71 entries for LM 2013

[Kristof]

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has received 71 entry requests for the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours on 22-23 June for the 55 grid spots remaining as the 56th place has already been attributed to the GreenGT H2 project. The list of entrants will be announced on 1st February in the Eurosites-George V.

Once again the Le Mans 24-Hours field will combine quality and quantity. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest Sports Management has received 71 entries, the same number as in 2011, an increase compared to 2012. This is evidence of the continuing high level of interest in a race that will celebrate its 90th anniversary this year.

This remarkable figure sweeps aside the fears that hover over motor sport because of the current economic situation. The Le Mans passion is the strongest yet again, and the raft of entrants who wish to associate their names with the myth reflects this. The most extraordinary fact is that these 71 entries are of top-class quality: all the cars without exception could be on the starting grid of the 2013 Le Mans 24 hours if the sporting regs didn’t limit the number of starters to 56.

It should be underlined that the top category for prototypes, LM P1 and LM P2, and the 56th pit represent 62.5% of the field with 41 cars compared to 30 in LM GTE, which is undergoing a marked renewal.

Just a reminder that the choice of entrants selected for the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours was spread over several major rendez-vous.

    At the end of the 2012 season on 27th October with the Shanghai 6 Hours (CHN), the final round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, the thirteen entrants invited were known taking into account their results in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and also after the end of the FIA WEC, the American Le Mans Series and the European Le Mans Series. This represented 16 cars maximum as the Audi Sport and AF Corse teams had clinched two and three invitations respectively.
     
    12th December 2012 was the opening date for entries, and all the teams interested could send in their entry forms to the Automobile Club de l’Ouest.
     
    16th January 2013 at midnight was the closing date for entries and by then 71 requests had reached the ACO.
     
    On the evening of 23rd January the Selection Committee met under the presidency of Pierre Fillon, the ACO President, and its job was to draw up the list of teams invited including the 55 cars for the race and the ten reserves to fill any spaces left by withdrawals.
     
    On 1st February 2013 the field for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours will be announced during the press conference in the Eurosites George V. It will be broadcast in live streaming on the new site www.24h-lemans.com thanks to Michelin’s collaboration.

The entrants still have a week to wait but one car is already assured of a place: the GreenGT H2! This prototype with an electric engine powered by a fuel cell fed by hydrogen has received the 56th pit invitation, which is destined for a car designed around an innovative technological project. As in 2012 with the revolutionary Nissan DeltaWing, it can take part in practice and the race provided it meets all the safety regulations and performance minima set by the ACO - but outside the overall classification.

http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h/update/24-heures-du-mans-2013-%E2%88%92-71-entries-for-56-places-_9681.html

41 LMP - 30 GT. 

[Bonio]

24 HOURS OF LE MANS ENTRY LIST

LMP1 (8 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
3 – Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Marc Gene
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
13 – Rebellion Racing – Lola B12/60 Toyota – Neel Jani
21 – Strakka Racing – HPD ARX-03c – Nick Leventis

LMP2 (22 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
27 – Sebastien Loeb Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Franck Montagny
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
33 – Level 5 Motorsports – HPD ARX-03b – Scott Tucker
35 – OAK Racing – Morgan-Nissan – Olivier Pla
36 – Signatech – Oreca 03 Nissan – Franck Mailleux
38 – Jota Sport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Simon Dolan
40 – Boutsen Ginon Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Koen Wauters
41 – Greaves Motorsport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Christian Zugel
42 – Greaves Motorsport – Zytek Z11SN Nissan – Tom Kimber-Smith
44 – Starworks Motorsport – HPD ARX-03b – Alex Popow
45 – OAK Racing – Morgan-Nissan – David Heinemeier Hansson
46 – Thiriet by TDS Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Pierre Thiriet
47 – KCMG – Morgan-Nissan – Alexandre Imperatori
48 – Murphy Prototoypes – Oreca 03 Nissan – Brendon Hartley
49 – Pecom Racing – Oreca 03 Nissan – Luis Perez-Companc

GTE-Pro (11 entries)

51 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Gianmaria Bruni
63 – Corvette Racing – Corvette C6.R – Antonio Garcia
64 – Corvette Racing – Corvette C6.R – Oliver Gavin
66 – JMW Motorsport – Ferrari F458 Italia – Tim Sugden
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
93 – SRT Motorsports – SRT Viper GTS-R – Marc Goossens
94 – SRT Motorsports – SRT Viper GTS-R – Dominik Farnbacher
97 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Darren Turner
99 – Aston Martin Racing – Aston Martin Vantage – Stefan Mucke

GTE-Am (14 entries)

50 – Larbre Competition – Corvette C6.R – Patrick Bornhauser
54 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Yannick Mallegol
55 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Piergiuseppe Perazzini
57 – Krohn Racing – Ferrari F458 Italia – Tracy Krohn
61 – AF Corse – Ferrari F458 Italia – Jack Gerber
67 – IMSA Performance Matmut – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Pascal Gibon
70 – Larbre Competition – Corvette C6.R – Pedro Lamy
76 – IMSA Performance Matmut – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Raymond Narac
77 – Dempsey Racing-Proton – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Patrick Dempsey
80 – Extreme Speed Motorsports – Ferrari F458 Italia – Scott Sharp
81 – 8Star Motorsports – Ferrari F458 Italia – Enzo Potolicchio
88 – Proton Competition – Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Christian Reid
95 – Aston Martin Racing – Allan Simonsen
96 – Aston Martin Racing – Rolad Goethe

Unclassified (1 entry)

0 – GreenGT Technologies – GreenGT H2 – Christian Pescatori

[Bonio]

LMP1 Cat seems a little small and no Flying Lizards ?

[Kristof]

Lizards will only race in GTC class in ALMS (no factory support from Porsche in 2013, they focus on the development of the 991 RSR with Manthey).

Good to see the Vipers back at LM !   GTE Pro should be a cracking race.
Only 8 cars in LMP1, should move to 10 next year with Porsche.
Nice field in LMP2 also.
Prospeed won't be happy in GTE Am, only 2nd reserve.

[Grand_Fromage]

No Oak or JRM in LM P1 this year, and of course no Pesca'.
... and nothing replacing them.

On the up-side there is a very strong P2 grid.

LMP1 Cat seems a little small and no Flying Lizards ?

[Grand_Fromage]

Also announced today:

2013 Le Mans 24 Hours
90 years in style

During the press conference the Automobile Club de l’Ouest announced the list of the ten cars (one per decade since 1923) elected by a prestigious jury presided by Pierre Fillon, the President of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest.

The following cars have been selected

20's : Bentley Speed Six - 1929
30's : Alfa Romeo 8C 1933
40's : Ferrari 166 MM - 1949
50's : Jaguar D - 1957
60's : Ford GT40 - 1969
70's : Porsche 917K - 1970
80's : Porsche 956 - 1982
90's : (jointly) Mazda 787B - 1991 and Peugeot 905 1992
00's : Audi R10 TDI - 2006
10's : Audi e-tron quattro - 2012

[lofty]

delta wing thing given up then?and is the green entry area 51 car the hydrogen one?

[Grand_Fromage]

Deltawing was only ever a one-off at Le Mans. Plans are being made in the USA for DW future, but it is still early days as far as integrating it into 'normal' endurance racing regs.

The Green GT is this year's 56th pit occupant.

delta wing thing given up then?and is the green entry area 51 car the hydrogen one?

[Kristof]

Right, JRM was the one I missed.   

[lofty]

nissan seem to have taken lmp2 over as engine supplier.what happened to the honda engined cars?

[Canada Phil]

Entries of 71 for 56 places leaves 15. Are they all on the reserve list? Can we see the Reserve list ?
Are there  anymore LMP1 that did not get a place? 
Enquiring mind needs to know
Phil

[Grand_Fromage]

There are no LM P1 reserve entries, but plenty for P2 and GTE. The reserve list was announced at the press conf, so it must be online somewhere.

BTW in the case of an LM P1 drop out, they will fill the place with a P2 and shorten the P1 grid.

Entries of 71 for 56 places leaves 15. Are they all on the reserve list? Can we see the Reserve list ?
Are there  anymore LMP1 that did not get a place? 
Enquiring mind needs to know
Phil

[Werner]

Reserve LMP
Race Perfomance (Oreca-Nissan) - Michel Frey
Morand Racing (Morgan-Judd) - Natasha Gachnang
DKR (Lola-Judd) - Olivier Porta
Signatech (Oreca-Nissan) - Pierre Ragues
Delta-ADR (Oreca-Nissan) - Shinji Nakano
HVM-Status (Lola-Judd) - Warren Hughes

Reserve GT
Aston Martin Racing (Aston Martin Vantage) Stuart Hall
Prospeed (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) - Abdulaziz al Faisal
RAM (Ferrari F458 Italia) - Johnny Mowlem
TRG (Aston Martin Vantage) - Kevin Buckler

[Canada Phil]

Thanks Grand Fromage & Werner,
                                              In the GT I would have prefered KBR Kevin Buckler to be at the top as Aston Martin Racing already have 4 spots.
Phil

Reserve LMP
Race Perfomance (Oreca-Nissan) - Michel Frey
Morand Racing (Morgan-Judd) - Natasha Gachnang
DKR (Lola-Judd) - Olivier Porta
Signatech (Oreca-Nissan) - Pierre Ragues
Delta-ADR (Oreca-Nissan) - Shinji Nakano
HVM-Status (Lola-Judd) - Warren Hughes

Reserve GT
Aston Martin Racing (Aston Martin Vantage) Stuart Hall
Prospeed (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) - Abdulaziz al Faisal
RAM (Ferrari F458 Italia) - Johnny Mowlem
TRG (Aston Martin Vantage) - Kevin Buckler

[Nordic]

Extreme speed gte ferrari has been pulled and been replaced with another Aston Martin.