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Archive for December, 2007

Verstappen, Bleekemolen and van Merksteijn to race Porsche RS Spyder

Under the banner of Van Merksteijn Motorsport by Equipe Verschuur, Jos Verstappen, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Peter van Merksteijn will be racing a Porsche RS Spyder sports prototype next season. The programme includes participation in the 1000 kilometre races of the Le Mans Series (LMS) plus the Le Man[…]

Entrylist update

All the entrylist updates for the American Le Mans Series, the Le Mans Series and the Classic Endurance Racing, the FIA GT and FIA GT3 Championships and the Le Mans 24 Hours can be found here. For every race the lists are updated every time driver and team related news is published.

PK Carsport goes for Saleen in 2008 FIA GT Championship

Even though the 2007 season is only just behind us, the PK Carsport team is already focussing on 2008. “But little will remain the same”, explains Anthony Kumpen. “In both FIA GT and the Mediagroep Van Dyck Belcar GT3 championship, we say farewell to the Corvette and in the nationa[…]

Racing for Holland confirms Le Mans absence

Jan Lammers has decided not to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Racing for Holland in 2008. Over the past seven years Racing for Holland often was the best performing privateer team at Le Mans. But Lammers finds the financial risks to big and is focusing in his role as team principal of Racing f[…]

Spyker reaches refinancing agreement

Spyker Cars N.V., the Dutch manufacturer of exclusive premium sports cars, announces that it has reached an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Snoras Bank of Vilnius, Lithuania ("Snoras") for the refinancing of its operations.[…]

BMS moving back to Ferrari

BMS Scuderia Italia in partnership with Pirelli will take part in 2008 in the FIA GT Championship (GT2) with two Ferrari F430GTC m.y. 08.[…]

Jan Lammers confirmed at Horag Racing for 2008

Horag Racing and its two primary drivers, Fredy Lienhard and Didier Theys, are very optimistic about the 2008 racing season after a flawless shakedown test of their brand-new Lista Office and Lista-sponsored Porsche RS Spyder last weekend at the Catalunya circuit north of Barcelona, Spain.[…]

Site updates

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Fiorano test for CR Scuderia

Christmas came early for CR Scuderia yesterday when the team took delivery of the world's first 2008-specification GT2 Ferrari 430. The team travelled to Fiorano in Italy for a private test with Andrew Kirkaldy on driving duty for the shakedown.[…]

Planetlemans analyzes the LMS season - GT2

A classic duel, a field of almost 20 cars and close racing were a powerful recipe to make GT2 one of the most attractive classes to watch at the 2007 LMS. Virgo and Felbermayr-Proton were the current incarnation of the Ferrari vs Porsche rivalry, the British team clinching the championship at Silver[…]

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