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Archive for May, 2007

Audi DTM stars ready for Le Mans debut on the R10 TDI

Audi DTM stars Mattias Ekström, Lucas Luhr, Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller get the chance to complete their first laps in the Audi R10 TDI around the legendary Le Mans race track t […]

Planetlemans talks To Harold Primat

As the Le Mans weekend approaches the almost-32 years old Harold Primat is getting increasingly busy. A man of many trades with talents that go well beyond driving a top racing car, Harold wants to […]

Planetlemans talks To Jonny Kane

Jonny’s mornings are busy these days. Running, fitness, after all it is almost Le Mans time and you’d better be prepared. After a few years racing in the US Jonny returned to this side […]

Scuderia Ecosse Le Mans line-up confirmed

Scuderia Ecosse announced today that Chris Niarchos, Andrew Kirkaldy and Tim Mullen will pilot the team’s Ferrari 430 at the 75th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours next month. This is the same lin […]

June@Planetlemans, what’s in it for you?

The key month of the year is approaching at lightning speed and Planetlemans is preparing a number of items for the Le Mans 24 Hours coverage and beyond. By now our regular readers have noticed our […]

The Le Mans entry list is official!

As of today the entry list for the 75 Le Mans 24 Hours is official. The deadline for reserve cars to be called up to replace one of the 55 pre-selected entries has passed and with none of the 55 ca […]

Reflections about Bucharest: singing in the (Romanian) rain

by guest editor Simon Melluish
After a few days to reflect and despite the rain, the inaugural FIA GT event through the heart of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, seems to have been a ro […]

A very brief Le Mans 24 Hours History - Chapter 4

1969 was the last year of the Beatles together, the year of Woodstock and the end of the hippie era but it had also been the last year of the Le Mans start. The 1970 edition of the 24 Heures would […]

Jos Menten to join Team Modena for Le Mans

Dutch racer Jos Menten will now join Team Modena’s driver line-up for next month’s Le Mans 24-Hour race, sharing the team’s LM GT1 class Aston Martin DBR9 with Antonio Garcia and Chr […]

Planetlemans talks to Pedro Lamy

It was 1997 when the most successful Portuguese driver ever made a significant career change that would see him become one of the fastest endurance drivers around. Ten years later, reigning LMS GT1 […]

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