Le Mans wants FIA to avoid F1 race clashes
- Published on 09 May 2016 14:47
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- By: Rob Veenstra
The organiser of Le Mans is confident next year's edition of the fabled 24 hour sports car race will not clash with formula one. Nico Hulkenberg, who drives full-time for Force India, is unable to defend his 2015 Le Mans crown next month because the race clashes with the first grand prix in Azerbaijan.
Some have suggested the clash was engineered by Bernie Ecclestone to stop drivers like Hulkenberg from combining programmes, but FIA president Jean Todt explained: "Organising the calendar is a very tricky job. "You have 21 races in formula one, 10 races in Formula E, 10 races in world endurance and 14 rallies. To make a calendar without any conflict is not possible."
But Pierre Fillon, the president of the Le Mans-organising Automobile Club de l'Ouest, told NBC: "It's a shame for fans, it's a shame for formula one drivers." When asked if the FIA should move to stop similar clashes in the future, he added: "Yes. For sure. I'm sure next year, they will find a solution to avoid this clash." (GMM)
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lemans is the only classic race left, the 24hr nurburgring nordischillfe is a great race but has little publicity and some of the classes shouldn't be included in that race and its also hard to get access to watch living in north america.
we need a new race that would include all the great series in one race shootout.
imagine a race like lemans that would include the only the top 3 or 4 top teams from all the the series world wide.
including, lmp 1 hybrids,Lmp1, lmp 2, Formula 1, DTM, 500, super GT, Indycar, Blancpain, super formula,nascar, imsa etc.
just to promote racing this would be a ideal yearly gathering.