2011 24 Horas de Le Mans - Junio 11th-12th - INFO Y MAS

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Para calentar la Pelicula " Le Mans" de Steve Mcqueen

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Adrian Fernandez via Twitter hace unos minutos con respecto al shakedown del AMR-One hoy en Monza...

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Asi va a ir la decoracion de los Flying Lizard como celebracion de la historia de Porsche en Le Mans, la decoracion es obra de Troy Lee Desings. Fotos © Flying Lizard Motosports.

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FLYING LIZARD REVEALS LIVERY FOR TWO-PORSCHE LE MANS PROGRAM
Troy Lee's Design Celebrates History of Porsche at Le Mans

Flying Lizard revealed today a commemorative livery for the No. 80 and No. 81 Flying Lizard Porsches for the 2011 24 Heures du Mans.

Created by California-based artist Troy Lee, the livery celebrates the history of Porsche at Le Mans, featuring the 28 drivers who have won the 24 Heures du Mans overall in a Porsche. The No. 80 and No. 81 designs are identical, implemented in complementary colors: candy metallic orange for the No. 80 and candy metallic blue for the No. 81; both anchored by a deep ocean blue. Primary colors provide a backdrop for the driver names and flags which weave throughout the design on the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.

The Flying Lizard Porsche livery will be officially unveiled at scrutineering on Monday, June 6 in Le Mans at approximately 13.30 CET (just prior to the scheduled scrutineering time for the No. 80). “2011 is a special year for Flying Lizard at Le Mans: our first time fielding two entries,” said Flying Lizard VP of Marketing, Jennifer Hart. “The livery commemorates the heritage of Porsche at Le Mans, starting with drivers Hans Hermann and Richard Attwood, who secured the first overall victory for Porsche in 1970*. The 911 is an ideal canvas for Troy Lee’s beautiful tribute to this iconic race.”

Troy Lee described the concept of the design, “I started with the vibrant colors of the drivers’ country flags: imagining how they could be put to life on a racecar, as if they were blowing by on the front straight. Once we had the theme, we focused on making it come to life in 3D. The challenge was to really show off the depth and movement of these amazing cars, while maintaining the integrity of the Porsche design.”

Lee continued, “A crucial part of this project was getting the right paint: We worked extensively with PPG Industries to develop these custom colors, both for their liveliness and for the depth of the metallic colors. Using the candy paint as a base, we then created the intricate backdrop of asymmetric shapes to balance the design and create the sense of speed.”

President of Porsche Motorsport North America Jens Walther added, “We are proud that Flying Lizard chose to honor the 28 drivers who have stood on the top step of the podium for Porsche at Le Mans. This design exemplifies the effort that Flying Lizard puts into every aspect of their race preparation, and shows why Lizard drivers have won the American Le Mans Series GT championship for the last three years.”

Flying Lizard initiated the project with Troy Lee in late 2010. Hart added, “We worked with Troy’s team for several months to finalize the concept and design. The livery is a combination of candy paint overlaid with vinyl. The vinyl was custom-tailored to each Porsche and applied at our shop in Sonoma by Iconography Studios. Each car has a clear coat to protect the graphics. We are thrilled with the end result; the Porsches are uniquely beautiful and seem to be almost humming with energy.”

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Anthony Davidson nos cuenta como se las arreglan con respecto a las diferencias de estatura en el equipo Peugeot.


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Asi va a ir la decoracion de los Flying Lizard como celebracion de la historia de Porsche en Le Mans, la decoracion es obra de Troy

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Flying Lizard en el 2007 tambien habia usado otro tipo de decoracion, otra creacion de Troy Lee:

Troy Lee reflected on designing the car, "I started by thinking about the Lizard's character and looked to the color and texture of real lizards for inspiration. I think a racecar should be colorful and interesting and look like it's travelling 200 mph even while it is standing still. The Porsche is a pretty aggressive car with a high and wide profile -- it was a perfect surface on which to bring the Lizard to life." - Troy Lee en 2007

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"Correr Le Mans es un sueño" Lucas Ordóñez



La historia de Lucas Ordóñez parece sacada de una película con final feliz. En tres años ha pasado de jugar con la videoconsola a ser piloto profesional. De hecho, va a competir en las 24 Horas de Le Mans en el equipo oficial Nissan.

Aunque su historia ya es bastante conocida, ¿nos la podría recordar?

Hace tres años, en 2008, me enteré de que PlayStation y Nissan convocaban un concurso, la GT Academy, con el videojuego GT5 Prologue. El mejor de Europa competiría en las 24 Horas de Dubai con un coche de verdad. Así que me preparé al máximo y fui el mejor entre veinticinco mil participantes. Después también demostré ir rápido con el coche, he seguido con Nissan y ya llevo tres años como piloto profesional.

Escuchándole, más de uno podría pensar que está de broma

Es verdad, parece que es una broma, pero no, yo voy totalmente en serio, trabajo mucho a nivel físico con mi preparador y estoy totalmente centrado en mi carrera. De hecho, corro contra pilotos procedentes de la F-1. El simulador es fundamental en la competición actual, ya que los entrenamientos están muy limitados y es la manera de aprender los circuitos. A mí me está viniendo muy bien para prepararme. Y los videojuegos son similares a un simulador.
¿Y qué sintió cuando le dijeron que correría las 24 Horas de Le Mans?

Ni me lo creía. Es un sueño para mí, ya que desde pequeño recuerdo ver la carrera con mi padre por televisión. Es la prueba más importante del mundo e incluso muchos pilotos de Fórmula 1 que han competido dicen que la prefieren.

¿Qué objetivo se marca?

Pues es difícil hacer pronósticos, pero, ¿por qué no? Estaría muy bien hacer un podio en nuestra categoría, la LMP2. Tengo dos compañeros con mucha experiencia, ya que Soheil Ayari ha corrido diez veces en esta carrera, peleó con Juan Pablo Montoya por un puesto en Williams e incluso compitió contra Fernando Alonso en la Fórmula 3000. Franck Mailleux, por su parte, ha sido piloto oficial de Aston Martin y ha logrado grandes resultados en Fórmula 3. En el circuito de Magny-Cours estoy a tres décimas por vuelta de día y cuatro por la noche, por lo que creo que podemos hacerlo bastante bien.


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Risi Competizione esta dando a conocer a los miembros de su equipo en su pagina oficial, esta bastante interesante:

"Welcome to the first of a series of ‘spotlight on’ features on the Risi Comp crew members. While the drivers or even team bosses usually steal the limelight at races, the crew members are the real stars of the show. The often unsung heroes of the hour, the power behind the engine that drives a team forward. Here’s a chance to meet some of Risi’s crew – these are in no particular order." - http://www.risicompetizione.net

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En el siguiente enlace tambien pueden encontrar informacion oficial de cara a Le Mans para no estar haciendo el Copy Paste aqui de cada noticia:

http://www.lemans.org/en/
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muy buen coverage este pobrepobre se los agradece ... flying lizzard

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Por cierto, hablando del equipo Risi, ellos no van a estar este año con sus Ferrari en Le Mans, pero si le estaran dando soporte tecnico al equipo Luxury Racing y ademas Jaime Melo correra con el equipo junto a Frederic Makowiecki y Stephane Ortelli. A lo que creo, el equipo primero quiere estar seguro de la fiabilidad de la nueva 458 GT para luego volver en 2012.

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La empresa aseguradora Hiscox entrará a patrocinar al equipo oficial de Aston Martin Jota Sport AMR, por lo que el Aston Martin Vantage GT2 podría lucir una decoracion con los colores distintivos de Hiscox, el rojo y negro.

Una pincelada de como lucira el Aston Martin de Jota Sport...
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Categoria LMP1

Minimum weight: 900kg for petrol-fuelled cars and 930 kg for diesels
Wing length: 1m60
Maximum engine capacity: 6,000cc for petrol atmospheric engines, 4,000cc for turbo engines and 5,500cc for diesel engines
Maximum disc diameter: 38cm
Tank capacity: 90 litres (81 litres for diesel engines)
Headlamp beam: White
Race numbers: 1-24
LMP1 Category sticker: red

Datos © lemans.org

En la LMP1 los restrictores recibieron un incremento de 28mm a 38mm mientras que los diesels por su parte recibieron una reduccion a 25mm como ya saben para equiparar diferencias.

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Inscritos en la LMP1

1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI Dumas-Bernhard-Rockenfeller
2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI Fässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer
3 Audi Sport North America Audi R18 TDI Kristensen-Capello-McNish
5 Hope Racing ORECA SWISSHYTECH-Hybrid Zacchia-Lammers-Elgaard
7 Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 Davidson-Gené-Wurz
8 Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 Sarrazin-Montagny-Minassian
9 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 Pagenaud-Bourdais-Lamy
10 Team ORECA-Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Panis-Lapierre-Duval
12 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Coupé-Toyota Prost-Jani-Bleekemolen
13 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Coupé-Toyota Belicchi-Boullion-Smith
15 OAK Racing OAK-Pescarolo Judd Moreau-Ragues-Monteiro
16 Pescarolo Team Autovision Pescarolo-Judd Collard-Tinseau-Jousse
20 Quifel ASM Team Zytek 09SC Pla-Amaral-Hughes
22 Kronos Racing Lola Aston Martin Ickx-Martin-Leinders
24 OAK Racing OAK-Pescarolo Judd Hein-Nicolet-Yvon
007 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin AMR-One Mücke-Turner-Klien
009 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin AMR-One Primat-Fernandez-Meyrick

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Categoria LMP2

Minimum weight: 825kg
Wing length: 1m60
Maximum engine capacity: 3,400ccs and a maximum of 8 cylinders for atmospheric engines or 2,000ccs with a single turbo and a maximum of 6 cylinders for turbo engines
Maximum disc diameter: 38cm
Tank capacity: 80 litres
Headlamp beam: White
Race numbers: 25-49
LMP2 category sticker: blue

Datos © lemans.org

El motor Judd es el unico que recibe un incremento en su restrictor en esta categoria. La LMP2 contara con un total de 11 prototipos inscritos, con 3 diferentes motores, 6 chasis distintos y 10 equipos.

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Lista de Inscritos en la LMP2

26 Signatech-Nissan ORECA 03-Nissan Ayari-Mailleux-Ordonez
33 Level 5 Motorsports Lola Coupe-HPD Tucker-Bouchut-Barbosa
35 OAK Racing OAK-Pescarolo-Judd Barlesi-Lafargue-Da Rocha
36 RML HPD ARX-01d Erdos-Newton-Collins
39 Pecom Racing Lola B11/40-Judd Perez Companc-Kaffer-Russo
40 Race Performance ORECA 03-Judd Frey-Meichtry-Rostan
41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan Ojjeh-Kimber Smith-Lombard
42 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01d Watts-Kane-Leventis
44 Extreme Limite AM Paris Norma M200P-Judd Rosier-Haezebrouck-de Fournoux
48 Team ORECA-Matmut ORECA 03-Nissan Premat-Hallyday-Kraihamer
49 OAK Racing OAK-Pescarolo Nakano-De Crem-Charouz

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Lista de Inscritos en la GTE

GTE Pro
51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia Fisichella-Bruni-Vilander
55 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT Farfus-J.Müller-Werner
56 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT Priaulx-D.Müller-Hand
58 Luxury Racing Ferrari F458 Italia Ortelli-Makowiecki-Melo
59 Luxury Racing Ferrari F458 Italia Deletraz-Jakubowski-Beltoise
64 Lotus Jetalliance Lotus Evora Slingerland-Rich-Hartshorne
65 Lotus Jetalliance Lotus Evora Hirschi-Rossiter-Mowlem
66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari F458 Italia Bell-Sugden-Maassen
71 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia Kaufman-Waltrip-Aguas
73 Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R Beretta-Milner-Garcia
74 Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R Gavin-Magnussen-Westbrook
75 ProSpeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Goossens-Holzer-Van Lagen
76 IMSA Performance-Matmut Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Narac-Pilet-Armindo
77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Lieb-Lietz-Henzler
79 Jota AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT2 Hancock-Dolan-Buncombe
80 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Bergmeister-Long-Luhr
88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Tandy-Al Faisal-Miller
89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F458 Italia Farnbacher-Simonsen-Keen

GTE AM
50 Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1Bornhauser-Canal-Gardel
57 Krohn Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 Krohn-Jönsson-Rugolo
60 Gulf AMR Middle East Aston Martin Vantage Giroix-Wainwright-Goethe
61 AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 Perazzini-Cioci-Breslin
62 CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 Ehret-Wills-Lynn
63 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR (997) Felbermayr Jr-Felbermayr Snr-Reid
68 Robertson Racing Doran Ford GT David Robertson-Andrea Robertson-Murry
70 Larbre Competition Porsche 911 RSR (997) Bourret-Gibon-Belloc
81 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 RSR (997) Neiman-Law-Pumpelly
83 JMB Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 Rodrigues-Menahem-Marroc

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Hasta el momento hay dos equipos en la lista de reserva, por si alguno de los ya inscritos no puede participar en la carrera alguno de estos podria tomar su lugar, ellos son el otro Doran Ford GT-R del equipo Robertson Racing e iria con los pilotos Anthony Lazarro, Boris Said y Colin Braun. Y el otro equipo es el de FIA GT1 Young Driver AMR con un nuevo Aston Martin Vantage hasta el momento con Tomas Enge y Alex Muller, ambos equipos irian a la categoria GTE Pro

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El AMR One probando en Monza.


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Un dato curioso que talvez muchos no conocian, es que el piloto Marc Lieb ademas de piloto tambien cumple la funcion de ingeniero del equipo Felbermayr-Proton para el Porsche 77, previamente el ingeniero del equipo era Norbert Singer que de hecho el estaba el año pasado con el equipo cuando ganaron las 24 Horas de Le Mans, pero Singer paso a ocupar un cargo en la ACO y es ahi donde Lieb pasa a ocupar ese cargo, y que mejor forma de preparar un auto cuando uno mismo tiene la oportunidad de probarlo junto a los demas pilotos.


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Los previos de Radio Le Mans

LM GTE
http://audio.rpix.org.uk/lm24/2011/2011 ... re_gte.mp3[/audio]

LM P2
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El previo de la LM P1 está hasta el domingo.

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Ya los Porsche de Flying Lizard estan en Le Mans!

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Por cierto, hablando del equipo Risi, ellos no van a estar este año con sus Ferrari en Le Mans, pero si le estaran dando soporte tecnico al equipo Luxury Racing y ademas Jaime Melo correra con el equipo junto a Frederic Makowiecki y Stephane Ortelli. A lo que creo, el equipo primero quiere estar seguro de la fiabilidad de la nueva 458 GT para luego volver en 2012.

Las palabras de Giuseppe Risi en un comunicado de prensa emitido hoy por Risi Competizione:

Team Principal Giuseppe Risi is very enthusiastic about the co-operative agreement and explained how it came about. “We met the Luxury Racing team at this year’s 12 Hours of Sebring. With both teams running the new Ferrari F458GT Italia, we had lots to talk about. Luxury is new to racing a Ferrari and, of course, we have been at it for quite some time.

“They are a relatively new team and definitely new to Le Mans—a race we have won twice in the last three years—and when they found out that we were not racing at Le Mans, they inquired if we might be able to provide some technical assistance for one of the 458s they have entered. I believe this is a win-win situation for both teams as Luxury can tap into all the experience and knowledge that we bring to this very tough event, and we will have the opportunity to gather additional data and knowledge about how the F458 performs in the 24 Hour race. I’m delighted to be of assistance to the Luxury Racing team, and am looking forward to giving them our full support for the race.”

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Aparte de los Flying Lizard's, tambien hay otros autos ya instalados en los garages de Le Mans, entre ellos los dos Porsche del Team Felbermayr-Proton, el ORECA 03 de Signatech-Nissan (LMP2), el Zytek de Quifel ASM (LMP1), el Doran GT de Robertson Racing y la Ferrari de Krohn Racing.

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está mortal esa pintura de esos porsches

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23 años atras Jaguar obtenia su primera victoria en las 24 Horas de Le Mans desde 1957, dicho triunfo vino en su tercer intento por ganar en Le Mans durante los años 80's, primero con el XKR-6 en el 86 haciendo su debut en el Grupo C, luego en el año 87 con el XJR-8 y hasta que lograron el exito en el 88 con el XJR-9. Ese año se vivio un gran duelo por la victoria entre los Rothmans Porsche 962's y los Jaguar de Tom Walkinshaw Racing.


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Press Release

Strong contingent of Porsche customer teams with eight 911 GT3 RSR

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Stuttgart. Five teams, eight vehicles, 24 pilots: Porsche customer teams from Europe and the USA are particularly well represented at the 79th running of the long distance classic in Le Mans on 11/12 June. At the toughest automobile race in the world they field a total of eight Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the two sports car classes: GTE Pro and GTE Am. All Porsche works drivers compete – including last year’s winning trio, Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany). With 16 overall and 98 class victories, Porsche is by far the most successful make in Le Mans.

The race

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Run for the first time in 1923, the 24 Hours of Le Mans has become a legend. It is considered the toughest automobile race in the world. With 55 sports cars, the start alone guarantees goose bumps. Tens of thousands of fans flock to the town square of Le Mans to see the technical scrutineering. And for the traditional drivers’ parade which leads from the track to the city centre in the Sarthe region on Friday afternoon, enthusiastic fans line the streets.

The circuit

The 13.629 kilometre “Circuit des 24 Heures” is one of the world’s oldest and fastest race tracks. With around 75 percent of a lap taken at full throttle, the circuit is regarded as a serious test for the reliability of man and machine. The world fame of the track is thanks not least to the legendary Hunaudières straight, where top speeds of up to 400 kph were reached before it was tamed by two chicanes in 1990. Also the ultra-swift passage with the Porsche curves demands everything from race drivers.

Porsche’s successes

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Exactly 60 years ago, the maiden outing of a race car from Zuffenhausen marked the beginning of the unprecedented success story of Porsche in Le Mans. Even in the early years, typical Porsche virtues - like lightweight construction, aerodynamics and reliability - played a prominent role in the many class wins. However, the path to the first overall win was rocky. In 1969, in the closest Le Mans finish in history, Porsche missed out on victory by a mere 75 metres or a good one second. But the breakthrough in 1970 was all the more convincing. On 14 June, drivers Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood celebrated the first overall victory with the legendary Porsche 917 short-tail, with two other Porsche teams making the triumph perfect with second and third place. Fifteen further overall wins followed – and last year, Porsche factory pilots Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz and Wolf Henzler clinched the 98th class win in the 911 GT3 RSR.

The Porsche drivers

With the same line-up, last year’s winners return to the site of their success. For Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz, 2010 yielded their second class wins in Le Mans (after 2005 and 2007 respectively). Wolf Henzler climbed to the top of the podium for the first time. Title defender Felbermayr-Proton fields the 2011-version of the 911 GT3 RSR in the GTE Pro class. The American Flying Lizard Motorsports team competes with the punchy works driver pairing Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) at the wheel of a 911 in the Pro-category. Together, they claimed a Le Mans class win in 2004, with Patrick Long also achieving success in 2007. The multiple champions of the American Le Mans Series receive support from Lucas Luhr (Switzerland), who celebrated GT wins in Le Mans with Porsche in 2002 and 2003.

The French Porsche works driver Patrick Pilet shares driving duties with his compatriots Raymond Narac and Nicolas Armindo in the 911 GT3 RSR of IMSA Performance Matmut. Whilst team owner Narac has extensive experience in Le Mans, Armindo, as reigning champion of the Carrera Cup Deutschland, gives his debut at the endurance classic. The youngest Porsche works driver, Marco Holzer (Germany), drives for the Belgian ProSpeed Competition team. The 22-year-old celebrated his Le Mans premiere in 2010 with a podium result. He shares the cockpit of the GTE Pro 911 with Marc Goossens (Belgium) and Jaap van Lagen (Netherlands). At the wheel of the fifth 911 GT3 RSR in the GTE Pro class, also fielded by Felbermayr-Proton, are Britain’s Nick Tandy – the current leader of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup and the Carrera Cup Deutschland - as well as Bryce Miller (USA) and Abdulaziz Faisal (Saudi Arabia).

Racing in the GTE Am sports car category, in which only one professional race driver per vehicle is permitted, are three further 2010-spec 911 GT3 RSR. Taking up the challenge for Flying Lizard Motorsports are Americans Seth Neiman, Darren Law and Spencer Pumpelly, for Proton Competition are team boss Christian Ried (Germany) as well as Austrians Horst Felbermayr Senior and Junior. And Frenchmen Christophe Bourret, Pascal Gibon and Jean-Philippe Belloc race for Larbre Competition.

Two further Porsche works drivers again compete for Audi in the more powerful LMP1 class: Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) join forces with Audi works driver Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) and are eager to repeat their overall victory from last year.

Quotes before the race

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Marc Lieb: “When you think of Le Mans you get goose bumps. It’s great to be racing with Richard and Wolf for our Felbermayr-Team again. Victory last year took a huge effort. Now the competition is even stronger. In our class alone, 18 cars from six well known manufacturers are fighting for victory. Even if the full throttle passage suits our car, the race will be a damn hard nut to crack.”

Richard Lietz: “With two Le Mans class wins under your belt of course you don’t mind travelling to the Sarthe. Le Mans for me is something special because you get action all week long. As a driver you can get really close to fans, you’re signing autographs practically non-stop.”

Joerg Bergmeister: “When you take a look at the names on the starter list you first have swallow hard. It’s going to be tough! We’re really well sorted this year with Flying Lizard. Last year we experienced bad luck in Le Mans. A podium place would be a great reward for the team.”

Patrick Long: “I love the challenges of this circuit, especially the fast, flowing corners. Now that’s great fun in a well set-up 911. I’m particularly looking forward to racing with Joerg this year. And Lucas Luhr fits in well with us. We’re a strong combination.”

Patrick Pilet: “We’ll be going all out, but we also want to enjoy the event. The circuit and the atmosphere are unique. For my driver colleagues and the team, our home race in Le Mans is of course the highlight of the season.”
Marco Holzer: “To stand on the top of the podium in Le Mans is incomparable. Below you thousands of people are swarming around the race track and cheering. It’s something you never forget. And it was even better that I did it as a rookie in 2010. My goal this year is to repeat this success.”

Hartmut Kristen, Porsche Head of Motorsport: “Our customer teams and we face even bigger challenges through the division into the two sports car classes GTE Pro and GTE Am because different vehicles are fielded: in the Pro class we have the 2011 version of the 911 GT3 RSR, in the Am class we have 911 race cars in the previous year’s spec. That the event organiser ACO has issued many special dispensations specific to models and that there is now the ‘balance of performance’ in Le Mans means for our customers in the GTE Pro category that there is no real equality of arms. Regardless of this, we and our teams will prepare ourselves well and we’ll turn to all the factors that we can influence.”

The schedule

Free practice is on Wednesday, 8 June, from 16.00 to 20.00 hours. Following on from that is the first qualifying session for the best grid spots from 22.00 hrs to midnight. The second and third qualifying sessions are scheduled for Thursday, 19.00 to 21.00 hrs and from 22.00 to 24.00 hrs. On Saturday, 11 June, the lights turn green at 15.00 hours signalling the start of the 24 hour chase.

TV tip

Eurosport broadcasts extensive coverage from Le Mans on its free-to-view station and the Pay-TV channel Eurosport 2. From Monday, 6 June, the latest preliminary reports and background stories will be televised daily on Eurosport under the title of “24 minutes before Le Mans”. The free practice, the final qualifying and the warm-up will also be shown. Around 15 hours of the race can be seen live on the main station.

Facts and figures

This is the Le Mans 24 Hours

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With grid line-up of 55 vehicles, the 24 Hours of Le Mans consists of two different sports car categories: sports prototypes and modified standard sports cars. The technical regulations of the European Le Mans Series (LMS) and the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) correspond to those of the 24 hour race. All race cars start together in Le Mans; there is an overall classification and a classification for individual classes.

The four classes in Le Mans:
GTE Pro class: The most popular class of car manufacturers (formerly run as the GT2 class) is traditionally the best supported: Modified sports cars with up to 500 hp and a minimum weight of 1,245 kilograms.
GTE Am class: Like the GTE-Pro, but with the 2010-vehicle specifications. Moreover, the regulations stipulate that each vehicle must have one professional driver at the most.
LMP1 class: Sports prototypes with up to 550 hp and a 900 kilogram minimum weight.
LMP2 class: Sports prototypes of around 440 hp, GT-class homologated engines and a 900 kg minimum weight.

Please note: Images of the 24 Hours of Le Mans are available for accredited journalists from the Porsche Press Database under the internet address https://presse.porsche.de. On this website you can also activate the Porsche Motorsport SMS Info Service to receive the latest news and information from race tracks around the world via text messages.

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