Le Mans Series Full Season Entries Revealed The list of full season entrants for this year's Le Mans Series has been published on the Series website and it contains both some surprises, and some confirmation of rumours and speculation around some of the entrants. The list below isn't a comprehensive list of all that we can expect to see racing in LMS of course - with several cars likely to enter with limited programmes including of course the pair of AMR Lolas and the factory Peugeots One point to note though is that NO Formula Le Mans cars are listed - Patrick Peter telling dsc recently that "we will see" when asked whether there would be space on the grids for the Oreca built spec-chassised cars. We understand though that up to half a dozen cars have been entered for a potential full season. LMP1 There are 11 contenders in the top class though the Audi R15s are due only to contest the Paul Ricard, Spa and Silverstone events. The confirmation of a pair of Kolles Audi R10 TDIs is very welcome news but the surprise in LMP1 is the appearance of a Lola Judd Coupe for Noel del Bello Racing, Jean Marc Gounon listed as driving - This is understood by dsc to be a new car with the final details of the deal still to be settled - If the car appears on the entry list for Le mans on Thursday we'd expect to see this one out at Paul Ricard! #008 Signature Plus France Lola Aston Martin - Ragues-Mailleux
#4 Team Oreca Matmut France Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - Lapierre-Panis
#5 Beechdean Mansell UK Zytek 09S - Mansell-Mansell
#6 Team Oreca Matmut France Oreca 01-AIM - Ayari
#7 Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Audi R15 TDI - Capello-McNish-Kristensen (HTTT)
#8 Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Audi R15 TDI - Fässler-Lotterer-Treluyer (Spa)
#12 Rebellion Racing Switzerland Lola B10/60 Coupé-Rebellion - Jani-Prost
#13 Rebellion Racing Switzerland Lola B10/60 Coupé-Rebellion - Bouillon- Belicchi
#14 Kolles Germany Audi R10 TDI
#15 Kolles Germany Audi R10 TDI
#20 Noël Del Bello Racing France Lola B10/60 Coupé-Judd - Gounon LMP2 16 LMP2s makes for a healthy (and varied) looking list. And there is plenty to comment on here too RML's Lola Coupe is listed with the HPD (Acura) engine that the team was rumoured to be considering. In the RLR MG Lola Barry Gates is the first listed driver Race Performance Switzerland is listed with a Radical Judd, this is not the Pierre Bruneau AER engined car but the ex Rollcentre, ex Embassy Racing machine.
Ibanez Racing's entry is listed as a Lola B05/40, this the ex BK Motorsport open topped Mazda engined car, again it seems not yet to be finalised whether this car will in fact replace the team's venerable Courage AER but Thursday might again cement things in that regard! The Hache Team's long talked about step up to a 2 car squad has indeed come to pass with a Ginetta Zytek 09S listed alongside the team's existing Lucchini. Finally KSM's Lola seems to have gone down the Judd route too after a torrid time last season with the MZR-R
#24 Oak Racing France Pescarolo-Judd
#25 RML UK Lola HPD Coupé - Erdos-Newton
#27 Race Performance Switzerland Radical SR9-Judd - Frey-Meichtry-Thuner
#28 Ibanez Racing France Lola B05/40-Judd - Da Rocha
#29 Racing Box Italy Lola B09 Coupé-Judd - Cioci-Perazzini
#30 Racing Box Italy Lola B09 Coupé-Judd - Pirri
#31 RLR msport UK MG Lola EX265-AER - Gates
#33 Hache Team Spain Lucchini-Judd
#34 Hache Team Spain Zytek 09S
#35 Oak Racing France Pescarolo-Judd -
#37 WR/Salini France WR-Zytek - Salini
#38 Pegasus Racing France Courage-Oreca LC75-AER - Schell
#39 KSM Germany Lola B08/47-Judd - de Pourtales-Noda
#40 Quifel-ASM Team Portugal Zytek 09S - Amaral-Pla
#41 Team Bruichladdich UK Zytek 09S - Ebbesvik-Greaves-Ojjeh
#42 Strakka Racing UK HPD ARX-01 - Kane-Leventis-Watts
GT1 A disappointing entry (again) in GT1 with just a pair of Saleens listed for the full season - with no S7-Rs in the FIA GT1 Championship or ALMS it's only LMS that will now accommodate the old warhorses - Again a category likely to see some single race or part season contenders.
#50 Larbre Competition France Saleen S7-R - Gardel-Berville
#66 Atlas FX-Team Full Speed Austria Saleen S7-R - Lacko-Van Damme GT2 15 GT2s listed and in the main its a matter of confirming the plans alredy laid out. A trio of AF Corse Ferraris, a pair of CRS 430s, Schnitzer's now homologated BMW, Porsches for IMSA Matmut (1) and Felbermayer Proton (2) The interst here is mainly in the announced driver line-ups for AF Corse with Toni Vilander sharing the #94 car with Giancarlo Fisichella and the #96 car featuring a tasty looking line-up of Bruni, Melo and Alesi! The re-constitued Modena Group racing are there with a 430, Roman Rusinov the first nominated driver and the Spyker Squadron are back for more too as are JMB with their Ferrari. JMW's Aston Martin was pre-announced of course but the one we've been keeping under wraps is the return of JWA with their Vantage - a varied field then for the 2010 GT2 class.
#76 IMSA Performance Matmut France Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Narac-Pilet
#77 Team Felbermayr Proton Germany Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Lieb - Lietz
#78 BMW Team Schnitzer Germany BMW M3 - Müller-Werner
#84 Modena Group Racing UK Ferrari F430 GT - Rusinov
#85 Spyker Squadron Holland Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R - Coronel
#88 Team Felbermayr Proton Germany Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Ried
#89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Germany Ferrari F430 GT - Farnbacher-Simonsen
#90 CRS Racing UK Ferrari F430 GT - Ehret-Quaife
#91 CRS Racing UK Ferrari F430 GT - Kirkaldy - Mullen
#92 JMW Motorsport UK Aston Martin V8 Vantage - Bell
#93 JWA Racing UK Aston Martin V8 Vantage
#94 AF Corse Italy Ferrari F430 GT - Vilander-Fisichella
#95 AF Corse Italy Ferrari F430 GT - Perez Companc-Russo
#96 AF Corse Italy Ferrari F430 GT - Bruni-Melo-Alesi
#99 JMB Racing Monaco Ferrari F430 GT
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