Archive for February, 2008
Planetlemans on The Tour Podcast
Our very own Sportscar expert, Gabriel Portos was a guest on the latest Tour Podcast - for Fans of Global Motorsport. You will have read many articles written by Gabriel here on PLM but now you can hear him talk to me as we discuss the latest news from around the globe […]
Van Merksteijn Motorsport completes first test day
The Van Merksteijn Motorsport team completed its first day of testing with the brand new Porsche RS Spyder at the southern Spanish circuit of Guadix. Despite some minor problems with the car the team had a really good day and all three drivers were able to do several laps. […]
Tafel Racing to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Tafel Racing will contend for the LM GT2 class honors this June at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Automobile Club De L’Ouest (ACO), official sanctioning body of the world’s most famous sports car race, announced the Jim Tafel (Alpharetta, Ga.) owned team has been honored as one of only 13 cars invited to participate in the road-based LM GT2 class at the June 14-15 24 hour event. […]
CR Scuderia tests at Snetterton
CR Scuderia’s FIA GT programme got off to a flying start yesterday with a productive test session at Snetterton. The day’s running was delayed by freezing fog over Norfolk but, once that lifted, the engines were fired up and the cars took to the track[…]
Lavaggi will be at the LMS!!!!
The Lavaggi LS1 engaged last year at 1000km of Monza, Nürburgring and Spa by the Monegasque team bearing the same name, will be racing again this year in selected races of “Le Mans Series” championship. Scuderia Lavaggi, being not present in the season entry list of LMS 2008 championship, arose great astonishment among media and motorsports fans; therefore we wish to confirm that, same as last year, we will be certainly present at the 1000 Km of Nürburgring and Spa.
ACO release complete 2008 Le Mans 24 entry list
Endurance rhymes with excellence! The list of entrants invited to take part in the Test day on 1st June, the prelude to the 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours, is the perfect illustration of this. Out of the 88 entries sent in to the ACO Selection Committee, 55 have been selected plus 8 reserves. On the list are the cream of endurance drivers and some of the best in Formula 1! […]
Enge confirms Team Modena seat for 2008
Tomáš Enge’s main programme in the 2008 season includes an engagement with the British Modena team at the Le Mans Series. The Czech pilot will race alongside his Spanish colleague, Antonio Garcia, who last year raced primarily with Christian Fittipaldi. The racers will split the steering wheel of their Aston Martin DBR9 class LM GT1. Beside the LMS, Tomáš will also participate in the legendary 24-hours Le Mans marathon, which he will join in the royal LM P1 category. […]
My opinion - Pressure on Porsche to perform in GT2
Porsche has launched its latest modified 911 GT3 RSR contender as reported on PLM earlier in the week but it comes amidst an added pressure to perform in the major GT championships during 2008. Porsche has won 8 of the last 9 at Le Mans in GT2 including last years event but it failed to take any championships in the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series or the FIA GT Championship last season as Ferrari scooped a fantastic ‘treble’[…]
Planetlemans talks to Kai Kruse
An unfortunate incident towards the end of the 2007 season saw a fire consume the LMP2 Pescarolo of kruse Motorsports. Since then times have been tough for Kai Kruse trying to return to endurance racing as soon as possible. “Germany is not as the UK or France in terms of Endurance popularity” he asserts, nevertheless thanks to a new partnership he has been able to make it to the LMS grid again in 2008[…]
Peugeot’s 2008 endurance program: LMS, Sebring and Le Mans
The 2007 season turned out to be one of the most rewarding ever for Peugeot Sport which launched four different new cars on the world motor sport scene, from the factory programme with the 908 HDi FAP to its package of promotional formulae with the 207 LW THP, 207 Super 2000 and Spider THP. The lessons learned by the team while finding its marks last year will be implemented in 2008 and all its energy will be devoted to
building on that experience to achieve its objectives[…]
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