So, I?ve been listening to the Le Mans preview shows on RLM, and I?m not sure yet what to make of this years race. Overall it is fair to assume that Audi is going to win it. It is sad for everyone that Peugeot has dropped out, and so there is no real competition for the overall win. Then again it is going to be interesting to see whether Toyota are going to be as quick (or quicker) as the Audis as they claim. The battle for "LMP1-P" is going to be very hard, and I can?t make out the obvious winner for that one.
It?s nice to see the LMP2 class with such a strong field, and while there are some stronger entries, there is no way to tell who is going to come out on top. Could someone quickly explain the "incident" with Deletraz, there seemed to be quite the controversy surrounding him, but RLM didn?t say much during the preview.
GTE-Pro, the class I was watching Le Mans for in the past years, has a quite a small field of only nine cars. Four 458s, two 911, two Corvettes and one Aston. Despite their great driver line-up, I have the suspicion Aston is not going to be the winning team. The RSR is getting a bit long in the tooth, but can never be neglected. Corvette & Ferrari are equally strong. This is going to be a hard fought class, bit of a shame that there are so few entries.
And GTE-Am, well I simply don?t care. I appreciate what they are doing for the sport, I would probably run as well if I had the money, but the outcome is not going to make or break my sunday.
Looking forward to test day and qualifying, especially for the speed of the Toyotas.