[WEC] OFFICIAL 2013 FIA WEC ENTRY LIST

[GT6]

WEC grid much better than i expected role on silverstone

[valedave]

Joest Racing just tweeted that the third Audi for Le Mans (Gené, Jarvis, di Grassi) will also race at Spa. Was that announced at the WEC press conference?

[Aysedasi]

I didn't hear it - but they didn't mention that Rebellion will run 2 cars at Silverstone either. Graham said that.

[Coach Ep]

Confirmed by Audi themselves a while ago. (re 3rd car at Spa)

[Nigma]

Super excited knowing Toyota are doing a full season with both cars, finally a proper drive for Stephane

[vincegail]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Confirmed by Audi themselves a while ago. (re 3rd car at Spa)

Audi Sport Facebook Post of this afternoon:

Our line-ups for 2013:

Spa 6 Hours and Le Mans 24 Hours
Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer (CH/D/F)
Loïc Duval/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish (F/DK/GB)
Marc Gené/Lucas di Grassi/Oliver Jarvis (E/BR/GB)

All other 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship races (WEC)
Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer (CH/D/F)
Loïc Duval/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish (F/DK/GB)

[NightStalk3r]

According to DSC's WEC entry list it will be a tough year for Joerg Bergmeister doing both GTE-Pro with Porsche and LMP1 with Toyota

[joeb]

Biggest surprise to me was seeing 8Star in GT and not P2. As far as I know they still have their HPD chassis, so I guess it sits idle this year?

Off topic: Level 5 and 8 star have enough LMP2 chassis sitting stateside to start their own series!

[Canada ALMS fan]

Anyone have a link for the nice colourful entry list the FIA published that I can save? I see it on radiolemans and on Facebook but cannot save it.
I am very happy to see the series fully subscribed after some of the naysayers predicted doom and gloom. We have a proper fight in all 4 classes.

[FstrthnU]

Copied from SPEED article:

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP FULL-SEASON ENTRY LIST

LMP1 (6 entries)

1 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Andre Lotterer
2 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Tom Kristensen
7 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS030 Hybrid – Alexander Wurz
8 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS030 Hybrid – Anthony Davidson
12 – Rebellion Racing – Lola B12/60 Toyota – Nicolas Prost
21 – Strakka Racing – HPD ARX-03c – Nick Leventis

LMP2 (12 entries)

24 – OAK Racing – Morgan-Nissan – Jacques Nicolet
25 – Delta-ADR – Oreca 03 Nissan – John Martin
26 – G-Drive Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Roman Rusinov
28 – Gulf Racing Middle East – Lola B12/80 Nissan – Fabien Giroix
29 – Gulf Racing Middle East – Lola B12/80 Nissan – Frederic Fatien
30 – HVM Status GP – Lola B12/80 Judd – Jonathan Kennard
31 – Lotus – Lotus T128 – Kevin Weeda
32 – Lotus – Lotus T128 – Thomas Holzer
35 – OAK Racing – Morgan-Nissan – Olivier Pla
41 – Greaves Motorsport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Christian Zugel
44 – Starworks Motorsport – HPD ARX-03b – Alex Popow
49 – Pecom Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Luis Perez Companc

GTE-Pro (6 entries)

51 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Gianmaria Bruni
71 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Olivier Beretta
91 – Porsche AG Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR – Marc Lieb
92 – Porsche AG Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR – Joerg Bergmeister
97 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage V8 – Darren Turner
99 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage V8 – Stefan Mucke

GTE-Am (8 entries)

50 – Larbre Competition – Corvette C6.R – Patrick Bornhauser
57 – Krohn Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Tracy Krohn
61 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Jack Gerber
76 – IMSA Performance Matmut – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Raymond Narac
81 – 8Star Motorsports – Ferrari F458 Italia – Enzo Potolicchio
88 – Proton Competition – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Christian Reid
95 – Aston Martin Racing* – Aston Martin Vantage V8 – Allan Simonsen
96 – Aston Martin Racing* – Aston Martin Vantage V8 – Rolad Goethe

[Gingers4Justice]

After all the doom-mongering I've seen across the interweb leading up to the announcement this has been an anti-climax in terms of anticipating an entry list which displayed the sport was in a sorry state.

There are, of course, some weaknesses in that list - LMP1 and GTE-Pro lacking depth, perhaps, and maybe we could have seen more in LMP2. But really, for me, that entry list is an improvement on last year and that's all anyone could ask for.

[TF110]

Yeah, no OAK in LMP1 is sad. I hoped they would be back.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by TF110

Yeah, no OAK in LMP1 is sad. I hoped they would be back.

Nicolet apparently said in the ACO press conference that they've put the current P1 on ice to focus on the customer P2 project and on the 2014 P1 car.

[NelisB]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Nicolet apparently said in the ACO press conference that they've put the current P1 on ice to focus on the customer P2 project and on the 2014 P1 car.

I'd rather see a team focus on 2014 and thus the next couple of years with a program then run 2013 and find they lack the funds to build a 2014 lmp1.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by TF110

Yeah, no OAK in LMP1 is sad. I hoped they would be back.

No , Im delighted that their going to concentrate on P2 ..... too many cards they were playing , imo .

[TF110]

There's 15 lmp2's. I could care less about that. I want to see them in LMP1. 2014 with them being there is great though.

[gwyllion]

If you are not interested in multi class racing, you should follow a different sport.

[TF110]

Maybe you missed the context of the post, so please stop assuming. I care less about another LMP2 entry, not the class as a whole. Reason because there's already plenty of those. I want to see an addition to LMP1 where there's only 2 private teams!

[isynge]

Is this the strongest field we've ever seen? No.

Did I get genuinely excited with the real surprise of two Toyota? Oh yes, and then some.

Like Ginger says, this is a fantastic answer to a lot of the doom mongers - it gives us the prospect of a cracking 2013 - and really perks me up about the Europe heavy first half of the season.

LMP1 needs work - but to be honest, there wasn't a lot of machinery out there to start with, and nobody was going to launch a big programme for one year only. I'd have liked there to be JRM and Oak there, but Strakka and Rebellion are perfectly capable of putting on a good show in the private space - and let's face it - Audi v Toyota is going to be worth watching.

LMP2 - can't ask for more really. Full grid, good spectrum of chassis and teams, and almost impossible to see an clear pre season favourite.

With the additional Le Mans LMP2 entries I suspect this bodes pretty well for ELMS too - all of which really whets appetite for what should be a great Silverstone weekend in April.

[Canada ALMS fan]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105369
Sounds like the 2 Toyotas ARE for full season.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by isynge

Is LMP2 - can't ask for more really. Full grid, good spectrum of chassis and teams, and almost impossible to see an clear pre season favourite.

Well , one very sickening thing is 19 Nissan engines !!! ..... Oh , and an Oreca 03/Nissan will win the championship .

[GT3.14]

It could be worse, if that Mazda diesel engine shows up anywhere we may be looking at the death of the class.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by GT3.14

It could be worse, if that Mazda diesel engine shows up anywhere we may be looking at the death of the class.

Certainly not at its current performance and reliability levels.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by vincegail

Glad to see the beancounters in Japan finally came to their senses

Sounds like it was the bean counters in France (TOTAL) that forked out for it .

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by kpkorsager

Why is the 2 am Astons not named with a team?
anyone has some insight into this.
Simonsen has been with Young Driver, but is it this team compeating?

Their entered under the AMR banner , arnt they ?