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ATLAS eFX-Team Full Speed confirms plans
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For many the announcement of Atlas FX Team Full Speed as a full season entry for the 2010 Le Mans Series came as a surprise. The team was shown on the official list with a Saleen S7R and drivers Adam Lacko and ‘Carlos van Damme’. At first sight it looked like the Full Speed entry that was planned for the Le Mans Series in 2009 and that eventually ended up in FIA GT.
More details about the team were revealed today. It turns out that a Swiss investment group is behind the entry, already renamed to ATLAS eFX-Team Full Speed. The company has bought all the assets of Fullspeed and KplusK Motorsport. As a result the new team will have at least three Saleen S7Rs to race with – if they are converted to the 2010 specifications.
The team meanwhile confirmed that Carlo van Dam (Netherlands) and Adam Lacko (Czech Republic) and will be racing the Saleen S7R in the Le Mans Series. Both drivers have raced in a Saleen before. Van Dam raced the Full Speed car at the Spa 24 Hours last year before racing for Larbre Competition in the Asian Le Mans Series at Okayama, while Lacko raced for KplusK in 2009 as well as RAM Racing and Konrad Motorsport in 2005. The third driver is yet to be confirmed.
Team spokesman Peter Levicek confirmed that ATLAS eFX-Team Full Speed is in for the long term and wants to win. “Podium finishes are obligatory for we want to have a say in the championship. KplusK demonstrated this with its team in 2009. They achieved two victories and four podium finishes with the Saleen, which shows that we have a realistic target.”
With the purchase of both the Fullspeed and KplusK cars the team will have three cars available. ATLAS eFX-Team Full Speed is planning to run two cars in the 2011 Le Mans Series and is also considering taking part in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship.
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erm, looking for podium finishes in a class of two? Now that’s ambitious………..
This farcical GT1 is getting more annoying, hope we don’t get “Labre wins class” and “Team Full Speed get podium finish” press releases after each race.
What is the sense of racing when you have no competitor to race against? Both Larbre and Atlas/FullSpeed should have made it into the GT1 championship entry list in time - that would have given 4 Saleen cars in the already impressive GT1 field 2010. Wonder why Carlo van Dam joins this project? He’s a very good driver who should look for a real challenge instead of being “just part of the LMS entry list”.
maybe they expect more entries in the LMS.
Correct me if i’m wrong but I think saleen has only won a championship once in the hands of Oreca. It looks very impressive but in racing it hasn’t quite turned out that way. Vitaphone couldn’t win the title with it in the FIA GT.
@kw: I can assure you that Carlo is still in talks with other teams outside LMS to race there as well. Hence the test with Matech at Portimao last week.