Le Mans Series

Full season Le Mans Series entries announced

The 2010 Le Mans Series is likely to have at least 44 cars on the grid of each race. Le Mans Endurance Organisation, the organisation behind the Le Mans Series, revealed a list of full season Le Mans Series entries today on its website. 11 LMP1s, 16 LMP2s, 2 LMGT1s and 15 LMGT2s. No Formula Le Mans cars were announced yet even though they are still scheduled to take part in the Le Mans Series. Where possible the number of cars will grow, with race-by-race entries from several manufacturers already revealed.

In the top class, LMP1, the most notable name is that of Audi Sport Team Joest, the German manufacturer registering two full season entries. Dr Ullrich has already said that it does not mean Audi will compete in all five events though. Peugeot and Aston Martin will be represented by privateer teams. At Paul Ricard and Spa-Francorchamps the privateer teams will be joined by factory entries. In LMP2 we will see the familiar teams, some with new material. As in recent years LMGT1 will have a very small grid of cars, 2 Saleen S7Rs at the moment, while LMGT2 will probably see Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin, BMW and Spyker competing against each other. All in all the looking at the current list the seventh season of the Le Mans Series promises to be another cracking season.

Here is the list - updated with confirmed drivers - as it was revealed on www.lemans-series.com today.

LMP1 (11 entries)

008 // Signature Plus // Lola Aston Martin // Franck Mailleux (FRA) - Pierre Ragues (FRA)
4 // Team Oreca Matmut (FRA) // Peugeot 908 HDi FAP // Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) - Olivier Panis (FRA)
5 // Beechdean Mansell Motorsport // Ginetta-Zytek Z09R // Leo Mansell (GBR) - Greg Mansell (GBR) - Nigel Mansell (GBR)
6 // Team Oreca Matmut (FRA) // Oreca 01 AIM // Soheil Ayari (FRA) - TBA
7 // Audi Sport Team Joest // Audi R15 TDI // TBA - TBA
8 // Audi Sport Team Joest // Audi R15 TDI // TBA - TBA
12 // REBELLION Racing // Lola B10/60 REBELLION // Neel Jani (SUI) - Nicolas Prost (FRA)
13 // REBELLION Racing // Lola B10/60 REBELLION // Andrea Belicchi (ITA) - Jean-Christophe Boullion (FRA)
14 // Kolles // Audi R10 TDI // TBA - TBA - TBA
15 // Kolles // Audi R10 TDI // TBA - TBA - TBA
20 // Noël Del Bello Racing // Lola B10/60 Judd // Jean-Marc Gounon (FRA) - TBA

LMP2 (16 entries)

24 // OAK Racing // Pescarolo 01 Judd // TBA - TBA
25 // RML // Lola B08/80 HPD // Tommy Erdos (BRA) - Mike Newton (BRA)
27 // Race Performance // Radical SR9 Judd // Michel Frey (SUI) - Ralph Meichtry (SUI) - Fabien Thuner (SUI)
28 // Ibanez Racing // Lola B05/40 Judd // Frederic Da Rocha (FRA) - TBA - TBA
29 // Racing Box // Lola B08/80 Judd // Piergiuseppe Perazzini (ITA) - Marco Cioci (ITA) - TBA
30 // Racing Box // Lola B08/80 Judd // Luca Pirri (ITA) - TBA - TBA
31 // RLR msport // MG Lola EX265 AER // Barry Gates (GBR) - TBA - TBA
33 // Hache Team // Lucchini LMP2 Judd // TBA - TBA - TBA
34 // Hache Team // Ginetta-Zytek 09S Zytek // TBA - TBA - TBA
35 // OAK Racing // Pescarolo 01 Judd // TBA - TBA
37 // WR Salini // WR Zytek // Philippe Salini (FRA) - TBA
38 // Pegasus Racing // Courage-Oreca LC75 AER // Julien Schell (FRA) - TBA - TBA
39 // KSM // Lola B08/47 Judd // Hideki Noda (JPN) - Jean de Pourtales (FRA) - TBA
40 // Quifel-ASM Team // Ginetta-Zytek 09S Zytek // Miguel Amaral (POR) - Olivier Pla (FRA)
41 // Team Bruichladdich // Ginetta-Zytek 07S Zytek // Karim Ojjeh (SAU) - Tim Greaves (GBR) - Thor-Christian Ebbesvik (NOR)
42 // Strakka Racing // HPD ARX-01c // Nick Leventis (GBR) - Danny Watts (GBR) - Jonny Kane (GBR)

LMGT1 (2 entries)

50 // Larbre Competition // Saleen S7R // Gabriele Gardel (SUI) - Roland Berville (FRA)
66 // Atlas FX-Team Full Speed // Saleen S7R // Adam Lacko (CZE) - Carlo van Dam (NED)

LMGT2 (15 entries)

76 // IMSA Performance Matmut // Porsche 997 GT3 RSR // Raymond Narac (FRA) - Patrick Pilet (FRA)
77 // Team Felbermayr Proton // Porsche 997 GT3 RSR // Marc Lieb (GER) - Richard Lietz (AUT)
78 // BMW Team Schnitzer // BMW M3 GT2 // Jörg Müller (GER) - Dirk Werner (GER)
84 // Modena Group Racing // Ferrari F430 GT2 // Roman Rusinov (RUS) - TBA
85 // Spyker Squadron // Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R // Tom Coronel (NED) - TBA
88 // Team Felbermayr Proton // Porsche 997 GT3 RSR // Christian Ried (GER) - TBA
89 // Hankook Team Farnbacher // Ferrari F430 GT2 // Dominik Farnbacher (GER) - Allan Simonsen (DEN)
90 // CRS Racing // Ferrari F430 GT2 // Pierre Ehret (GER) - Phil Quaife (GBR)
91 // CRS Racing // Ferrari F430 GT2 // Tim Mullen (GBR) - Andrew Kirkaldy (GBR)
92 // JMW Motorsport // Aston Martin Vantage GT2 // Robert Bell (GBR) - TBA
93 // JWA Racing // Aston Martin Vantage GT2 // TBA - TBA
94 // AF Corse // Ferrari F430 GT2 // Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) - Toni Vilander (FIN)
95 // AF Corse // Ferrari F430 GT2 // Luis Perez Companc (ARG) - Mattias Russo (ARG)
96 // AF Corse // Ferrari F430 GT2 // Jaime Melo (BRA) - Gianmaria Bruni (ITA) - Jean Alesi (FRA)
99 // JMB Racing // Ferrari F430 GT2 // TBA - TBA - TBA

Even though no Formula Le Mans cars are currently announced it is almost certain that DAMS, Boutsen Energy Racing and Hope Pole Vision will enter their cars in the upcoming season.

It is interesting to see that the Pegasus Racing Norma LMP2, Pierre Bruneau Radical SR 9, Team WFR WF01, JAS Motosport HPD ARX-01c and Luc Alphand Aventures are not on the list. It remains to be seen if these cars will join the full season entry list later on or that they will join on a race-by-race basis or perhaps not at all.

Being on the full season entry list doesn’t automatically mean these cars will be racing in the Le Mans Series though. In recent years several teams have been announced on the full season entry list, but either never raced or only competed in a few rounds.