Le Mans entry list

The ACO have today announced the entry list for the 77th edition of the Le Mans 24 hours - see Autosport - including 55 confirmed entries.

The highlights:

LM-P1 - 21 cars, including 5 Audis, 4 Peugeots and 4 Aston Martins 

LM-P2 - 12 cars, including various Lola Mazdas and the Judd engined variants up against 3 Porsche RS Spyders

GT1 - 8 cars, 4 Corvettes, 2 Aston DBR9 and 2 Lamborghini

GT2 - 14 cars, including 9 Ferrari F430 (so Porsche with 3 entries should probably win this class again).  There's a lone Aston V8 Vantage in here for Drayson Racing too!

Driver confirmations will no doubt happen quite shortly but the big thing in LMP1 is the 3 new Audi R15s for the factory + 2 R10s for privateer Kolles racing, plus 3 Peugeot for the factory and 1 to be run by Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo (alongside one of his own petrol cars).

Also 4 Astons was more than I certainly was expecting! 2 'factory' cars plus 2 other entries.

Clearly although Le Mans and the whole of sportscar racing isn't anything like the costs of F1 and the rest things aren't looking too bad at this stage!

2009 24 hours of Le Mans

We've finally managed to confirm details for our 'preferred' hotel and chalet options for the 2009 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Space (as always) is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis so don't hang around!

Just think... Audi vs Peugeot vs Aston Martin in LMP1 - that's almost as good as Porsche vs Jaguar back in the 1980's! Maybe, just maybe, Aston can spring the sort of suprise that saw Mazda take overall victory back in the 1990's too!

See you there...

More information - 24 hours of Le Mans

Goodwood 2009

Good news from Goodwood - 2009 Festival of Speed and Revival hospitality packages are now shown on our website.

Even better - all prices are the Official Prices from Goodwood - you pay us the same as you would to Goodwood!

We are pleased to accept bookings from 2 guests upwards and can accept payment by credit or debit card (credit cards subject to surcharge - Visa/Mastercard @ 2.6%, Amex @ 3.6%).

Contact us for more details - or visit our website for details of the glorious Goodwood Events

2009 - could this be F1's best year for a while?

It's been a bit quiet in the office recently - we're still gobsmacked by how ugly some of the cars are at the moment... beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say, but how come the Red Bull looks fairly good?

Anyway, what with the changes in regulations it looks like the season should be ultra-competitive and potentially very open! 2009 definitely looks like a good time to go see F1 live at a circuit too!

Packages for the British Grand Prix are selling fast (2 facilities already full for race day and qualifying with others not far away) and I know although we don't get involved that grandstands at various parts of the circuit are already sold out!

Other Grand Prix destinations in demand for 2009 include Barcelona and Valencia, Monaco (as always) and Monza - if you've got any interest in seeing F1 up close then visit our website for more information on hospitality and 'ground' packages... www.motorracinghospitality.com