Club Arnage

LM GTE AM

50 - Larbre Competition - Patrick Bornhauser – Corvette
57 - Krohn Racing - Ferrari - Tracy Krohn
60 - Gulf AMR Middle East - Fabien Giroix – Aston
 61 - AF Corse - Perazzini – Ferrari
62 - CRS Racing - Pierre Ehret – Ferrari
63 - Proton Competition - Horst Felbermayr – Porsche
68 - Robertson Racing - Doran Ford GT - David Robertson
70 - Larbre Competition – Porsche
81 - Flying Lizard - Neiman (Porsche)
83 - JMB Racing - Manu Rodrigues

LM GTE Pro

89 - Hankook-Team Farnbacher - Ferrari 458 – Farnbacher
88 - Felbermayr-Proton - Porsche – Luhr
77 - Felbermayr-Proton - Porsche – Lieb
80 - Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche – Bergmeister
79 - Jota - Hancock - Aston Martin Vantage
76 - IMSA Performance Matmut - Porsche - Raymond Narac
75 - ProSpeed - Goossens – Porsche
74 - Corvette Racing - Corvette - Beretta
73 - Corvette Racing - Corvette – Gavin
71 - AF Corse - Ferrari – Kauffman
66 - JMW Motorsport - Ferrari – Bell
       Lotus Jetalliance - Lichtner Hoyer and Eckert
       Lotus Jetalliance - Lichtner Hoyer and Eckert
       Luxury Racing - Ferrari 458 - Ortelli
       Luxury Racing - Ferrari 458 – Beltoise
55 - BMW Motorsport - BMW - Farfus
56 - BMW Motorsport - BMW – Priaulx
51 - AF Corse - Ferrari – Fisichella

GT reserves- Robertson Racing, ProSpeed Competition, Tolimit Arabia (Porsche), Young Driver AMR, BMS Scuderia Italia

LMP2

49 - Barlesi OAK Racing
35 - Da Rocha OAK Racing
      Oreca Matmut - Ayari - Oreca 03
42 - Strakka Racing - HPD ARX-01d – Leventis
41 - Greaves Motorsport - Zytek – Ojjeh
40 - Race Performance - Oreca 03 Judd BMW – Frey
39 - Pecom Racing - Lola B11/40 Judd BMW - Perez-Companc
36 - RML - HPD ARX-01d - Mike Newton
33 - Level 5 Motorsports - Lola Coupe HPD - Scott Tucker
27 - Tiago Monteiro Signatech Nissan (Oreca 03)
26 - Franck Mailleux Signatech Nissan (Oreca 03)

LMP1

009 - Primat Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin AMR ONE
007 – Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin AMR ONE
24 - Hein OAK Racing - Pescarolo 01
15 – Lahaye OAK Racing - Pescarolo 01
20 - Quifel ASM Team - Zytek – Amaral
19 - Highcroft Racing - HPD ARX-01e – Brabham
16 - Pescarolo Team - Pescarolo 01 – Collard
13 - Belicchi Rebellion Racing - Lola Toyota
12 – Prost Rebellion Racing - Lola Toyota
10 - Oreca Matmut - Peugeot 908 HDI FAP – Lapierre
9 Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot – Bourdais
8 - Peugeot Sport Total - Peugeot - Sarrazin
7 - Peugeot Sport Total - Peugeot – Davidson
5 - Hope Racing – Zacchia
1 Bernhard Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi
2. Fassler Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi
3. Kristensen Audi Sport North America

LMP reserves - Extreme Limite (Norma), Kronos Racing (Lola Aston), Rangoni (Zytek), Boutsen Energy Racing (Oreca), Pegasus Racing (Courage).

56th Hybrid entry yet to be chosen

Not the same without a Saleen in there....   :'(

5 – Hope Racing – Oreca 01 Hybrid, with the Rangoni as the other in the reserves.

4 running Nissan engines I see.   Do I assume these are rebranded AIMs?

Personally, the best news there for me is the fact that the Lizards have two entries so Seth can drive his car but not prevent the team from winning as it leaves the professionals free to drive the Pro car.

I agree that the GT class is somewhat watered down by the absense of the old GT1s (the old girl in particular) but there you go, things move on.  At least there's a Ford GT - or maybe even two.

Time to decide who you are going to support in each class!

Has to be the Astons in GTE AM & Pro, and the two LMP1 cars for me of course,  probably RML in LMP2, but I do like the Lola Coupe.

And also time to guess who's going to drop out first....  What happens if it's the hybrid!

Good solid list, no big surprises.

First to drop out, Race performace Oreca or both the loti, (are the Mansell boys driving one?)

No Drayson entry, have they maybe teamed up with another team or has he run out of money since the change of government?


Time to start thinking about the trip now, no tickets yet and no decision made!

Anyone know what happened with Drayson racing ?  I was expecting them to get an entry.

DSC are sitting on a story about the team apparently. Cant see that it would have folded so hope that some alliance has been formed with another team. maybe Rebillion?

No WR's either.

Whats the story with the Kronos Aston Martin? Is this the old Signature Plus Aston that the lovely Ms. Ickx drove last year? Is Kronos the same Kronos that runs semi-works Citroens in the WRC?

I would have thought that it would have made the main list rather than the reserves considering it did the full LMS series last year.

Mansell might be more of a bet for the Jetalliance Evora GTE seen as he's doing some testing/promotion of there type 125

http://www.lotuscars.com/news/en/mansell-back-on-track-with-lotus

No Spyker this year unfortunately, the are concentrating on their new contender for 2012. So DFH is probably going to support the Rebellion team, since Jeroen Bleekemolen is driving their car at le mans!

Nope they are based on the engine Nissan uses/used in SuperGT and are build/maintained/supported at the track by Zytek.

Kronos is the same team that runned the Citroens in the WRC.  Apparently they bought the Signature-Aston, Vanina should be one of the driving forces behind the "new team".  I think they didn't make it to the main list 'cause Le Mans was the only race on their schedule, a few LMS-races could be added, but up untill now there's no news about that.

Thanks. :)  I asked because I see that the Ayari Oreca (AIM last year) is running one.  I should read the Oreca newsletters a bit better! ::)

Not strictly true,  apparently it's the owner who has chosen to place his car with Kronos.  I would have thought a team with some sort of LM pedigree would have been a better bet for an entry,  as well as planning a few LMS rounds up front of course.

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/02/10/new-cars-gt-gt-signatech-oreca-03-nissan-endurance-racecar.aspx

tiny bit more info on one of the Oreca cars. Looks good in black.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lMItc4cy8U

But not as agood as this!!

Is it me or is the entry list looking remarkably stable this year?  Maybe the ACO have actually got their invitations right for a change?

Kiss of death on that then ;D

Now if the lotus or astons pull we will know who to blame

Last year, with the credit crunch etc, a lot of sponsors pulled their budgets.  Look at what happened to Henri P, you would have thought that impossible

At least this year the teams know what cash they have, so aren't dropping out, and gladly its a full grid with reserves - could be stronger though.

The entry fees are due this week so we will know very soon if anyone has gone awol.

Well I've not heard any news whatsoever of the GT2 Lotus, no testing news, no pics, nothing....

Read on 10/10ths testing was due to start this week.

Not heard if that has happened ???

Jet Alliance tested the Lotus on friday and all went well. They still plan to have both cars ready for the test weekend.

(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/Dr_S/jetaevora.jpg)

Do you know, I reckon the Jet Alliance livery has looked great on every car they've run.  Smashing. :)

I wonder what the definition of "went well" is for a Lotus test?  Did it do a couple of laps without breaking down or something falling off I wonder?