LM24 Le Mans 2005 - Page 16

mikmx · 15 Jan 2005, 08:45 (Ref:1201451)

PLEEEEAAASSSEEE let it work out for RFH I want to see the dutch flag on at least three cars in total. Without RFH that does not look good

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GT-Eins · 17 Jan 2005, 05:45 (Ref:1202721)

By the way:
Have other teams than the Prodrive factory-effort confirmed an enty or application for the Aston Martin?
What about the Team of Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell? Still seeking budget? And if that comes together where do they want to start?

Graham Goodwin · 17 Jan 2005, 07:19 (Ref:1202749)

2006

Paddy_NL · 17 Jan 2005, 10:18 (Ref:1202850)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikmx

PLEEEEAAASSSEEE let it work out for RFH I want to see the dutch flag on at least three cars in total. Without RFH that does not look good

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I have to agree on that. Even though we will still bring our own flags

kdr · 17 Jan 2005, 17:11 (Ref:1203089)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Goodwin

2006

anyone know whos down to drive for them this year, any chance of Brundle or Blundell trying out their prospective new car?

rdjones · 17 Jan 2005, 17:16 (Ref:1203092)

I was luck enough to be by the Autosport Stage at the NEC on Saturday when Darren Turner and David Brabham where being interviewed by our very on Hindy and I got the impression that they will be driving the car. As for the other driver they said that there is a very long que and there team are talking to some big names.

Zandbak · 17 Jan 2005, 17:22 (Ref:1203100)

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Originally Posted by Fab

Thanks for the news, Fire !

The budget is not secured yet...

The part of the budget that van de Kolk brings in is secured

The Lammers part of budget not..........

**FIRE** · 18 Jan 2005, 21:06 (Ref:1204134)

Official ACO list automatic entries (9 out of 15 are from US)

Intersport with Courage-Judd

rdjones · 18 Jan 2005, 21:38 (Ref:1204160)

I have a feeling that might be miss print. So that the people who have not taken up there entries are:-

LMP1
Goh x2
Veloqx x2
Dyson

Well we knew that already so no real suprise

LMP2
All Entries taken

GT1
Prodrive
Barron Connor

I thought people where able to transfer there entries to other cars, in the case of Prodrive I thought they might have used there entry for one of the Aston's. Barron Connor no Maserati then

GT2
Choroq Racing
JMB
Alex Job Racing

Again nothing there that we didn't already no.

mariantic · 18 Jan 2005, 22:53 (Ref:1204214)

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Originally Posted by rdjones

I thought people where able to transfer there entries to other cars, in the case of Prodrive I thought they might have used there entry for one of the Aston's .

Entrants can certainly change car type but ACO are reserving judgement and not automatically giving the Aston an entry until they've seen the cars perform at Sebring.

"The Selection Committee will see the DBR9s racing for the first time on 19th March in the Sebring 12 Hours"

Sensible, really - if the Aston's were to turn out to be dogs ACO would look a bit silly having accepted a "blind" entry.

mariantic · 18 Jan 2005, 22:57 (Ref:1204220)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Intersport with Courage-Judd

This one is really odd. Are there any more C65's available? I guess they could be leasing a Miracle car or is this a "Trojan Horse" for Miracle, Tacksport, G-Force, Cirtek or whoever.

I wondered if these pre-selected entries were "tradeable" - perhaps this is a case...

19dodge · 18 Jan 2005, 22:59 (Ref:1204222)

i bet that Intersport bought a courage to run in the full ALMS season (alongside its B2k/40) that is my gut feeling at the moment!

Fab · 19 Jan 2005, 04:48 (Ref:1204387)

Note that Courage shouldn't use its LMP2 entry, to focus on the brand new L70.

The intersport Courage LMP2 is a surprise to me too. Rented car ? Join venture with another owner ?

**Bentley03** · 19 Jan 2005, 09:32 (Ref:1204520)

Have I missed something? CMS show a full Le Mans/LMES schedule on the their website. I vaguely remember talk of a prototype for 2005 and Mariantic shows them as "Lola...in schedule.....what car?". Anyone.........?????

mariantic · 19 Jan 2005, 10:11 (Ref:1204553)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fab

Note that Courage shouldn't use its LMP2 entry, to focus on the brand new L70.

The intersport Courage LMP2 is a surprise to me too. Rented car ? Join venture with another owner ?

The Intersport Courage is a misprint on the ACO website - the official PDF shows Intersport with two Lolas one AER and one Judd, As per recent stories. So one MG and one new B04.

Courage LMP2 is a surprise as they said they would not race against their customers. so perhaps this is a customer under the factory entry. (see speculation in post above less Miracle who have an accepted entry)

mariantic · 19 Jan 2005, 10:14 (Ref:1204557)

Another thing...

Note that the BMS Ferrari 550 is accepted, this is not the Prodrive pre-selected entry it is a pre-selection for BMS winning the FIA GT. This sort of crept into the regs at some point!

Prodrive preselection is presumably "on hold" pending the Aston's performance at Sebring.

mariantic · 19 Jan 2005, 11:03 (Ref:1204593)

Just to clarify things I've put up the ACO pdf list. You'll see it's different to the ACO website!

Follow the "Pre-selected entries revealed" link at my Le Mans page.

19dodge · 19 Jan 2005, 13:36 (Ref:1204691)

ok, but how do you its correct. they may have made a mistake on either of them. lol

**Aysedasi** · 19 Jan 2005, 13:44 (Ref:1204697)

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Originally Posted by mariantic

Sensible, really - if the Aston's were to turn out to be dogs ACO would look a bit silly having accepted a "blind" entry.

Personally, I disagree. From sheer looks alone, this is a car that the ACO ought to be desperate to have on the grid. They have pre-selected plenty of "dogs" in the past (and I'm not even going to mention our dear "lady friend.....".....

vs346 · 19 Jan 2005, 14:59 (Ref:1204767)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Personally, I disagree. From sheer looks alone, this is a car that the ACO ought to be desperate to have on the grid. They have pre-selected plenty of "dogs" in the past (and I'm not even going to mention our dear "lady friend.....".....

Perhaps that's what they are trying to avoid, preselecting a 'dog' Noone but the AM team really knows how well these cars might run for 12/24 hours. The ACO is taking a hard stance on a lot of things lately (Mazzas) and I think thats making the 24 Hours all the better.

Fab · 19 Jan 2005, 15:49 (Ref:1204802)

Ouest France mentions two entries asked by Henri Pescarolo, and two others for Yves Courage... but in which category, for Courage ?

We already know that he's keen to make it with the new L70, but is the second entry another L70 ? I cannot see Courage racing against his own customers (although he did it last year)...

Fab · 19 Jan 2005, 17:10 (Ref:1204880)

Back on an old question of mine : why isn't Dyson interrested by Le Mans ? That's two years in a row that the team miss the race, and that the public miss the cars and the team...

It's quite understandable to focus on the ALMS, but miss the race that give the rules to the category, when other teams would like so much enter the field...

**FIRE** · 19 Jan 2005, 17:14 (Ref:1204888)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fab

Back on an old question of mine : why isn't Dyson interrested by Le Mans ? That's two years in a row that the team miss the race, and that the public miss the cars and the team...

Indeed very strange.
In most cases money is the reason but I think that's not the problem for them.

vs346 · 19 Jan 2005, 18:10 (Ref:1204919)

Fab, I read somewhere that Dyson was only interested in entering LM when they have a good chance of winning. Personally I think this is year would be perfect, but I guess they think otherwise. Plus I'm not sure if they think the AER engine could last the distance. Maybe with the new V8 turbo mentioned in DSC today. Next year perhaps?

Fab · 19 Jan 2005, 18:46 (Ref:1204933)

Thanks for that vs346 - that's what I remembered about the AER engine. But I thought they improved the reliability enough to have a try this year... too bad, the first hours could have been crazy...

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