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LE MANS: 28 Entries For WEC Sao Paulo
Large contingent of South American drivers set for next weekend's FIA WEC Six Hours of Sao Paulo...
The FIA World Endurance Championship heads to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the South American round of the series. (Photo: LAT)
The first provisional entry list for the WEC 6 Hours of São Paulo on Saturday, Sept. 15 has been released with 28 cars entered for the South American round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship. The grid includes nine Latin American Drivers from Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela and, of course, Brazil.
Larbre Competition Fernando Rees is the only Brazilian full season entry in the team’s GTE Am class No. 50 Chevrolet Corvette but he will be joined on the grid by Lucas di Grassi in the No. 2 Audi R18, while Francisco Longo, Xandi Negrão and Enrique Bernoldi who will form an all Brazilian line up in the No. 61 AF Corse-Waltrip Ferrari.
The other Latin American entries all feature in the highly competitive LMP2 class. Venezuela’s Enzo Potolicchio has taken LMP2 class wins at Sebring and at Le Mans and will be looking for win number three in São Paulo in the No. 44 Starworks Motorsports HPD-Honda. The No. 41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan of Mexico’s Ricardo Gonzalez and Ecuador’s Elton Julian will be hoping for a good race at Interlagos, while Argentina’s Luis Perez Companc is competing in the No. 49 Pecom Racing Oreca-Nissan.
As they did in the last round at Silverstone, the Audi Sport Team Joest will field one Audi R18 e-tron quattro for Andre Lotterer, Benoit Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler and one Audi R18 Ultra for Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen, the pair being joined by Lucas di Grassi in the diesel powered car.
After a superb competitive podium finish at Silverstone the Toyota Racing team will once again field a single TS030 hybrid for Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre, who will have their sights firmly set on pushing Audi off of the top step of the podium in Brazil.
A total of 18 Le Mans Prototypes will make the trip to Brazil with 7 LMP1 and 11 LMP2 entries due to take the start on Saturday 15 September.
In GTE Pro, Luxury Racing will be missing from the grid, so four cars will compete for GTE honors at the 6 Hours of São Paulo. As they did in England earlier this month, the GTE Pro class is still expected to provide some of the best racing action during the six hour race with the two AF Corse Ferraris taking on the No. 77 Felbermayr-Proton Porsche on the No. 97 Aston Martin Vantage.
In GTE Am six entries will fight for class honors with two Ferraris taking on two Porsches and two Corvettes, making this a mouth watering battle around the 4.309km Interlagos track.
“We are happy to announce a high quality 28 car grid for the 6 Hours of São Paulo. The event in Brazil marks the start of the second part of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship and provides the perfect backdrop for the WECs first adventure into South America,” said FIA WEC CEO Gérard Neveu.
“The entry list features several well known Brazilian drivers who will join us for their home race and their presence will help us attract a large crowd for what will be one of the most exciting races of the season in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.”
ENTRY LIST: Six Hours of Sao Paulo
Larbre Competition Fernando Rees is the only Brazilian full season entry in the team’s GTE Am class No. 50 Chevrolet Corvette but he will be joined on the grid by Lucas di Grassi in the No. 2 Audi R18, while Francisco Longo, Xandi Negrão and Enrique Bernoldi who will form an all Brazilian line up in the No. 61 AF Corse-Waltrip Ferrari.
The other Latin American entries all feature in the highly competitive LMP2 class. Venezuela’s Enzo Potolicchio has taken LMP2 class wins at Sebring and at Le Mans and will be looking for win number three in São Paulo in the No. 44 Starworks Motorsports HPD-Honda. The No. 41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan of Mexico’s Ricardo Gonzalez and Ecuador’s Elton Julian will be hoping for a good race at Interlagos, while Argentina’s Luis Perez Companc is competing in the No. 49 Pecom Racing Oreca-Nissan.
As they did in the last round at Silverstone, the Audi Sport Team Joest will field one Audi R18 e-tron quattro for Andre Lotterer, Benoit Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler and one Audi R18 Ultra for Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen, the pair being joined by Lucas di Grassi in the diesel powered car.
After a superb competitive podium finish at Silverstone the Toyota Racing team will once again field a single TS030 hybrid for Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre, who will have their sights firmly set on pushing Audi off of the top step of the podium in Brazil.
A total of 18 Le Mans Prototypes will make the trip to Brazil with 7 LMP1 and 11 LMP2 entries due to take the start on Saturday 15 September.
In GTE Pro, Luxury Racing will be missing from the grid, so four cars will compete for GTE honors at the 6 Hours of São Paulo. As they did in England earlier this month, the GTE Pro class is still expected to provide some of the best racing action during the six hour race with the two AF Corse Ferraris taking on the No. 77 Felbermayr-Proton Porsche on the No. 97 Aston Martin Vantage.
In GTE Am six entries will fight for class honors with two Ferraris taking on two Porsches and two Corvettes, making this a mouth watering battle around the 4.309km Interlagos track.
“We are happy to announce a high quality 28 car grid for the 6 Hours of São Paulo. The event in Brazil marks the start of the second part of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship and provides the perfect backdrop for the WECs first adventure into South America,” said FIA WEC CEO Gérard Neveu.
“The entry list features several well known Brazilian drivers who will join us for their home race and their presence will help us attract a large crowd for what will be one of the most exciting races of the season in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.”
ENTRY LIST: Six Hours of Sao Paulo
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