Le Mans Series skydes i gang denne weekend, og selvom deltagerlisten er svundet noget i forhold til de senere sæsoner, så vil særligt LMP1- og GTE-klassen kunne byde på topdueller.
Le Castellet 6 Hours, som løbet på Paul Ricard kaldes, vil se debuten til Aston Martin Racings nye LMP1, AMR-One. Det bliver Stefan Mücke, Harold Primat og Darren Turner, der skal deles om bilen, der skal op imod Rebellion Racing og Pescarolo Sport, der begge viste styrke i forsæsontesten.
LM GTE-klassen er som bekendt delt op i Pro og Am, men flere Am-hold vil blande sig helt fremme. Danske Allan Simonsen, der i den forgangne weekend deltog i løb i australsk GT, får første tur i den nye Ferrari F458, som fabrikken ikke har kunnet levere før nu.
Sådan kører Le Mans Series i første løb på Le Castellet/Paul Ricard HTTT:
Fredag:
| 11:55 | 12:55 | LE MANS SERIES | Free practice 1 | 60′ |
| 16:30 | 17:30 | LE MANS SERIES | Free practice 2 | 60′ |
Lørdag: |
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| 09:00 | 10:00 | LE MANS SERIES | Free practice 3 | 60′ |
| 13:45 | 14:05 | LE MANS SERIES | Qualifying – LM GTE Pro& LM GTE Am | 20′ |
| 14:15 | 14:35 | LE MANS SERIES | Qualifying – LM P1 & LM P2 & FLM | 20′ |
Søndag: |
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| 09:00 | 09:20 | LE MANS SERIES | Warm-Up | 20′ |
| 09:45 | 10:15 | LE MANS SERIES | Autograph session | |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | LE MANS SERIES | Race | Seks timer |
Deltagerliste til Le Castellet 6 Hours*”LM”P1
| TEAM | Nat. | Bil | Kørere | |
| 12 | Rebellion Racing | Switzerland | Lola B10/60 Coupé – Toyota | Nicolas Prost
Neel Jani |
| 13 | Rebellion Racing | Switzerland | Lola B10/60 Coupé – Toyota | Andrea Belicchi
Jean-Christophe Boullion |
| 16 | Pescarolo Sport | France | Pescarolo – Judd | Emmanuel Collard
Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse |
| 18 | Guess Racing Europ | Belgium | Lola B09/80 Coupé – Judd | Philippe Hazebrouck
Wolfgang Kaufmann |
| 20 | Quifel – ASM Team | Portugal | Zytek 09SC | Miguel Amaral
Olivier Pla |
”LM”P2
| N° | TEAM | COUNTRY | CAR | DRIVERS |
| 36 | RML | United Kingdom | HPD ARX -01d | Mike Newton
Tommy Erdos Ben Collins |
| 39 | Pecom Racing | Argentine | Lola B11/40 – Judd | Luis Perez Companc
Matias Russo Pierre Kaffer |
| 40 | Race Performance | Switzerland | Oreca 03 – Judd | Michel Frey
Ralph Meichtry Thor-Christian Ebbesvik |
| 41 | Greaves Motorsport | United Kingdom | Zytek Z11SN – Nissan | Karim Ojjeh
Gary Chalandon Tom Kimber-Smith |
| 42 | Strakka Racing | United Kingdom | HPD ARX – 01 | Nick Leventis
Danny Watts Jonny Kane |
| 43 | RLR msport | United Kingdom | MG Lola EX265 – AER | Barry Gates
Rob Garofall Simon Phillips |
| 44 | Extreme Limite AM Paris | France | Norma M200P – Judd | Fabien Rosier
Jean-Pierre Luco Maurice Basso |
| 45 | Boutsen Energy Racing | Belgium | Oreca 03 – Nissan | Dominik Kraihamer
Nicolas De Crem |
| 46 | TDS Racing | France | Oreca 03 – Nissan | Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet |
FLM
| N° | TEAM | COUNTRY | CAR | DRIVERS |
| 91 | Hope Polevision Racing | Switzerland | Formula Le Mans – Oreca – 09 | Luca Moro
Michael Tinguely Zhang Shanqi |
| 92 | Neil Garner Motorsport | United Kingdom | Formula Le Mans – Oreca – 09 | John Hartshorne
Steve Keating Phil Keen |
| 93 | Genoa Racing | the United States | Formula Le Mans – Oreca – 09 | Jens Petersen
Elton Julian Christian Zugel |
| 95 | Pegasus Racing | France | Formula Le Mans – Oreca – 09 | Mirco Schultis
Patrick Simon |
| 99 | JMB Racing | Monaco | Formula Le Mans – Oreca – 09 | TBA |
”LM”GTE PRO
| N° | TEAM | COUNTRY | CAR | DRIVERS |
| 51 | AF Corse | Italy | Ferrari F458 Italia | Giancarlo Fisichella
Gianmaria Bruni |
| 66 | JMW Motorsport | United Kingdom | Ferrari F458 Italia | Rob Bell
James Walker |
| 71 | AF Corse | Italy | Ferrari F458 Italia | Jaime Melo
Toni Vilander |
| 75 | Prospeed Competition | Belgium | Porsche 911 RSR (997) | Marco Holzer
Richard Westbrook |
| 76 | IMSA Performance Matmut | France | Porsche 911 RSR (997) | Raymond Narac
Patrick Pilet |
| 77 | Team Felbermayr Proton | Germany | Porsche 911 RSR (997) | Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz |
| 78 | Gruppem-Eterniti Racing | United Kingdom | Porsche 911 RSR (997) | Tim Sugden
Stephen Jelley |
| 79 | JOTA | United Kingdom | Aston Martin Vantage | Sam Hancock
Simon Dolan |
| 86 | Young Driver AMR | Germany | Aston Martin Vantage | Tomas Enge
Alex Muller |
| 89 | Hankook Team Farnbacher | Germany | Ferrari F430 GT | Dominik Farnbacher
Allan Simonsen |
”LM”GTE AM
| N° | TEAM | COUNTRY | CAR | DRIVERS |
| 61 | AF Corse | Italy | Ferrari F430 | Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci Stéphane Lemeret |
| 67 | IMSA Performance Matmut | France | Porsche 911 RSR (997) | Raymond Narac
Nicolas Armindo |
| 70 | Kessel Racing | Italy | Ferrari F430 | Michael Broniszewski
Philipp Peter |
| 72 | AF Corse | Italy | Ferrari F430 | Robert Kauffman
Rui Aguas |
| 82 | CRS Racing | United Kingdom | Ferrari F430 | Klaas Hummel
Adam Christidoulou Phil Quaife |
| 88 | Team Felbermayr Proton | Germany | Porsche 911 RSR (997) | Martin Ragginger
Christian Ried Patrick Long |
* Aston Martin Racing ikke tilmeldt officielt – men har selv offentliggjort deltagelse i løbet.
Foto: Jean Michel Le Meur/DPPI
