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Tafel Racing ready for street fight at St. Petersburg

By Team Update ⋅ March 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Despite being just the second race of the American Le Mans Series season, Saturday’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Fla.) marks the heart of one of the most difficult portions of the 2008 schedule. The first three races of the season take Tafel Racing from the Series’ longest race to its shortest and to two of its three street courses[…]

Farnbacher Loles St. Petersburg preview

By Team Update ⋅ March 31, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Farnbacher Loles Racing returns to the American Le Mans Series with a rebuilt race car. The team’s No. 87 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR took a big hit during the season-opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 15. The crew has used every available moment since then to repair the car for this week’s race in St. Petersburg, Fla.[…]

Planetlemans LMS 1000KM of Catalunya GT preview

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The Le Mans Series GT battle is heating up, after a winter full of testing Porsche seems to be ready to fight the Ferrari’s that were so dominant in 2007 in GT2 while in the GT1 category the championship winning Saleen has changed owners and will again fight the other GT1s. The 1000 kilometers of Catalunya will reveal where every team stands.[…]

David Leslie and Richard Lloyd killed in plane accident

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ 19 comments

A tragic plane accident took the lives of 5 people outside of Kent in the UK today. Among the deceased were ex-drivers David Leslie and Richard Lloyd who were on their way to Nogaro for the FIA GT3 equalisation test where they were running the Team Apex Jaguar.
David Leslie had a strong driver career on […]

The Planetlemans St. Petersburg 2008 preview

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

In the very first edition of the St. Petersburg race last year Audi managed to grab their only street race victory of the season thanks to a clean, (almost) uneventful race. Will things be similar this year? The circuit is tight (remember the heavy shunt of Tomas Enge that took him out for quite some weeks), the race is short (1 hour 55 minutes, is this endurance?) and the LMP2s are quick even with the adapted new rules(remember Sebring…)[…]

A second Argentinian team in FIA-GT? (updated)

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

After the confirmation of the Pérez Companc GT2 team a few months ago a new GT1 team from Argentina seems to be preparing its participation on the FIA-GT championship. Talking to Carburando Radio in Uruguay, Argentinian star José María “Pechito” López mentioned he was involved in a new iniiative together with TC2000 top driver Martín Basso[…]

Planetlemans LMS 1000KM of Catalunya LMP preview

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 29, 2008 ⋅ One comment

After two days of testing at Paul Ricard just four weeks ago the Le Mans Series is set for its first race weekend of the 2008 season. Many new cars have joined the series for this year, with the ultimate battle expected in LMP1, between Team Peugeot Total with its Peugeot 908 and Audi Sport Team Joest with the Audi R10.[…]

Belgian GT Championship MVD 2008 preview

By Gerlach Delissen ⋅ March 28, 2008 ⋅ One comment

With less than four weeks to go, the new Belcar season will kick-off at Zolder Circuit on the 12th and 13th April. The teams have been preparing and testing for an entire winter and are eager to get back on track again, for the first race. Planetlemans will give you a short update before the season gets started.[…]

Lavaggi confirms presence and line-up for Barcelona

By Team Update ⋅ March 28, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The Lavaggi LS1 – AER, built by the Monegasque team bearing the same name, will bring forward its first appearance in the “Le Mans Series”, participating in the first champion race, the “1000 KM of Catalunya” taking place the 4th, 5th and 6th of April. Being informed that there is a place available at the Barcelona event, Scuderia Lavaggi made the immediate choice to advance the debut of the new chassis-AER-engine composition[…]

First official images of Aston Martin Vantage GT2

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 28, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

After several tests of the Aston Martin Vantage GT2 test car in a black livery Aston Martin Racing has now revealed the first official pictures of the Vantage GT2.
The car will debut in the Le Mans Series 1000 KM of Catalunya in the hands of James Watt Automotive. Other Vantage GT2s will go to Gigawave […]