2017 Le Mans Cup - 12h of Le Castellet in preparation

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 12 Jan 2014, 21:06

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Blokkmonsta Motorsport has interest in fielding a small entry for 1 or 2 rounds in this series. However, we have other stakes in RTCC and FRENCH that may conflict the schedule, so we don't want to post any official entry until the 2017 calendars for those 2 series are released.

We currently have interest in participating in the GT class as a privateer for the 6 Hours of Spa.

Isn't FRENCH offseason?

Post by **Ataxia** » 12 Jan 2014, 21:09

Mad-Croc Pulsar Racing Team - Driver Update

CAR NUMBER: 19
DRIVER #1 NAME: Andre Lotterer (pending RNG)
DRIVER #1 NATIONALITY: German
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER #2 NAME: Leandro Moreira
DRIVER #2 NATIONALITY: Brazilian
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Silver

DRIVER #3 NAME: TBA (Yuka Katayama? Mitchell Macklin? Who knows...)
DRIVER #3 NATIONALITY: TBA
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): TBA
DRIVER TIER: TBA

CAR NUMBER: 20
DRIVER #1 NAME: Jaime Alguersuari (pending RNG)
DRIVER #1 NATIONALITY: Spanish
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER #2 NAME: Deividas Lukauskis
DRIVER #2 NATIONALITY: Lithuanian
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Silver

DRIVER #3 NAME: Poppy Whitechapel
DRIVER #3 NATIONALITY: British
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Silver

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 13 Jan 2014, 05:58

Yuka Katayama will be a gold driver (as she has experience in top level racing and is not a pay driver).

She accepts Ataxia's LMP2 drive.

Sani Morgan would be a silver driver (as he did race in F2RWRS (and not F3RWRS as I stated), scored points and has a rich father who will pay his bills).

He jumps at This's Ferrari GT works drive.

Akinjide Ezerioha is also available he would be a Silver or Bronze driver as his only experience was pottering around the track in an F3RWRS Falik Arrows and then he went to work for his fathers engineering firm and competed in local GT races in the states.

Barii Mori will be a platinum driver (no jokes as he was a top ten championship driver) however he will only accept an LMP1 drive or works drive.

Post by **Ataxia** » 13 Jan 2014, 13:40

SuperAguri wrote:Yuka Katayama will be a gold driver (as she has experience in top level racing and is not a pay driver).

She accepts Ataxia's LMP2 drive.

Excellent!

Our cars are provisionally filled now, with the #19 lineup becoming:

CAR NUMBER: 19
DRIVER #1 NAME: Andre Lotterer (pending RNG)
DRIVER #1 NATIONALITY: German
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER #2 NAME: Yuka Katayama
DRIVER #2 NATIONALITY: Japanese
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Gold

DRIVER #3 NAME: Leandro Moreira
DRIVER #3 NATIONALITY: Brazilian
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Bronze (just to give us some financial contingency)

Hermann95 · Post by **Hermann95** » 13 Jan 2014, 17:33

Loyer racing technologies would be interested in Ezerioha. We would like to have him as a bronze driver!

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 13 Jan 2014, 18:19

Akinjide Ezerioha signs with Loyer Racing Technologies as a Bronze driver.

Post by **kevinbotz** » 13 Jan 2014, 18:44

Commonwealth Racing would like to offer Mr. Barii Mori a seat in our LMP1 program.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 13 Jan 2014, 19:56

Final driver line-up

CAR NUMBER: 32
DRIVER NAME: Luis Pereira
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Portuguese
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): no
DRIVER TIER: Silver

CAR NUMBER: 32
DRIVER NAME: Dominic Strass-Cahn
DRIVER NATIONALITY: French
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): no
DRIVER TIER: Bronze

CAR NUMBER: 32
DRIVER NAME: Henry Paul
DRIVER NATIONALITY: British
QUALIFYING DRIVER: Yes
DRIVER TIER: Gold (he's a race-winner and consistent decent points scorer in IFRC)

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 13 Jan 2014, 21:57

SuperAguri wrote:Sani Morgan would be a silver driver (as he did race in F2RWRS (and not F3RWRS as I stated), scored points and has a rich father who will pay his bills).

He jumps at This's Ferrari GT works drive.

What was his nationality again?
My entries on page 4 updated.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 14 Jan 2014, 03:04

This wrote:
SuperAguri wrote:Sani Morgan would be a silver driver (as he did race in F2RWRS (and not F3RWRS as I stated), scored points and has a rich father who will pay his bills).

He jumps at This's Ferrari GT works drive.

What was his nationality again?

Despite being as white, English and as middle class as a standard minor public schoolboy he races under the Nigerian flag due to his grandmother being Nigerian.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 14 Jan 2014, 04:05

Boxtel would look two Judd Engines and two Orecas please. Will announce driver decisions later.

Hermann95 · Post by **Hermann95** » 14 Jan 2014, 16:18

My new provisional entry for Car #95:

CAR NUMBER: #95
DRIVER NAME: Kamui Kobayashi
DRIVER NATIONALITY: JAP
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): TBA
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER NAME: Akinjide Ezerioha
DRIVER NATIONALITY: USA
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): TBA
DRIVER TIER: Bronze

I have only one spot left now, and this will also be a pay driver.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Jan 2014, 18:06

RejectSport wrote:
Toyota set to fight for 2017 Le Mans Cup

Despite the 2016 season only just reaching the halfway point, Toyota have issued a statement of intent of claiming the inaugral Le Mans Cup in 2017. The Japanese manufacturer, who recently announced that British firm Plus One Racing Engineering would be leading their LMP1 programme, have already signed a complement of 6 drivers to fill their two TS-50 prototypes.

The #15 Hybrid will be driven by ex-LGPS and F1RGP2C star James James Davies, F1RWRS race winner David Koczo, and Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi, whilst the #16 will be driven by SARS race winner Lucas di Grassi, ex-F1RWRS driver Damon Cannon and F1RDS graduate Angel Jose Castañeda. Davies, Koczo, Kobayashi and di Grassi are all set to receive a Platinum license, whilst Cannon will receive Gold, with Castañeda set to bring Peruvian funding to the team.

"Challenging for the Le Mans Cup is one of our primary targets for 2017" said Plus One CEO Luke Knight "and the extremely talented group of drivers we've signed are indicative of our desire to win. We're going to be up against some tough competition in LMP1-H, you can never bet against teams like Gauthier, BITW and Il Barone Rampante - you've just got to have confidence and try and stay one step ahead. Everyone will be fighting to make the biggest impact in the new regulations and take home the Cup in the Autumn, and the best way to do it is to sign some fantastic drivers. And we've done just that"

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 14 Jan 2014, 18:45

The final seat for the second USD Chevy

CAR NUMBER: #5
DRIVER NAME: Richard Westbrook
DRIVER NATIONALITY: GBR
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Rl

Hermann95 · Post by **Hermann95** » 14 Jan 2014, 19:34

After i saw that Kamui Kobayashi will most propably sign with Toyota, i had to think about a few things and came to an conclusion:
This is the (hopefully) final entry for Car #95:

CAR NUMBER: #95
DRIVER NAME: Giancarlo Fisichella
DRIVER NATIONALITY: ITA
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): TBA
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER NAME: Akinjide Ezerioha
DRIVER NATIONALITY: USA
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): TBA
DRIVER TIER: Bronze

DRIVER NAME: Niklas Svanberg
DRIVER NATIONALITY: DEN
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): TBA
DRIVER TIER: TBA(depends on his results in FRENCH, but probably a silver tier)

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 17 Jan 2014, 12:40

RNG results for real-life drivers

JAIME ALGUERSUARI (platinum)
#20 Pulsar Racing, accepted

JONATHAN BOMARITO (gold)
#40 SRT Onyx, accepted

SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS (platinum)
#3 Glacier Racing, accepted

GIANMARIA BRUNI (platinum)
#72 RonDen Racing Engineering, accepted

RYAN DALZIEL
#40 SRT Onyx, declined

ANTHONY DAVIDSON (platinum)
#17 Equipe Gauthier, accepted
#73 Commonwealth Racing, declined

LUCAS DI GRASSI (platinum)
#16 DENSO Toyota PORE, accepted

DOMINIK FARNBACHER (gold)
#30 SRT Onyx, accepted

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA (platinum)
#95 Loyer Racing Technologies, accepted

SERGIO JIMENEZ (bronze)
#37 Fantomette, accepted

TOM KIMBER-SMITH (gold)
#81 Hunter Autosport, accepted

CHRISTIAN KLIEN (platinum)
#80 Hunter Autosport, accepted

KAMUI KOBAYASHI (platinum)
#15 DENSO Toyota PORE, accepted

ANDRE LOTTERER (platinum)
#19 Pulsar Racing, declined
#22 EnerG Nismo, accepted

DARRYL O'YOUNG (silver)
#29 AutoExe-Terramos, accepted

MIKE ROCKENFELLER (platinum)
#6 Porsche by BITW, accepted

STEPHANE SARRAZIN (platinum)
#17 Equipe Gauthier, accepted
#88 USD LMP2

SHANE VAN GISBERGEN
#42 Henri Racing, declines

Benoit Treluyer (platinum)
#23 EnerG NISMO, accepts

JACQUES VILLENEUVE (platinum)
#41 Porsche by BITW, accepts

MARK WEBBER (platinum)
#43 Henri Racing, accepts

RICHARD WESTBROOK
#5 USD Corvette, declines

JAMIE WHINCUP
#13 Tassie Racing, declines

KUNO WITTMER (gold)
#40 SRT Onyx, accepts

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 17 Jan 2014, 15:00

As Westbrook declined to drive the Vette, I'll offer Tommy Milner the USD Vette seat, while I'll ask Jamie Campbell-Walter to help us in the LMP2 car.

Post by **Ataxia** » 17 Jan 2014, 15:26

Oh bugger, Lotterer's turned his back on us...we'll offer the drive to Bruno Senna in that case.

Post by **kevinbotz** » 17 Jan 2014, 18:11

We'll be making an offer to Nicolas Lapierre next, following Mr. Davidson's decision to drive for Equipe Gauthier.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Jan 2014, 18:30

Here is Globex Scorpio Racing's one-off entry for Le Mans.

Car: 2017 SRT Viper

CAR NUMBER: #90
DRIVER NAME: Paul Jenkins
DRIVER NATIONALITY: GBR
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

DRIVER NAME: Sylvain Fabron (Pending Nuppiz's confirmation)
DRIVER NATIONALITY: FRA
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

DRIVER NAME: TBC
DRIVER NATIONALITY:
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER:

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 17 Jan 2014, 18:33

As there has been plenty of time to sign up now, the reserve entries of RonDen Racing Engineering (LMP2); Kellog's All-Bran EuroBran Racing (LMP2); Alvarez Competicion (GT) and Globex Scorpio Racing (GT) have been accepted.

Post by **Ataxia** » 17 Jan 2014, 18:50

Álvarez Competición GT entry:

Car: 2017 Porsche 991
Cost: 700 000

CAR NUMBER: #11

DRIVER NAME: Carlos Sainz, Jr.
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Spanish
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER NAME: Judd McAllister
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Spanish
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Gold

DRIVER NAME: Marcos Marcia
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Spanish
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Silver

Post by **Nuppiz** » 17 Jan 2014, 19:38

Just popping in to confirm Salamander has my permission to use Sylvain Fabron in Le Mans.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Jan 2014, 20:58

Update for the #18 Audi Equipe Gauthier - the team has decided to offer Jeroen Bleekemolen a place, as outlined below.

DRIVER NAME: Jeroen Bleekemolen
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Dutch
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER:

Should he accept, he will replace Seres Adel, and become the lead driver of the #18.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 17 Jan 2014, 21:00

With the decline of Mr. Shane van Gisbergen, we will now like to offer Mr. Jacques Nicolet a drive for the Henri Racing Team.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 17 Jan 2014, 21:41

Is there any spots left in either the GT class (full time or one-off) or the LMP1 and LMP2 classes (one-offs). Glacier-Mont Blanc Racing is interested in fielding a third entry in addition to its existing two cars.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 17 Jan 2014, 22:05

So, to confirm my drivers at NISMO;

CAR NUMBER: 22
DRIVER NAME: Barii Mori
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Japanese
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

DRIVER NAME: Andre Lotterer
DRIVER NATIONALITY: German
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER NAME: TBA
DRIVER NATIONALITY: TBA
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

CAR NUMBER: 23
DRIVER NAME: Dennis Mignolet
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Belgian
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

DRIVER NAME: Benoit Treluyer
DRIVER NATIONALITY: French
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER NAME: Satoshi Motoyama
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Japan
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: RL

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Jan 2014, 22:16

Following a recent deal worked out in the chat, Audi Equipe Gauthier's lineup will be changed as follows:

CAR NUMBER: 17
DRIVER NAME: To be announced at a later date
DRIVER NATIONALITY: To be announced at a later date
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

DRIVER NAME: Anthony Davidson
DRIVER NATIONALITY: British
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

DRIVER NAME: Stephane Sarrazin
DRIVER NATIONALITY: French
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

CAR NUMBER: 18
DRIVER NAME: Jeroen Bleekemolen (should he accept the current offer, if not, the seat will go to Hanna Edens)
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Dutch
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): Yes
DRIVER TIER: RL

DRIVER NAME: Laurent Gauthier
DRIVER NATIONALITY: French
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Platinum

DRIVER NAME: Jacob Tucker
DRIVER NATIONALITY: American
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): No
DRIVER TIER: Gold

HawkAussie · Post by **HawkAussie** » 17 Jan 2014, 23:37

Team Name: Tassie Racing (1,200,000) (Adess 02/Nissan)
CAR NUMBER: 13
DRIVER #1 NAME: Craig Lowndes
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Australian
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): yes
DRIVER TIER: RL driver

DRIVER #2 NAME: Adam Rees
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Australian
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): no
DRIVER TIER: Brozne

DRIVER #3 NAME: Humbert Moyenmoutier
DRIVER NATIONALITY: French
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): no
DRIVER TIER: Silver

CAR NUMBER: 14
DRIVER #1 NAME: Maktub Al Nahyan
DRIVER NATIONALITY: United Arab Emirates
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): no
DRIVER TIER: Silver

DRIVER #2 NAME: Nazreena Nasser
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Qatari
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): no
DRIVER TIER: Silver

DRIVER #3 NAME: Elinor Yurko
DRIVER NATIONALITY: Fijian
QUALIFYING DRIVER (yes/no): yes
DRIVER TIER: Silver

Hound55 · Post by **Hound55** » 18 Jan 2014, 05:38

I'm going to hold off a little longer to select BOSS Automation's driver line-up. I'm waiting for the 2016 season to get closer to its finish. There are a lot of seats to fill, so I'll probably accept bids from other managers

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 18 Jan 2014, 22:02

Are third drivers obligatory? Anyway, i've got one or two places for the RonDen LMP2 in Spa, up to grabs for any hopeless pay-driver.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 18 Jan 2014, 22:13

This wrote:Are third drivers obligatory? Anyway, i've got one or two places for the RonDen LMP2 in Spa, up to grabs for any hopeless pay-driver.

Yes, they are. I know real-life WEC allows two-driver entries for 6 Hour races, but three-driver entries are usual.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 18 Jan 2014, 22:42

This wrote:Are third drivers obligatory? Anyway, i've got one or two places for the RonDen LMP2 in Spa, up to grabs for any hopeless pay-driver.

Naturally, Benoit Voeckler is interested.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 19 Jan 2014, 03:12

Biscione wrote:
This wrote:Are third drivers obligatory? Anyway, i've got one or two places for the RonDen LMP2 in Spa, up to grabs for any hopeless pay-driver.

Naturally, Benoit Voeckler is interested.

Well, he does exactly fit the criteria, so i have nothing from stopping him to DNQ or crash the LMP2 car.

Also i'd like to replace Baguette to car 27 and i'll put Vanina Ickx in car 72, which means i got a good Belgo-Italian-International line-up, which makes perfect sense, for a Belgian team, running Italian cars, in a world wide championship. Which means i have 2 spaces available in the LMP2 car. No talent required! These pay-drivers are purely used to pay the loans of the superstar drivers in the Ferraris!

Talking about Ferraris, a good sponsor would be the Ferraris Atlas, which is a collection of maps of the Austrian Netherlands, made in 1771. Because this book is the best damn book around!

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 19 Jan 2014, 03:16

Biscione wrote:
This wrote:Are third drivers obligatory? Anyway, i've got one or two places for the RonDen LMP2 in Spa, up to grabs for any hopeless pay-driver.

Naturally, Benoit Voeckler is interested.

Would Mr. Voeckler be interested in a LMP1 seat at Glacier-Mont Blanc Racing?

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 19 Jan 2014, 20:43

With Dalziel refusing to reach to a deal, I have the crazed idea of putting Brazilian Wakana "Kana" Morioka in the #30 as a gold level entry. Morioka comes from the Onyx GTR WC program with a spotted record as she has finished sixth at Paul Ricard and fifth in Canada, but is just as likely to be a backmarker. The gold ranking is more for her skill in inclement weather as seen in Canada where she started 4th. In dry conditions, middling at best. Dominik Farnbacher will be named as Qualifying driver for the #30.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 19 Jan 2014, 21:07

V8fan12 wrote:Is there any spots left in either the GT class (full time or one-off) or the LMP1 and LMP2 classes (one-offs). Glacier-Mont Blanc Racing is interested in fielding a third entry in addition to its existing two cars.

bumping post

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 23 Jan 2014, 21:06

GMBR Press Release wrote:
Glacier Mont Blanc Racing are pleased to announce the addition of Swede Ragnar Larsen to our LMP1 team.

The signing further strengthens our already top-class lineup, which includes Sebastien Bourdais, J.C. Wolf, and Randall Wade.

We are still looking for a experienced driver to fill our remaining seats.

OOC: Would the owners of Vic Sunset, Lazlow Jones, and Serge Blanco please get back to me about whether their drivers would be interested in the remaining seats? Thanks. Also, anyone else who has drivers that would be willing to compete for GMBR are welcome to express their interest. For the lineup change, see the wiki.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 23 Jan 2014, 21:58

V8fan12 wrote:
GMBR Press Release wrote:
Glacier Mont Blanc Racing are pleased to announce the addition of Swede Ragnar Larsen to our LMP1 team.

The signing further strengthens our already top-class lineup, which includes Sebastien Bourdais, J.C. Wolf, and Randall Wade.

We are still looking for a platinum-level driver to fill our remaining seats.

OOC: Would the owners of Vic Sunset, Lazlow Jones, and Serge Blanco please get back to me about whether their drivers would be interested in the remaining seats? Thanks. Also, anyone else who has drivers that would be willing to compete for GMBR are welcome to express their interest. For the lineup change, see the wiki.

Ragnar Larsen will get a silver license. But Anthrax Japonica Bolognaise won't get a license. I think names should be at least semi-realistic.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 24 Jan 2014, 02:49

V8fan12 wrote:
GMBR Press Release wrote:
Glacier Mont Blanc Racing are pleased to announce the addition of Swede Ragnar Larsen to our LMP1 team.

The signing further strengthens our already top-class lineup, which includes Sebastien Bourdais, J.C. Wolf, and Randall Wade.

We are still looking for a experienced driver to fill our remaining seats.

OOC: Would the owners of Vic Sunset, Lazlow Jones, and Serge Blanco please get back to me about whether their drivers would be interested in the remaining seats? Thanks. Also, anyone else who has drivers that would be willing to compete for GMBR are welcome to express their interest. For the lineup change, see the wiki.

I own Vic Sunset. Which team wants to use him and in what races? I may cancel my one-off entry if someone wants him for a race.