Official Entry list LM 24hrs 2015

[fatboy18]

[OvalOwl]

Oh that looks healthy!

P1 3x Audi 3x Porsche 3x Nissan 2x Toyota 2x Rebellion 1x ANOther

P2 20 entries.

GTE 3x Corvette (1x Labre) 8x Ferrari (5x AF Corse) 5xAston 6x Porsche 911

7x Reserve (mix of GTE Am and P2) #1 reserve a Viper.

Garage 56 is an ordinary entry this year.

[Some Gump]

That "another" is the car formerly known as Lotus, I believe.

The grid looks great, but not letting the artist formerly known as SRT racing have it's rightful place on the grid is a travesty. Reigning champs in ALMS, and without a garage 56 crowd pleaser, the Viper should be there for entertainment value.

I'd never wish ill to any team on the grid, but I do hope that both the Viper and KCMG's reserve get a place. IMO they both deserve to be racing.

TL;DR? Bloody ACO - there should be 60 garages already!

[FredericRobinson]

The Viper will get the chance, there's always withdrawls

Good things -
Am corvette back with Labre
Lots of Astons again
Nick Tandy in Porche prototype
Harry Ticknell getting a go with Nissan

Only 7 on the reserve list, fewer applications than previous years? Will they really build more garages if that's the case?

[eps]

PW said:

Soooo...

"We don't want to be like the other manufacturers who are guarded, who keep everything under wraps and only tell you what they want to know," he said. "We are going to be wide open".

Audi, Toyota and Porsche have now all confirmed their full line ups for the WEC and Le Mans, with Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber announced alongside Hulkenberg.

Nissan the only ones remaining guarded, keeping their full squad under wraps, etc, etc...

They probably haven't signed all of them up yet!

[Some Gump]

Stop laying into the new boys.

Being open isn't based on punctuality, they've promised set up data (admittably for the playstation generation), lets see if they do it. Like any employment situation, the employee will be the first to know, not some other bugger. Anything else would be crass.

[s2driveruk]

yep am looking forward to June that little bit more with that list :-)

[Great Dane]

Viper is a private team

[Alex Langheck]

Roll on April, and the first round of the WEC.

[fatboy18]

Great Dane said:

Viper is a private team

Yes, Bill Riley has put this together, would be great to see the car run at le mans

[Great Dane]

Here is the updated list (Please note that SMP Racing has not yet allocated their drivers to any particular car) I will update the list as and when news arrive.

Le Mans & WEC 2015.
LMP1:

• 1 - Toyota Racing - Toyota TS030: Anthony DAVIDSON, NAKAJIMA Kazuki, Sébastien BUEMI
• 2 - Toyota Racing - Toyota TS030: Alex WURZ, Mike CONWAY, Stéphane SARRAZIN
• 4 - ByKolles - CLM P1/01 AER: Simon TRUMMER, TBA, TBA
• 7 - Audi Sport - Audi R18 e-tron quattro: André LOTTERER, Benoît TRÉLUYER, Marcel FÄSSLER
• 8 - Audi Sport - Audi R18 e-tron quattro: Loïc DUVAL Lucas di GRASSI, Oliver JARVIS

9 - Audi Sport - Audi R18 e-tron quattro: Felipe ALBUQUERQUE, Marco BONANOMI, René RAST

• 12 - Rebellion Racing - Rebellion R-One AER: Nicolas PROST, TBA, TBA
• 13 - Rebellion Racing - Rebellion R-One AER: Mathias BECHE, TBA, TBA
• 17 - Porsche Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid : Brendon HARTLEY, Mark WEBBER, Timo BERNHARDT
• 18 - Porsche Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid : Marc LIEB, Neel JANI, Romain DUMAS

19 - Porsche Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid : Earl BAMBER, Nico HÜLKENBERG. Nick TANDY
21 - Nissan Motorsports - Nissan GT-R LM NISMO: MATSUDA Tsugio, TBA, TBA

• 22 - Nissan Motorsports - Nissan GT-R LM NISMO: Harry THINCKNELL, TBA, TBA
• 23 - Nissan Motorsports - Nissan GT-R LM NISMO : Olivier PLA, TBA, TBA

LMP2:

• 26 - G-Drive Racing - Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Julien CANAL, Roman RUSINOV, Sam BIRD

27 - SMP Racing - BR01 Nissan: Anton LADYGIN, David MARKOZOV, Mikhail ALESHIN,

• 28 - G-Drive Racing - Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Gustavo YACAMÁN, ‘Pipo’ DERANI, Ricardo GONZÁLEZ

29 - Pegasus Racing - Morgan Nissan: FONG Adderly, CHENG David, Leo ROUSSEL

• 30 - Extreme Speed Motorsport - HPD ARX-4b Honda: David HEINEMEIER HANSSON, Ryan DALZIEL, Scott SHARP
• 31 - Extreme Speed Motorsport - HPD ARX-4b Honda: Ed BROWN, Johannes van OVERBEEK, Jon FOGARTY

34 - Oak Racing - Ligier JS P2 Nissan: TUNG Ho Pin, TBA, TBA

• 35 - Oak Racing - Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Erik MARIS, Jacques NICOLET, Jean-Marc MERLIN
• 36 - Signatech Alpine - Alpine A450b Nissan: Nelson PANCIATICI, Paul-Loup CHATIN, Vincent CAPILAIRE

37 - SMP Racing - BR01 Nissan: Kirill LADYGIN, Maurizio MEDIANI, Nicolas MINASSIAN
38 - JOTA Sport - Gibson Z15SN Nissan : Simon DOLAN, TBA, TBA

• 39 - Team SARD Morand - Morgan Evo SARD: Christian KLIEN, SAGA Koki, TBA

40 - Krohn Racing - Ligier JS P2 Judd: Nic JÖNSSON, Tracy KROHN, TBA,
41 - Greaves Motorsport - Gibson 015S Nissan: Johnny MOWLEM, TBA, TBA

• 42 - Strakka Racing - Strakka Dome S103 Nissan: Danny WATTS, Jonny KANE, Nick LEVENTIS
• 43 - Team SARD Morand - Morgan Evo SARD: Oliver WEBB, Pierre RAGUES, TBA

45 - Ibanez Racing - Oreca 03R Nissan: Ivan BELLAROSA, José IBANEZ, Pierre PERET
46 - Thiriet by TDS Racing - Oreca 05 Nissan : Ludovic BADEY, Pierre THIRIET, Tristan GOMMENDY

• 47 - KCMG - Oreca 05 Nissan : Matt HOWSON, TBA, TBA

48 - Murphy Prototypes - Oreca 03R Nissan: Greg MURPHY, TBA, TBA

GTE Pro:

• 51 - AF Corse - Ferrari 458 Italia: Giancarlo FISICHELLA Gianmaria BRUNI, Toni VILANDER

63 - Corvette Racing - Corvette C7R: Antonio GARCIA, Jan MAGNUSSEN, Ryan BRISCOE
64 - Corvette Racing - Corvette C7R: Jordan TAYLOR, Oliver GAVIN, Tommy MILNER

• 71 - AF Corse - Ferrari 458 Italia: Davide RIGON, James CALLADO, Olivier BERETTA
• 91 - Porsche Team Manthey - Porsche 991 RSR: Jörg BERGMEISTER, Michael CHRISTENSEN, Richard LIETZ
• 92 - Porsche Team Manthey - Porsche 991 RSR: Frédéric MAKOWIECKI, Patrick PILET, Wolf HENZLER
• 95 - AMR - Aston Martin Vantage: Christoffer NYGAARD, Marco SØRENSEN, Nicki THIIM
• 97 - AMR - Aston Martin Vantage: Darren TURNER, Stefan MÜCKE, TBA
• 99 - AMR - Aston Martin Vantage: Fernando REES, TBA, TBA

GTE-Am:

• 50 - Larbre Competition - Corvette C7R: Gianluca RODA, Paulo RUBERTI, TBA

55 - AF Corse - Ferrari 458 Italia: Duncan CAMERON, Matt GRIFFIN, TBA
61 - AF Corse - Ferrari 458 Italia: Peter Ashley MANN, TBA, TBA
62 - Scuderia Corse: Ferrari 458 Italia: Bill SWEEDLER, Townsend BELL, TBA
66 - JMW Motorsport - Ferrari 458 Italia: George RICHARDSON, TBA, TBA
67 - Team AAI - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR: CHEN Jun-San, TBA, TBA
68 - Team AAI - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR: CHEN Han-Chen, TBA, TBA

• 72 - SMP Racing - Ferrari 458 Italia: Alexsey BASOV, Andrea BERTOLINI, Victor SHAITAR
• 77 - Dempsey Proton Racing - Porsche 997 RSR: Patrick DEMPSEY, Patrick LONG, TBA
• 83 - AF Corse - Ferrari 458 Italia: Emmanuel COLLARD, François PERRODO, Rui ÁGUAS
• 88 - Abu Dhabi Proton Racing - Porsche 997 RSR: Christian RIED, Khalid AL QUABAISI, TBA
• 96 - AMR - Aston Martin Vantage GTE: Roald GOETHE, Stuart HALL, TBA
• 98 - AMR - Aston Martin Vantage GTE : Mathias LAUDA, Paul DALLA LANA, Pedro LAMY

• = WEC entrant

Reserves:
1 (GTE Am): Riley Motorsports-TI Automotive - Dodge Viper GTS-R: Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN, TBA, TBA
2 (LMP 2): KCMG - Oreca 03R Nissan: Aleandre IMPERATORI, TBA, TBA
3 (GTE Am): Formula Racing - Ferrari 458 Italia: Johnny LAURSEN, TBA, TBA
4 (GTE Am): Gulf Racing UK - Porsche 911 RSR: Adam CARROLL, James WINSLOW, Michael WAINRIGHT
5 (LMP 2): Algarve Pro Racing - Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Michael MUNNEMAN, TBA, TBA
6 (GTE Am): Proton Competition - Porsche 911 RSR: Wolf HENZLER ?, TBA, TBA
7 (LMP 2): Ibanez Racing - Oreca 03R Nissan: Pierre PERET, TBA, TBA

[Red Firecracker]

Being reported that one SARD Morand is out, which means the Viper may be in.

[fatboy18]

Red Firecracker said:

Being reported that one SARD Morand is out, which means the Viper may be in.

CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS? Whats the source?

Edit: just found this
http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news_2_2_1745.html

Edited by fatboy18 on Thursday 16th April 19:17

[Red Firecracker]

They were testing the Le Mans car last week, so they probably had a good idea that their chances of getting in were good, especially with the SARD Morand shenanigans.