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Archive for February, 2008

All-Argentine line-up for Advanced Engineering PeCom Racing Team

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ February 25, 2008 ⋅ One comment

During the winter Planetlemans had already hinted at an all-Argetinian driver line-up joining the FIA-GT championship in view of the upcoming Potrero de los Funes round and the potential 2009 expansion of the series to other South American venues. This is now confirmed and here follows the official FIA-GT press release[…]

RIP Paul Frère (30-01-1917 - 23-02-2008)

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ February 24, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

Sad news this weekend from Belgium where it was announced that former racing driver and journalist Paul Frère passed away at the age of 91. Despite his age Frère was still a welcome guest at several circuits and was seen at multiple events last season. […]

SRT confirms FFSA and FIA GT plans for 2008

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ February 23, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

The new season is approaching at the rate of knots and during the coming weeks SRT are putting the final touches in preparation for the first races of 2008. Patrick Selleslagh’s team are taking on 2008 on various fronts and in a higher gear. […]

Pierre Ragues joins Pescarolo LMP2 effort

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ February 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Frenchman Pierre Ragues has signed to compete for Pescarolo on the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year. The team is directed by Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo, and Pierre will drive an all-new LMP2 Pescarolo-Judd throughout his campaign. […]

SRT to enter a Corvette C6.R in the FIA GT

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ February 23, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Selleslagh Racing Team (SRT) will once again compete in the FIA GT Championship this season. After running a Corvette C5-R in the 2007 season, in the Citation Cup, the team has bought an ex-Corvette Racing USA C6.R which will be driven by experienced sportscar driver Christophe Bouchut and one-time FIA GT driver and former World Series by Renault driver Xavier Maassen. […]

Planetlemans analyzes the Le Mans 24 Hours list

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ February 22, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Three Audis, three Peugeots. This will be the main battle and the recently release 55 car list from the A.C.O. confirmed it as the main feature of the 76th running of the La Sarthe mythical race. The list is varied, it has as usual remarkable presences, absences and polemic entries[…]

Planetlemans talks to Christian Klien

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ February 22, 2008 ⋅ One comment

He was a revelation in Formula 1 impressing a lot of people right from the start, it is hard to believe therefore that Christian Klien does not have a permanent seat in a top team…but this has changed just recently. While most of the rumors were centered about Alexander Wurz and Ricardo Zonta very few people knew that the young Austrian was also in Peugeot’s targets for the Le Mans effort.[…]

Planetlemans talks to Sergio Rinland

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ One comment

For those who did not believe in the existence of the Epsilon-Euskadi prototypes I am about to disappoint you. For those who thought this was a small effort of a bunch of dreamers the same goes. The story you are about to read is about a vision, the execution of that vision and an ambitious project that aims at putting this name at the top in many aspects in the coming years[…]

Successful second test day for VM Motorsport

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

On the second day of testing at Guadix the Van Merksteijn Motorsport team drivers Jos Verstappen and Peter van Merksteijn completed their stints without any serious problems. The team ended the test session with a new lap record and are very positive for the next test session at Paul Ricard and the first race at Barcelona. […]

Enge and his first impressions of the Lola-Aston

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Tomas Enge’s first test with the new Aston Martin powered LMP1 Coupé has made a big impression on the Czech driver. Enge’s first taste of the car, which is being developed for Charouz Racing System by Aston Martin Racing, came during a test at Snetterton, which he fully enjoyed . He shared the wheel with team-mates Jan Charouz, a fellow Czech, and Stefan Mucke, from Germany[…]