ELMS ELMS (was LMS) 2012 discussion - Page 34 - 10-Tenths Motorsport Forum

mackteck · 29 Mar 2012, 10:43

http://www.statusgp.com/news/2012/03...portscar_debut

so it's alex sims, dean stirling and yelmer buurman for Status...

Nick6 · 30 Mar 2012, 02:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiana

Then it would be no different to 500 other GT3 series in Europe, with the expection of dozen pro-am, cost-capped and performance balanced LMP2s running at the front. Exciting!

A European version of GA in other words.

Nick6 · 30 Mar 2012, 02:08

I'm kind of surprised the ELMS GTC class isn't more popular than it is(understatement, I know).

The Badger · 30 Mar 2012, 15:16

It was last year , a lot of teams have gone WEC .

What are we expecting here ? We have been harping on about wanting a real world championship for years , now we have one and everyone is gobbing off about the ELMS entry .

Something had to suffer . The Americans never really supported a "world" sportscar series , so they stay at home and support their own , fair enough . A lot of Euro teams are now in the WEC ..... Im happy with the WEC .

The Badger · 30 Mar 2012, 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by mackteck

http://www.statusgp.com/news/2012/03...portscar_debut

so it's alex sims, dean stirling and yelmer buurman for Status...

Not sure what to think about that . But Buurman sounds good ?

Car looks smart .....

**joeb** · 31 Mar 2012, 00:55

For those of you interested in FRC, please submit your picks for Ricard: ELMS round 1 here. Qualifying is at 15:50 local track time, so get your entries in by then!

DeathOrGlory · 31 Mar 2012, 02:44

Streaming for this?

GTKers · 31 Mar 2012, 07:31

No streaming and no TV coverage.. The website is till Blanc on the TV coverage section....

It pritty s**ks... it is a nonsense to do a championship so famous without 19 cars and no TV coverage...

lms · 31 Mar 2012, 08:07

I thought the race will be on motors.tv

so no tv coverage at all? what about the rest of the season?

"Motors TV will show all the races live. To this can be added live streaming in partnership with Dailymotion (link on the site www.europeanlemansseries.com )"

http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/....php?news=2081

Simmi · 31 Mar 2012, 08:30

It is going to be on Motors, albeit not for the whole race.

Interesting to see the early pace of the teams. Murphy straight to the top courtesy of Warren Hughes. Problems for Boutsen Ginion which has caught fire.

EDIT: Not a pretty sight - https://twitter.com/#!/dsceuroeditor...700864/photo/1

TF110 · 31 Mar 2012, 08:40

I'm watching it live on their site now. No sound though

KA · 31 Mar 2012, 09:12

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Originally Posted by Simmi

Glad I haven't bought any tickets to the Donington round. With Zolder reportedly in trouble I'd bet they are both about to be cut in place of WEC tie-ups at Spa/Silverstone.

EDIT: And thinking further, if that was the case it would seriously hamper quite a few drivers (and their teams) who have signed up to both series. Loeb Racing is the one which immediately springs to mind with Sarrazin/Minassian both double booked for Spa.

Some teams like Pecom were planning to run both. Could you score points towards both series?

Lots of big questions and scrambling if the rumours are true!

DSC are suggesting in their report that Donington is definitely on- apparently Donington's MD has been at Ricard this weekend to meet with Patrick Peter, and the deal for the race is signed and sealed.

Zolder still seems to be open to question- apparently team managers and ELMS organisers are meeting this evening, and an announcement is hoped for this weekend...

As you suggest, incorporating the LMS grid into Spa might not be the answer either- DSC have apparently spoken to a number of teams, and it poses a problem for some, particularly those who are running WEC and ELMS with the same cars, and have contractual obligations with different drivers for each series...(I'm guessing these might include OAK and AF Corse?)
On the other hand, a number of drivers (according to an interview with Jonny Cocker) are in favour of the idea...

Simmi · 31 Mar 2012, 09:45

It's a really tricky situation. I was glad to see yesterday that the Donington round seems to have been green-lit.

I can certainly see why someone like Cocker would want to be mixing it up with the WEC teams and race in that shop window as much as possible. For other teams it would mean huge complications. I don't think the ELMS is beyond saving this season if the series can attract a few additional entries in the GT ranks. Beyond this season I'm not sure.