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Makes sense for Audi to run a known quantity in terms of drivetrain while developing a new engine for the 2011 rules. Since there aren't going to be any major changes in terms of the chassis come 2011 all they will need to do is upgrade the drivetrain (in theory, i'm not an engineer ) |
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The most glaring oversights for me include the Barazi-Epsilon car being left off - the GAC Zytek is not more deserving, nor is the Radical. No problem with Vitaphone on there though - they are one of the best sportscar teams in the world and have entered the best LMP2 car in the world. Also absurd is the lack of Saleen, but the JLOC Lambo being allowed in. That entry has always proved to be a gong show, and to see Larbre at the bottom of the reserve list given their performance in qually last year is galling.
I think that other than the absence of a Dome (which should have got the entry over Creation IMO, since the latter is not racing elsewhere this year apparently), the P1 list is excellent. Cream rises to the top... Why do I have a hunch that the AF Corse entry will become the Advanced Eng. Team Seattle car? Yawn. Last edited by cmk; 26 Feb 2009 at 15:53. |
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I think you'll see the Creation race this year cmk.... No problem with Vitaphone. They have prooved their worth in FiA GT, and they had a semi-entry last year IIRC with a DBR9 Last edited by andy_b; 26 Feb 2009 at 16:56. |
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Wow, quite an entry. Year of the diesel for sure with 9 P1 entries!
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Guys, there's a thread for this in the Le Mans 24h subforum...can we get a merge?
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The Signature car--is that an Oreca Courage or an older Courage LC70?
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Disappointed the Barazi car is not invited.
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Wow, some big suprisese (for good and bad)
3 R15s? Thought some guys were reporting just 2? Pescarolo to run a Peugeot. This made me smile, espacially after how critical Henri has been of diesels, and weird timing as well. The disel performance advantage will be gone for this year. Sad not to see a Dome S102 on the list. Love it or loath it, you cannot fail to admit that car was fast (before it's problems) last year. Sounded great as well. 3 AMRs. Glad to see, hopefully AMR can put up a serious challenge and i hope they haven't overloaded their basket with too many eggs, so to speak. Vitaphone RS Spyder? Great news! Thought it wasn't going to happen though, that's what DSC were saying on radio le mans last night that it was "unlikely" 4 'vettes, 2 Lambos and 2 Astons? Great to see Jet Alliance of course, should certainly be able to challenge for victory, but a shame not to see any Saleens on the entry list from either ARC or Full Speed Racing or even Labre for that matter. As much as i adore Ferrari, i have to say we need to balance this out a bit. There is a lot of diversity in GT2 at the moment with Astons, Lambos and M3s. Would have been nice to see a bit more diversity. Summing up then, a pretty good entry list, excited for the race already! |
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1 AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST AUDI R15 2 AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA AUDI R15 3 AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST AUDI R15 4 CREATION AUTOSPORTIF CREATION JUDD 6 TEAM LNT GINETTA ZYTEK 7 TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL PEUGEOT 908 8 TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL PEUGEOT 908 9 PEUGEOT SPORT TOTAL PEUGEOT 908 10 TEAM ORECA MATMUT AIM COURAGE-ORECA AIM 11 TEAM ORECA MATMUT AIM COURAGE-ORECA AIM 12 SIGNATURE PLUS COURAGE JUDD 13 SPEEDY RACING TEAM SEBAH LOLA ASTON MARTIN 14 KOLLES DEU AUDI R10 15 KOLLES DEU AUDI R10 16 PESCAROLO SPORT PESCAROLO JUDD 17 PESCAROLO SPORT PEUGEOT 908 20 EPSILON EUSKADI EPSILON EUSKADI JUDD 23 STRAKKA RACING GINETTA ZYTEK 007 ASTON MARTIN RACING LOLA ASTON MARTIN 008 AMR EASTERN EUROPE LOLA ASTON MARTIN 009 ASTON MARTIN RACING LOLA ASTON MARTIN P-2 5 NAVI TEAM GOH PORSCHE RS SPYDER 24 OAK RACING PESCAROLO MAZDA 25 RML LOLA MAZDA COUPE 26 BRUICHLADDICH BRUNEAU RADICAL AER 30 RACING BOX SRL LOLA JUDD COUPE 31 TEAM ESSEX PORSCHE RS SPYDER 33 SPEEDY RACING TEAM SEBAH LOLA JUDD COUPE 35 OAK RACING PESCAROLO MAZDA 40 QUIFEL - ASM TEAM GINETTA ZYTEK 09S 41 GAC RACING TEAM ZYTEK 07S 44 KSM LOLA MAZDA COUPE 49 VITAPHONE RACING TEAM PORSCHE RS SPYDER GT-1 55 IPB SPARTAK RACING LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO 60 GIGAWAVE MOTORSPORT LTD ASTON MARTIN DBR9 63 CORVETTE RACING CORVETTE C6.R 64 CORVETTE RACING CORVETTE C6.R 66 JETALLIANCE RACING GMBHASTON MARTIN DBR9 68 JLOC ISAO NORITAKE LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO 72 LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES CORVETTE C6.R 73 LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES CORVETTE C6.R GT-2 76 IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR 997 77 TEAM FELBERMAYER-PROTON PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR 997 78 AF CORSE SRL FERRARI F 430 GT 80 FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORT PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR 997 82 RISI COMPETIZIONE FERRARI F 430 GT 83 RISI COMPETIZIONE FERRARI F 430 GT 84 TEAM MODENA FERRARI F 430 GT 85 SNORAS SPYKER SQUADRON SPYKER C8 LAVIOLETTE 87 DRAYSON RACING ASTON MARTIN V8 89 HANKOOK - TEAM FARNBACHER FERRARI F 430 GT 92 JMW MOTORSPORT FERRARI F 430 GT 96 VIRGO MOTORSPORT FERRARI F 430 GT 97 BMS SCUDERIA ITALIA SPA FERRARI F 430 GT 99 JMB RACING FERRARI F 430 GT Reserves GT-2 R1 TEAM SEATTLE ADVANCED ENG FERRARI F 430 GT GT-2 R2 ENDURANCE CHINA TEAM PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR 997 GT-2 R3 IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR 997 P-2 R4 BARAZI EPSILON ZYTEK 07S P-2 R5 GERARD WELTER WR ZYTEK P-1 R6 EPSILON EUSKADI EPSILON EUSKADI JUDD GT-2 R7 TEAM FELBERMAYER-PROTON PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR 997 GT-2 R8 SNORAS SPYKER SQUADRON SPYKER C8 LAVIOLETTE GT-1 R9 TEAM LARBRE COMPETITION SALEEN S7R P-2 R10 RACING BOX LOLA JUDD COUPE L.P. |
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How sure can we be that Dome (with or without ECOSpeed) actually applied for entry? News at dome.co.jp is only in Japanese and Google translation is too gibberish but I can't see anything referring clearly to Le Mans this year. I know Japanese Samurai's translations in the Toyota thread and that Japanese site (sports-carracing.net) that mentioned oddly LMS, 24LM, last race of ALMS and Fuji+Shangai, but was this stuff official?
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Will we ever see a list of the 27 teams that didn't make it? I'd be interested to see who didn't make the cut.
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I wonder which chassis Vitaphone will be using?
And I wonder who will drive for Jetalliance? Will they bring back Wendlinger, Sharp & Müller. Tom. Last edited by airbusA346; 26 Feb 2009 at 18:49. |
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Can I assume that "AMR Eastern Europe" will be Charouz's car?
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