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2010 LM24 Entry Criteria Issued
Selection End Of January

The ACO has announced that it will accept entry forms for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours between Monday 21st December 2009 and Wednesday 20th January 2010 and that the following criteria applies:
 
• Teams that have already won their invitation for the Le Mans 24 Hours in the ALMS, LMS and Asian Le Mans Series, FIA GT and Michelin Green X Challenge are automatically selected, but must confirm their entry by letter before 11th January 2010. For them, category changes cancel the automatic invitation and their inclusion will be decided by the Selection Committee.

• As announced at the Nürburgring 1000kms teams that have competed in 2009 in full in one or more of the Le Mans Series (ALMS, LMS, Asian Le Mans Series) will be given priority. The Selection Committee will also take into account teams entered on a yearly basis in the 2010 ALMS, LMS and Asian Le Mans Series. Entries from manufacturers have priority.

• For its communications requirements, the ACO asks each team to nominate at least one driver per car who cannot be replaced (except in the case of force majeure sent to the Sports Committee). In this case, the withdrawal will lead to the driver being removed from the list of those who can be selected for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours. The names of the other two drivers is still optional but recommended up to 12th May after the Spa-Francorchamps 1000kms, the date on which entrants must send in their final driver line-ups to the ACO by letter. Thus, the final list of the driver line-ups for the le Mans 24 Hours will be sent out a month before the race.

• In addition to the list of the 55 cars, the ACO will draw up a selection of 10 reserve cars divided into two separate lists, GT and LMP. Withdrawals received after 1st February 2010 will be replaced category by category – a GT by a GT and an LMP by an LMP.

It will be interesting to see how this affects the automatic entries in particular, as a significant proportion of the teams affected will be seeking a change of category as a result of their 2010 plans. The separate reserve lists for GT and LMP cars, meanwhile, is a move that makes perfect sense and is to be applauded.