24 hours of Le Mans 2010 official thread...

[dj4monie]

Drayson has not been that fast, but when the AMR and everyone else is 7-8 seconds slower a lap, its just flat wrong!!!!! have a seperate category or something, because for the Petrol teams, its gotta be nerve breaking knowing they will not have a shot until the regs equalize

if it was even, AMR, Oreca, and Rebellion Racing are all very fast cars and very good drivers.

in LMP2, without the Spyders, it appears the win will be the fight between the 2 HPD's of Strakka and Highcroft racing.

GT1, why are they sill out there???

GT2, Risi always the team to beat in the Ferrari in the big money races, Corvette is on par as well.

AMR did not and still doesn't have the budget compared to Audi et-al; Sam Hancock and Juan Barzi? are both pay drivers at Le Mans this year. Fernandez's sponsorship with Lowe's funded their 3 races in America, they will run Petit later this year.

There is not a petrol team equal to the factory run teams, maybe in driver talent but not in budget or engineering.

You'll have to ask Ratel and the ACO why the GT1 cars are there, but to be honest it was never official that the ACO killed the GT1 class, it just didn't look like any likely teams would run the cars in the face of the SRO's World GT1 Championship.

[Shifter]

McNish didn't sound happy with the performance gap to the Peugeots.

[tf109b]

Some of the FIA GT1 cars are at GT1 in LeMans, and they're faster than the GT2 cars by a good 4-5 seconds. 3:55 for the Young Driver DBR9 3:59 for the fastest GT2- Risi Ferrari. If they didn't hinder the GT1 cars so much it'd be better, I'm glad GT1 still exists, GT2 just doesn't look like they are super sports cars. An M3 vs. an F430? Come on. They should have relevant performance in their road cars compared to other's in their class. F430 should be GT1 along with Lamborghini's and Astons Nissan GTRs. M3 Jaguar Porsche should be GT2 along with audi R8 corvette Aston Vantage and other GT3 cars like Gallardo since they use Murc in GT1. And I hope with the V8's next year the LMP1 cars are closer.

[Tom206wrc]

Looks like set-up problems for the Audis

By the way: 3'19"700 for Bourdais at the first qual' practice

[AndyRAC]

I don't think Audi expected to be as far off the pace. However, their race pace will be a lot better - but it looks like they'll need rain to challenge.

[Eurotech]

I'm loving the GT1 class atm, an Aston Martin dominating? what are you all complaining about?

[harvick#1]

Lineup for the 24 Hours of Lemans
(cars in bold mean Pole position in Class)

1. LMP1 #3 Peugeot Sport Total
2. LMP1 #1 Team Peugeot Total
3. LMP1 #2 Team Peugeot Total
4. LMP1 #4 Team Oreca Matmut
5. LMP1 #9 Audi Sport North America
6. LMP1 #7 Audi Sport Team Joest
7. LMP1 #8 Audi Sport Team Joest
8. LMP1 #007 Aston Martin Racing
9. LMP1 #009 Aston Martin Racing
10. LMP1 #6 AIM Team Oreca Matmut
11. LMP1 #008 Signature Plus
12. LMP1 #14 Kolles
13. LMP1 #15 Kolles
14. LMP1 #11 Drayson Racing
15. LMP2 #42 Strakka Racing
16. LMP1 #12 Rebellion Racing
17. LMP2 #26 Highcroft Racing
18. LMP1 #5 Beechdean Mansell
19. LMP1 #13 Rebellion Racing
20. LMP2 #25 RML
21. LMP2 #40 Quifel - ASM Team
22. LMP2 #35 Oak Racing
23. LMP1 #19 Autocon Racing
24. LMP2 #29 Racing Box
25. LMP2 #41 Team Bruichladdich
26. LMP2 #39 KSM
27. LMP2 #24 Oak racing
28. LMP2 #38 Pegasus Racing
29. LMP2 #37 Gerard Welter
30. LMP2 #28 Race Performance AG
31. GT1 #51 Young Driver AMR
32. GT1 #70 Marc VDS Racing
33. GT1 #60 Matech Competition
34. GT1 #73 Luc Alphand Adventures
35. GT1 #72 Luc Alphand Adventures
36. GT2 #82 Risi Competizione
37. GT2 #64 Corvette Racing
38. GT2 #63 Corvette Racing
39. GT2 #95 AF Corse
40. GT1 #61 Matech Competition
41. GT2 #77 Team Felbermayr Proton
42. GT2 #76 IMSA Performance Matmut
43. GT2 #78 BMW Motorsport
44. GT2 #97 BMS Scuderia Italia SPA
45. GT2 #89 Hankook Team Farnbacher
46. GT2 #80 Flying Lizard Motorsports
47. GT1 #50 Labre Competition
48. GT2 #79 BMW Motorsport
49. GT2 #83 Risi Competizione
50. GT2 #85 Spyker Squadron
51. GT2 #92 JMW Motorsport
52. GT1 #69 JLOC
53. GT2 #75 Prospeed Competition
54. GT2 #88 Team Felbermayr Proton
55. GT2 #81 Jaguar RSR


glad to see all the LMP cars faster than the GT's, was alittle nervous with a few of the backmarkers running slower.

predictions on how far JLOC will go??? can thay double what they ran last year after only completing one lap

here is to a safe and exciting race for Saturday and Sunday

[harvick#1]

the only rain in the forecast is scattered T-storms Saturday, and its only a 30% chance of rain, with both days being in the mid 70's, expect not much sun neither as they are calling for cloud cover.

the track should have quite some grip as it is not gonna be hot.

[anthonyvop]

I'm loving the GT1 class atm, an Aston Martin dominating? what are you all complaining about?

Sorry to disappoint you.

CREATION OF THE GT ENDURANCE CATEGORY

In 2011, there will be no LM GT1 category for the following three major reasons:

* Numerous date clashes on the event calendars.
* Very small fields outside the Le Mans 24 Hours.
* The current category is entirely sprint based.

This is why in agreement with the GT manufacturers the ACO has decided to create a GT Endurance category with a single set of regulations valid between 2011 and 2013. These regulations are based on the current GT2 cars complying with the 2009 ACO rules with the following modifications:

* Steering wheel mounted paddle gearshifts allowed.
* Only 1 evolution per year allowed.
* 2 evolutions per year will be allowed for new cars.
* Measures will be taken to reduce top speeds without reducing overall power.

The GT Endurance category will be for one type of car but divided into two classes from 2011:

* GT Endurance PRO: a professional category, cars and drivers free.
* GT Endurance AM: cars over one year old and with a minimum of two drivers classified in the bronze or silver categories (defined under LM P2 LMS 2010 regulations).
* The Michelin Green X Challenge will continue in the PROTOTYPES and GT classes.
* Reduction in tyre consumption (as defined in 2009 and 2010 ACO Regulations)
* Reduction in noise level decibels (From 112DB in 2010 to 110DB in 2011)

Part of the ACO rules for 2011
http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...FS=ALMS-LEMANS

[F1boat]

I hope that the lions will win, although I respect Audi a lot.