A new and exciting era in World Endurance Sports Car and GT Racing as Silverstone plays host to the Autosport 1000km, the first round of the new Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
Jean-Claude Plassart, President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, said that It is indeed a new chapter for endurance racing. Based on very best and strongest established traditional events in each of our series 'LE MANS' in the world (LMS in Europe, ALMS in North America and Asian LMS in Asia).
Le Mans heavyweights Audi and Peugeot will compete for the title, along with Aston Martin at Silverstone and China. In GT2, Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, Jaguar will all be taking part in an official capacity.
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Reigning Le Mans 24 hour winners Peugeot will focus their attention on building a new prototype for 2011 and are unlikely to compete in the new ACO Intercontinental Cup.
The Cup which will combine the Sebring 1000 race, The Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta and the Asian Le Mans series race has already attracted the interest of Peugeot's great rival Audi, but the French manufacturer has more pressing commitments.
Speaking to the British publication "Autosport" Peugeot Sport boss Olivier Quesnel said that Peugeot was unlikely to have any factory presence in 2010 after the Le Mans 24 Hours.
"The Intercontinental Cup is a good idea, but we can't do everything." he said.
Mr Quesnel said that Peugeot had two main objectives for 2010 "to do our best with the current car at Le Mans and to build a new car for 2011,"
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Friday, September 10, 2010
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