FM4 FM Le Mans Series S1

Andrew Skinner · Feb 13, 2012

Hey guys. thought id just throw this out there, is anybody intrested in doing a lemans style series. it would be a dual class championship with GT's and LMP1's starting at sebring and ending with an endurance event at Lemans ) Races would take place on a sunday either in the afternoon or Evening, starting in april and will rotate once a month . as with the dtm league there will be a vetting event. car classes will have a nice mix of fast and slower guys in. To make this an intresting series, upgrades would be allowed to R1 998 For LMP1s and R2 875 for GT's

races are to be the last sunday of every month dates below, the vetting event will be the w/c 16th april and will be run midweek to to f1 2011 commitments

Planned Tracks and dates

April 29th - Round 1 - Sebring. USA 90 mins
May 27th - Round 2 - Circuit de Catalunya. Spain 2 hours
June 24th - Round 3 - Mugello. Italy 2 hours
July 29th - Round 4 - Silverstone. Great Britan 90 mins
August 26th - Round 5 - Suzuka Circuit. Japan 90 mins
Septmember 30th - Round 6 - Nurburgring Nordschlife. Germany 2 hours
October 28th - Round 7- Race Department Lemans Grand Prix. France 2hrs 30 mins

All assists are banned execpt line and gearing
User Created Designs and Setups Allowed.
Teams May be made but ill confirm this. Teams will be allowed one major sponsor (which appears on both cars) but designs may be individual

Points

1st 25
2nd 20
3rd 15
4th 12
5th 10
6th 9
7th 8
8th 7
9th 6
10th 5
11th 4
12th 3
13th 2
14, 15 and 16th 1
Overal Pole 5
Class Pole 3
Class win 10

Huge points on offer e.g. Finish First, win your class, get Overall Pole and Class Pole = 43 points

Allowed Cars
LMP1's - Limit R1 998
Chevrolet Racing Oreca FLM09 (all Models)
Acura Arx-01b (all Models) and ARX-02A (all Models)
Bentley Speed 7
Audi R15 and R15++
Aston Martin Lola
BMW LMR
Cadillac LMP-02
Ferrari F333SP
Panoz LMP-01
Peugeot Sport 908
Mazda B09/86
Toyota GT-One

GT' 1s - Limit R2 875
Aston Martin DBR9
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
McLaren F1 GTR
Maserati MC12
Nissan R390 GT1
Pagani Zonda GR
Saleen S7R

GT2's Limit 800
BMW Z4 GT3
BMW M3 GT2
BMW M3 GTR
Audi R8 LMS
Jaguar RSR XKR GT
Ferrari F430GT
Ferrari 458GT
Dodge Viper GTS-R
Ford GT Mk7
Panoz Esperante GTLM

See you all on the track

Intrested drivers (confirmed) = Confirmed drivers
Andrew Skinner (Confirmed)
Chris Bell (Confirmed)
Karl Raper
Tom Moreno(Confirmed)
Mark Turner
Bradley Cappas-jenner
Steve Freeman (Possibly) (Confirmed)
Jeffery Koranteng,
Billy

Planed Classes (based on sign Ups)
LMP
Jeffery Koranteng
Karl Raper
Steve Freeman

GT 1
Mark Turner
Tom Moreno
Chris Bell

GT2
Andrew Skinner
Ryan Silvestre
Billy Phelps

Tom Moreno · Feb 20, 2012

Ryan Sylvester said:
I felt the same way, not a challenge to drive these cars with all assists on.. for the amount of time that these races will be on for, and in all likelyhood, long stretches of driving alone around the track, would be pretty boring without a challenge from the car itself.

Why can't I double Like?

Ryan Sylvester · Feb 20, 2012

Tom Moreno said:
Why can't I double Like?

I can like back? does that count lol

Peter Vermeulen · Feb 20, 2012

Yeah,indeed also prefer to have assists off.
Makes it more real for these long races. Will make you feel battered after racing that long.
Just barking line and all methods of shifting (manual,manual with clutch).

But if some want to use them fine for me.
I go for the full package anyway.

Bring on the pain!!!!!

Tom Moreno · Feb 20, 2012

Peter Vermeulen said:
Just barking line...

Now that's a racing term I've not heard before, does it have to do with putting off the driver in front of you to try and force a mistake?

Ryan Sylvester · Feb 20, 2012

I agree with Peter.. Braking line and all methods of shifting..

I need that line lol!!

Wayne Thomas · Feb 20, 2012

If you really want a challenge try all assists off AND use a controller.
2 hours later you wont feel anything - in your hands anyway.

Thats why I'm passing on this series

......

Peter Vermeulen · Feb 20, 2012

hahaha epic typo from me

@ Tom : hahaha rofl

Well it's the newest racing technique that's implemented by FIA. If you react to slow you get barked of the line and need to give a cookie to the line before you can resume racing.

@ Wayne : That is indeed the pain.However I managed to complete the endurance races without issues in F2/F3 before by using a pad. Could be that when I'm not getting the car nailed down on the track that I'll stick to my pad as well for this.

Steve Freeman · Feb 20, 2012

Tom Moreno said:
Hmmmn... Not a huge fan of assisted racing

Me to Tom, thats the whole fun/skill of it, will have to reconsider i think.

Chris Bell · Feb 20, 2012

Wayne Thomas said:
If you really want a challenge try all assists off AND use a controller.
2 hours later you wont feel anything - in your hands anyway.

Thats why I'm passing on this series ......

Like meee!

Andrew Skinner · Feb 20, 2012

changed to assists off

Mark Turner · Feb 20, 2012

i agree with Tom and Steve not sure now but will check the dates

Jeffery Koranteng · Feb 20, 2012

am in too

Jeffery Koranteng · Feb 20, 2012

am in too
xbl: The Rock182

Bradley Capps-Jenner · Feb 21, 2012

Wayne Thomas said:
If you really want a challenge try all assists off AND use a controller.
2 hours later you wont feel anything - in your hands anyway.

Thats why I'm passing on this series ......

I've done a 4 hour endurance race before using a controller! Damn neally lost my fingers!