[ELMS] ELMS 2013 Discussion

[Canada ALMS fan]

Will there be a live stream available for these races? Nice to see a full grid, pleasantly surprised. This planet DOES need one regional series in addition to the WEC for Le Mans spec cars apparently. It's just on the wrong side of the ocean for me now.

[rich07]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Quite surprised to see a Labre Corvette on the list.

Going by what Jack Leconte said, they dont have enough money for two cars for WEC so this must be their fallback plan, Im guessing ELMS is affordable if WEC isnt.

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Griffin is rated as Silver.

Originally Posted by urdragon

WoW Peter Kox is starting a team himself!.

Yeah I saw Dutch team called Kox Racing with a Lambo and with Peter Kox on the driver lineup so this is his actual team?

[Rodger Davies]

Originally Posted by LeMans.pt

http://world.honda.com/news/2013/c13...iew/index.html
A HPD ARX-03b for Northstar Motorsports at the ELMS???

Presumably that's another name for the team referred to as Orex, no? ELMS has one listed, Honda the other. Guessing they're the same.

[lms]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Presumably that's another name for the team referred to as Orex, no? ELMS has one listed, Honda the other. Guessing they're the same.

dont think so, this says they are not on the entry list, I guess they wont do a full season (i mean northstar)
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-15746.html

[FIRE]

Except for LMPC it's not a bad grid.

Originally Posted by urdragon

WoW Peter Kox is starting a team himself!.

Surprising news!

I assume the project is funded by co-driver Nico Pronk and the car is run by Reiter.

[LeMans.pt]

Originally Posted by lms

dont think so, this says they are not on the entry list, I guess they wont do a full season (i mean northstar)
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-15746.html

Don't be such a believer... that website source is the same!

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by gregtummer

I'd like to see the series run at Brands Hatch.

I love that track.

Oh yes ..... best track in the country .

[Jacques Rabbit]

I like the ELMS calendar a lot, so I'm glad to see a better entry list than expected. Definitely worth a look now.

[MJones94]

It is great to see the ELMS have a healthy grid lineup for 2013, especially when I was so ready to slate it for being a dead series.

It will be interesting to see how the GTC and GTE cars compare in terms of pace. Will the GTC cars be restrained slightly to maintain a differentiation between the 2 classes?

[gregtummer]

Originally Posted by MJones94

It is great to see the ELMS have a healthy grid lineup for 2013, especially when I was so ready to slate it for being a dead series.

It will be interesting to see how the GTC and GTE cars compare in terms of pace. Will the GTC cars be restrained slightly to maintain a differentiation between the 2 classes?

That will be interesting. In the 2011 6 Hours of Zhuhai, 2 GTC cars qualified faster than 12 GTE Pro and Am cars. Only 1 GTE Pro car was faster than them!

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by MJones94

It will be interesting to see how the GTC and GTE cars compare in terms of pace. Will the GTC cars be restrained slightly to maintain a differentiation between the 2 classes?

They probably should be, otherwise they would be suffering constant humiliation in qualifying at the hands of one P. Kox.

[Juntos]

Success comes at a price. What is ACO/FIA BoP for the GTC cars?

[SALEEN S7R]

Arent the GTC cars allready restricted by having to be 1 year old? The 2013 spec cars in the Pro class should have the necessary performance upgrades to ensure they are faster than the 2012 spec cars. Ok there might be some 2012 cars going quicker than some of the slower 2013 ones but isnt that what sportscar racing is all about? I for one love seeing the fastest cars in a slower class going head to head with the class ahead. Last years GT Pro cars racing with some of the slower LMP2's being a good example.

[ger80]

GTE AM cars have to be a year old, don't think that applies to GT3 cars in GTC.

[MJones94]

Originally Posted by SALEEN S7R

Arent the GTC cars allready restricted by having to be 1 year old? The 2013 spec cars in the Pro class should have the necessary performance upgrades to ensure they are faster than the 2012 spec cars. Ok there might be some 2012 cars going quicker than some of the slower 2013 ones but isnt that what sportscar racing is all about? I for one love seeing the fastest cars in a slower class going head to head with the class ahead. Last years GT Pro cars racing with some of the slower LMP2's being a good example.

I totally agree with you Saleen, my point was just an expectation of the ELMS rulemakers that they would widen the performance margins between GTE and GTC.

[SALEEN S7R]

Sorry my mistake I got confused, I thought the GTC class was the AM class of the main GT class and forgot that GT3 cars are now part of the ELMS!

[The Badger]

http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/

[Pandamasque]

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[The Badger]

http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-16416.html

Olivier Porta confirmed as one driver .

[MitchZ06]

"Ecurie Ecosse will continue its revival in 2013 running twin programmes in the GTC class of the European Le Mans Series and the GT3 category of the British GT Championship."

From the article on Dailysportscar.com, looks like a good boost to the GTC class.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by MitchZ06

"Ecurie Ecosse will continue its revival in 2013 running twin programmes in the GTC class of the European Le Mans Series and the GT3 category of the British GT Championship."

From the article on Dailysportscar.com, looks like a good boost to the GTC class.

Looks like they want to use the ELMS as a springboard to going back to Le Mans so that's the ladder system working perfectly I suppose. Glad we'll be able to enjoy a Z4 at Silverstone.

[MitchZ06]

Makes me wonder if they'll jump on a GTE Z4 to get to Le Mans next year?

[The Badger]

Interesting bit on Murphy prototypes :

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105968

[urdragon]

Originally Posted by gregtummer

That will be interesting. In the 2011 6 Hours of Zhuhai, 2 GTC cars qualified faster than 12 GTE Pro and Am cars. Only 1 GTE Pro car was faster than them!

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

They probably should be, otherwise they would be suffering constant humiliation in qualifying at the hands of one P. Kox.

Similar to last year in GT1 where Heico with a GT3 spec car of Maximilian Buhk / Dominik Baumann outpaced almost half the GT1 grid finishing five in one of the final races, that's Epic when true PRO's are driving.

[aneesh99]

Well, looks like Loeb and crew aren't going to be mixing it up this year, ELMS or LM24