The preliminary checklist of vehicles and drivers entered for the eleventh version of the favored Peter Auto Le Mans Traditional is online. This 12 months’s Traditional, to be held June 29-July 2, can be a really particular one celebrating the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Peter Auto Traditional is an unbelievable “rolling museum,” with well-remembered equipment introduced again to life each summer season for 4 full days of qualifying and racing. This 12 months’s centenary version is all of the extra “the version to not be missed” for almost all of opponents.
And the entry information tells the story: Greater than 600 entries have been obtained and 275 vehicles have already been chosen.
On checklist of ‘massive names’ entered to this point:
Emanuele Pirro who distinguished himself in Touring and Endurance occasions and gained Le Mans 5 instances in his 13 begins;
Jenson Button, the Formulation 1 World Champion in 2009, raced 17 seasons in F1 from 2000 to 2016 and competed within the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018;
Jan Magnussen has 22 Le Mans appearances and 25 F1 Grand Prix begins to his credit score;
Darren Turner gained the 24 Hours within the GT1 class in 2007 and 2008, and has made 17 Le Mans appearances;
Brian Redman took half within the 24 Hours of Le Mans 12 instances. He boasts a exceptional sport-prototype document, successful the 24 Hours of Daytona thrice and the 12 Hours of Sebring twice amongst different successes;
Vanina Ickx is the daughter of Belgian star Jacky Ickx (aka “Monsieur Le Mans”) and is aware of the Sarthe circuit effectively as she has competed there seven instances. She has additionally participated within the Dakar, raced within the FIA GT, Le Mans Collection and Pikes Peak.
So as to provide the general public and the opponents homogeneous grids by way of efficiency and historic relevance, the fashions chosen for the 2023 Le Mans Traditional are these which took half within the 24 Hour between 1923 and 1981. Precedence is given to vehicles which have competed within the occasion.
So as to full this provisional checklist, two additional choice committees can be held on the finish of January and February, with the ultimate checklist anticipated to characteristic 750 vehicles. Grids 1 to six will convey collectively a complete of 450 vehicles; an additional 300 can be support-race machines: Endurance Racing Legends, Group C Racing, Porsche Traditional Race Le Mans, and The Benjafield’s Le Mans Centenary Race.
Extra details about the 2023 Le Mans Traditional may be discovered HERE.
