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Brasil terá na pista Bruno Senna #99 Aston Martin Vantage V8 da categoria LMGTE Pro e Fernando Rees no #50 Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 da equipe Larbre Competition na classe LMGTE Am

A lista provisória de inscritos para o primeiro round do FIA World Endurance Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Endurance FIA), a 6 Horas de Silverstone, revelou três carros à mais do que a lista inicial de 32 participantes para a temporada, elevando para 35 o número total de carros que estarão alinhados na corrida de abertura do campeonato em Silverstone, programada para 14 de abril.

Na categoria LMP1 (Le Mans Protótipos 1) a equipe suíça Rebellion Racing entrará com um segundo Lola-Toyota na classe LMP1 Privateers, elevando o total para sete inscritos na LMP1. Campeã mundial, a Audi manteve suas duas lineups de pilotos quase inalterada, com Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer e Benoit Treluyer defendendo seu título de pilotos no #1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro, e com Loic Duval, Tom Kristensen e Allan McNish sentando a bota no Audi #2.

Todos os pilotos dos sete carros da LMP1 já foram oficialmente anunciados e o Reino Unido será bem representado na corrida de abertura em Silverstone com Allan McNish (Audi), Anthony Davidson (Toyota), Danny Watts (Strakka), Nick Leventis (Strakka) e Jonny Kane (Strakka).

A LMP2 (Le Mans Protótipos 2) conta com doze carros inscritos para a temporada, mas Silverstone terá mais duas “baratas” adicionais, dois Morgan-Nissan, um da OAK Racing e o outro da equipe chinesa KCMG. A Delta-ADR e a Greaves Motorsport são as duas equipes que representam a bandeira britânica nessa classe. O certo é que a maioria das equipes da LMP2 ainda não divulgou suas listas completas de pilotos para a 6 Horas de Silverstone, todavia, a lista dos “prata da casa” britânicos já inclui Alex Brundle (OAK Racing), Jonathan Kennard (Status GP HVM), Martin Plowman (Oak Racing), Ryan Dalziel (Starworks Motorsport) e Matthew Howson (KCMG).

Na LMGTE Pro a relação de pilotos está quase finalizada, restando apenas a indicação dos segundo piloto da italiana AF Corse no cockpit dos Ferrari 458 Italia #51 e #71. A Porsche AG Team Manthey anunciou três pilotos para cada um de seus Porsche 911 RSR, que terá no #91 Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Pilet e Timo Bernhard e, no carro #92, o trio Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz e Romain Dumas. Os dois Aston Martin V8 Vantage contarão com uma tripulação “reforçada” para a corrida de abertura do campeonato no “quintal de casa”, que será formada pelo britânico Darren Turner e o alemão Stefan Mucke no #97 e o francês Fred Makowiecki fazendo dupla com o brasileiro Bruno Senna no Aston #99.

A relação dos pilotos inscritos na categoria LMGTE Am também está quase completa, com a Krohn Racing, a 8 Star Motorsports e a Proton Competition ainda faltando definir suas tripulações para as 6 Horas de Silverstone, mas Jack Gerber (AF Corse), Stuart Hall (Aston Martin Racing) e o campeão 2010 do RAC Tourist Trophy, Jamie Campbell-Walter (Aston Martin Racing), representarão os interesses britânicos na categoria LMGTE. Tendo morado por muitos anos perto do circuito, o irlandês Matt Griffin (AF Corse) também conta com este evento como a sua corrida “domiciliar”.

Gerard Neveu, CEO do FIA WEC, disse: "Esta lista de inscritos representa um trabalho muito duro de todos os envolvidos, as equipes, os pilotos e os fabricantes. Estamos extremamente satisfeitos por contar com 35 carros na corrida de abertura da temporada 2013 em Silverstone, no 14 de abril, que contará pela primeira vez como concurso do Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy".

O FIA World Endurance Championship 2013

A lenda está de volta - O FIA WEC (FIA World Endurance Championship) revive a linha histórica do Campeonato Mundial de Marcas dos anos 50, 60 e 70, do Campeonato Mundial de Endurance Grupo C (Endurance World Championship Group C) dos anos 80 e do Campeonato Mundial de Carros Esporte (World Sports Car Championship) da década de 90.

O dia 9 de Junho de 2011 será lembrado como uma das datas mais importantes na história moderna das corridas de resistência. Nesse dia, durante a apresentação da 24 Horas de Le Mans, Jean Todt e Jean-Claude Plassart, respectivamente Presidentes da Federação Internacional de Automobilismo (FIA) e do Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) anunciaram a criação do Campeonato Mundial de Endurance FIA (FIA World Endurance Championship).

Avançando rápidamente para Dezembro de 2012, temos Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer e Benoit Treluyer, juntamente com as equipes Audi e Ferrari, recebendo seus troféus de primeiros Campeões Mundiais do WEC no FIA Awards Gala, em Istambul. A premiação foi em conjunto com a dos campeões da Fórmula 1, FIA Rally Championship (WRC) e WTC (World Touring Cars).

O FIA WEC cristaliza a popularidade e a quase mítica atração pelas corridas de resistência, todas disputadas em circuitos hoje lendários (Spa-Francorchamps, Le Mans, Fuji, Interlagos, Silverstone) e nos destinos onde o motorsport ainda está em desenvolvimento (Bahrein, Xangai e Circuito de das Américas). São, sempre, longas corridas onde tudo pode acontecer: Protótipos e GTs no mesmo grid, sob o comando de pilotos profissionais e de gentlemen drivers.

O destaque da temporada do FIA WEC 2013 é, naturalmente, a 24 Horas de Le Mans, que em 22 e 23 de junho celebra o 90º aniversário da mais importante corrida de resistência do mundo, que teve sua primeira edição em 1923.

Lista Provisória de Inscritos da 6 Horas de Silverstone -

2013 FIA World Endurance Championship:

LMP1 (NAT T CARS HYBRID 7)
1.- #1 Audi Sport Team Joest (DEU) M - Audi R18 e-tron quattro Hybrid (André Lotterer (DEU) P/ Benoit Tréluyer (FRA) P/ Marcel Fässler (CHE) P)
2.- #2 Audi Sport Team Joest (DEU) M - Audi R18 e-tron quattro Hybrid (Tom Kristensen (DNK) P/ Loïc Duval (FRA) P/ Allan McNish (GBR) P)
3.- #7 Toyota Racing (JPN) M - Toyota TS030-Hybrid Hybrid (Alexander Wurz (AUT) P/ Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) P)
4.- #8 Toyota Racing (JPN) M - Toyota TS030-Hybrid Hybrid (Anthony Davidson (GBR) P/ Sébastien Buemi (CHE) P/ Stéphane Sarrazin (FRA) P)
5.- #12 Rebellion Racing (CHE) M - Lola B12/60 Coupé-Toyota (Nicolas Prost (FRA) P/ Neel Jani (CHE)° P/ Nick Heidfeld (DEU)° P)
6.- #13 Rebellion Racing (CHE) M - Lola B12/60 Coupé-Toyota (Andrea Belicchi (ITA)° P/ Mathias Beche (CHE)° G/ Cong Fu Chen (CHN)° G)
7.- #21 Strakka Racing (GBR) M - HPD ARX 03c-Honda (Nick Leventis (GBR)° S/ Danny Watts (GBR)° P/ Jonny Kane (GBR)° P)

LMP2 (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 14)
1.- #24 OAK Racing** (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Olivier Pla (FRA)°/ P David Heinemeir Hanssson (DNK)° S/ Alex Brundle (GBR)° S)
2.- #25 Delta-ADR (GBR) Oreca 03-Nissan (John Martin (AUS) P/ TBA/ TBA)
3.- #26 G-Drive Racing (RUS) Oreca 03-Nissan (Roman Rusinov (RUS) S/ TBA/ TBA/)
4.- #28 Gulf Racing Middle East (ARE) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Nissan (Fabien Giroix (FRA) S/ TBA/ TBA)
5.- #29 Gulf Racing Middle East (ARE) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Nissan (Frédéric Fatien (CIV) B/ TBA/ TBA)
6.- #30 HVM Status GP (CAN) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Judd (Jonathan Kennard (GBR)° G/ TBA/ TBA)
7.- #31 Lotus** (DEU) D Lotus T128 (Kevin Weeda (USA) B/ James Rossiter (GBR) P/ Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA)° P)
8.- #32 Lotus** (DEU) D Lotus T128 (Thomas Holzer (DEU) S/ TBA/ TBA)
9.- #35 OAK Racing** (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Bertrand Baguette (BEL) P/ Ricardo Gonzalez (MEX)° S/ Martin Plowmann (GBR)°)
10.- #41 Greaves Motorsport (GBR) D Zytek Z11SN-Nissan (Christian Zugel (DEU)° B/ TBA/ TBA)
11.- #44 Starworks Motorsport* (USA) HPD ARX 03b-Honda (Alex Popow (VEN)/ Ryan Dalziel (GBR) P/ TBA)
12.- #45 OAK Racing (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Jacques Nicolet (FRA)° S/ TBA/ TBA)
13.- #47 KCMG° (CHN) M Morgan-Nissan (Alexander Impertori (CHE) G/ Matthew Howson (GBR) S/ Jim Ka To (CHN) - )
14.- #49 Pecom Racing (ARG) Oreca 03-Nissan (Luis Perez Companc (ARG)° S/ Nicolas Minassian (FRA)° P/ Pierre Kaffer (DEU)° P)

LMGTE Pro
(NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 6)


1.- #51 AF Corse**/° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Gianmaria Bruni (ITA)° P/ TBA -)
2.- #71 AF Corse**/° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Olivier Beretta (MCO)° P/ TBA -)
3.- #91 Porsche AG Team Manthey (DEU) M Porsche 911 RSR (Jörg Bergmeister (DEU) P/ Patrick Pilet (FRA) P/ Timo Bernhard (DEU) P)
4.- #92 Porsche AG Team Manthey (DEU) M Porsche 911 RSR (Marc Lieb (DEU) P/ Richard Lietz (AUT) P/ Romain Dumas (FRA) P)
5.- #97 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Darren Turner (GBR)° P/ Stefan Mücke (DEU)° P/ -)
6.- #99 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA)° G/ Bruno Senna (BRA)°/ -)

 


LMGTE Am (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 8)
1.- #50 Larbre Competition° (FRA) M Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 (Patrick Bornhauser (FRA)° S/ Julien Canal (FRA)° S/ Fernando Rees (BRA)° S)
2.- #57 Krohn Racing (USA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Tracy Krohn (USA) S/ Niclas Jönsson (SWE) G/ TBA)
3.- #61 AF Corse° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Jack Gerber (GBR)/ Matt Griffin (IRL)° S/ Marco Cioci (ITA)° G)
4.- #76 IMSA Performance Matmut (FRA) M Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Raymond Narac (FRA)° S/ Christophe Bourret (FRA)° S/ Jean-Karl Verney (FRA) P)
5.- #81 8 Star Motorsports (USA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Vicente Potolicchio (VEN) S/ TBA/ TBA)
6.- #88 Proton Competition (DEU) M Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Christian Ried (DEU) S/ Gianluca Roda (ITA)° S/ TBA)
7.- #95 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Christoffer Nygaard (DNK)° S/ Kristian Poulsen (DNK)° S/ Allan Simonsen (DNK)° G)
8.- #96 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Roald Goethe (DEU)° B/ Stuart Hall (GBR)° S/ Jamie Campbell-Walter (GBR)°)

Pneus:–
M: MICHELIN
D: DUNLOP

Graduação dos Piloto:-
P: PLATINUM
G: GOLD
S: SILVER
B: BRONZE

* = Sujeito à confirmação da FIA
** = Inscrição nos termos do artigo 41. C. b)
° = Sujeito ao recebimento da licença 2013




Jeff Carter

 


Top International – WEC: Thirty-Five Cars for Season Opener at Silverstone

The provisional entry list for round 1 of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Silverstone, has been revealed with an additional three cars on top of the thirty-two full season entries bringing the total number of cars for the race at Silverstone on the 14 April up to thirty-five.

In LMP1 Swiss team Rebellion Racing have entered a second Lola-Toyota in the LMP1 Privateers class, bringing the total entry in LMP1 to seven. World Champions Audi have retained their two driver lineups almost unchanged with Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer defending their drivers title in the nr1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro and Loic Duval joining Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish in the nr2 Audi.

The drivers for all seven LMP1 cars have also been announced with British interests at Silverstone centering around Allan McNish (Audi), Anthony Davidson (Toyota), Danny Watts (Strakka), Nick Leventis (Strakka) and Jonny Kane (Strakka).

In LMP2 the twelve car full season entry is boosted by two additional cars from Oak Racing and Chinese team KCMG, with both teams running Morgan-Nissans.  Delta-ADR and Greaves Motorsport are the two teams flying the British flag in this class and while most of the teams in LMP2 have yet to release their full driver lineups for the 6 Hours of Silverstone, British drivers include Alex Brundle (Oak Racing), Jonathan Kennard (HVM Status GP), Martin Plowman (Oak Racing), Ryan Dalziel (Starworks Motorsport) and Matthew Howson (KCMG).

In LMGTE Pro the driver lineups are almost finalized with just AF Corse to announce their second drivers for the nr51 and nr71 Ferrari 458 Italias.  Porsche AG Team Manthey have announced three drivers in each of their Porsche 911 RSRs with Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Pilet and Timo Bernhard in the nr91 car and Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz and Romain Dumas in the nr92 Porsche.  The two Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8s will also have a strong lineup for the team’s home race with Britain’s Darren Turner rejoining Germany’s Stefan Mucke in the nr 97 car and Fred Makowiecki partnering Bruno Senna in the nr99 Aston.

The driver lineups for the eight full season cars in LMGTE Am are also almost complete with Krohn Racing, 8 Star Motorsports and Proton Competition still to declare their full crews for the 6 Hours of Silverstone.  Jack Gerber (AF Corse), Stuart Hall (Aston Martin Racing) and 2010 RAC Tourist Trophy winner Jamie Campbell-Walter (Aston Martin Racing) represent the British interests in the LMGTE class.  Matt Griffin (Af Corse) will also count Silverstone as his home race as the Irishman has lived near the track for many years.

Gerard Neveu, CEO of the FIA WEC, said: “This entry list represents a lot of hard work by everyone involved, the teams, the drivers and the manufacturers. We are extremely pleased to have thirty-five cars for the opening race of the 2013 season at Silverstone on the 14 April, which will feature the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for the first time.”

The 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship


The Legend is Back - The FIA WEC (FIA World Endurance Championship) revives the historical thread of the World Championship of Brands of the 50s, 60s and 70s, the Endurance World Championship Group C of the 80s and the World Sports Car Championship of the 90s.

The 9th of June, 2011 will be remembered as one of the most important dates in the recent history of endurance racing. That day, at the 2011 24 Heures du Mans, Jean Todt and Jean-Claude Plassart, respectively Presidents of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), announced the creation of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Fast forward to December 2012 and Marcel Fässler, Benoit Tréluyer and Andre Lotterer, along with Audi and Ferrari; accept their world championship trophies at the glittering FIA Awards Gala in Istanbul alongside the other champions from Formula One, World Rally and World Touring Cars.

The FIA WEC represents the popularity and attraction of endurance racing today on legendary circuits (Spa-Francorchamps, Le Mans, Fuji, Interlagos, Silverstone), and those destinations where the history of motor sport is yet to develop (Bahrain, Shanghai and Circuit of the Americas). These are long races where anything can happen: prototypes and GTs on the same grid, in the hands of both professionals and gentlemen drivers.

The jewel in the crown of the 2013 FIA WEC is the 24 Heures du Mans, which on the 22/23 June celebrates the 90th anniversary of the first instalment of the world's greatest endurance race in 1923.

2013 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST

LMP1 (NAT T CARS HYBRID 7)

  1. #1 Audi Sport Team Joest (DEU) M - Audi R18 e-tron quattro Hybrid (André Lotterer (DEU) P/ Benoit Tréluyer (FRA) P/ Marcel Fässler (CHE) P)
  2. #2 Audi Sport Team Joest (DEU) M - Audi R18 e-tron quattro Hybrid (Tom Kristensen (DNK) P/ Loïc Duval (FRA) P/ Allan McNish (GBR) P)
  3. #7 Toyota Racing (JPN) M - Toyota TS030-Hybrid Hybrid (Alexander Wurz (AUT) P/ Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) P)
  4. #8 Toyota Racing (JPN) M - Toyota TS030-Hybrid Hybrid (Anthony Davidson (GBR) P/ Sébastien Buemi (CHE) P/ Stéphane Sarrazin (FRA) P)
  5. #12 Rebellion Racing (CHE) M - Lola B12/60 Coupé-Toyota (Nicolas Prost (FRA) P/ Neel Jani (CHE)° P/ Nick Heidfeld (DEU)° P)
  6. #13 Rebellion Racing (CHE) M - Lola B12/60 Coupé-Toyota (Andrea Belicchi (ITA)° P/ Mathias Beche (CHE)° G/ Cong Fu Chen (CHN)° G)
  7. #21 Strakka Racing (GBR) M - HPD ARX 03c-Honda (Nick Leventis (GBR)° S/ Danny Watts (GBR)° P/ Jonny Kane (GBR)° P)


LMP2 (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 14)

  1. #24 OAK Racing** (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Olivier Pla (FRA)°/ P David Heinemeir Hanssson (DNK)° S/ Alex Brundle (GBR)° S)
  2. #25 Delta-ADR (GBR) Oreca 03-Nissan (John Martin (AUS) P/ TBA/ TBA)
  3. #26 G-DRIVE RACING (RUS) Oreca 03-Nissan (Roman Rusinov (RUS) S/ TBA/ TBA/)
  4. #28 Gulf Racing Middle East (ARE) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Nissan (Fabien Giroix (FRA) S/ TBA/ TBA)
  5. #29 Gulf Racing Middle East (ARE) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Nissan (Frédéric Fatien (CIV) B/ TBA/ TBA)
  6. #30 HVM Status GP (CAN) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Judd (Jonathan Kennard (GBR)° G/ TBA/ TBA)
  7. #31 Lotus** (DEU) D Lotus T128 (Kevin Weeda (USA) B/ James Rossiter (GBR) P/ Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA)° P)
  8. #32 Lotus** (DEU) D Lotus T128 (Thomas Holzer (DEU) S/ TBA/ TBA)
  9. #35 OAK Racing** (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Bertrand Baguette (BEL) P/ Ricardo Gonzalez (MEX)° S/ Martin Plowmann (GBR)°)
  10. #41 Greaves Motorsport (GBR) D Zytek Z11SN-Nissan (Christian Zugel (DEU)° B/ TBA/ TBA)
  11. #44 Starworks Motorsport* (USA) HPD ARX 03b-Honda (Alex Popow (VEN)/ Ryan Dalziel (GBR) P/ TBA)
  12. #45 OAK Racing (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Jacques Nicolet (FRA)° S/ TBA/ TBA)
  13. #47 KCMG° (CHN) M Morgan-Nissan (Alexander Impertori (CHE) G/ Matthew Howson (GBR) S/ Jim Ka To (CHN) - )
  14. #49 Pecom Racing (ARG) Oreca 03-Nissan (Luis Perez Companc (ARG)° S/ Nicolas Minassian (FRA)° P/ Pierre Kaffer (DEU)° P)


LMGTE Pro (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 6)

  1. #51 AF Corse**/° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Gianmaria Bruni (ITA)° P/ TBA -)
  2. #71 AF Corse**/° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Olivier Beretta (MCO)° P/ TBA -)
  3. #91 Porsche AG Team Manthey (DEU) M Porsche 911 RSR (Jörg Bergmeister (DEU) P/ Patrick Pilet (FRA) P/ Timo Bernhard (DEU) P)
  4. #92 Porsche AG Team Manthey (DEU) M Porsche 911 RSR (Marc Lieb (DEU) P/ Richard Lietz (AUT) P/ Romain Dumas (FRA) P)
  5. #97 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Darren Turner (GBR)° P/ Stefan Mücke (DEU)° P/ -)
  6. #99 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA)° G/ Bruno Senna (BRA)°/ -)

 

 


LMGTE Am (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 8)

  1. #50 Larbre Competition° (FRA) M Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 (Patrick Bornhauser (FRA)° S/ Julien Canal (FRA)° S/ Fernando Rees (BRA)° S)
  2. #57 Krohn Racing (USA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Tracy Krohn (USA) S/ Niclas Jönsson (SWE) G/ TBA)
  3. #61 AF Corse° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Jack Gerber (GBR)/ Matt Griffin (IRL)° S/ Marco Cioci (ITA)° G)
  4. #76 IMSA Performance Matmut (FRA) M Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Raymond Narac (FRA)° S/ Christophe Bourret (FRA)° S/ Jean-Karl Verney (FRA) P)
  5. #81 8 Star Motorsports (USA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Vicente Potolicchio (VEN) S/ TBA/ TBA)
  6. #88 Proton Competition (DEU) M Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Christian Ried (DEU) S/ Gianluca Roda (ITA)° S/ TBA)
  7. #95 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Christoffer Nygaard (DNK)° S/ Kristian Poulsen (DNK)° S/ Allan Simonsen (DNK)° G)
  8. #96 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Roald Goethe (DEU)° B/ Stuart Hall (GBR)° S/ Jamie Campbell-Walter (GBR)°)


TYRES –
M: MICHELIN
D: DUNLOP

CATEGORISATION
P: PLATINUM
G: GOLD
S: SILVER
B: BRONZE

* Subject to the FIA confirmation
** Entry under Article 41. C. b)
°Subject to the recepit of the licence
2013


Jeff Carter

 


Top International – WEC: Trente-cinq voitures sur l'épreuve d'ouverture de la saison

La liste provisoire des engagés aux 6 Heures de Silverstone, première course du Championnat du Monde d'Endurance FIA WEC 2013, comptera trois voitures de plus que la liste initiale de 32 participants à la saison.

L'écurie privée suisse Rebellion engage une deuxième Toyota-Lola en LMP1, cette entrée supplémentaire monte à sept, le nombre de voitures dans la catégorie. L'équipe Championne du Monde a quasiment conservé sa liste de pilotes avec Marcel Fassler, André Lotterer et Benoît Treluyer qui remettent leur titre en jeu sur l'Audi R18 e-tron quattro N°1 du team Audi Sport Joest, pendant que le Français Loïc Duval partagera l'Audi N°2 avec Tom Kristensen et Allan McNish.

Tous les pilotes des sept LMP1 ont donc été annoncés et le Royaume-Uni sera bien représenté pour la course d'ouverture à Silverstone grâce à Allan McNish (Audi), Anthony Davidson (Toyota), Danny Watts (Strakka), Nick Leventis (Strakka) et Jonny Kane (Strakka).

Les douze engagés pour la saison en LMP2 compteront deux voitures supplémentaires pour Silverstone : deux Morgan-Nissan pour les écuries Oak Racing et le team Chinois KCMG. La plupart des teams LMP2 n'ont pas encore dévoilé la liste complète de leurs pilotes pour les 6 Heures de Silverstone, mais du côté des locaux ont pourra compter sur Alex Brundle (Oak Racing), Jonathan Kennard (HVM Status GP), Martin Plowman (Oak Racing), Ryan Dalziel (Starworks Motorsport) et Matthew Howson (KCMG).

Hormis les pilotes de la deuxième voiture d'AF Corse (n°51) et de la n°71 du team Ferrari 458 Italia, les noms de tous les pilotes de la catégorie LMGTE Pro ont été communiqués. Porsche AG Team Manthey a désigné trois pilotes dans chacune de ses deux Porsche 911 RSR : Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Pilet et Timo Bernhard sur le N°91 et Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz et Romain Dumas sur la N°92. Les deux Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 ont bien l'intention de faire la différence pour leur course à domicile avec une armada de pilotes chevronnés tels que Darren Turner qui rejoint l'Allemand Stefan Mücke sur la N°97 et Fred Makowiecki qui sera aux côtés de Bruno Senna sur l'Aston N°99.

La liste des pilotes engagés dans la catégorie LMGTE Am est quasiment complète. Si Krohn Racing, 8 Star Motorsports et Proton Competition doivent encore dévoiler leurs équipages pour les 6 Heures de Silverstone, Jack Gerber (AF Corse), Stuart Hall (Aston Martin Racing) et le détenteur du RAC Tourist Trophy 2010 Jamie Campbell-Walter (Aston Martin Racing) représentent les pilotes britanniques dans la catégorie LMGTE. Ayant vécu près du circuit pendant de nombreuses années, l'Irlandais Matt Griffin (AF Corse) comptera également cette épreuve comme sa course à domicile.

Gérard Neveu, directeur du FIA WEC : "C'est un travail important, réalisé par l'ensemble des équipes pilotes, écuries et constructeurs qui nous permet aujourd'hui de présenter une liste de 35 engagés sur la toute première épreuve de la saison, une course à l'issue de laquelle sera attribué, pour la première fois dans notre championnat, le Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy. Rendez-vous pour les 6 Heures de Silverstone, le 14 avril prochain".

Le Championnat du Monde d'Endurance de la FIA 2013

La légende est de retour. Le FIA WEC va reprendre le cours de l'histoire du championnat constructeurs des années 50, 60, 70 ainsi que celle du Championnat du Monde d'Endurance Group C des années 80sans oublier le Championnat du Monde des Voitures de Sport des années 90.

Le 9 juin 2011 restera dans les anales de l'histoire, comme une des dates les plus importantes dans l'histoire récente de l'endurance. En effet, ce jour là, à l'occasion des 24 Heures du Mans 2011, Jean Todt et Jean-Claude Plassart, respectivement Présidents de la Fédération Internationale Automobile (FIA) et de l'Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), ont annoncé la création du Championnat du Monde d'Endurance FIA.

En décembre 2012, Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer et André Lotterer, comme Audi et Ferrari, recevaient les premiers trophées de champion du monde à l'occasion de la soirée de Gala de la FIA à Istanbul, lors de la remise des prix des championnats du monde FIA de Formule 1, de Rallye (WRC) ou encore de Voitures de Tourisme (WTC).

Le FIA WEC est aujourd'hui le summum de l'endurance sur des circuits de légende, tels que Spa-Francorchamps, Le Mans, Fuji, Interlagos, Silverstone, mais également sur des circuits dont l'histoire n'est pas encore ancienne, comme Bahreïn, Shanghai ou le Circuit des Amériques aux États Unis. Il s'agit de courses longues, durant lesquelles tout peut arriver avec, sur la même grille de départ, des prototypes et des voitures GT, des pilotes professionnels et des amateurs.

Le clou de la saison 2013 du FIA WEC, sera assurément le 90e anniversaire de la course des 24 Heures du Mans les 22 et 23 juin prochains.

2013 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST

LMP1 (NAT T CARS HYBRID 7)

  1. #1 Audi Sport Team Joest (DEU) M - Audi R18 e-tron quattro Hybrid (André Lotterer (DEU) P/ Benoit Tréluyer (FRA) P/ Marcel Fässler (CHE) P)
  2. #2 Audi Sport Team Joest (DEU) M - Audi R18 e-tron quattro Hybrid (Tom Kristensen (DNK) P/ Loïc Duval (FRA) P/ Allan McNish (GBR) P)
  3. #7 Toyota Racing (JPN) M - Toyota TS030-Hybrid Hybrid (Alexander Wurz (AUT) P/ Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) P)
  4. #8 Toyota Racing (JPN) M - Toyota TS030-Hybrid Hybrid (Anthony Davidson (GBR) P/ Sébastien Buemi (CHE) P/ Stéphane Sarrazin (FRA) P)
  5. #12 Rebellion Racing (CHE) M - Lola B12/60 Coupé-Toyota (Nicolas Prost (FRA) P/ Neel Jani (CHE)° P/ Nick Heidfeld (DEU)° P)
  6. #13 Rebellion Racing (CHE) M - Lola B12/60 Coupé-Toyota (Andrea Belicchi (ITA)° P/ Mathias Beche (CHE)° G/ Cong Fu Chen (CHN)° G)
  7. #21 Strakka Racing (GBR) M - HPD ARX 03c-Honda (Nick Leventis (GBR)° S/ Danny Watts (GBR)° P/ Jonny Kane (GBR)° P)


LMP2 (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 14)

  1. #24 OAK Racing** (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Olivier Pla (FRA)°/ P David Heinemeir Hanssson (DNK)° S/ Alex Brundle (GBR)° S)
  2. #25 Delta-ADR (GBR) Oreca 03-Nissan (John Martin (AUS) P/ TBA/ TBA)
  3. #26 G-DRIVE RACING (RUS) Oreca 03-Nissan (Roman Rusinov (RUS) S/ TBA/ TBA/)
  4. #28 Gulf Racing Middle East (ARE) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Nissan (Fabien Giroix (FRA) S/ TBA/ TBA)
  5. #29 Gulf Racing Middle East (ARE) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Nissan (Frédéric Fatien (CIV) B/ TBA/ TBA)
  6. #30 HVM Status GP (CAN) D Lola B12/80 Coupé-Judd (Jonathan Kennard (GBR)° G/ TBA/ TBA)
  7. #31 Lotus** (DEU) D Lotus T128 (Kevin Weeda (USA) B/ James Rossiter (GBR) P/ Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA)° P)
  8. #32 Lotus** (DEU) D Lotus T128 (Thomas Holzer (DEU) S/ TBA/ TBA)
  9. #35 OAK Racing** (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Bertrand Baguette (BEL) P/ Ricardo Gonzalez (MEX)° S/ Martin Plowmann (GBR)°)
  10. #41 Greaves Motorsport (GBR) D Zytek Z11SN-Nissan (Christian Zugel (DEU)° B/ TBA/ TBA)
  11. #44 Starworks Motorsport* (USA) HPD ARX 03b-Honda (Alex Popow (VEN)/ Ryan Dalziel (GBR) P/ TBA)
  12. #45 OAK Racing (FRA) D Morgan-Nissan (Jacques Nicolet (FRA)° S/ TBA/ TBA)
  13. #47 KCMG° (CHN) M Morgan-Nissan (Alexander Impertori (CHE) G/ Matthew Howson (GBR) S/ Jim Ka To (CHN) - )
  14. #49 Pecom Racing (ARG) Oreca 03-Nissan (Luis Perez Companc (ARG)° S/ Nicolas Minassian (FRA)° P/ Pierre Kaffer (DEU)° P)


LMGTE Pro (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 6)

  1. #51 AF Corse**/° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Gianmaria Bruni (ITA)° P/ TBA -)
  2. #71 AF Corse**/° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Olivier Beretta (MCO)° P/ TBA -)
  3. #91 Porsche AG Team Manthey (DEU) M Porsche 911 RSR (Jörg Bergmeister (DEU) P/ Patrick Pilet (FRA) P/ Timo Bernhard (DEU) P)
  4. #92 Porsche AG Team Manthey (DEU) M Porsche 911 RSR (Marc Lieb (DEU) P/ Richard Lietz (AUT) P/ Romain Dumas (FRA) P)
  5. #97 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Darren Turner (GBR)° P/ Stefan Mücke (DEU)° P/ -)
  6. #99 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA)° G/ Bruno Senna (BRA)°/ -)

 

 


LMGTE Am (NAT T CARS DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 8)

  1. #50 Larbre Competition° (FRA) M Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 (Patrick Bornhauser (FRA)° S/ Julien Canal (FRA)° S/ Fernando Rees (BRA)° S)
  2. #57 Krohn Racing (USA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Tracy Krohn (USA) S/ Niclas Jönsson (SWE) G/ TBA)
  3. #61 AF Corse° (ITA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Jack Gerber (GBR)/ Matt Griffin (IRL)° S/ Marco Cioci (ITA)° G)
  4. #76 IMSA Performance Matmut (FRA) M Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Raymond Narac (FRA)° S/ Christophe Bourret (FRA)° S/ Jean-Karl Verney (FRA) P)
  5. #81 8 Star Motorsports (USA) M Ferrari F458 Italia (Vicente Potolicchio (VEN) S/ TBA/ TBA)
  6. #88 Proton Competition (DEU) M Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Christian Ried (DEU) S/ Gianluca Roda (ITA)° S/ TBA)
  7. #95 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Christoffer Nygaard (DNK)° S/ Kristian Poulsen (DNK)° S/ Allan Simonsen (DNK)° G)
  8. #96 Aston Martin Racing** (GBR) M Aston Martin Vantage V8 (Roald Goethe (DEU)° B/ Stuart Hall (GBR)° S/ Jamie Campbell-Walter (GBR)°)


TYRES –
M: MICHELIN
D: DUNLOP

CATEGORISATION
P: PLATINUM
G: GOLD
S: SILVER
B: BRONZE

* Subject to the FIA confirmation
** Entry under Article 41. C. b)
°Subject to the recepit of the licence
2013



Jeff Carter


 

 

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