Chrysler withdraws SRT Viper squad from this year's 24 hours of Le Mans

Chrysler has withdrawn its factory SRT Viper squad from this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans it was announced on Tuesday (25/3/14).



Chrysler, which returned to Le Mans under the SRT brand last season, has decided not to contest the race with its pair of Riley-run SRT Viper GTS-Rs in the GTE Pro class. Instead focus in this seasons United SportsCar Championship.

However, they might be back at Le Mans for the 2015 race.

Overall, this is sad news that we won't see a Viper at Le Mans this year. But, did they did the right thing withdrawing its factory SRT Viper squad from this year's race? I personally think they've done wrong thing. It you look at their United SportsCar Championship results this season, third in GTLM class at Daytona, second in GTLM class at Sebring last time out, and eighth (24th overall) and ninth (31st overall) in LMGTE Pro class at Le Mans last year. And the Viper improving still all the time, I think Chrysler has done the wrong thing to withdrawn its Viper's at Le Mans this season.

So in GTE Pro class this year at Le Mans, we're only going to see Ferrari 458 Italia GT2, Aston Martin Vantage GTE, Porsche 991 RSR and the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R competing in GTE Pro class at Le Mans this season.

End of post/blog for now, new post soon. Bye.