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looks like the brazilian ricardo zonta will be driving a pug em lemans this year... http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=17806&cat=15 |
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The ACO has released this year's entry application stats: Link
The ACO received 88 applications for the 55 places, 21 pre-selected entries were taken up, which means 67 applications for 34 places. Applications by class: 26 LMP1 15 LMP2 22 GT1 25 GT2 |
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can anyone even think of 22 decent GT1s?
4 closed prototypes - Pug, Dome, Lola, Aston-lola? or are we missing one? EDIT: collins is a pillock - Epsilon Last edited by ss_collins; 31 Jan 2008 at 18:28. |
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4 different makes it says, so Peugeot, Dome, Lola, and Epsilon Euskadi.
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22 GT1 cars are there really 22 GT1 cars out there and 26 LMP1's seems high too.
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31 Jan 2008, 20:12 (Ref:2118046) | #182 | |
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If there really are 88 'high quality' applicants for the race, then that's as good an argument as any for bringing back a proper prequalifying weekend and shelving the slightly-dodgy selection process for those that haven't automatically qualified.
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Bring back the Le Mans sprint I'd say! Two 3hour races on the full circuit on test day sunday, one for the Protos and one for the GTs...
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Wow so many GT1 cars. Wondering what the list of all those teams are.
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err Konigsegg... every aston ever built, some saleens and all the C6R's and C5R's think how great the entry would be sans GT1??
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But that would mean no WR??
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Quirky cars and passionate teams is one of the joys of Lemans, just think of Mazda's win and the joy of seeing teams like Martin Short's and Ray Mallock's when they do well. When you have been to 20 plus lemans you appreciate just how much the little teams bring to this great race. |
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Of the 29 classified finishers last year 13 of those were GT1, with only 2 failing to make the distance! But how many competitive GT1 cars are out there? Excluding MC12's of course? Should they restrict Audi and Peugeot to 2 entries each to allow other cars in? I know there was only 3 Audis and 2 Peugeots last year, but I'm sure Audi will want to keep 3 entries and there was talk of another Peugeot entry, and yes I know the limit is 2 cars per team.... I'm sure, as always, there are a number of hopeful entries that don't stand a chance, plus there will be a number of withdrawals nearer the event, so it should be a quality field this year, lets just hope that they can find half a dozen LMP2's that can last 24 hours for a change. |
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Interesting, I had 26 cars in LMP1 before the ACO announcement, and 13 in LMP2. I've added a couple in LMP2, and started a GT1 list. There was a piece in DSC about PK using a Saleen instead of the Corvette at one point, but perhaps there is more to this story that I've forgotten... Please tell me where to edit this list, who to add, who to take off.
LMP1 1 AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA (1st Le Mans 24 Hours) 2 AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA (1st ALMS and Petit Le Mans) 3 PEUGEOT TOTAL (2nd Le Mans 24 Hours) 4 PEUGEOT TOTAL (1st LMS) 5 PESCAROLO SPORT (2nd LMS) 6 AUTOCON MOTORSPORT (2nd ALMS) 7 AUDI SPORT Joest 8 PESCAROLO SPORT 9 Oreca 10 Oreca 11 Swiss Spirit 12 Creation 13 Rollcenter 14 Charouz Lola Aston 15 Chamberlain 16 Arena 17 Epsilon Euskadi 18 Epsilon Euskadi 19 Dome Coupe 20 Tokai University Courage LC70 YGK 21 Tokai Car Dreams 28 Courage LC70 Mugen 22 Creation 23 Scuderia Lavaggi 24 Scuderia Lavaggi 25 Charouz Lola Judd 26 Peugeot #3 LMP2 1 RML (1st LMS) 2 QUIFEL ASM (2nd LMS) 3 BARAZI EPSILON SPORT (2nd Le Mans 24 Hours) 4 Team Essex - Porsche Spyder 5 Van Merksteijn Motorsport 6 Embassy 7 Embassy 8 Sebah/Speedy - Lola B08/80 9 Bruichladdich 10 Brunneua 11 Trading Performance 12 Welter 13 Racing Box 14 Racing for Thailand - Radical 15 Pescarolo LM GT1 1 CORVETTE RACING (1st Petit Le Mans) 2 CORVETTE RACING (2nd Le Mans 24 Hours) 3 ASTON MARTIN RACING (1st Le Mans 24 Hours) 4 LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES (2nd LMS) 5 ASTON MARTIN RACING 6 Reiter Engineering - Lambourghini 7 Team Modena - Aston DBR9 8 ARC Bratislava - Saleen S7R 9 Larbre Competition - Saleen S7R 10 Larbre Competition - Saleen S7R 11 PMB GT1 Porsche turbo 12 Gigawave DBR9 13 PK Carsport - Saleen S7R 14 PSI Corvette C6.R 15 PSI Corvette C6.R 16 Race Alliance - Aston Martin DBR9 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
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I think you've got Tokai wrong haven't you?
I think the plan is to enter the old LC70 Mugen this year and their own engine next? Also I can't see Lavaggi entering two cars for LM There is at least one unannounced entry In LMP2 - I believe Embassy have submitted a single car entry - My guess would be that the Del bello Courage will have been entered again and there was the prospect of a new Radical for an Italian team subject to a successful entry - thereby implying that they had entered Gt1 certainly a second LAA Corvette but I am struggling to find 22 unless they are including the two Maseratis that a. couldn't race anyway and b, their teams declined the invitation. I did wonder whethe the EDM DBR9 might have put in an entry? |
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I wish WR success BUT when you are trying to protray a world class event (not some sunday club race) teams like them do let it all down just a bit....but balanced against the other side (your points) it does make for an interesting selection dilema for the ACO. 22 Gt1s is interesting - was expecting 8 to 9 at most..... |
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At best, I can only think of 28 P1 cars (and I know some of them won't be entered):
1. Audi North America 2. Audi North Americal 3. Joest Audi 4. Peugeot 5. Peugeot 6. Arena Zytek 7. Creation AIM 8. Creation AIM 9. Pescarolo 10. Pescarolo 11. Saulnier Pescarolo 12. Rollcentre Pescarolo 13. Swiss Spirit Lola Audi 14. Charouz Lola Aston Coupe 15. Charouz/Jota Lola 16. Chamberlain Lola 17. Cytosport Lola 18. Intersport Lola 19. ORECA Courage 20. ORECA Courage 21. Tokai Uni Courage YGK 22. Tokai Cars Courage 23. Epsilon Euskadi 24. Epsilon Euskadi 25. Autocon Creation 26. Dome 27. Lavaggi 28. Lavaggi |
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26 GT1 cars (again, I am not suggesting they would all be entered)
1. Corvette 2. Corvette 3. Carsport Corvette C6 4. Alphand Corvette C6 5. Alphand Corvette C6 6. Alphand Corvette C5 7. SRT Corvette C5 8. Ranuer Corvette C5 9. Prodrive Aston Martin DBR9 10. Prodrive Aston Martin DBR9 11. JetAllianc Aston Martin DBR9 12. JetAllianc Aston Martin DBR9 13. Gigawave Aston Martin DBR9 14. Modena Aston Martin DBR9 15. Bell Aston Martin DBR9 16. Reiter Lambo Murcielago 17. Labre Saleen 18. Labre Saleen 19. PEKA Saleen 20. BratislavaSaleen 21. PK Saleen 22. Rbimmo Saleen 23. Matech Ford GT GT1 24. SolutionF Ferrari 550 25. MVD Porsche 996 GT2 26. JMT Porsche 996 turbo 15 LMP2s I can believe (just about) & GT2 is a gimmie, but once the french cars have all been accepted I don't know how they are going to pick the rest. |
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