Spa 24 hour entry-list - Page 3

SFonseca · 14 Jul 2004, 21:51 (Ref:1036792)

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Originally posted by simon c
i guess you have seen lots of him - how good is he?

If you ignore Matteo Bobbi, he is the best driver of #1 BMS Scuderia Italia.

E46 · 14 Jul 2004, 22:55 (Ref:1036854)

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Originally posted by simon c
de castro is imho underrated. he was superb for lister in 2002 when they came second

i guess you have seen lots of him - how good is he?

Hmmm, in GT he has been Spanish Gt champion in 2000 with Marcos (and being faster than Euser for example with the same car), he drove for Lister in Spanish GT´s in 2001 finishing and at Spa 2002 2nd as you know (Bobby Verdon-Roe, his teammate, said De Castro had done an impressive race). In 2003 he was driving for semi-factory Seat team in Spanish GT, being leader all championship but losing title in last race with Vivancos/Gené. He was in 2003 at Spa too with Seat Toledo GT (Seat Belgium-Darro Motor) and in qualifying was only one second more slow than a JMB 550 Maranello.
This year he is current leader in Spanish GT with Burgueño driving Marcos LM600 EVO.

Wout · 15 Jul 2004, 16:41 (Ref:1037423)

the entrylist has been updated.
- 50 cars on the list now (was 47)
- the nissan is now in the FIA-NGT class
- the corvette is added

simon c · 15 Jul 2004, 19:29 (Ref:1037558)

and all change with the "works" lister drivers too!

PRF · 15 Jul 2004, 22:41 (Ref:1037693)

Any clues to the identity of the 3rd drives in the RML Saleens? That's cars Number 7 & 8?

jcz · 16 Jul 2004, 08:07 (Ref:1037887)

Do you some know what is background of drivers changes in Lister works car ? Who are the new drivers ? What is with Coronel ? I think he leave/interupt connection with Lister after previous events, on his web is mentioned only ETCC race in Spa, in previous time there were mentioned GT races too.
In BMW works cars was added Pedro Lamy as fourth drivers in car no. 43 and he maybe will drive car no. 42 or will add someone another to this ?

E46 · 16 Jul 2004, 08:41 (Ref:1037911)

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Originally posted by jcz
In BMW works cars was added Pedro Lamy as fourth drivers in car no. 43 and he maybe will drive car no. 42 or will add someone another to this ?

he will drive just #143 (this isn´t Nurburgring

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Graham Goodwin · 16 Jul 2004, 09:06 (Ref:1037929)

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Originally posted by jcz
Do you some know what is background of drivers changes in Lister works car ? Who are the new drivers ?

Gregor and Ian drove for The Racers Group at Sebring and LM and drove the Ecuriew Ecosse/PK Porsche at Sebring in 2003.

simon c · 16 Jul 2004, 09:09 (Ref:1037932)

what's their pedigree, will we see the best from the black beauty (will it be 2004 spec too?)

KA · 16 Jul 2004, 10:13 (Ref:1037967)

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Originally posted by simon c
what's their pedigree, will we see the best from the black beauty (will it be 2004 spec too?)

They both have a background in historic racing. They've got a fair bit of experience in endurance races- as Graham said, they've both done Sebring and Le Mans, and Donaldson (an ex-rally driver before turning to racing) has done the Nurburgring 24 hours several times.

Some info on each-

http://www.theracersgroup.com/team/drivers/fisken.htm

http://theracersgroup.com/team/drivers/donaldson.htm

vandijk · 16 Jul 2004, 15:23 (Ref:1038256)

Lister just released a press update: LINK

429CJ · 16 Jul 2004, 18:12 (Ref:1038423)

Two Finns in the race now

Only Markus Palttala is marked as Belgian, probably because he drives with Belgian license.

BSchneiderFan · 16 Jul 2004, 23:41 (Ref:1038692)

Does anyone else find the practice of listing by racing licence tiresome? I thought "Neal Cunningham (GBR)" - wonder who that is? Only to find that it is top Aussie bloke Neil Cunningham.

HJC · 17 Jul 2004, 10:13 (Ref:1038884)

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Originally posted by 429CJ
Two Finns in the race now Only Markus Palttala is marked as Belgian, probably because he drives with Belgian license.

He lives in Belgium, maybe that's an explanation.

KA · 17 Jul 2004, 10:50 (Ref:1038903)

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Originally posted by vandijk
Lister just released a press update: LINK

So Lister are running their 2nd-placed car from Spa 2002, rather than the new 2004 car? Sounds like they're aiming for a respectable finish at best....

they might be making the right decision though-the new car, with the very limited amount of racing it's had this year, may be too much of a risk in terms of reliability, and the older, 2002/3-spec car could give them a better chance of running the distance

simon c · 17 Jul 2004, 14:39 (Ref:1039030)

imho it's tragic what has happened to the lister team

2002 - jcw / v d poele / wallace / de castro / bvr

2003 - jcw / coronel / kinch / piccini

both years looking for outright victory, now looking for a finish this year...

i've followed the gt storms like a soccer fan follows his team since lm 95 and i guess things have moved on now, especially since Nic Springer took all his money, but its a real shame that black beauty is now merely an entrant as opposed to a genuine contender.

nevertheless, i'll still wear my storm shirt with pride at spa.

**FIRE** · 17 Jul 2004, 16:03 (Ref:1039053)

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Originally posted by simon c
i've followed the gt storms like a soccer fan follows his team since lm 95 and i guess things have moved on now, especially since Nic Springer took all his money, but its a real shame that black beauty is now merely an entrant as opposed to a genuine contender.

nevertheless, i'll still wear my storm shirt with pride at spa.

Newcastle Utd fan?

simon c · 18 Jul 2004, 14:53 (Ref:1039623)

no, everton, but dont like to tlak about that..

JAG · 18 Jul 2004, 15:35 (Ref:1039642)

It seems Lister will not been seen as a regular in FIA GT after Spa.

COncentrating on the LMP.

KA · 19 Jul 2004, 15:28 (Ref:1040462)

Driver lineup for the RML Saleens has been announced on DSC, and there's a couple of surprises- Mike Newton's missing the race, so Chris Goodwin and Miguel Ramos join Tommy Erdos in #7.

#8 will be driven by Ray Mallock himself, sharing with son Michael, and Adam Wiseberg (director of sponsor AD Holdings, making his debut at this level, although he's done the Nurburgring 24 hrs in the past)

simon c · 19 Jul 2004, 15:32 (Ref:1040469)

i thought mike newton was listed to drive #7?

BSchneiderFan · 19 Jul 2004, 15:39 (Ref:1040474)

Is there any more news about the potential Care Racing entry? McRae/Biagi/Bouchut seemed to be the betting last time I checked.

eddsc · 19 Jul 2004, 16:37 (Ref:1040519)

Sorry, that was a dsc mistake re Mike Newton. He is driving the #7 Saleen.
MC

KA · 19 Jul 2004, 16:52 (Ref:1040531)

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Originally posted by eddsc
Sorry, that was a dsc mistake re Mike Newton. He is driving the #7 Saleen.
MC

Any hint of a fourth driver for the no 8 car, or will they just run no 7 with a 4-driver squad?

19dodge · 19 Jul 2004, 17:47 (Ref:1040558)

i am very excited about the RML entries. It will be interesting to see how #8 does. I wouldnt be surprised to see them in the top 6 at the end (and top 5 for the #7)

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