Whereas the LMP2 class now not has a spot within the FIA WEC since this season, the class with the sixteen equivalent Oreca 07 – Gibson might be current in Le Mans. Exactly due to the equivalent materials, the LMP2 class is especially open and naturally with out BoP. The category additionally has one subcategory, particularly the LMP2 Professional/Am class. It’s putting that within the LMP2 class we don’t discover a single Belgian driver and hardly one crew with Belgian roots, particularly DKR Engineering.
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Eight of the sixteen automobiles in LMP2 may be labeled as ‘Professional’, together with many giant groups which are additionally current in ELMS. The excellence between the overall classification and Professional/Am is that no less than one ‘Bronze’ rider should begin in Professional/Am. Moreover, every crew will need to have no less than one ‘Silver’ driver and a most of 1 ‘Platinum’ driver.
Some groups have two automobiles, however no construction brings two Oreca 07 ‘Professional’ to the beginning. Clearly we discover many fewer actually huge names than up to now, given the increase of the Hypercar class, however Bent Viscaal (Proton Competitors), Patrick Pilet (Vector Sport), Oliver Jarvis (United Autosports) or Ritomo Mitaya (Cool Racing) have already got good letters of the Aristocracy. We all know Job van Uitert (IDEC Sport) from Comtoyou Racing and GT World. If we check out the standings within the present European Le Mans Collection, we see that the present numbers three and 4 within the factors standings (Cool Racing and IDEC Sport) seem firstly with their common crew in Le Mans.
We additionally see gents with expertise in LMP2 Professional/Am, particularly Nicky Catsburg (Crowdstrike Racing), Louis Deletraz (AO by TF), Filipe Albuquerque (United Autosports USA) or Ben Barnicoat (AF Corse).
Making a prediction for the LMP2 class in Le Mans is extraordinarily troublesome, each basically and within the LMP2 Professional/Am class, though United Autosports USA and AF Corse appear to be very effectively outfitted within the latter. DKR Engineering, third within the class final yr with Maxime Martin, Ugo De Wilde and Tom Van Rompuy, is doing it this season with the trio Mattschull-Binder-Horr.
