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The 2011 categories (2012 categories soon available)
"PROTOTYPES"
Generally produced specially for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but also for Le Mans Series Endurance races …etc, these cars are developed exclusively for on-track competitions, fulfilling the requirements of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest technical regulations. Because of their performances and level of technological development, they have a star status within Endurance Racing.
To be noted that Le Mans Series continues trying to modify its technical regulations in favour of ecology, by limiting the sound level of the cars; passing from 112 dbA to 110 dbA.
"LM"P2
Open or closed, are only for private teams, the specificity of these prototypes being that the price of the new car,
engine excluded but options included, should not exceed 345 000€, in order to control costs and the engines must be derived
from the one of origin.
In LM P2, the crews must count at least 1 gentleman driver.
In this category, the HPD ARX 01ds, the new Oreca 03s, the Zytek Nissan, the Lola B11/40 with Judd engine, the Courage-Oreca
LC 75 HPD, the Norma M200P Judd, the MG Lola EX265 – Judd and the Radical SR9 – IES …
- Minimum Weight: 900 kg
- Wing width: 1.60 m
- Maximum Cubic capacity: 5000 cm3 and 8 cylinders for the atmospheric engines, or mono turbo of 3200 cm3 and maximum 6 cylinders for the turbo engines
- Maximum rotor diameter: 38 cm
- Headlights beam: white
- Race N°: from 26 to 49
- Colour of LMP1 category sticker: blue
FLM
Integrated in 2010 in the Le Mans Series discipline, this year, the FLM category counts no less that five prototypes built by the Oreca group. We will be seeing Hope Racing, Neil Garner Motorsport, the Genoa Racing, and JMB Racing. Pegasus Racing, also entered in LM P2, will line up an FLM proto.
- Minimum weight: 900 kg
- Minimum weight: 1.60 m
- Maximum engine capacity: 6200 cm3
- Maximum disc diameter : Av: 380mm Ar : 355mm
- Fuel cell capacity: 85 litres
- Lights: blanc
- Race N°: from 91 to 99
- Colour of LMP1 category sticker: purple
Les « GRAND TOURISME (GT) Endurance »
The GT category gathers cars stemming from road homologated models and available on the market. The car must be of a minimum edition of 100 road models for the big manufacturers and 25 for the smaller ones. Easily recognisable by the public, the GT races are always very successful.
In conformity with the ACO 2011 regulations, the LM GT1 category disappears completely from long distance endurance racing and the LM GT2s are replaced by the LM GTEs split into two categories: LM GTE Pro and LM GTE Am.
LM GTE Pro
Concerns cars of the GT category « endurance pro »; the particularity being that professional crews are accepted.
The 2011 season brings much diversity to this category, and this should please both newcomers and well-informed amateurs, thanks
to the duels that will played between the Porsche 911 RSRs (997), the Ferrari F458 Italias, without forgetting the Aston Martin
Vantage.
LM GTE Am
This category is nearly the same as the LM GTE Pro, the difference being that there can only be one professional driver in each crew.
- Minimum Weight: 1145 kg
- Maximum width: 200 cm
- Maximum Cubic capacity: identical to the LM GT1 category in 2010
- Carbon breaks prohibited (only ferrous)
- Tank capacity: 90 litres
- Maximum 6 gear box
- Headlights beam: yellow
- Race N°: from 50 to 90
- Colour of LM GTE Pro category sticker: Green
- Colour of LM GTE Am category sticker: Orange
LM GTC
Like for the Formula Le Mans, the aim of this new class is to offer to new teams and new drivers the opportunity to access the GT Endurance world at a European level for a limited budget. Eligible cars are taken from one-make series organised by the Brands themselves.
Three models are on the list for 2012:
- Ferrari F430 Challenge
- Lotus Evora GT4/GTC
- Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 2010 & 2011
The drivers’ crew will follow the same schema as LM GTE AM: 2 or 3 drivers including one Platinum or Gold driver maximum.
Colour of the sticker: grey.