shaky but will probably pull through |
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Just seen Mr Dagys' followup that says yo expect three, so I guess the Lotus and Millennium or SMP guess may be a good one. I agree that Ram will likely do LM even if they drop out afterwards.
Either way, I'll be happy to see Labre get in and here's hoping it gives Signatech what they need to get a second car into the rest of the ELMS season, I'd they also get in. |
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Wow, okay. Five entries out.
http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/cin...ants-repeches/ Three Astons, two Millenium Oreca 03s. Entry list is here: http://www.24h-lemans.com/wpphpFichi...-mans-2014.pdf No reserves left. Alpine withdrew their reserve as there was clearly nothing to it. In come Larbre, Caterham (Greaves), Pegasus, Imsa Matmut, Prospeed. Last edited by Simmi; 28 Apr 2014 at 13:00. |
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