LM24 Race 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans Entry List Thread - Page 38

**Aysedasi** · 13 May 2014, 21:02 (Ref:3406003)

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Originally Posted by lemansfan

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/52956/

Just found it

Great. Thanks Walter.

Simmi · 13 May 2014, 21:28 (Ref:3406017)

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Originally Posted by Beetle

I'm going by way of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans Wikipedia page, where there are 18 open seats remaining. But quite a few of those are more or less confirmed.

#29 Pegasus Racing: last seat should be Jonathan Coleman given he will have driven the opening two ELMS rounds for the team after Imola - I've read somewhere (E-I I think) that it won't be Coleman.

#33 OAK Team Asia: should be Cong Fu Cheng... massively experienced Chinese driver for what apparently will be an all-Chinese lineup. Adderly Fong is also in the back of my mind.

#41 Greaves: Matt McMurry more or less confirmed - agreed

#42 Greaves: hard to pick. Me thinks Munemann, Latif, and Christian Zugel.

#58 Sofrev: Pons and Ayari - I think this has been confirmed a while

#60 AF Corse: Raffaele Gianmaria and Lorenzo Case, by virtue of the 6hrs of Spa - Again I think this was confirmed during Spa

#61 AF Corse: Cioci and Venturi - Also had this down as a done deal

#62 AF Corse: Blank and Bachelier - Seems like this is a locked-in squad

#70 Taisan: No drivers confirmed for this entry

#72 SMP: no idea

#98 AMR: Lamy and Nygaard - In the car for test day

I think Wikipedia is a bit behind.

One question for me is Tracy Krohn. I wouldn't put it past him to buy his way into somewhere - even if it apparently won't be Taisan. Will Aston try and squeeze Richie Stanaway in somewhere? Not sure there's room for him.

EDIT: Most line-ups don't change after test day so I think this confirms much of the above: http://www.24h-lemans.com/wpphpFichi...-mans-2014.pdf

**batmobile** · 13 May 2014, 21:37 (Ref:3406020)

The pits allocation : http://www.24h-lemans.com/wpphpFichi...-mans-2014.pdf

GT6 · 14 May 2014, 06:07 (Ref:3406092)

Thanks for that Eric, interesting to see the support paddock as well

Simmi · 14 May 2014, 18:13 (Ref:3406316)

Good educated guess from Beetle - Adderly Fong is the final driver in the OAK Team Asia Ligier: http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/add...ing-team-asia/

Juntos · 15 May 2014, 04:54 (Ref:3406468)

OAK Team Asia Ligier has an American, a Canadian and a Dutch! New colonialism at its best! Maybe Nicolet sixth sense is picking up voices from the other side.

Japanese Samurai · 15 May 2014, 08:45 (Ref:3406523)

According to Sports-carracing.net,
Team TAISAN Confirms LM24 driver line-up.
Drivers are James Rossiter, Martin Rich and Pierre Ehret.
Rossiter contracted with TAISAN formally on Tuesday.
However, he cannot participate in the test day.
http://www.sports-carracing.net/2014...tm#140515news1

Simmi · 15 May 2014, 10:34 (Ref:3406572)

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Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

According to Sports-carracing.net,
Team TAISAN Confirms LM24 driver line-up.
Drivers are James Rossiter, Martin Rich and Pierre Ehret.
Rossiter contracted with TAISAN formally on Tuesday.
However, he cannot participate in the test day.
http://www.sports-carracing.net/2014...tm#140515news1

Thanks for the info Samurai. This line-up was the biggest mystery to me. Shame not to see one Japanese driver.

Also announced is another change at RAM racing.

Archie Hamilton replaces Ben Collins in the Am car.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/leman...ng-at-le-mans/

I don't know the facts but it seems like they are moving to drink in some additional funding to the entries. How they'll continue in the WEC post-race I'm not sure...

Simmi · 15 May 2014, 10:52 (Ref:3406578)

Also quite interesting - Tor Graves has thrown his toys out of the pram and retired from motorsport.

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/tor...ere-de-pilote/

I did think the recovery from shingles was taking a while. I'd say the wallet is probably his biggest ailment if other drivers are taking his seat.

He clearly feels he's been shafted by Delta-ADR (who in turn have been shafted) and Murphy Prototypes.

TheNo1F1Fan · 15 May 2014, 11:35 (Ref:3406598)

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Originally Posted by Simmi

Also quite interesting - Tor Graves has thrown his toys out of the pram and retired from motorsport.

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/tor...ere-de-pilote/

I did think the recovery from shingles was taking a while. I'd say the wallet is probably his biggest ailment if other drivers are taking his seat.

He clearly feels he's been shafted by Delta-ADR (who in turn have been shafted) and Murphy Prototypes.

Not good for him.

**bella** · 15 May 2014, 12:27 (Ref:3406613)

i think what we're seeing with murphy and ram in particular is that there is very little commercial appeal for sponsors to get involved with privateers, both on the world stage and the european one.

both have a fairly strong identity as a team (branding, and continuity of that branding), and good, strong lineups whenever possible and yet we're seeing some fairly obvious stand-in drivers being swapped for guys able to contribute to the team budget.

this is the time for the organisers to be taking a serious look at what they can do to strengthen their product before it goes the way of european single seaters.

/doom and gloom

**Aysedasi** · 15 May 2014, 17:12 (Ref:3406695)

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Originally Posted by Simmi

Also quite interesting - Tor Graves has thrown his toys out of the pram and retired from motorsport.

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/tor...ere-de-pilote/

I did think the recovery from shingles was taking a while. I'd say the wallet is probably his biggest ailment if other drivers are taking his seat.

He clearly feels he's been shafted by Delta-ADR (who in turn have been shafted) and Murphy Prototypes.

Well I suppose the marshals in the Porsche Curves will be relieved........

Simmi · 15 May 2014, 17:58 (Ref:3406715)

Stephane Raffin completes Pegasus Racing - http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/ste...egasus-racing/

2/3 of the infamous DKR trio from last year in the race. Hopefully they'll have better luck/mirrors this year. Although Brandela looked okay at Silverstone.

Simmi · 16 May 2014, 12:45 (Ref:3406921)

A further confirmation to that Taisan news: http://sportscar365.com/lemans/leman...p-for-le-mans/

Glad to see Rossiter get a drive. Anything can happen in this class so they might not be a bad shout for a podium.

Mike E · 16 May 2014, 14:20 (Ref:3406950)

So that just leaves the #72 SMP Ferrari, and the #42 Greaves to be confirmed? Assuming nothing else changes...

Simmi · 16 May 2014, 14:53 (Ref:3406959)

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Originally Posted by Mike E

So that just leaves the #72 SMP Ferrari, and the #42 Greaves to be confirmed? Assuming nothing else changes...

Yep only three driver gaps left on my list. 2 for SMP and 1 for Greaves.

Strictly speaking Matt McMurry hasn't been confirmed yet in the #41. I think he will be. Lotus/Kodewa haven't confirmed a great deal and still need to officially name Kaffer/Bouchut. But we're almost there.

Deleted · 16 May 2014, 18:34 (Ref:3407021)

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Originally Posted by Simmi

Stephane Raffin completes Pegasus Racing - http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/ste...egasus-racing/

2/3 of the infamous DKR trio from last year in the race. Hopefully they'll have better luck/mirrors this year. Although Brandela looked okay at Silverstone.

Both the team and those DKR refugees have better chance of success this year thanks to having better chassis instead of Norma in 2010 or in DKR's case aged Lola open top.

Though I do miss Norma, it was sorta like the Minardi of LMP2. I remember Extreme Limite Paris setting awesome goals for LMS back in the day too, "top six in P2"

Deleted · 17 May 2014, 10:56 (Ref:3407222)

Going back to JMW abandoning Dunlop - I had already forgotten this stupid spec tire rule for AM, which may explain the change...

from last year http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/f...to-lmp1-rules/

Quote:

Also announced is that the GTE-Am category will have a single tire supplier next year. Michelin currently provides rubber to all full-season competitors in the category, although currently not under an exclusive deal.

Had they stayed in PRO they could've retained them

Simmi · 19 May 2014, 17:14 (Ref:3407924)

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Graham Goodwin ‏@dsceditor 1m
Expect a further revision to the Le Mans entry list in the next couple of days - and expect a surprise!

Here we go again! I'll take a third Toyota.

Victor_RO · 19 May 2014, 17:15 (Ref:3407925)

https://twitter.com/dsceditor/status/468438950324228097

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Graham Goodwin ‏@dsceditor 2m
Expect a further revision to the Le Mans entry list in the next couple of days - and expect a surprise!

I guess the revision means no Lotus.

Deleted · 19 May 2014, 17:22 (Ref:3407928)

Hopefully that surprise (= if means replacement) is more in the direction of Pagani Zonda than Ferrari 458 or Oreca Nissan

Hell I'd even take JLOC. The grid needs some comedy. I mean really, we don't have DKR (albeit some of their drivers), Gulf Racing Middle East, AMR-One, RSR Jaguar, Autocon etc, so we need something to ridicule. Especially if/when the Kolles car fails to show up...

GT6 · 19 May 2014, 18:06 (Ref:3407941)

It is easy to laugh but these guys put in huge efforts to be there and that deserves some respect rather than ridicule

Deleted · 19 May 2014, 18:09 (Ref:3407944)

Not every aspect of the race needs to be taken seriously...

Rodger Davies · 19 May 2014, 18:23 (Ref:3407946)

Apparently no, it's not no Lotus. I just wanted to say that.

Has the Caterham car always had a Malaysian flag next to it? Would make sense but I hadn't noticed before.

By 'changes', I assume it's not withdrawals or additions, but maybe some driver shuffling or a chance of car for someone. I'm going for ProSpeed 991 as one.

TheMightyM · 19 May 2014, 18:34 (Ref:3407949)

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Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

By 'changes', I assume it's not withdrawals or additions, but maybe some driver shuffling or a chance of car for someone. I'm going for ProSpeed 991 as one.

I won’t take “a further revision to the Le Mans entry list” to mean a change to a driver lineup. Including the phrase “entry list” means either someone’s pulled their entry and thus are being replaced and/or a team has changed cars.

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