Boa idéia sobre rodas

Cinqüenta e um inscritos fazem parte da primeira lista divulgada pela Le Mans Series para os 1000 km de Barcelona, daqui a menos de um mês. Como já é sabido, os protótipos são as vedetes da temporada e estão em número muito expressivo na categoria, contra um contingente apenas razoável de GTs.

Entre as novidades, estão o segundo Lola da Charouz Racing System, alinhado em conjunto com os estadunidenses da Cytosport. Este carro, como alguns outros que aparecerão nas etapas seguintes, está inscrito no regime race by race - permitido pelo regulamento. No âmbito dos pilotos, a belga Vanina Ickx - filha de Jacky Ickx, piloto de F-1 entre 1966 e 1979 - está de volta com a equipe Rollcentre Racing.

Dois brasileiros vão correr: Thomas Erdos, acompanhado de Mike Newton e Andy Wallace, no MG Lola EX265 da RML, e Mario Haberfeld, junto com Joey Foster no Embassy WF01 Zytek. Ambos os carros são da categoria LMP2.

Eis os inscritos (aguardando confirmações)

LMP1

1. Allan McNish / Rinaldo Capello - Audi Sport Team Joest / Audi R10 TDi

2. Mike Rockenfeller / Alexandre Prémat - Audi Sport Team Joest / Audi R10 TDi

4. Marc Faggionato / Richard Hein / Jacques Nicolet - Saulnier Racing / Pescarolo P01 Judd

5. Soheil Ayari / Stéphane Ortelli - Team Oreca-Matmut / Courage LC70 Judd

6. Nicolas Lapierre / Olivier Panis - Team Oreca-Matmut / Courage LC70 Judd

7. Nicolas Minassian / Marc Gené - Team Peugeot Total / Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

8. Pedro Lamy / Stéphane Sarrazin - Team Peugeot Total / Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

10. Jan Charouz / Stefan Mücke - Charouz Racing System / Lola B08/60 Aston Martin

12. Klaus Graf / Greg Pickett - Charouz Racing System - Cytosport / Lola B07/17 Judd

14. Jamie Campbell-Walter / Felipe Ortiz - Creation Autosportif / Creation CA07 AIM

15. Stuart Hall / Simon Pagenaud - Creation Autosportif / Creation CA07 AIM

16. Jean-Christophe Boullion / Emmanuel Collard - Pescarolo Sport / Pescarolo P01 Judd

17. Harold Primat / Christophe Tinseau - Pescarolo Sport / Pescarolo P01 Judd

18. Vanina Ickx / João Barbosa / Martin Short - Rollcentre Racing / Pescarolo P01 Judd

19. Amanda Stretton / Bob Berridge / Gareth Evans - Chamberlain Synergy / Lola B06/10 AER

20. Angel Burgueno / TBA - Epsilon-Euskadi / Epsilon Euskadi EE01 Judd

21. TBA / TBA - Epsilon-Euskadi / Epsilon Euskadi EE01 Judd


LMP2

25. Thomas Erdos / Mike Newton / Andy Wallace - RML / MG Lola EX265 AER

26. Jens Petersen / Jan-Dirk Lüders / Marc Rostan - Team Bruichladdich / Radical SR9 AER

27. Didier Theys / Fredy Lienhard / Jan Lammers - Horag Racing / Porsche RS Spyder

30. Filippo Francioni / Marco Didaio - Racing Box / Lucchini LMP2-01 Judd

31. John Nielsen / Casper Elgaard - Team Essex / Porsche RS Spyder

32. Juan Barazi / Michael Vergers - Barazi-Epsilon / Zytek 07S/2

33. Xavier Pompidou / Steve Zacchia / Andrea Belicchi - Speedy-Sebah Racing / Lola B08/80 Judd

34. Peter van Merksteijn / Jos Verstappen - Van Merksteijn Motorsport / Porsche RS Spyder

35. Matthieu Lahaye / Pierre Ragues - Pescarolo Sport / Pescarolo P01 Judd

37. Philippe Salini / Stéphane Salini / Patrice Roussel - WR Salini / WR LMP2 Zytek

40. Miguel Pais do Amaral / Olivier Pla - Quifel ASM Team / Lola B05/40 AER

41. Claude-Yves Gosselin / Julien Schroyen / Karim Ojjeh - Trading Performance / Zytek 07S/2

44. Jean de Pourtales / Alex Müller / Hideki Noda - Kruse Schiller Motorsport / Lola B06/43 Mazda

45. Warren Hughes / Jonny Kane - Embassy Racing / Embassy WF01 Zytek

46. Mario Haberfeld / Joey Foster - Embassy Racing / Embassy WF01 Zytek


LMGT1

50. Dino Lunardi / Fréderic Makowiecki / David Halliday - Larbre Competition / Saleen S7-R

55. Roman Rusinov / Peter Kox - IPB Spartak Racing / Lamborghini Murciélago GT-R

59. Tomas Enge / Antonio Garcia - Team Modena / Aston Martin DBR9

72. Luc Alphand / Guillaume Moreau / Patrice Goueslard - Luc Alphand Aventures / Chevrolet Corvette C6-R

73. Sébastien Dumez / Jean-Luc Blanchemain / Roland Bervillé - Luc Alphand Aventures / Chevrolet Corvette C6-R


LMGT2

75. Jean-Philippe Belloc / Richard Balandras / Michel Lecourt - IMSA Performance Matmut / Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

76. Richard Lietz / Raymond Narac - IMSA Performance Matmut / Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

77. Alex Davison / Marc Lieb - Team Felbermayr-Proton / Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

85. Ralf Kelleners / Aleksej Vasiliev / Peter Dumbreck - Spyker Squadron / Spyker C8 Laviolette

88. Horst Felbermayr Jr. / Christian Ried - Team Felbermayr-Proton / Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

90. Richard Westbrook / Allan Simonsen / Lars-Erik Nielsen - Farnbacher Racing / Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

91. Anthony Beltoise / Pierre Ehret / Pierre Kaffer - FBR Motorsport / Ferrari F430

93. TBA / TBA - James Watt Automotive / Aston Martin Vantage GT2

94. Andrea Chiesa / Philippe Camandona / Benjamin Leuenberger - Speedy Racing / Spyker C8 Laviolette

95. Paul Daniels / Joel Camathias / Tim Sudgen - James Watt Automotive / Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

96. Rob Bell / Gianmaria Bruni - Virgo Motorsport / Ferrari F430

98. TBA / TBA - JMB Racing / Ferrari F430

99. Ben Aucott / Stéphane Daoudi - JMB Racing / Ferrari F430