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And still loads of rumours about more to come, would have liked a few more different gt's but overall a good time to be watching le mans, and in a little over 4 months we will be there
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They engines themselves have been re-badged as SARD. Absolutely no Toyota references have come from the team in anything I've read.
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AF Corse and AMR both with five again, but obviously the Italians also have the three SMPs to take care of (not sure of the American car) There's not that many new Oreca coupes btw, just as with HPD I was expecting more 8 open top P2s vs 12 coupes (10 vs 13 if reserves counted), the reign of power is slowly switching. |
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Le Mans entries consist of WEC 35x ELMS 12+5x USCC 3+1x AsLMS 3x "Extra" 3+1x LMP1 - 14x 1 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS040 Hybrid WEC 2 – Toyota Racing – Toyota TS040 Hybrid WEC 4 – ByKolles – CLM P1/01 AER WEC 7 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro WEC 8 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro WEC 9 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro *EXTRA* 12 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One AER WEC 13 – Rebellion Racing – Rebellion R-One AER WEC 17 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid WEC 18 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid WEC 19 – Porsche Team – Porsche 919 Hybrid *EXTRA* 21 – Nissan Motorsports – Nissan GT-R LM NISMO WEC 22 – Nissan Motorsports – Nissan GT-R LM NISMO WEC 23 – Nissan Motorsports – Nissan GT-R LM NISMO *EXTRA* LMP2 - 20x 26 – G-Drive Racing – Oak/Ligier JS P2 Nissan WEC 27 – SMP Racing – BR01 Nissan ELMS 28 – G-Drive Racing – Oak/Ligier JS P2 Nissan WEC 29 – Pegasus Racing – Oak-Pescarolo/Morgan Nissan ELMS 30 – Extreme Speed Motorsports – HPD ARX-04b WEC 31 – Extreme Speed Motorsports – HPD ARX-04b WEC 34 – OAK Racing – Oak/Ligier JS P2 Nissan AsLMS 35 – OAK Racing – Oak/Ligier JS P2 Nissan WEC 36 – Signatech-Alpine – Oreca-03/Alpine A450b Nissan WEC 37 – SMP Racing – BR01 Nissan ELMS 38 – Jota Sport – Zytek/Gibson 015S Nissan ELMS 39 – Team SARD-Morand – Oak-Pescarolo/Morgan Evo SARD WEC 40 – Krohn Racing – Oak/Ligier JS P2 Judd ELMS 41 – Greaves Motorsport – Zytek/Gibson 015S Nissan ELMS 42 – Strakka Racing – Strakka-Dome S103 Nissan WEC 43 – Team SARD-Morand – Oak/Morgan Evo SARD WEC 45 – Ibanez Racing – Oreca 03R Nissan ELMS 46 – Thiriet by TDS Racing – Oreca 05 Nissan ELMS 47 – KCMG – Oreca 05 Nissan WEC 48 – Murphy Prototypes – Oreca 03R Nissan ELMS LMGTE-PRO - 9x 51 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia WEC 63 – Corvette Racing-GM – Chevrolet Corvette C7.R USCC 64 – Corvette Racing-GM – Chevrolet Corvette C7.R USCC 71 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia WEC 91 – Porsche Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR WEC 92 – Porsche Team Manthey – Porsche 911 RSR WEC 95 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT2 WEC 97 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT2 WEC 99 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT2 WEC LMGTE-AM - 13x 50 – Larbre Competition – Chevrolet Corvette C7.R WEC 55 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia ELMS 61 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia ELMS 62 – Scuderia Corsa – Ferrari F458 Italia USCC 66 – JMW Motorsports – Ferrari F458 Italia ELMS 67 – Team AAI – Porsche 911 GTE RSR (997) AsLMS 68 – Team AAI – Porsche 911 GTE RSR (997) AsLMS 72 – SMP Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia WEC 77 – Dempsey Proton Racing – Porsche 911 RSR WEC 83 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia WEC 88 – Abu Dhabi Proton Racing – Porsche 911 RSR WEC 96 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT2 WEC 98 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT2 WEC RESERVES 1) 53 – Riley Motorsports-TI Auto – Dodge Viper GTS-R USCC 2) 49 – KCMG – Oreca 03R Nissan *EXTRA* 3) 60 – Formula Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia ELMS 4) 86 – Gulf Racing UK – Porsche 911 RSR ELMS 5) 25 – Algarve Pro Racing – Oak/Ligier JS P2 Nissan ELMS 6) 65 – Proton Competition – Porsche 911 RSR ELMS (albeit different car but this should still be the ELMS spot) 7) 44 – Ibanez Racing – Oreca 03R Nissan ELMS Last edited by Deleted; 5 Feb 2015 at 16:20. |
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I'm stuck at work and I followed the press confrance by Twitter. Did they say how many application's they had as there is always someone who entries and doesn't get picked.
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5 Feb 2015, 16:53 (Ref:3501477) | #58 | ||
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With only 7 reserves, In not sure that's the case this year. Likely a victim of their GTE perseverance and people knowing they weren't going to get an entry so not entering unless they thought it likely (iirc, there's a nonrefundable cost to lodging an entry).
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Some probably plain rejected too (Pilbeam...)
Anyway if they only got 63 entries in the first place, that would be like 15-20 entries less than in recent years. But I don't buy that |
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Well lets just hope we do not get to many drop outs this year, one would be nice to let the Viper in but the grid looks very strong so let us hope
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Viper and second KCMG at least are basically already in, or when was the last time no-one folded before scrutineering?
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Mildy amusing that Autosport has hidden the entry list under some article conserning Porsche driver additions. Don't let the F1 world see the riches here!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ce=mostpopular Speaking of hiding, do we still have the official PDF yet?? You know with tires and details and such |
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9FuisKIEAAEOTf.jpg To anyone playing the "what nationality is Kolles this year?" game, congratulations to anyone that guessed Austrian. Hope to see the Viper get in (although it being in reserve makes me think they maybe haven't 100% sorted the details yet), so who do we thing will/might withdraw? Kolles? They've surprised me every time so far, every time they've turned up at a race, so I won't bet against them doing so again. Ibanez? If they were planning on two cars and have Wolf backing, I don't see that their single entry would be in too much doubt. AAI? They were willing to spend the money last year to race against no-one in order to get the auto-invites and I assume that their package will be in place. There will be no shortage of 997s around and teams to run them, and they could well be hiring the IMSA-Matmut crew for this one. #99 AMR? Surprised to see this one on the list, will be intriguing to know who the other drivers are. Glad to see it there though, and the WEC entry makes me think it must have funding already. SMP P2s? Doubts if they'll be ready for the test day or the start of the season maybe, but should be sorted by Le Mans. Political situation might make it a bit difficult though, so remains to be seen. Hope we do see these cars. 3x AF Corse Ams? Can't see any of these dropping out; they're each listed with a well-known Bronze driver next to them, so I don't see them having any issues fulfilling the entry, and I'm sure they could find a taker in case one was needed. Nothing else looks too dubious. Last edited by Rodger Davies; 5 Feb 2015 at 18:22. |
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Unless those couple of TBA tires surprise us, it's all-Dunlop LMP2 except Dome And no Yokohama as originally rumored. That's actually the most disappointing thing regarding this whole conference, lack of tire variety in P2. At least JMW is sticking to (spec-ELMS) Dunlops in otherwise Michelin land GTE, so it'll automatically improve the statistics over last year. But how interesting is it that the the ELMS GT teams running with Dunlop are mass changing to Mics for LM... well I guess they had no choice in ELMS, but still |
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Does anyone know how ACO decides who is on the reserve list? I can imagine Viper is on it because they backed out last year. That also means ACO 'punishes' teams???
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I think the Viper was a very late entry but rather than bump another team it was place at the head of the reserve list expecting at least one withdrawl
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Anyway they decide the list pretty much however they want, sure there are 'obligations' and entries given based on results - to lesser extent than in the past though - but for the most part it's just them sitting on table and choosing who lives and dies. Being best buddies with the ACO is always essential. |
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The Viper is not a full-season entry in any championship with cars that "conform" (word braced like that to appease others) to ACO rules. Team is running a GTD/modified GT3 car in TUSC, they are not running in GTLM.
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Taisan 2014.
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