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News - 06/07/2004 (from newsletter - n° 17 - June 2004) |
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- Provisional Entry List (Unofficial) for Le Mans 24 Hours 2004 race. Some last minute withdrawal or drivers change can occured.. PROTOTYPE LM
P1 : PROTOTYPE LM
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- Provisional schedules for Le Mans week : Monday 7th june : 14h30 / 18h00 - Administrative and technical scruteenering (Place des Jacobins) Tuesday 8th june : 08h30 / 17h00 - Administrative and technical scruteenering (Place des Jacobins) Wenesday 9th june : 19h00 / 21h00 -
Qualify practice "24 Heures du Mans", 1st session, 1st part Thursday 10th june : 09h00
/ 11h00 - Administrative and technical scruteenering "Motor Racing
Legends Group C-GTP" Friday 11th june : 10h00 / 20h00 -
Free Pit Walk Saturday 12th june : 09h00 / 09h45 -
Warm-Up "24 Heures du Mans" Sunday 13th june : 16h00 ............. - Finish of 72nd "24 Heures du Mans" race then awards on the podium |
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- Monza LMES 1000 km results . 1st LMES race, occured on may 9th 2004. Nice weather then shower rain at the end of the race. 40 entries, 38 at start, 21 finished and 19 classified. Pole position :
Johnny Herbert - Audi R8 n°88 - with 1'38"461 Classification
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- Le Mans 24 Hrs 2004 Préliminary results occured april 25th 2004. Nice weather all day long. Classification
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- Entry List of Group C / GTP race, before the 24 Hrs race : on Le Mans official site : http://www.lemans.org/univers_sport/24hauto/live/ressources/pdf/engages_motor_racing_legend.pdf |
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- The "Le Mans Classic" competition will occured on july 23, 24 and 25th 2004 on Le Mans Bugatti track. Site www.lemansclassic.com . 366 cars (+ 72 reserve), divided in 6 groups will be present. They all have run at Le Mans 24 Hrs race between 1923 and 1978. |
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- 06/07/2004
: Sun smiles on scruteenering Some other informations in french are available, see the french part of the news |
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News - 03/27/2004 (from newsletter - n° 16 - March 2004) |
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- The ACO has revealed the list of invited teams for preliminary session of 2004 Le Mans 24 Hours (50 + 6 reserve cars) : PROTOTYPE LM
P1 : PROTOTYPE LM
P2 : GRAND TOURISME
LM GTS : GRAND TOURISME
LM GT : 4 - Taurus Sports Rcg (GB) - Lola Judd - LM P1 (ex LMP 900) 75 - Thierry Perrier (F) - Porsche 911 GT3 RS - LM GT 99 - XL Rcg (F) - Ferrari 550 Maranello - LM GT 16 - Rcg For Holland (NL) - Dome Judd - LM P1 (ex LM P 900) 90 - Chamberlain / Synergy Motorsport (GB) - TVR Tuscan 400R - LM GT 84 - Seikel Motorsport (D) - Porsche 911 GT3 RS - LM GT |
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- Rules for pilots (from ACO) for preliminary session : At least 2 of expected pilots for the race have to be present for the preliminary session day. Those who are not in ACO reference list must run 10 laps during this test day in order to be qualify for june race. |
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- Schedules of Preliminaries : Administrative and technical scruteenering : friday 23th april from 10h00 to 18h00 and saturday 24th april from 9h00 to 15h00. Preliminary session : sunday 25th april from 9h00 to 13h00 and 14h00 to 18h00. |
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- The ACO selection committee is make up by 7 members : Jean-Claude Plassart (ACO managing director), Jean-Pierre Allain (member of ACO management committee), Jean-Marc Desnues (ACO central manager), Daniel Poissenot (ACO sports manager and race manager), Jacques Olivier (director of sports race stewards), Gérard Gaschet (sports representative for international relationship) and Daniel Perdrix (international technical representative) |
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- 24H Daytona results, raced on january 31th and february 1st 2004 : 1- Pontiac Doran
n° 54 - Bell Motorsports - Borcheller / Barber / Pilgrim / C.Fittipaldi
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- 12Hrs Sebring results, raced on march 20 and 21th 2004 : 1- Audi R8 n°
28 - Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx - Kaffer / Biela / McNish - 350 laps Best lap during
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- Cars of former "Group C" will run saturday morning before the 24H Le Mans race. Concerned cars are from years 1984 to 1993 which ran in Group C and IMSA / GTP. 40 cars with 4 reserve cars expected. Qualify on thursday 10th june from 17h30 to 18h30. Race saturday 12th june from 10h00 to 10h40. |
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- 03/26/2004 : The ACO reveals the list of the 50 cars invited to the 24 Hours. More duels in perspective in the pure Le Mans tradition. - 02/19/2004 : 77 entries for the 72nd Le Mans 24 Hours, (12th - 13th June 2004) |
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- 03/26/2004
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News - 01/19/2004 (from newsletter - n° 15 - January 2004) |
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- 2004 Schedules of Le Mans tracks : 20, 21 march - Speed open moto French championship 3, 4 april - 24 Hours moto 25 april - Preliminary test of Le Mans 24 Hours car 15, 16 may - Moto French Grand Prix 12, 13 june - Le Mans 24 Hours car 10, 11 july - Coupe de France Promosport, course de côte moto 24, 25 july - Le Mans Classic 18, 19 september - Endurance 50 cc moto 25, 26 september - "Le Mans" Super Series FFSA, French championship 9, 10 october - Trophée Inter-Ecuries (Tracks French cup), Auto-Cross Inter-Ecuries (French cup), Fol'Car Inter-ecuries (French cup), Euroboss Championship Le Mans 23, 24 october - Trucks 24 Hours (Europe and French cup), Le Mans Truck Cross (French cup) --------------- |
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- Schedules of Le Mans Endurance Series 2004 : 1000 kms Monza -
7, 8 and 9 may - race on sunday 9th may from 13h to 19h --------------- |
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- The Le Mans 1000 kms took place on sunday november 9th 2003, on Bugatti track. Qualificative race for Le Mans 24 Hours and preparative to LMES (Le Mans Endurance Series). 1000 kms (240 laps) or 6 hours race. 42 cars on entry list, 37 were present, 35 qualified and 29 classified. Sunny weather during qualify and rainy during the race. Attendance 20 000. Best qualified times : 1- Audi R8 n°
5 (Ara/Kristensen) - 1'27"775 Final race results : 1- Audi R8 n°
5 (Ara/Kristensen) - 208 laps Best race time : Kristensen (Audi R8) - 1'30"518 |
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- 15/jan/2004
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- 16/jan/2004
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News - 11/03/2003 (from newsletter - n° 14 - November 2003) |
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- New french site "Docs Le Mans", books, vidéos, magazines and archives on Le Mans 24 Hours, by Eric Landmann : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/clopernico/acceuil.html - 2004 LMES and 24H Schedules : 25th april - Test day Le Mans 24Hrs 9th may - Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES) : Monza 1000 Kms 12 and 13th june - Le Mans 24 Hours Racecar 11th july - LMES : Nürbürgring 1000 Kms 15th august - LMES : Silverstone 1000 Kms 12th september - LMES : Spa-Francorchamps 1000 Kms - Le Mans 1000 Kms Schedules - 9th november 2003 / Bugatti track : (source lemans.org) Private
tests schedules (open to the public, price 2 Euros) : Administrative and technical scrutineering : friday 7th november from 8h00 to18h00 Saturday 8th november : 9H
to 9H30 - Tests session all Categories "Le Mans 1000 km" Sunday 9th november : 9H
to 9H30 - Warm-Up "Le Mans 1000 km" - Prices Le Mans 1000 Kms : ticket « Enceintes Générales » at 20 for 3 days (friday to sunday). Free access to tribunes except for ACO tribunes. - Le Mans 1000 Kms race will secure 9 qualifying places for 2004 Le Mans 24 Hrs. 3 places in LMP900 and LMGTP, 2 in LMP675, 1 in LMGTS and 3 in LMGT. Winners of each class of "Petit Le Mans" ALMS race supply a place for Le Mans 24Hrs. The teams ADT Champion Rcg - Audi R8 (LMP900), Prodrive - Ferrari 550 Maranello (LMGTS), Intersport Rcg - MG Lola EX257 (LMP675) and Alex Job Rcg - Porsche GT3 RS (LMGT) have won their tickets to Le Mans in case of candidature to the race. Winners of each class of ALMS Championship have also won their tickets to Le Mans (still in case of candidature). These teams are : Infineon Team Joest - Audi R8 (LMP900), Dyson Rcg Team - Lola MG EX257 (LMP675), Corvette Rcg - Corvette CR (LMGTS) et Alex Job Rcg - Porsche GT3 RS (LMGT) (2nd ticket to Le Mans for Alex Job Rcg, will they keep it or will it be awarded to another team ?). - Entry list for Le Mans 1000 Kms : (source "lemans.org") PROTOTYPE - LMP900 2 -
Pescarolo Sport - Courage C60 Peugeot - (Lagorce/Sarrazin/Bourdais)
10 - JML Team Panoz - Panoz GTP Elan - (Saelens/Beretta)
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- Pierre Bruneau - Pilbeam - (Bruneau/Rostan)
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- Konrad Motorsport - Saleen S7R - (Konrad)
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- Scuderia Ecosse - Ferrari 360 Modena - (Franchitti/Carter/Niarchos) - Bentley has announced that they won't come back for Le Mans 2004. - ALMS 2004 schedules March
15-20, Sebring
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News - 08/09/2003 (from newsletter - n° 13 - August 2003) |
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- Final results 24 Heures du Mans 2003 1-
Bentley n° 7 - Team Bentley - LM GTP - Rinaldo Capello (I)/ Tom
Kristensen (DK)/ Guy Smith (GB) -377 laps Nearly 220 000 spectators., 71st time. Weather sunny and warm during qualify and race. Start was made by Don Panoz (ALMS originator and creator of Panoz cars). 50 cars on qualify. 49 cars at start, 19 retirement and 30 cars at arrival within 27 classified. Best lap on race by Johnny Herbert (GB) Bentley n° 8 with 3'35"529. - Prévisional 2004 schedules (if approuved by federations, "www.lemans.org") : 24
Heures du Mans racecar, 12 and 13rd of june 2004 - Le Mans Legend 2003 race : winning of the 1971 Ligier JS3 n° 27, driven by Willie Green. - Death of Briggs Cunningham (USA) at 98 years old, on 2nd july from Alzheimer disease. He was the constructor of Cunningham cars and ran some of them at Le Mans 24 Hrs. He also piloted 10 times on the race : 1950
- Cadillac Spider " Le Monstre " - (Walters) - 11°
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News - 06/01/2003 (from newsletter - n° 12 - June 2003) |
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- Schedules of Le Mans week : Monday 9th june : Scrutineering 14h30 to 18h00, Place des Jacobins, town center Tuesday 10th june : Scrutineering 8h30 to 17h00, Place des Jacobins, town center Wednesday 11th june : 1st qualify session from 19h00 to 21h00 and 22h00 to 0h00 Thursday 12th june : Le Mans Legend qualify
from 17h30 to 18h30 Friday 13th june : Pits visit from 10h00
to 20h00 Saturday 14th june : Warm Up from 9h00
to 9h45 Sunday 15th june : Finish at 16h00 - Before Le Mans 24Hrs race, a new "Le Mans Legend" trophy will take place. Old 24 Hrs cars from 1959 to 1970 race with relay of 2 pilots by car. - General Motors continue officialy in GTS category during next 3 years. In Le Mans this year, the Corvette have new colors to celebrate the 50th of the Corvette car. Their numbers : 50 for the 50th years old of the car and 53 for the year it was created. - 2003 24Hrs presentation will occur on tuesday 3th of june at Palais des Congrès of Le Mans (free entrance). - Don Panoz will give start of Le Mans race this year. Panoz firm let down Prototypes cars to build new GT Esperante, which begin to run in GTS category this year. - Eurosport TV chanel will diffuse the Le Mans 24 Hrs this year. Program in english on their site www.eurosport.com . - Johnny Dumfries (GB) has renounced to participate at Le Mans due to a lack of time to prepare him. He run during preliminary test day on n° 26 DBA. He will be replaced by Stéphane Ortelli (F). - Tom Coronel (NL) will be the third Spyker pilot for Le Mans with Norman Simon (D) and Hans J. Hugenholtz (NL). - Crew for n° 93 GT3RS Porsche, from Alex Job Rcg at Le Mans will be completed by Lucas Luhr (D), Sascha Maassen (D) and Emmanuel Collard (F). - Werner Lupberger (SouthAfr) replace Bryan Herta (USA) to drive the Nasamax Team n° 14 Reynard for Le Mans.
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News - 04/13/2003 (from newsletter - n° 11 - April 2003) |
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- Daytona 24 Hrs results, race on 1 and 2th februar 2003 : 1°/ Porsche GT3 RS
n° 66 - The Racers Group - Buckler / Schrom / Bernhard / Luhr - 695 laps - The Nasamax Team will enter a Reynard LMP900 Cosworth for Le Mans. This engine will be powered by a "green" fuel with bio-ethanol. Pilots will be Bryan Herta (USA)/ Romain Dumas (F)/ Robie Stirling (CAN). - Joest Team with R8 Audi won't enter the Le Mans race. - Bentley Team crew for Le Mans will be made by Johnny Herbert (GB)/ David Brabham (AUS)/ Mark Blundell (GB) and Tom Kristensen (DK)/ Guy Smith (GB)/ Rinaldo Capello (I) - ADT Champion Rcg Team will enter a R8 Audi for Le Mans with JJ.Lehto (FIN)/ Stefan Johansson (SW)/ Emanuele Pirro (I). - Arena Motorsport Team / Audi Sport UK will enter a R8 Audi for Le Mans with Franck Biela (D)/ Perry McCarthy (GB)/ Mika Salo (FIN). - Private team JML Team Panoz will enter 2 Panoz LMP01 Elan for Le Mans with Olivier Beretta (F), Gunnar Jeannette (USA), Max Papis (I). - Veloqx Prodrive Rcg Team will enter 2 Ferrari 550 Maranello for Le Mans. Pilots are Tomas Enge (TCH), Peter Kox (NL), Anthony Davidson (GB), Kevlin Burt (GB), Jamie Davies (GB) and Darren Turner (GB) - Risi Competizione team will enter 2 Ferrari 360 Modena for Le Mans with pilotes Johnny Mowlen (GB), Butch Leitzinger (USA), Shane Lewis (USA). - Rcg For Holland team will enter 2 Dome Judd S101s with crew Jan Lammers (NL)/ John Bosch (NL)/ Andy Wallace (GB) and Beppe Gabbiani (I)/ Felipe Ortiz (BOL)/ Tristan Gommendy (F) - The ACO has received 72 request to enter the 2003 Le Mans 24 Hrs race. After Sebring, the committee has selected following competitors (50 selected + 6 reserve) : LMP900 4- Riley&Scott
Rcg - Riley&Scott LM GTP 7- Team Bentley -
Bentley Speed 8 LMP675 23- Team Bucknum Rcg
/ Jeff Bucknum - Pilbeam JPX LM GTS 50- Corvette Rcg Gary
Pratt - Corvette C5R LM GT 70- JMB Rcg - Ferrari
360 Modena Reserve cars 22- Taurus Sports
Rcg - Lola Judd (Reserve cars will be let go through in this order, if there are some withdrawals.) - Orbit Rcg team will enter a GT3 R Porsche for Le Mans with Marc Lieb (D)/ Peter Baron (USA)/ Leo Hindery (USA) - Wayne Gardner (AUS) has announced his retirement from mechanic sports at 43 years old. He was former world champion moto, and then left moto for car races. He enter once a time Le Mans 24 Hour race in 1998 on Riley&Scott MkIII Ford Solution F/P.Gache car, with Philippe Gache and Didier De Radigues, but did not finished at 12th hour due to broken engine. - Alex Job rcg team will enter a GT3 R Porsche for Le Mans with pilotes Lucas Luhr (D) and Sascha Maassen (D). - Carsport America team will enter a Pagani Zonda GR for Le Mans with Mike Hezemans (NL)/ Anthony Kumpen (B) - Sebring 12 Hrs results, race on 15th march 2003 : 1°/ Audi R8 - Team
Joest n°1 - Biela / Werner / Peter - 367 laps - Le Mans organisators plan to create a 5 races serie of 4 hrs each in Europe for 2004. This race will be open to LMP900/GTP, LMP675, LM GTS and LM GT cars. Races would take place in Britain, Germany, Italy and Belgium. - Fermin Velez (SP) is dead on 31th march 2003 due to a cancer. He was 44 years old and enter Le Mans 6 times : 1986- Porsche 956B
Danone Fitzpatrick - (DeVillota/Fouche) - 4° - Next rendez-vous for Le Mans : Sunday 4th of may for preliminary practice.
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News - 01/28/2003 (from newsletter - n° 10 - January 2003) |
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- PK Sport team want to run at Le Mans 24 Hrs in GT group. - Autoexe won't be back in Le Mans in 2003, but Yojiro Terada is announced in Welter Racing team which want to run 2 WR. - Alex Job Rcg team, after earning an automatic entrance for Le Mans with a victory at Petit Le Mans, has confirmed to be present at Le Mans for next 24 hrs race. - After Tom Kristensen, Guy Smith and Rinaldo Capello, it's Johnny Herbert who get into Bentley team. - Audi UK with Arena Motorsport team, and private teams Goh and Champion Rcg has announced the wish to run Le Mans 24 Hrs race with Audi R8 prototype cars. - The Racer's Group team want to enter two 996 GT3 RS Porsche at Le Mans race. - The Luc Alphand Aventures team would purchase two C65 Courage cars for Le Mans 24 Hrs in LMP675 group. - Audi factory has announced that they won't be present at Le Mans but they could support private team, maybe Joest team. - Carsport Holland team will enter a Pagani Zonda at Le Mans. - Goddard Rcg team want to run two LMP675 Reynard at Le Mans 24 Hrs race. - French Idée Verte Compétition team want to enter a WR prototype with LPG fuel at Le Mans. - Spyker team with Hans Hugenholtz would like to enter a Spyker car for Le Mans. - The entry list for 2003 Le Mans 24 Hrs race is openend between 19th january and 21st february. The ACO will published his 50 selected entrants after Sebring 12 Hrs on 15th march. - The ALMS schedule is published : Sebring 12 hrs (15th march), Mexico City 6 hrs (5th april), Washington D.C. (29th june), Sears Point / Sonoma (27th july), Trois Rivières 3 hrs Canada (3rd august), Mosport / Canada (17th august), Road America (24th august), Laguna Seca / Monterey (7th september), Miami (27th september), Petit Le Mans (18th october).
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News - 11/17/2002 (from newsletter - n° 9 - November 2002) |
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- Panoz plans to leave LMP class in 2004 to run in GTS class. However, the Prototype car will be present on races in 2003, for ALMS season and for Le Mans 24 Hrs. Both pilots, David Brabham and Jan magnussen have been released from their contracts with Panoz. - The Sebring 12 Hrs will take place on 15th march 2003 - The team who have won an automatic entrance for 2003 Le Mans 24 Hrs are : Audi Sport North America (LMP900), Intersport (LMP675), Corvette Racing (LMGTS) and Alex Job Racing (LMGT) - The team Apollo Racing with their new LMP675 prototype, IRM 02S Zytek, wish to be present for 2003 Le Mans 24 Hrs
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News - 10/07/2002 (from newsletter - n° 8 - October 2002) |
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- Audi Sport UK Team should come back to Le Mans in 2003 with a private R8 Audi Protoype. - Morgan wish to come back to Le Mans in 2003 - Nissan have shown its new 300Z, with LMGT caracteristics. This car will be intend to private teams - General Motors has confirmed the end of its Sport Prototype programm with Northstar LMP Cadillac. So they won't be in Le Mans for next 24Hrs race. - York City Rcg Team plan to run in 2003 Le Mans 24Hrs with a Vauxhall VX220 Turbo or maybe with a Porsche. - The TVR factory wish to involve 2 Tuscan Rs for next 2003 Le Mans race - Marshall Cooke Rcg (MCR) has announced that, in 2003, they plan to engage one of their two LMP675 Lola/Millington cars for Le Mans 24Hrs. - Bentley plan to enter two races with 2 Bentley Exp Speed 8 : Sebring 12Hrs and Le Mans 24Hrs - The JMB Rcg USA Team (which is a new team created for ALMS 2003 season, and partnered of JMB Rcg France) plan to participate to Le Mans 24Hrs, using Ferrari Modena 360GT cars. - Dates for Le Mans 2003 : preliminary test on 4th may 2003 and 24Hrs race on 14 and 15th june 2003. One more time, Formule1 Grand Prix are schedules the same days, Barcelone on 4th may and Montréal the 15th june.
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News - 07/20/2002 (from newsletter - n° 7 - July 2002) |
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- The David Price Rcg Team intend to engage a GT for 2003 Le Mans 24Hrs with a (or more) MG X80 GT. - Death of belgian pilot Philip Verellen, he raced 2 times at Le Mans 24Hrs : in 1993 on a 500LM Venturi with Duez/Bachelart and finished 25th, and on a 911 GT3R Porsche of Club Renstal Excelsior with Penders/Dujardyn and finished 24th. - Nissan is working to prepare a race version of the 350Z, made by Nismo. It will be made by Nismo and answer of LMGT characteristics. - Marcos should have been decided to come back to Le Mans in 2003. - Courage is working since some months on a LMP675 prototype project, maybe for Le Mans 2003 - Audi should come back officialy, the factory will decide it in october, but several cars will be sold to private teams, so we would see some Audi in 2003 - Bentley will come back to Le Mans in 2003, maybe with 3 cars to win the race. - British official marque Ascari has decided to stop sportscars with his Ascari Judd KZR1 to concentrate on his KZ1 supercar project. The Ascari Team was very disappointed when they receved only one entry for Le Mans race. And unfortunately, during the 2002 24Hrs Le Mans race, the Ascari Judd KZR1 n° 21 retired in the first hours when the car crashed after a suspension failure.
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News - 05/25/2002 (from newsletter - n° 6 - May 2002) |
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- 2002 Le Mans 24 Hrs previsionnal schedule : [Monday, June 10 - 2.30am to 6.00pm ] and [Tuesday, June 11 - 8.30am to 5.00pm ] : Administrative checking and scrutineering [Wednesday, June 12 ] : 06.00pm to 06.30pm
: Free practice "Formule France Euroserie" [Thursday, June 13] : 05.40pm : Practice
session "Formule France Euroserie" [Friday, June 14] : 10.00am to 08H00pm
: Pit Walk [Saturday, June 15] 09.00am
to 09.45 : Warm-Up "24 Heures du Mans" [Sunday, June 16] 04.00pm : Arrival of the 70th race of the "24 Heures du Mans" - Awards on the podium - Bob Akin (USA) died Monday, april 29th from injuries after a crash during testing on an historic car race, he piloted a Nissan GTP ZW Turbo on Road Atlanta Track. He was 66 year old and was pilot in Le Mans for 6 races. From 1978 to 1982, he drove 935 Porsche and did nor finished the race, then he came back in 1984 on 956 Porsche and finished 4th.
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News - 04/21/2002 (from newsletter - n° 5 - Apr 2002) |
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- Next appointment for Le Mans 24 Hrs preliminary session : Technical and administrative scruteneering on friday 3rd may from 10h00 to 18h00 and saturday 4th may from 09h00 to 15h00 Practice on Sunday 5th may from 09h00 to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 18h00 - Olive Garden Rafanelli Team renounced with n° 57 Maranello 550 ferrari for Le Mans 24 Hrs. This forfeit allowed to n° 27 MG to be present in entry list. Next first car on reserve entry list is the Maranello Ferrari from Prodrive Team. - Panoz Mugen from MBD Sportscars will be driven at Le Mans by Milka Duno (VZ), Didier De Radigues (B) and John Graham (CAN). The second car which was on reserve entry list, was retired. - Pilots for n° 81 GT3 RS Porsche from The Racer's Group Team will be : Kevin Buckler (USA) owner of the team, Lucas Luhr (D) and Timo Bernhard (D) - Ukyo Katayama (J) has joined Pescarolo Sport Team to pilot a C60 Courage Peugeot with Eric Hélary (F) and Stéphane Ortelli (F). The second car will be driven by Jean-Christophe Boullion (F), Sébastien Bourdais (F) and Franck Lagorce (F) - The contract for Michel Vaillant movie was signed with the ACO. Some works are in progress for the built of 2 new pits. The Team DAMS car concerned by the movie, are a Lola for the Vaillante, driven by Michel Neugarten (B), Saascha Maassen (D) and Philippe Gache (F); and a Panoz for the Leader, driven by Perry Mc Carthy (GB), Marc Duez (B) and Jérôme Policand (F)
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News - 03/24/2002 (from newsletter - n° 4 - Mar 2002) |
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- The ACO has just revealed the list of competitors accepted for the Le Mans 24 Hrs race. ACO has received 96 form (44 Prototypes and 52 GT). See the list on official site : http://www.lemans.org/course/aco2002tmp/aco2002tmp/articles/fiche_articles_313.shtml . LMP900 : 4 Audi, 1 Riley&Scott, 2 Cadillac, 2 Dome, 3 Panoz + 1 reserve, 3 Courage, 2 Oreca Dallara, 1 Ascari. LMGTP : 1 Bentley. LMP675 : 1 Autoexe, 1 WR, 2 MG + 1 reserve, 2 Reynard LMGTS : 4 Viper, 2 Ferrari Maranello + 1 reserve, 2 Corvette, 3 Saleen LMGT : 3 Ferrari Modena, 7 Porsche GT3 + 3 reserve, 1 Morgan, 1 Spyker In LMP900 categorie, also, the Panoz and Lola Judd of DAMS Team to act the part of the Leader and the Vaillante car for the Luc Besson movie on Michel Vaillant during the race. The reserve cars should run during preliminary session on 5. In case of any renunciation of a titular car, the order of reserve cars given by the ACO will be applied. - A Courage C 60 JX of Courage Compétition Team was selected for Le Mans 24 Hrs. The pilots will be Boris Derichebourg (F), Didier Cottaz (F) and maybe Thed Bjork (SW) or Nicolas Minassian (F) who have already tested the car. - Stephane Ortelli (F) has joined Pescarolo Sport Team. - Kristian Kolby (DK) has signed for Ascari Team for Le Mans. - David Donohue (USA) replace Terry Borcheller on Panoz Motor Sports Team because of his size, in the Panoz cockpit, he couldn't drive confortably. The Team pilots will be David Donohue (USA), Bill Auberlen (USA), Bryan Herta (USA), Eric Van De Poele (B), Jan Magnussen (DK), David Brabham (AUS). - The Spyker Automobielen BV Team has announced Hans Hugenholz (NL), Norman Simon, Peter Kox (NL) as pilot on their Spyker C8 Double 12R for Le Mans. - The Dick Barbour Racing Team will be renamed as MBD Sportscar Team with Panoz cars Mugen Honda powered. - Audi factory will be at Le Mans with 3 official cars, one with Audi Sport North American Team and two with Audi Sport Team Joest. The three new pilots of the team will be Michael Krumm (D), Marco Werner (D) and Philipp Peter (AUS). There will be also one private Audi with japoneese Team Goh International. Pilots are Hiroki Katoh (J), Seiji Ara (J) and Yannick Dalmas (F). - Luc Alphand (F), Olivier Thevenin (F) and Christian Lavieille (F) (also motorbike pilot) are announced on GT3 Porsche car of Luc Alphand Adventures Team. - The Audi R8 of Audi Sport North America Team with Johnny Herbert (GB), Rinaldo Capello (I) and Christian Pescatori (I) won Sebring 12 Hrs.
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News - 02/28/2002 (from newsletter - n° 3 - Feb 2002) |
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- Ferrari back to Le mans with 2 Ferrari 550 Maranello of the Team Prodrive, 2 pilotes announced for the moment : Alain Menu (CH) and Rickard Rydell SW). Also, probably 1 or 2 Ferrari 360 Modena with Team JMB. - Bentley with only one EXP Speed 8 for Le Mans. Pilots will be Andy Wallace (GB), Butch Leizinger (USA) and Eric Van De Poele (B). - Sebring 12 hrs will occured on 16th march 2002. - New pilots for new Cadillac Northstar LMP02 : J.J. Lehto (FIN) and Christophe Tinseau (F). For Sebring, pilots will be Bernard / Collard / Lehto and Tinseau / Taylor / Angelelli. - Ascari with 2 KZR1 Judd for Sebring. Pilots will be : T.J. Bell (USA) / Werner Lupberger (AfSud) and Ben Collins (GB) / Christian Vann (GB) - Johnny Kane will pilot a KnightHawk Racing MG Lola for Sebring with team' owners : Steven Knight (USA) and Mel Hawkins (USA). - Larbre Competition Team with 2 Chrysler Viper GTS R in GT FIA championship, and probably at Le Mans. Pilots will be Christophe Bouchut (F) / David Terrien (F) and Vincent Vosse (B) / Carl Rosenblad (SW). - Milka Duno (VZ) with Dick Barbour Racing Team on Panoz Mugen LMP07. - New Panoz Motorsports pilots on new Panoz Roadster LMP S 2002 : Terry Borcheller (USA), Brian Herta and Gunnar Jeanette (USA) with David Brabham (AUS) and Jan Magnussen (DK). - Doran Lista Racing Dallara LMP Judd with Didier Theys (B) / Freddy Lienhard (CH) /Max Papis (I) / Mauro Baldi (I) won Daytona 24 Hrs - Goh team with a private Audi R8 for Le Mans. Japoneese pilots will be Seiji Ara (J) and Hiroki Katoh (J). - Yojiro Terada with a WR named Autoexe Mazda rotor motor - There is a film project on Michel Vaillant for next Le Mans 24 hrs. Realisator will be Luc Besson. - The first "Le Mans Classic" will occured on 21 and 22 september. During 24 Hrs on large circuit, with 300 cars, there will be several races with cars of different periods.
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News - 01/16/2002 (from newsletter - n° 2 - Jan 2002) |
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- Dick Barbour should come to Le Mans with 2 Panoz (LMP900 Group) with Mugen motor, De Radigues and Graham like pilots. - 4 of 6 Pescarolo Sports pilots will be Hélary, boullion, Bourdais and Lagorce. - In march, Bentley will have a new 100% Bentley motor. Pilots would be Wallace, Leitzinger, Van De Poele and Smith. - The 6 Audi Pilots for Le Mans would be Kristensen, Biela, Pirro, Capello, Herbert and Pescatori. - Lindsay International Sports Ltd should engaged one Lindsay P1 with Rob Wilson and Peter Hannen for Le Mans 24 Hrs - The new Cadillac Northstar LMP02 should raced at Le Mans with Taylor, Angelelli, Bernard and Collard. - Corvette pilots for Le Mans should be : Gavin, Fréon, Fellows, O'Connell, Pilgrim and Collins - The Le Mans motor-bike 24 Hrs will occured on the 13 and 14 of april. - The Daytona 24 Hrs will occured on the 2 and 3 of february.
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News - 12/13/2001 (from newsletter - n° 1 - Dec 2001) |
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- The 2002 ACO specifications are on line on the official site lemans.org. 2002 table of events : last entry form must be received on 22/02/2002, publication at the end of march of entry list (48 cars) and reserve car (6), preliminary session on the 5/05/2002, race the 15 and 16 of june. - Audi, Bentley and Yves Courage who will be back, has confirmed their presence for Le Mans 2002 24 Hrs race. - Mike Colucci was injured in a testing crash at Sebring International Raceway on a Porsche - Works on Le Mans circuit just before "S" de la Forêt (or Tertre Rouge). There will be a new left/right curve just before it. - Peugeot will be one year more in association with Pescarolo Sport Team. André De Cortanze joined this team.
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