52 For Spa 1000kms The entry list for next month's Spa 1000kms numbers no fewer than 52 cars, a true curtain raiser for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours. LMP1 LMP1 sees a true clash of the titans - Three factory Audi R15 Plus vs a trio of Factory Peugeots (plus the Oreca 908). All the named factory drivers are on parade too - this one will surely show up some relative form for the big one in June! The Oreca 01 AIM is not (yet at least) on the entry and there are no LMP1 Pescarolos there either - The Aston Martin Racing LMP1 Lola Astons weren't due to contest this one in any case. #008 Signature Plus Lola Aston Martin Pierre Ragues/ Franck Mailleux/ Vanina Ickx #1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP Marc Gené/ Alexander Wurz/ Anthony Davidson #2 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP Franck Montagny/ Stéphane Sarrazin/ Nicolas Minassian #3 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP Pedro Lamy/ Sébastien Bourdais/ Simon Pagenaud #4 Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Oliver Panis/ Nicolas Lapierre/ Loïc Duval #5 Beechdean Mansell Ginetta-Zytek 09S Nigel Mansell/ Leo Mansell/ Greg Mansell #7 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI Dindo Capello/ Tom Kristensen/ Allan McNish #8 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI Marcel Fassler/ Andre Lotterer/ Benoît Treluyer #9 Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI Timo Bernhard/ Romain Dumas/ Mike Rockenfeller #12 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Coupé-Rebellion Nicolas Prost/ Neel Jani #13 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Coupé-Rebellion Andrea Belicchi/ Jean-Christophe Boullion LMP2 There are no changes to report from the Paul Ricard entry in LMP2, the Pegasus Norma Judd though is not yet listed, the team still down to campaign their Courage AER. #24 Oak Racing Pescarolo-Judd Mathieu Lahaye/ Jacques Nicolet #25 RML Lola HPD Coupé Tommy Erdos/ Mike Newton/ Andy Wallace #27 Race Performance Radical SR9-Judd Michel Frey/ Ralph Meichtry/ Tyler Dueck #29 Racing Box Lola B09 Coupé-Judd Marco Cioci/ Piergiuseppe Perazzini/ Luca Pirri #30 Racing Box Lola B09 Coupé-Judd Ferdinando Geri/ Andrea Piccini/ Giacomo Piccini #35 Oak Racing Pescarolo-Judd Richard Hein/ Guillaume Moreau #36 Pegasus Racing Courage-Oreca LC75-AER Julien Schell/ Jean-Christophe Metz/ Frederic Da Rocha #39 KSM Lola B08/47-Judd Jean De Pourtales/ Hideki Noda/ Jonathan Kennard #40 Quifel-ASM Team Ginetta-Zytek 09S Miguel Amaral/ Olivier Pla #41 Team Bruichladdich Ginetta-Zytek 09S Karim Ojjeh/ Tim Greaves/ Thor-Christian Ebbesvik #42 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01 Nick Leventis/ Danny Watts/ Jonny Kane FLM #43 DAMS Formula Le Mans-Oreca 09 Andrea Barlesi/ Alessandro Cicognani/ Gary Chalandon #44 Dams Formula Le Mans-Oreca 09 Dean Stirling/ Luke Hines/ Edoardo Piscopo #45 Boutsen Energy Racing Formula Le Mans-Oreca 09 Dominik Kraihamer/ Nicolas De Crem/ Bernard Delhez #46 JMB Racing Formula Le Mans-Oreca 09 Peter Kutemann/ Maurice Basso/ John Hartshorne #47 Hope Polevision Racing Formula Le Mans Steve Zacchia/ Luca Moro/ Wolfgang Kaufmann #48 Hope Polevision Racing Formula Le Mans Mathias Beche/ Christophe Pillon/ Vincent Capillaire #49 Applewood Seven Formula Le Mans-Oreca 09 Damien Toulemonde/ David Zollinger/ Ross Zampatti LM GT1 One entry in France becomes seven in Belgium as several of the teams fulfil their obligation to enter an LMS round ahead of Le Mans. Whether we see any of them again in the Series remains to be seen! Matech field both of their GT1 Ford GTs, Natacha Gachnang unsurprisingly not listed though after her accident in Abu Dhabi. No news yet of any further entry list withdrawals that would give the second Matech Ford a confirmed entry. Just one Luc Alphand Corvette (and only two drivers) despite a pair of entries for Le Mans. The Atlas FX-Full Speed Sallen, a late withdrawal from Le Castellet is back on the entry for round 2, Julien Schroyen, Carlo Van Dam and Stéphane Lemeret the nominated crew. #50 Larbre Competition Saleen S7-R Gabriele Gardel/ Patrice Goueslard/ Fernando Rees #52 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 Tomas Enge/ Christoffer Nygaard/ Peter Kox #60 Matech Competition GT Thomas Mutsch/ Yan Zimmer #61 Matech Competition Ford GT Cindy Allemann/ Rahel Frey #66 Atlas FX-Team Full Speed Saleen S7-R Julien Schroyen/ Carlo Van Dam/ Stéphane Lemeret #70 Marc VDS Racing Team Ford GT Bas Leinders/ Markus Palttala/ Eric De Donker #72 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R Julien Jousse/ Stephan Gregoire LM GT2 The GT2 entry is a familiar one to anyone who watched Round One of the Series but with three additions. Competitively the most significant is the second Schnitzer BMW M3, Andy Priaulx and Dirk Muller aboard the #79 car. JWA are back, not with the Aston Martin they hoped to field for a full season but with loyal cusromer, Paul Daniel's Porsche, the Englishman sharing the 997 with Oskar Slingerland. Last time out the Daniels Porsche was fielded by Prospeed, and the Belgian team add a second Porsche to their line-up on home ground. Paul Von Splunteren, Niek Hommerson and Louis Machiels will drive the #98 car #75 Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Marco Holzer/ Richard Westbrook #76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Raymond Narac/ Patrick Pilet #77 Team Felbermayr Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Marc Lieb/ Richard Lietz #78 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Jörg Müller/ Dirk Werner #79 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Andy Priaulx/ Dirk Müller #85 Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R Peter Dumbreck/ Tom Coronel #88 Team Felbermayr Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Martin Ragginger/ Christian Ried #89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GT Dominik Farnbacher/ Allan Simonsen #90 CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT Pierre Ehret/ Phil Quaife/ Pierre Kaffer #91 CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT Andrew Kirkaldy/ Tim Mullen #92 JMW Motorsport Aston Martin V8 Vantage Robert Bell/ Darren Turner #93 JWA Racing Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Paul Daniels/ Oskar Slingerland #94 AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT Luis Perez Companc/ Matias Russo #95 AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT Giancarlo Fisichella/ Toni Vilander/ Jean Alesi #96 AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT Gianmaria Bruni/ Jaime Melo |