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2010 Le Mans Intercontinental Cup
So Silverstone, Petit Le Mans and an AsLMS round will make up the Intercontinental cup. Entry in 5 LMS style races needed to qualify.
A sensible scale to start with, with plans to make it bigger in 2011 Ben |
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Suzuka is being mentioned as the likely AsLMS round.
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This sounds good especially with regard to attracting the big manufacturers like Audi and Peugeot to the non LM24 races, although I do remember reading about something like this predicted or proposed on this board in the last couple of years..
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i'm not too concerned about who wins the series in Europe; that's why it was at its best when it was the classic 1000ks. So whilst I'm not sure if this idea will work, the way they've attempted it is the best possible way they could have done to encourage other entries through the year as it least ties a few manufacturer entries into at least Sebring and Spa/Laguna.
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this is a good start, and it isn't the greatest time to start the Cup.
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Here is the full press release:
http://www.lemans.org/files/actu/200...__4669_gb.html Quote:
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Just dumped the Wikipedia's article and got back to this thread.
They aim to have at least 6 races in 2011! That's a tall number indeed. I really hope that Suzuka gets the third race. So you didn't like this? Or you missed it (like most people)? |
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I guess the other 3 races will be: Sebring 12 hours, LM24 itself and maybe Monza or Spa 1000k?
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2 in Europe - Spa & Silverstone 2 in Asia / Middle East LM24 will remain separate. I havent quite grasped the 5 races bit this year - is that 5 races inc the cup and LM24 or is is 5 races plus the cup and LM24?? |
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Think it's five including the cup, with the 24 being seperate
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I don't think they need to announce they are doing LM, I think it's a given :P
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According to DSC they already announced that they will enter the LM 24 race with 3 cars.
But the LM 24 is NOT included in the 5 races Downforce, so they still need to add one more race in either the LMS or the ALMS. |
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As I've said before, I would love Monza to get the second European race. Odds are against it, I know. My only complain to Spa is that it already has a 24-hour race. We could almost rule out completely Dubai, so we have Yas Island, Losail and Bahrain. Which of them you think has better chances?
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