American Le Mans Series
The ACO launches the 2010 Le Mans Intercontinental Cup
During its press conference at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours in June, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest confirmed its intention to link the various Le Mans Series, so in 2010, it will launch a cup reserved for entrants in the top endurance category, LM P1.
This cup will be held on 3 continents in 3 races that are already part of the different series run under the Le Mans label.
This American/European/Asian triple crown will kick off at Silverstone (13th September) in the Le Mans Series. The second round will be the Petit Le Mans (2nd October) in the American Le Mans Series, and the final one will take place on the Asian continent in an Asian Le Mans Series event in November.
A teams’/manufacturers’ classification for the “2010 Le Mans Intercontinental Cup” will be established on the basis of the overall results of these races.
The “2010 Le Mans Intercontinental Cup” prefigures the creation of a world trophy for the 2011 season, which will be run in compliance with the new ACO regulations: it will consist of 6 races minimum. A more detailed presentation of the world trophy will be made before the end of March 2010.
N.B: Each competitor (team or manufacturer) must confirm its entry with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest before the end of February 2010.
Competitors will be obliged to compete in all 3 races to be included in the overall classification.
In addition, they must also take part in 5 races run under the Le Mans label (the 24 Hours excepted) to be eligible for the Intercontinental Cup.
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Interesting….
It’s almost going to be transparent in the first year, unless there is global coverage of each race not just in the respective region. not that colossal an announcement just yet, we’ll see what happens in 2011
Hopefully DeFerran keeps the P1 car and Honda greenlights them to participate in it.
This might interest Porsche in 2011 since P1 engines will be 3.4 liters. They’re THE specialist at making engines in that displacement range.
And apparently Acura is still working on it’s P2 car with a 3.4L engine.
Yes, It could interest Porsche.
I still would like to see Ferrari in LMP1. Just build an engine, and have another company build the chassis.
(would like to see Dallara get the job)
Very cool, Petit Lemans is a good choice, and I hope Porsche, Ferrari goes LMP1. And hope to see Peugeot, Audi,Porsche,Ferrari,Aston Martin,Pescarolo race the Lemans Intercontinental Cup in 2010.Can’t wait
I hope all the LMP1 Teams will enter
@ Christopher Bouchard
There is no way that ferrari will enter le mans next year (in LMP1 class), and porsche is hoping to compete in 2011 as bamba stated
Forget F1,thats for posers and ponces.Real men drive in ALMS,LMS ETC.