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Old 10 Oct 2010, 17:05 (Ref:2772688)   #51
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With the likes of ORECA moving up next year and Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda supplying at least engines I would expect grids around the forty car mark for the Asian rounds in 2011.
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Old 10 Oct 2010, 18:49 (Ref:2772726)   #52
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I don't see much point dreaming if there's little chance of these things happening.

Given the abundance of factory entries and filler cars like the R8 it's the kind of grid I would have taken over some recent LMS/ALMS fields.

I'm not expecting a stand-alone Asian Le Mans Series to sprout up but I do hope to see an increasing number of local teams build programs around these events.

Given GT500 and Formula Nippon use 2011 P1 spec engines that takes away one hurdle for teams looking at this class while I'm sure a place will be found for GT300 and GT3 cars for the forseable future.

The first PLM had the following entry-

Started: 29 (WSC - 6, LMP1 - 3, GT1 - 1, GT2 - 3, GT3 - 8, LM GT1 - 3, LM GT2 - 5)

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Old 10 Oct 2010, 22:25 (Ref:2772817)   #53
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I don't see much point dreaming if there's little chance of these things happening.

Given the abundance of factory entries and filler cars like the R8 it's the kind of grid I would have taken over some recent LMS/ALMS fields.

I'm not expecting a stand-alone Asian Le Mans Series to sprout up but I do hope to see an increasing number of local teams build programs around these events.

Given GT500 and Formula Nippon use 2011 P1 spec engines that takes away one hurdle for teams looking at this class while I'm sure a place will be found for GT300 and GT3 cars for the forseable future.

The first PLM had the following entry-

Started: 29 (WSC - 6, LMP1 - 3, GT1 - 1, GT2 - 3, GT3 - 8, LM GT1 - 3, LM GT2 - 5)
Yes, and then a strong regional series was built, getting us to where we are today. People will not invest in local programs for a single, or even two races a year in Asia. This has been my whole issue with ILMC since day one. It weakens the regional series, which could potentially lead to smaller ILMC races in the future.
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John Dagys of SpeedTV.com says that Level 5 will be entering a FLM/LMPC car for the boss himself. Co-drivers unknown as of now.
Sacred Monster perhaps?
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Yes, and then a strong regional series was built, getting us to where we are today. People will not invest in local programs for a single, or even two races a year in Asia. This has been my whole issue with ILMC since day one. It weakens the regional series, which could potentially lead to smaller ILMC races in the future.
It all depends on how dogmatic the ACO is about the support categories for these races. I don't think that SuperGT cars are the right kind of field filler, but with GT3 racing gaining a foothold in Asia, it should be possible to get decent grid figures. And it's not just for two races either: Super Taikyu will have a GT3-class next year and there are one-off events like the Macao GT-race or the 12 hours of Sepang that usually attract pretty respectable grids. If the ACO can tap into that pool, grid figures shouldn't be that big an issue.
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In the recent past Japanease manufacturers have spent big just to compete at Le Mans with the GT-ONE and R390/1, cars that were bared from FIA GT.

The Japanease WSC rounds were always 90% European entrants with the odd local factory team and customer Porsche, I see the ILMC in a similar light.

Manufacturers competed in both the WSC and IMSA GTP and I see the same happening with the ILMC and ALMS, Audi have signalled as much with their desire to run additional regionally funded cars.
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Shame there's no Nissans in GT1, they're not racing in Japan so its closest to a home race as you'll get for Nissan.
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Frank Yu and Richard Meins confirmed as two of the drivers in the second United Autosports Audi.

Third driver?

Danny Watts.

Any bets on whether this car will be outqualifying the Jag(s) by more than two seconds?
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Old 20 Oct 2010, 07:10 (Ref:2777370)   #59
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Marchy Lee, Matthew Marsh and Alex Yoong will drive the above car in the GT3 category.
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Frank Yu and Richard Meins confirmed as two of the drivers in the second United Autosports Audi.

Third driver?

Danny Watts.

Any bets on whether this car will be outqualifying the Jag(s) by more than two seconds?
With Danny Watts qualifying the car I'd say there is a chance of that yes. It will be one of the interesting sub-plots of the race to see how the GT3's can mix it with the lower end of the GT2's and also the hybrid.
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Also, one of the drivers in the Larbre Saleen will be... Pedro Lamy.

http://twitter.com/johndagys/status/27939398445
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Also, one of the drivers in the Larbre Saleen will be... Pedro Lamy.

http://twitter.com/johndagys/status/27939398445
Nice to give the car a good send off by putting a guy of Pedro's calibre in the car.

Also seeing via Jon Dagys that MIK has pulled out both cars leaving just OAK racing to run all by itself in LMP2.
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Oh, now that is surprising. But it's not like Labre needs to worry about JLOC anyway (I doubt Atlas bothers to come there). Lovely way to give final farewell to old girl S7, nevertheless.
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It should help them beat the GT2s at the end of the race (or at least get close to them), which is something I don't think I've seen done by GT1 cars this year.
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6x LMP1
1x LMP2
1x FLM
2x GT1
9x GT2
4x GT3
1x GTH

I say this again: It doesn't look much better than @ Aida last year- despite the factory entries for ILMC. But look! GT1 isn't the smallest class on the grid, not by far! When was the last time that happened!
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Look at things this way as well. This is the closest we will get to having all GT classes racing together.

I think a lot of people will be watching to see how the GT3's compare to GT2's under ACO conditions.
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The Panoz will not be racing after all in Zhuhai (again according to mr. Dagys).
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I say this again: It doesn't look much better than @ Aida last year- despite the factory entries for ILMC. But look! GT1 isn't the smallest class on the grid, not by far! When was the last time that happened!
To be honest it looks worse than last year at Okayama (shame on you naming it Aida after all those years).

Last year we had 23 cars in four 'proper' classes and other than Aston Martin Racing no official works cars in LMP1. This year they'll have 23 cars in seven classes, just 17 cars in P1, P2, GT1 and GT2 and that includes 4 works entries!

Rest is in the classes that are non-existent at Le Mans...

The lack of interest from Asian entries says enough. Last year in Okayama there were nine Asian entries, this year there will be three.
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Does anyone else notice that peugeot wants the 908 to go out with a bang. All french linup in the french peugeot 908 for its last race and no doubt the four fastest drivers in the team-perhaps add in anthony davidson. Scary fast!!.
Audi has no chance unfortunately. Pagenaud, Bourdais, Montagny, Sarrazin,
Your just asking to be blitzed if you show up to a race with those guys in the 908's.
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To be honest, stick any of the works guys in the 908 and they are going to be bang on the pace. That is the measure of the car. I'm not sure if they really have a weak driver in their current roster.

Montagny is very impressive though.
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It's a toss up between Motagny and Bourdais for me. Those guys are fliers when it comes to driving the 908. Davidson is fast as well. Those I think are the top 3 in the Peugeot camp. I predict another win for them, Audi has to come on strong to compete!
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Also, one of the drivers in the Larbre Saleen will be... Pedro Lamy.

http://twitter.com/johndagys/status/27939398445
Shame that the Panoz wont be there though.
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And now that the second Jaguar has withdrawn as well (what a total surprise), we'll haver 23 cars For now.
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Does anyone else notice that peugeot wants the 908 to go out with a bang. All french linup in the french peugeot 908 for its last race and no doubt the four fastest drivers in the team-perhaps add in anthony davidson. Scary fast!!.
Audi has no chance unfortunately. Pagenaud, Bourdais, Montagny, Sarrazin,
Your just asking to be blitzed if you show up to a race with those guys in the 908's.
Since Audi was leading BOTH 908's after 5 or 6 hours in Petit before the balaclava saga which put them a lap down I am not sure I would agree.
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Audi didn't have the sheer pace as the Peugeot's. If you think they did you must have watched a different race. They were faster. The only thing that kept Audi in the race was traffic IMO. They weren't that much slower, but they were definitely slower. Maybe by a second or less, but it adds up. Who knows, maybe this track will be a different story, but from Silverstone, LeMans, Petit, it doesn't seem that way.
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