SPA LMES Entries

[vandijk]

It is online now (link) -- looks like some teams droped off the list. We are back to 48. Was the GPC 360 on the previous list?

[brielga]

Sander, The difference with the previous list is the absence of:

41-Binnie Motorsports Lola -LMP2
57- Belmondo Viper
62-GLPK - Corvette
69 JMB Racing Ferrari

The rest is the same

so yes, the #99 GPC Ferrari was there already

[gi_gav]

Sorry about the formatting, but this appears to be the final entry list. (listings like 'M' and 'D' relate to tyre supplier)

EDIT: Just noticed that the link was posted earlier... sorry!

AUDI PLAYSTATION TEAM ORECA FR M Audi R8 Season Stéphane Ortelli (MC) Jean-Marc Gounon (F) TBA
5 JIM GAINER INTERNATIONAL JP D Dome S101-HB - Mugen Spa Ryo Michigami (J) TBA TBA
6 LISTER RACING GB D Lister Storm LMP Spa Jan Magnussen (DK) Jens Moller (DK) Justin Keen (GB)
7 CREATION AUTOSPORTIF GB M DBA 03S - Judd Season Nicolas Minassian (F) Jamie Campbell Walter (GB) -
8 ROLLCENTRE RACING GB M Dallara Judd-LMP 2002 Season Martin Short (GB) Rob Barff (GB) Vanina Ickx (B)
9 TEAM JOTA GB D Zytek 04S - Zytek Season Sam Hignett (GB) John Stack (GB) Haruki Kurosawa (J)
13 COURAGE COMPETITION FR Y Courage-C60 Hybride Season Jonathan Cochet (F) Alexander Frei (CH) Christian Vann (GB)
15 ZYTEK MOTORSPORT GB M Zytek 04S - Zytek Season Hayanari Shimoda (J) John Nielsen (DK) Casper Elgaard (DK)
17 PESCAROLO SPORT FR M Pescarolo-C60 Hybride Spa Emmanuel Collard (F) Jean-Christophe Bouillon (F) Erik Comas (F)
18 ROLLCENTRE RACING GB M Dallara Nissan-LM P900 Spa Michael Krumm (D) Joao Barbosa (P) Andrew Thompson (GB)


"LM" P2
20 PIERRE BRUNEAU FR M Pilbeam - JPX Season Marc Rostan (F) Pierre Bruneau (F) Jean-Philippe Peugeot (F)
21 DEL BELLO RACING FR M Courage - Mecachrome (V8) Season Jean-Luc Maury Laribière (F) TBA TBA
25 RML GB M MG Lola EX 264 - MG Season Mike Newton (GB) Tommy Erdos (BR)
28 RANIERI RANDACCIO IT D Tampolli - Nicholson Mc Laren Spa Ranieri Randaccio (I) Fabio Mancini (I)
30 KRUSE MOTORSPORT GB P Courage C65-Judd Season Phil Bennett (GB) Harold Primat (F) Gregor Fisken (GB)
31 DEL BELLO RACING FR M Courage - Mecachrome (V8) Season Christophe Tinseau (F) TBA TBA
35 G-FORCE RACING BE D Courage C65 - Judd Season Val Hillebrand (B) Jean François Leroch (F) Loïc Deman (B)
36 PAUL BELMONDO RACING FR M Courage C65- Ford Season Claude-Yves Gosselin (F) Karim A. Ojjeh (UAE) Vincent Vosse (B)
37 PAUL BELMONDO RACING FR M Courage C65- Ford Season Paul Belmondo (F) Didier André (F) Romain Iannetta (F)
39 CHAMBERLAIN SYNERGY MOTORSPORT GB D Lola - AER Spa Bob Berridge (GB) Gareth Evans (GB) Peter Owen (GB)
45 LUCCHINI ENGINEERING I P Lucchini XV LMP2 - Judd Season Pier Giuseppe Peroni (I) Mirco Savoldi (I) -
46 SCUDERIA VILLORBA CORSE IT TBA Lucchini - Alfa Romeo Spa Sébastien Ugeux (B) Mauro Prospero (I) Denny Zardo (I)


"LM" GT1
51 BMS SCUDERIA ITALIA I P Ferrari 550 Maranello Season Cristian Pescatori (I) Michele Bartyan (I) Toni Seiler (CH)
52 BMS SCUDERIA ITALIA I P Ferrari 550 Maranello Season Fabrizio Gollin Miguel Ramos (P) Matteo Cressoni (I)
53 A-LEVEL ENGINEERING DE TBA Porsche 996 Turbo Season Wolfgang Kaufmann (D) Eric van de Poele (B)
56 PAUL BELMONDO RACING FR M Chrysler Viper Season Pierre Perret (F) Jean-Baptiste Emeric (F) Pascal Lacroix (F)
61 CONVERS TEAM RUS M Ferrari 550 Maranello Season Nicolaj Fomenko (RUS) Alexei Vasiliev (RUS) Christophe Bouchut (F)
65 GRAHAM NASH MOTORSPORT GB P Saleen S7R Spa Rick Sutherland (USA) Gian Maria Gabbiani (I) TBA
66 GRAHAM NASH MOTORSPORT GB P Saleen S7R Spa Stéphane Lemeret (B) Paolo Ruberti (I) Pascal Hugot (F) TBC
67 MENX CZ M Ferrari 550 Maranello Season Robert Pergl (CZ) Tomá􀃣 Enge (CZ) -
68 JMB RACING MC P Ferrari 575 GTC Season Peter Kutemann (NL) Antoine Gosse (F) Hans Hugenholtz (NL)


"LM" GT2
70 AUTO PALACE FR P Ferrari 360 Modena Season TBA TBA TBA
73 GORDON TEAM BE D Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Season Yves Lambert (B) Christian Lefort (B) Markus Palltala (FIN)
76 AUTORLANDO SPORT I P Porsche 996 GT3 RS Season Franco Groppi (I) Luigi Moccia (I) Joel Camathias (CH)
79 JP RACING DE P Porsche 996 GT3 RS Spa Jens Petersen (D) Niki Leutwiller (CH) Jan-Dirk Lueders (D)
81 TEAM LNT GB D TVR Tuscan T400R Season Warren Hughes (GB) Jonny Kane (GB) Lawrence Tomlinson (GB)
82 TEAM LNT GB D TVR Tuscan T400R Season Marc Hynes (GB) Patrick Pearce (GB) TBA
83 SEIKEL MOTORSPORT DE Y Porsche 996 GT3 RS Season Philip Collin (USA) Horst Felbermayr senior (A) Horst Felbermayr junior (A)
84 BERNARD JUBIN FR D Porsche 996 GT3 R Spa Sylvain Noël (F) Bruno Houzelot (F) TBA
85 SPYKER SQUADRON NL TBA Spyker C8 Spyder GT2 R Spa Peter Van Merksteijn (NL) Frans Munsterhuis (NL) TBA
88 GRUPPE M RACING GB P Porsche 996 GT3 R Season Jonathan Cocker (GB) Tim Sugden (GB) -
89 SEBAH AUTOMOTIVE GB D Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Season Lars Erik Nielsen (DK) Thorkild Thyrring (DK) Pierre Ehret (D)
91 T2M MOTORSPORT JP Y Porsche 996 GT3 RS Season Yutaka Yamagishi (J) Alex Caffi (I) Xavier Pompidou (F)
93 SCUDERIA ECOSSE SCO TBA Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Season Andrew Kirkaldy (SCO) Nathan Kinch (SCO) -
95 RACESPORT PENINSULA TVR GB D TVR Tuscan T400R Season John Hartshorne (GB) Richard Stanton (GB) Dan Eagling (GB)
96 IN2 RACING GB D Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Season Juan Barazi (DK) Michael Vergers (NL)
98 JAMES WATT AUTOMOTIVE GB D Porsche 996 GT3 RS Spa Paul Daniels (GB) David Gooding (GB) Giovanni Lavaggi (I)
99 GPC SPORT I P Ferrari 360 Modena Season Gabrio Rosa (I)

[Fab]

Laurent posted the enrty list on infocourse and mentionned that Alex Caffy has been wounded during a karting race ; his substitue in the T2M Porsche will be Adam Jones.

[R59]

Originally Posted by rdjones

I have just picked up the Rollcentre driver line up for this weekend from DSC:-

Car 18 Dallara Nissan
Michael Krumm
Andy Thompson
Joao Barbosa

Car 8 Dallara Judd
Martin Short
Rob Barff
Vanina Ickx

Andy Thompson raced in the British F3 Championship for the last 2 years.

Shorty and Barff in Car 8 should shake the cages of the big boys. Shorty's been a Spa specialist for ages, and Rob's damn sharp round there too. Sounds like Ms Ickx will make that a great team, and the Judd should give them reliability where the Nissan is still growing - though I expect that to fly. If it lasts the distance, it'll take a lot to catch it.

Rob.

[BSchneiderFan]

Disappointing line-up at BMS. Presumably Seiler's bringing money to the team. I don't know much about Bartyan or Cressoni, and Ramos is, with respect, solid at best. I'd rather hoped they would put Pescatori and Gollin together with a fast third driver; as it is, I think that the Convers Ferrari and the GNM Saleens may be quicker.

Of course, that will probably be proved wildly inaccurate. I'm good at that.

[19dodge]

yea, Seiler and Ramos are paying the bills for BMS. Probably Bartyan and Cressoni as well. I really dont know those drivers to be honest.

I think we should watch the #66 Nash Saleen. A great lineup (probably the best lineup out of all the GT1's) and the 65 car isnt that bad either! Nash's Saleens always last, so we should see them fighting for the victory in the end.

[cmk]

I don't think that the BMS lineup is as weak as it appears. Seiler and Ramos are certainly paying the bills, but only with Bobbi and Biagi have they ever had an all-pro lineup in their cars, and they've still been a consistently impressive team.

I'm disappointed Malucelli didn't get the call, but Cressoni is a (reigning?) Italian F3 Champion to my knowledge, so he is no slouch. Bartyan did the ETCC last year in a privateer Alfa, which makes it tough to judge his pace, but he qualified the BMS 360 he shared with Pescatori about 1.2 seconds slower than Christian at Imola before the cancelled first race of the Italian GT championship.

The lead GNM Saleen is an excellent lineup, much better than I expected. Makes up for the JMB lineup being about as lackluster a one as you could imagine.

[vandijk]

"Leuenberger joins Paul Belmondo Racing for Spa" -- seems he found one of the last few empty seats.

[cmk]

Originally Posted by vandijk

"Leuenberger joins Paul Belmondo Racing for Spa" -- seems he found one of the last few empty seats.

Yes, it seems he did. Strange, though, that they had 6 (I believe) gentleman types lined up initially, and now they're down to one car that includes a pro in the lineup. I'm used to those trends working in the other direction! By that, I mean that a team tends to plan to have pros in the car, discovers that budgets don't fall out of the sky, and has to change plans.

Speaking of that, what ever became of the GPC 575 for Morbidelli/Naspetti? I remember that being on, off again, and then back on. Dead? Furthermore, it's a pity that Red Bull can't put Peter and Wendlinger in the second JMB car that eventually disappeared.