Petit Le Mans 2008 Rumors / Entries Thread - Page 9

porsche45 · 12 Sep 2008, 23:16 (Ref:2288518)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThePenguin

They are both out of the chase though, but I am not expecting them, it was more of a, they could do it if Roger was looking for drivers.

Sascha? It was never announced he was let go from Porsche, correct? Just taken out of the driver line-up from Penske...

WMUCarGuy · 12 Sep 2008, 23:29 (Ref:2288523)

-I'd expect Pirro to be in the #1 Audi.
-I'd also expect the Fields and Dick Berry to be in the Judd powered Lola.
-Gunnar Jeanette has will pair with Mowlem in the Corsa Zytek (with Biela a rumored 3rd driver)
-Liz Halliday and Stephen Simpson will be in one of the Creations. I'm sure JC-W will be the lead driver of the other
-I'd expect the #6 Penske to be Long/Maassen/Briscoe
-Michele Jourdain Jr. will be the 3rd driver for Fernandez
-I'd expect KSM, Barazi, and Sebah to have the same driver lineups they do in the LMS
-Antonio Garcia for the 3rd driver in the Bell Aston?
-I'm guessing Marc Lieb will be the 3rd driver in the 45
-Salo and Melo will go it alone with no 3rd driver
-3rd driver for F-L could be Bryce Miller

cmk · 12 Sep 2008, 23:38 (Ref:2288528)

So AGR finally gets a stable lineup for 3 races, goes out and grabs a win, and promptly breaks up the paring to play musical drivers from the IRL operation again? In what little magical fairy world does this make sense? Idiots.

The359 · 12 Sep 2008, 23:42 (Ref:2288530)

The Corsa Zytek also wont be a hybrid, it'll be just Zytek's new 4.5L V8 running the standard E10 gasoline.

extramundane · 13 Sep 2008, 00:28 (Ref:2288553)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Montagny will pilot the AGR ARX-01b for Petit. link

L.P.

Needs more Mutoh.

And really, since Princess SeriesSaver has won at least 3 Indy 500s, shouldn't she be in the car instead of a hack like Montagny?

Subaru_WRX_STi · 13 Sep 2008, 01:20 (Ref:2288564)

thats huge, they are all very very fast, but PLM is about endurance lol

cmk · 13 Sep 2008, 02:41 (Ref:2288606)

Has TK even sat in the car this year? I think those are all great pilots, don't get me wrong - but Montagny and Rossiter were performing very well together and are both more familiar with the car and series right now than either of the 2 IRL pilots. As much as I like TK, I'd use Montagny/Rossiter/Andretti.

cmk · 13 Sep 2008, 02:41 (Ref:2288607)

Has TK even sat in the car this year? I think those are all great pilots, don't get me wrong - but Montagny and Rossiter were performing very well together and are both more familiar with the car and series right now than either of the 2 IRL pilots. As much as I like TK, I'd use Montagny/Rossiter/Andretti.

cmk · 13 Sep 2008, 02:41 (Ref:2288608)

Has TK even sat in the car this year? I think those are all great pilots, don't get me wrong - but Montagny and Rossiter were performing very well together and are both more familiar with the car and series right now than either of the 2 IRL pilots. As much as I like TK, I'd use Montagny/Rossiter/Andretti.

Duff_44 · 13 Sep 2008, 04:00 (Ref:2288615)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The359

Michel Jourdain is in the Fernandez Acura. I don't know who Martinez is.

David Martinez, who drove with the team at Sebring in 2006. I forgot about the Michel Jourdain announcement...

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

-I'd expect Pirro to be in the #1 Audi.
-I'd also expect the Fields and Dick Berry to be in the Judd powered Lola.
-Gunnar Jeanette has will pair with Mowlem in the Corsa Zytek (with Biela a rumored 3rd driver)
-Liz Halliday and Stephen Simpson will be in one of the Creations. I'm sure JC-W will be the lead driver of the other
-I'd expect the #6 Penske to be Long/Maassen/Briscoe
-Michele Jourdain Jr. will be the 3rd driver for Fernandez
-I'd expect KSM, Barazi, and Sebah to have the same driver lineups they do in the LMS
-Antonio Garcia for the 3rd driver in the Bell Aston?
-I'm guessing Marc Lieb will be the 3rd driver in the 45
-Salo and Melo will go it alone with no 3rd driver
-3rd driver for F-L could be Bryce Miller

Duly noted... (but I can't edit the post anymore - crap!

)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The359

The Corsa Zytek also wont be a hybrid, it'll be just Zytek's new 4.5L V8 running the standard E10 gasoline.

Ursus Murphyus implied 2 Zyteks... the Corsa car and one other that was 'the ex-Arena car' (otherwise I can't get the correct count), or did I botch that one too?

WMUCarGuy · 13 Sep 2008, 04:09 (Ref:2288618)

Here's my list. Some of it is speculative, but it's likely mostly correct:

LMP1
1 - Audi Sport North America Audi R10 - TBA/TBA
2 - Audi Sport North America Audi R10 - Luhr/Werner
07 - Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 HDI FAP - Gene/Minassian/Klein
08 - Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 HDI FAP - Lamy/Sarrazin/Wurz
10 - Eco Racing Radical SR10 AER - Collins/Wright/Toivonen
12 - Autocon Motorsports Lola B06/10 AER - McMurray/Willman/Burgess
30 - Intersport Racing Lola B06/10 AER - Lewis/TBA/TBA
37 - Intersport Racing Lola B07/17 Judd - Field/Field/Berry
48 - Corsa Motorsports Zytek 07S - Jeanette/Mowlem/Biela
XX - Creation/AIM Creation CA07 Judd - Campbell-Walter/Ortiz/Hall
XX - Creation/AIM Creation CA07 Judd - Halliday/Simpson
XX - Zytek Engineering Zytek 07S - TBA/TBA/TBA (possibly run by Cytosport)

LMP2
X - Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder - TBA/TBA/TBA (May infact be the Van Merksteijn Porsche from Europe)
6 - Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder - Long/Maassen/Briscoe
7 - Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder - Berhard/Dumas/Collard
8 - BK Motorsports Lola B08/80 Mazda - Bonilla/Devlin/Matos
9 - Patron Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01B - Brabham/Sharp/Johansson
15 - Lowes Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01B - Diaz/Fernandez/Jourdain Jr.
16 - Dyson Racing Porsche RS Spyder - Dyson/Smith
20 - Dyson Racing Porsche RS Spyder - Leitzinger/Franchitti/TBA
26 - Andretti-Green Racing Acura ARX-01B - Montagny/Andretti/Kanaan
32 - Barazi Epsilon Zytek 07S/2 - Barazi/Vergers/Rees
33 - Team Sebah Speedy Racing Lola B08/80 Judd - Pompidou/Zacchia/Belicchi
44 - Kruse-Schiller Motorsport Lola B07/46 Mazda - Pourtles/Noda/TBA
66 - de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01B - de Ferran/Pagenaud/Dixon

GT1
3 - Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R - O'Connell/Magnussen/Fellows
4 - Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R - Beretta/Gavin/Papis
008 - Bell Motorsports Aston Martin DBR9 - Borcheller/Ducote/Garcia

GT2
5 - VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - TBA/TBA/TBA
11 - Primetime Race Group Dodge Viper Competition Coupe - Feinberg/Hall/TBA
18 - VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - TBA/TBA/TBA
21 - Panoz Team PTG Panoz Esperante GTLM - Milner/Sutherland/Hand
28 - LG Motorsports/Riley Engineering Corvette C6 - Giglotti/TBA/TBA
40 - Robertson Racing Doran Ford GT-R - Robertson/Robertson/Murray
44 - Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Law/Nieman/Pechnik
45 - Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Bergmeister/Henzler/TBA
46 - Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - van Overbeek/Pilet/TBA
54 - Black Swan Racing Doran Ford GT-R - Pappas/Lazarro/TBA
61 - Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT - Krohn/Jonsson/Van de Poele
62 - Risi Competizione Ferrrai 430 GT - Melo/Salo
71 - Tafel Racing Ferrari 430 GT - Farnbacher/Mueller/TBA
73 - Tafel Racing Ferrari 430 GT - Tafel/Figge/TBA
87 - Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Werner/Westbrook/Miller
99 - JMB Racing Ferrari 430 GT - Aucott/Ferte/Daoudi
007 - Drayson-Barwell Motorsports Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 - Cocker/Drayson/Turner

The359 · 13 Sep 2008, 04:14 (Ref:2288620)

Fernandez didn't run Sebring 2006, and they didn't have someone named Martinez in the car at Sebring 2007.

The Corsa Zytek announcement already stated that the car would not run its hybrid drivetrain until 2009.

WMUCarGuy · 13 Sep 2008, 04:31 (Ref:2288625)

I'm also thinking we might see Rob Bell as the 3rd driver in the #71 Tafel Ferrari.

WMUCarGuy · 13 Sep 2008, 04:32 (Ref:2288626)

What happened to the updated list I posted???

WMUCarGuy · 13 Sep 2008, 04:37 (Ref:2288629)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The359

Fernandez didn't run Sebring 2006, and they didn't have someone named Martinez in the car at Sebring 2007.

The Corsa Zytek announcement already stated that the car would not run its hybrid drivetrain until 2009.

David Martinez ran with them at Sebring 07. Michele Jourdain Jr. will at Petit.

Subaru_WRX_STi · 13 Sep 2008, 05:13 (Ref:2288638)

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

7 - Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder - Berhard/Dumas/Collard

no Collard, FIA GT at Nogaro

Subaru_WRX_STi · 13 Sep 2008, 05:13 (Ref:2288639)

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

I'm also thinking we might see Rob Bell as the 3rd driver in the #71 Tafel Ferrari.

Rob Bell too at Nogaro with CR Scuderia

The359 · 13 Sep 2008, 06:14 (Ref:2288658)

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

David Martinez ran with them at Sebring 07.

I don't believe he drove in the race however.

Duff_44 · 13 Sep 2008, 14:17 (Ref:2288973)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The359

Fernandez didn't run Sebring 2006, and they didn't have someone named Martinez in the car at Sebring 2007.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The359

I don't believe he drove in the race however.

He was entered in 2007 but never drove...

Michel Jourdain is in the #15 for Petit

(If I had know the level of sh** this was going to stir I'd have kept my fat mouth shut!

)

19dodge · 13 Sep 2008, 14:29 (Ref:2288979)

Tafel will only have its regular 2 drivers in the No. 71 car. That was the plan, as of last month, at least..

WMUCarGuy · 13 Sep 2008, 17:48 (Ref:2289109)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subaru_WRX_STi

no Collard, FIA GT at Nogaro

I wonder who'll be the 7's 3rd driver then? I can't think of that many more people that have even driven the RS Spyder (aside from LMS teams).

Duff_44 · 13 Sep 2008, 19:24 (Ref:2289176)

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

I wonder who'll be the 7's 3rd driver then? I can't think of that many more people that have even driven the RS Spyder (aside from LMS teams).

Castroneves?

HORNDAWG · 13 Sep 2008, 19:33 (Ref:2289189)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subaru_WRX_STi

no Collard, FIA GT at Nogaro

Sorry, I think that Porsche would deem an ALMS P-2 title more important than a GT-2 FIA title, also there are only so many drivers that have Spyder experience and many with 997 experience!

L.P.

NightStalk3r · 13 Sep 2008, 19:45 (Ref:2289202)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Sorry, I think that Porsche would deem an ALMS P-2 title more important than a GT-2 FIA title, also there are only so many drivers that have Spyder experience and many with 997 experience!

L.P.

Sorry, but once Porsche commit a Driver to a full season they wont pull him out, especially not when there still in the title hunt.

HORNDAWG · 13 Sep 2008, 19:55 (Ref:2289210)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Sorry, but once Porsche commit a Driver to a full season they wont pull him out, especially not when there still in the title hunt.

Really? Hmm, what about that guy named Sascha Maassen?? Right they never move anyone around!

L.P.

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