[LM24] 2007 Le Mans entry list

[ScuderiaV8]

Originally Posted by KA

The sale of the cars to DAMAX was only publically announced about a week ago- given that Martin Short has commented several times in recent months that the car was still on the market, then at the time the entry was applied for, I'm guessing it may presumably have been intended either as a Rollcentre entry, or with a potential Le Mans entry as part of the deal for whoever bought the car.

I had a look back through the DSC archive to the article announcing the sale of the Rollcentre Radicals and it mentions that it may be possible for Rollcentre to run the car for the new owner. I suspect that's what will happen, possibly with a team of Rollcentre and DAMAX personnel so that the new team can learn about the car.

[rdjones]

Now we have the entry list, I guess the next game is put the driver in the car....

[The Badger]

Anyone got a list made up of seats yet ?

[AU N EGL]

Originally Posted by JAG

Do Penske pay a single dollar towards the program, they are afterall appointed by the Porsche factory.

NO. Penske MAKES money on racing. The money comes from DHL, Hyett and other sponsors.

[neiltbag]

Originally Posted by Truckosaurus

My big surprise is the relative lack of 911s, not that I think it's a bad thing.

I just took a look back at previous entry lists, and this is easily the lowest number of entries for "normal" 911s since 1992, when there were none. From '93 to '06 911s made up between 14% (2002 - 7 of 50 entries) and 25% (2000 - 12 of 48 entries). I didn't count the GT1s from '96 to '98 because even a dyed-in-wool 911-phile wouldn't consider them "proper" 911s.

This year 911s are only 7% of the entry. That's a massive drop. Even if the field was it's old size of 50 cars, they would still only represent 8% of the field.

The numbers reveal how huge the differences are for 2007. I've always veiwed 911s as boring to watch and listenb to, and too often filler for the most part, bar a few highly competitive entries. This year they've made room for more GT1s and LMP1s (yummy ) which to me are the real attraction.

[The359]

Another odd thing...they have the numbers 83, 86, and 98 assigned to GT2 class entries and to GT2 class reserve entries...

[The Badger]

Before anyone starts shouting ..... this is my list and my thoughts on driver pairings only . Some are set in stone , some are hope's .

But its worth a laugh anyway

LMP1

Audi sport North America – Capello-McNish-Biela
Werner-Kaeffer-Pirro
Audi Sport Team Joest - Luhr-Kristensen-Rockenfeller
Peugeot Sports – Sarrazin-Lamy-Bourdais
Minassian-Gene-Villeneuve
Courage Competition – Frei-Cochet- ?
Gounon- ?- ?
Rollcentre Racing – Short-Barbosa-Keen
Creation Autosportif – JCW-Field-Field
Pescarolo Sports – Collard-Boullion-Dumas
Primat-?-?
Racing for Holland – Lammers-Hart-Bleekamolen
Charouz Racing – Charouz-?-?
Chamberlain Eng – Owen-Berridge-Evans
Swiss Spirit – Delatraz-Fassler-Picinni
Arena Motorsports – Johansson-Chilton-Shimoda

LMP2

RML – Erdos-Newton-Wallace
Saulnier - Nicolet-Filhol-Jouanny
Kruse – Burgess-De Pourtales-Siedler
Binnie – Binnie-Timpany-Terada
Quifel Team ASM – Amaral-Monteiro-Burguano
Barazi Epsilon – Barazi-Vergers-?
Ojjeh-?-?
T2M – Pompidou-?- ?
Del Bello – Tinseau- ?-?
Bruneau – Bruneau-Rostan-?
Rollcentre Racing - ?- ?- ?
Team Bruichladdich – Moseley-Greaves-Liddell

GT1
Corvette Racing – O’Connell-Magnussan-Fellows
Beretta-Gavin-Papis
AMR Panis-Herbert-Kox
Enge-?-?
Luc Alphand - Alphand-Policand-Goueslard
Beltoise-?-?
BMS – Babini-Davies-Pescatori
Team Modena – Garcia-Halliday-Turner
Oreca – Ortelli-Ayari-?
Prost-Groppi-?
Team Menx – Pergl-Vasiliev-Walchofer
JLOC - ?-?-?
Larbre – Gollin-Bouchet-Gardel
?- ?- ?

GT2
P/WL Racing – Bergmeister-Gidley-?
Team LNT – Tomlinson-Dean-Kimber Smith
Milner-Hynes-Jeanette
Risi – Mowlem-Salo-Melo
Agues-Mediani-?
AF Corse – Villander-?-?
Seikel – ?-?-?
Autorlando – Riccitelli-Long-?
Imsa – Narac-Lietz-Leib
Scuderia Ecosse – Mullen-Kirkaldy-Niarchos
Spyker Squadron – Hezemans-Coronel-Janis
Chiesa-Alexander-Kane
Lizards – Overbeek-Henzler-Nieman

[rdjones]

This is what I have come up with

LMP1
1. Audi Sport North America Audi R10 - Rinaldo Capello/Allan McNish
2. Audi Sport North America Audi R10 -Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner
3. Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10
5. Swiss Spirit Lola Audi B07 - Jean-Denis Deletraz/Marcel Fassler
7. Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 - Pedro Lamy / Stéphane Sarrazin / Sébastien Bourdais
8. Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 - Marc Gene / Nicolas Minassian / Jacques Villeneuve
9. Creation Autosportif Ltd Creation Judd Ca07 - Jamie Campbell-Walter
10. Arena International Zytek 07S
12. Courage Competition Courage Aer LC70
13. Courage Competition Courage Aer LC70 - Alexander Frei/Jonathan Cochet
14. Racing For Holland Bv Dome Judd S101 - David Hart/Jan Lammers/Jeroen Bleekemolen
15. Charouz Racing System Lola Judd B07- Jan Charouz/Tomas Enge
16. Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo Judd - Harold Primat
17. Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo Judd - Emmanuel Collard/Jean-Christophe Boullion
18. Rollcentre Racing Pescarolo Judd - Joao Barbosa/Martin Short/Phil Keen
19. Chamberlain - Synergy Lola AER B06 - 10 - Gareth Evans/Bob Berridge/Peter Owen

LMP2

20. Pierre Bruneau Pilbeam Judd MP93 - Marc Rostan/Pierre Bruneau
22. Rollcentre Racing Radical Judd -
24. Binnie Motorsports Lola Zytek B05 - 40 - Bill Binnie/Allen Timpany
25. Rml MG EX264 AER B05 - 40 - Mike Newton/Tommy Erdos/Andy Wallace
28. Team Bruichladdich Radical Radical Aer SR9 - Tim Greaves/Stuart Moseley/Robin Liddell
29. T2M Motorsport Dome Mader S101-5
31. Noel Del Bello Courage - Aer LC75 - Christophe Tinseau
32. Barazi Epsilon Zytek 07S/2 - Juan Barazi/Michael Vergers
33. Barazi Epsilon Zytek 07S/2
35. Saulnier Racing Courage AER LC75 - Jacques Nicolet/Alain Filhol/Bruce Jouanny
40. Quifel - Asm Team Lola AER B05 - 40 - Miguel Païs Do Amaral
44. Kruse Motorsport Pescarolo Judd - Tony Burgess/Jean De Pourtales/Norbert Siedler

GT1

006. A.M.R. Larbre Competition Aston Martin DBR9
007. Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9
008. A.M.R. Larbre Competition Aston Martin DBR9
009. Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9
53. Jloc Isao Noritake Lamborghini Murcielago
54. Team Oreca Saleen S7R - Stéphane Ortelli/Soheil Ayari
55. Team Oreca Saleen S7R - Laurent Groppi/Nicolas Prost
59. Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9 - Antonia Garcia/Liz Halliday
63. Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R USA - Johnny O’Connell/Jan Magnussen/Ron Fellows
64. Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R USA - Oliver Gavin/Olivier Beretta/Max Papis
67. Convers Menx Team Ferrari 550 Maranello RUS
72. Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R FRA -Luc Alphand/Jérôme Policand/Patrice Goueslard
73. Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C5-R FRA - Jean-Luc Blanchemain/Sébastien Dumez
100. Aston Martin Racing Bms Aston Martin DBR9 ITA

GT2

76. Imsa Performance Matmut Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) -Raymond Narac/Richard Lietz
78. Af Corse Ferrari F430 GT
80. Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)
81. Team Lnt Panoz Esperante - Tom Kimber-Smith/Tom Milner
82. Team Lnt Panoz Esperante - Lawrence Tomlinson/Richard Dean
83. Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 Gt3 RSR (997)
85. Spyker Squadron B.V. Spyker C8 Spyder
86. Spyker Squadron B.V. Spyker C8 Spyder
87. Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari F430 GT
90. White Lightning Racing Ferrari F430 GT -
93. Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)
97. Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT
98. Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT

[kingkai]

OMG I just saw that list too.
What a killing GT1 field (I am in heaven)
I hope the two larbre's will have the same paintjob as last year..

[prototype]

I also hope we dont lose an Aston in the first 3 laps this year.

[The Badger]

Gounon will almost certainly be in a Courage .

There is talk about Romain Dumas driving for Pescarolo .

Karim Ojjeh has signed to drive for Barazi and brings along Gulf Oil .

Monteiro in talks with ASM .

Turner said he would drive for Team Modena , if they gat an entry .

I thought Konrad would have been looking for an entry ?

[rdjones]

From what it says on DSC there where 76 applications, they go on to say that Tafel Racing and James Watt Automotive are 2 that missed out, anyone want added any more names to that list.

[The Badger]

I reckon Chad are mighty ****ed off ..... only getting 1 car into the LMS and 7th reserve !!!

Glad to see Alphands C5R again , but I reckon PSI are ****ed to .

That Felbermayer/Proton might have been the works driven car of Leib , but no go either !!!

Gooing to be one hell of a battle ..... in all classes . Hope the Audi's and Pug's all go out in the first quarter ..... that would be a ballle then !!!

[cmk]

Turning down PSI's C6 for Alphand's C5 makes no sense to me. I thought Phillipe Tille owned PSI now, which would make them both French!

The non-inclusion of the possibly works-backed Felbermayer-Proton Porsche also makes little sense (as does no GPC) but who would you remove? The Seikel and 2nd Risi, maybe, but they were both auto-entries. Every other entry makes sense in that class. LNT deserves 2 for obvious reasons. Spyker for variety and pace.

Chad placed where they should have. What would give the ACO reason to believe they should be placed above GPC, F-P, JMB? Thierry Perrier and Ice Pol, maybe equal to Chad, but both have more LMS starts... They're damn lucky they placed ahead of Tafel. I guess non-ACO/FIA success means little to the ACO.

[AU N EGL]

Originally Posted by kingkai

OMG I just saw that list too.
What a killing GT1 field (I am in heaven)
I hope the two larbre's will have the same paintjob as last year..

This is what GT1 fields should look like for every race.

Now if there were FOUR TV channels for the Race, One channel to cover each class.

[tramker]

According today's press release, Tomas Enge should drive for Aston Martin at Le Mans and Jarek Janis for Spyker. The only driver mentioned for Charouz's LMP1 Lola is Jan Charouz.

[Justin Moran]

Motors TV are gonna have to work hard to keep up with that lot! That has to be one of the best grids I've seen in many a year!

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by tramker

According today's press release, Tomas Enge should drive for Aston Martin at Le Mans and Jarek Janis for Spyker. The only driver mentioned for Charouz's LMP1 Lola is Jan Charouz.

What press release is that please ?

[neiltbag]

Originally Posted by tramker

According today's press release, Tomas Enge should drive for Aston Martin at Le Mans and Jarek Janis for Spyker. The only driver mentioned for Charouz's LMP1 Lola is Jan Charouz.

Enge will be a busy man at Le Mans, driving for White Lightning, Charouz AND Aston!

Rumours are fun...

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by neiltbag

Enge will be a busy man at Le Mans, driving for White Lightning, Charouz AND Aston!

Rumours are fun...

..... you forgot Scuderia Ecosse !!!

[dj choc ice]

care to add anymore to the list badger?

[FIRE]

Great entrylist!

[Speed-King]

i assume he drives the 3rd stint and jumps into the car that is best runing by then^^

[tramker]

Originally Posted by The Badger

What press release is that please ?

http://www.bpa.cz/CZ/novinky/1014/st...n_le_mans.html

[Bentley03]

Originally Posted by The Badger

What press release is that please ?

Originally Posted by tramker

http://www.bpa.cz/CZ/novinky/1014/st...n_le_mans.html

Well, you asked for it Mr B.!