2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Round 3 - Zhuhai , 6-7 November

[Monkey Head]

November will be the busy month for motorsports fans and GT drivers from Asian Regions,Le Mans race on the beginning of the month and Macau Grandprix gonna be take place 2 weeks after.According to intercontinental http://www.endurance-info.com/2010_L..._EntryList.pdf we have 20 cars from europe,plus some Asian entries which raced in last year Asian Le Mans in GT 1/2 classes.On previous report 5-6 Asian GT3 teams are also invited to join the raced too,Karun Chandhok may in hand of one Gallardo LP560.

[Lam Pak]

this race cant be a slice backhand. chinese not know endurance race. no chinese racers no sucess. attempting to get into the public maybe not mature.
whos going to drive for china?

[Tom908V12]

I expect very few participants even among europeans

[courageous]

United Autosports with a pair of Audi R8 GT3s will be making the journey (source Speedtv.com)

1 car for Alain Li & Henri Richard - other one TBA

[HORNDAWG]

I would imagine the ALMS will be pretty interested to see how it performs compared to the GT-2 field there.




L.P.

[The359]

Originally Posted by Tom908V12

I expect very few participants even among europeans

26 + 4 unnamed GTC competitors by my count. And all but three of those 26 are European/American.

Joest x2
Peugeot x2
Drayson
Tokai
OAK
MIK x2
Hope Polevision
Larbre
Hitotsuyama
JLOC
Atlas eFX (maybe)
Prospeed
Felbermayr-Proton x2
AF Corse
CRS
Schnitzer
Team First
Jaguar x2
United Autosports x2
Porsche Hybrid

[AndrewF31]

Your list is different from the link.

Missing Risi, Rahal and Flying Lizards.

Where did you get United Autosports from? Are they running an Audi R8? They do in the GT3 championship.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Where did you get United Autosports from? Are they running an Audi R8? They do in the GT3 championship.

Announcement was yesterday, the news story is on Speed TV's website. And they will be using the R8, because there will apparently be a maximum of 6 GT3 cars on the entry list.

[Marcel ten Caat]

AndrewF31: Risi, Rahal and Lizards won't do Zhuhai. Ferrari teams will be AF Corse and CRS, BMW will be Schnitzer and Porsche will be Prospeed and Felbermayr-Proton, as mentioned in the list above.

Atlas eFX Team FS is a no go and United Autosports will do it with two cars - second line-up expected next weekend.

Team Hong Kong Racing still has this race on their website - but we all know they cancelled their Le Mans reserve entry so I am not sure if they will actually be there with the Vantage.

[AndrewF31]

Thanks for the correction. Half-arsed attention gets you into embarrassing situations lol. Didn't notice the 3 columns next to the team names.
I'll just re-enforce my opinion from the other thread that GT2 should only have Drivers and Manufacturers Cups.

So there will be at least a battle in 'GT3' between the Hybrid Porsche and the Audi R8s.

[chernaudi]

IMSA should watch this race closely to determine if the R8 should be allowed to run in the ALMS' GTC class. Speed TV says that Audi is willing to field a "cheapened", watered down version of the R8 LMS that lacks drivers aids and has a smaller air restrictor for GTC and Grand Am GT. However, as the standard LMS is nearly as fast as a GT2 car, this race can give IMSA the data they need as far as requested changes.

If IMSA feels that the R8 can be made competitive in GTC for little cost, I wonder how that will open things up for that class.

At the same time, with strong rumors of the Audi R18 and Peugeot 90x being KERS hybrids--and the rumored return of Audi in the ALMS next year, with the bulk of those races possibly to be done with the R18--the ACO and IMSA will be watching at PLM and Zhuhai for the Porsche 911 hybrid with KERS.

[The359]

I forgot, you can add the Panoz to the Zhuhai list, they said the car would be there.

[Lam Pak]

macau rodulfo avila maybe race in a porsche.

[Victor_RO]

http://www.lemans.org/fr/actualites/...66.html?ref=nf

Tokai University's car is confirmed officially.

[NightStalk3r]

Originally Posted by AndrewF31

So there will be at least a battle in 'GT3' between the Hybrid Porsche and the Audi R8s.

The Hybrid won't be running in GT3, and if it was there wouldn't be much of a battle, the Hybrid would slaughter regular GT3 cars.

[The359]

http://translate.google.com/translat...ance-5321.html

Zhang Shan Qi will be driving for Hope Polevision's FLM entry. I wonder if it will be the only FLM entry?

China Team FYI will also enter a GTC Audi R8 with Marchy Lee driving.

[cbbrit]

Press release from United Autosports listing the four drivers.
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...ocus-5303.html

[The359]

Originally Posted by cbbrit

Press release from United Autosports listing the four drivers.
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...ocus-5303.html

Only two drivers. Brown and Dean are listed as the team's co-owners, not as the drivers for Zhuhai.

[Monkey Head]

Originally Posted by Lam Pak

macau rodulfo avila maybe race in a porsche.

he will not avliable for the race as final event of Porsche Carrera Cup Asia this year are going to support ILMC

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by Monkey Head

he will not avliable for the race as final event of Porsche Carrera Cup Asia this year are going to support ILMC

Why would that make him unavailable?



L.P.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Why would that make him unavailable?

Jody Firth and Warren Hughes, anyone? Silverstone 1000km winners in FLM, and winners in two of the support races on the same weekend... It's far from impossible if you're dedicated/keen/durable/mad enough.

[GT2-R]

Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Thanks for the correction. Half-arsed attention gets you into embarrassing situations lol. Didn't notice the 3 columns next to the team names.
I'll just re-enforce my opinion from the other thread that GT2 should only have Drivers and Manufacturers Cups.

So there will be at least a battle in 'GT3' between the Hybrid Porsche and the Audi R8s.

Whitout nowing you were correct Andrew ! Flying Lizard with 3 (!!!) cars in Zuhai!

Source: Official ACO post on Facebook

[Captain Spyro]

Originally Posted by GT2-R

Whitout nowing you were correct Andrew ! Flying Lizard with 3 (!!!) cars in Zuhai!

Source: Official ACO post on Facebook

You sure they mean Zhuhai? On translation ala Babel Fish on AltaVista.com...

Representative of Porsche in WP on the other side of the Atlantic in American Mans Series, Flying Lizard Motorsports will align three cars in the second handle of the ILMC.

Sounds like the mean Petit to me: Two cars plus the hybrid?

[GT2-R]

Originally Posted by Captain Spyro

You sure they mean Zhuhai? On translation ala Babel Fish on AltaVista.com...



Sounds like the mean Petit to me: Two cars plus the hybrid?

Ow that was so dumb of me ! Indead, second round is Petit Le Mans of course!

[Asa]

http://www.hkticketing.com/Ticketek/...nt.asp?id=4232

Tickets for this race now available online.