[LM24] Le Mans 2011 - Teams & Drivers - News and Rumour

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Simmi

I was too when I first saw the headline. The story has no business being on the Le Mans website. It will be interesting to see if TVR can begin to make money and if the new owner wants to go racing...

Let's hope so, unfortunately TVR doesn't really have any racing pedigree.
Only thing i can come to think of is the Le Mans program. But Le Mans is the way to go if you want to showcase your brand new car . Let's hope Morgan comes too!

[Down F0rce]

Half the articles that appear on the Le Mans site is of new cars that could be GT cars, but rarely turn out to be.

[GT6]

Well the article did cause a minor pick up in the posting on the le mans forum, so just for that it is congratulated.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by I Rosputnik

Any word on Matech entering again or any one using a Matech GT in 2011?

Ive heard both Matech & Robertson have expressed interest in running . As I said in another thread , im not sure if both chassis can , as I think only one can be ACO homologated . But Im not sure about that .

Should be great to see a couple of them racing in GT2 in the LMS , lovely car .

Strakka have 2 entries .

[Dani Filth]

it has been discussed somewhere else ..
only in FIA racing there are one homologation/car

[Simmi]

Autosport today reports that DAMS are wanting to return to Le Mans this year with two LMP2 cars.

They have been in discussions with Oreca, Lola and Zytek regarding chassis. Team owner Jean-Paul Driot said it is too early to talk about details.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Autosport today reports that DAMS are wanting to return to Le Mans this year with two LMP2 cars.

They have been in discussions with Oreca, Lola and Zytek regarding chassis. Team owner Jean-Paul Driot said it is too early to talk about details.

Nice to see them back .
I wonder what engine they will use!?

[Simmi]

Via Mariantic. Info on PoleVision Hope and an LMP1 hybrid for next season. I didn't know about these plans did anyone else?!

http://www.pitlane-vision.com/index....aits&Itemid=96

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Via Mariantic. Info on PoleVision Hope and an LMP1 hybrid for next season. I didn't know about these plans did anyone else?!

http://www.pitlane-vision.com/index....aits&Itemid=96

It's news to me!
It must be an Lmp1 fitted with the Zytek hybrid, as there is no one else who has announced to be selling hybrid units!?

[jo1998sh]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Via Mariantic. Info on PoleVision Hope and an LMP1 hybrid for next season. I didn't know about these plans did anyone else?!

http://www.pitlane-vision.com/index....aits&Itemid=96

Has any other teams announced plans to run hybrids a le mans?

[Le Vieux]

Peugeot have this morning given details of their 2011 car - but clearly are giving nothing away. Their press release reads:


"Having been kept secret in Peugeot Sport's factory in Vélizy, near Paris, the team's new endurance challenger – known under the codename 90X – has been out for its first track test. "Our intention was to take it out onto a track before the end of the year," says Peugeot Sport Director Olivier Quesnel. "I am pleased to report that we have now done that. Even so, there is still a long way to go and a considerable amount of work to be done as we prepare for 2011."

The 90X's technical characteristics

The 90X complies with the ACO's 2011 regulations, and notably incorporates a shark fin appendix on the engine cover. This new feature is designed to prevent the car from going airborne in the case of a high-speed spin. As it did for the 908 HDi FAP, Peugeot Sport has opted for a closed cockpit, while the car meets the mandatory 900kg weight requirement. "We are still exploring several options with regard to the engine and technology we will use," points out Bruno Famin, the Technical Director of Peugeot Sport. "Work on the engine's development is ongoing. Endurance racing is a proving ground that provides us with an opportunity to showcase all the brand's technologies."

[batmobile]

It doesn't look very different from the 908, some pics on Endurance Info :http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...ocus-5595.html

[batmobile]

We can better see the differences on theese pics : http://www.pitlane-vision.com/index....tte&Itemid=119

[Victor_RO]

I think there's another place/thread where the discussion about the car is going on at the moment... the only question about Peugeot in this thread: how many 90X next year at Le Mans? Oreca have an automatic entry because of the Le Mans Series and they have expressed an intention to run the 90X, so alongside the factory cars, it's probably 4 cars again...


...any possibility of a potential fifth Peugeot on the rumour mill?

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

I think there's another place/thread where the discussion about the car is going on at the moment... the only question about Peugeot in this thread: how many 90X next year at Le Mans? Oreca have an automatic entry because of the Le Mans Series and they have expressed an intention to run the 90X, so alongside the factory cars, it's probably 4 cars again...
...any possibility of a potential fifth Peugeot on the rumour mill?

No way they can complete 5 top of the art Tubs for June (meaning the "test" isn't going to be used).
But I'm more curious about what Oreca might get, and if Pescarolo will get something!.

The Peugeot Petrol might still be in play as a customer engine! (Why Bruno Famine, probably wont say anything engine wise)

[Simmi]

I doubt we will see more than four. But one thought has just occurred to me. Seen as Peugeot are so unsure seemingly about what to run next year. What would the chances be of giving Oreca the engine the works team didn't use? So as to not put all their eggs in one basket? Would that be impossible?

So maybe have the works boys running diesels and the Oreca petrol? Obviously there stands a chance the privateer could beat the factory team but if it was all Peugeot equipment anyway? Just a thought.

EDIT: Just read CTD's last sentence! Same thought as me...

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Simmi

I doubt we will see more than four. But one thought has just occurred to me. Seen as Peugeot are so unsure seemingly about what to run next year. What would the chances be of giving Oreca the engine the works team didn't use? So as to not put all their eggs in one basket? Would that be impossible?

So maybe have the works boys running diesels and the Oreca petrol? Obviously there stands a chance the privateer could beat the factory team but if it was all Peugeot equipment anyway? Just a thought.

EDIT: Just read CTD's last sentence! Same thought as me...

It will be the Porsche situation from '96 and '97. Porsche themselves wasn't happy, but everyone remembers it as a Porsche TWR victory, so i think Peugeot really could do it!

[Lola T70]

Originally Posted by CTD

It will be the Porsche situation from '96 and '97. Porsche themselves wasn't happy, but everyone remembers it as a Porsche TWR victory, so i think Peugeot really could do it!

Was it not a Porsche Joest victory? I thought the original chassis was from TWR a few years before but then TWR were starting with Nissan.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Lola T70

Was it not a Porsche Joest victory? I thought the original chassis was from TWR a few years before but then TWR were starting with Nissan.

Yes it was Joest driven, but the car was a TWR chassis with a Porsche motor. Therefor the car is a TWR Porsche (as the car is always: chassis "builder" - engine).
But yes, it was Joest who drove the car the car to victory. A car which started out as a Jag

[The Badger]

Those 2 cars were run by Joest . Daytona outlawed the turbo , leading to the withdrawl of both cars from Daytona where the Andretti's were down to drive one of them .

They were run in Le Mans 95 and 96 by Joest Racing , with Joest contracted drivers . They were basically given to Joest to play around with , as Porsche had nothing to keep Joest busy at the time .

The factory took control in 1997 and did some hideous aero work . I reckon Porsche wanted their GT1 to win and not the proto .

The correct name for the car is TWR Porsche WSC95 .

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by CTD

....but everyone remembers it as a Porsche TWR victory, so i think Peugeot really could do it!

Strangely I don't. I obviously know what the car was, but I still always think of it as a Porsche - not a TWR-Porsche. Not sure why.......

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by The Badger

They were run in Le Mans 95 and 96 by Joest Racing , with Joest contracted drivers . They were basically given to Joest to play around with , as Porsche had nothing to keep Joest busy at the time .

The factory took control in 1997 and did some hideous aero work . I reckon Porsche wanted their GT1 to win and not the proto .

'96 and 97, I believe, when the car won on both occasions providing Alex Wurz and Tom Kristensen with their first Le Mans wins respectively. . I think it was '98 when both cars DNF'd.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Strangely I don't. I obviously know what the car was, but I still always think of it as a Porsche - not a TWR-Porsche. Not sure why.......

Which just proves my point

[Aysedasi]

Ah well, there you go.......

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

'96 and 97, I believe, when the car won on both occasions providing Alex Wurz and Tom Kristensen with their first Le Mans wins respectively. . I think it was '98 when both cars DNF'd.

Yes , correct . 95 was McLaren .