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Archive for March, 2008

Double commitment for Audi at Barcelona and St. Pete

By Team Update ⋅ March 28, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Even in its third year of racing the Audi R10 TDI still experiences some débuts: on the first weekend in April, the diesel-powered sportscar will compete simultaneously for the first time in two races, in America and in Europe. In St Petersburg (U.S. state of Florida), on Saturday (5 April), the second round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series will be staged. One day later, the European Le Mans Series kicks off with the 1000-kilometre race at Barcelona (Spain)[…]

Peugeot out to defend 2007 title at Barcelona

By Team Update ⋅ March 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The 2008 Le Mans Series features a calendar of five rounds, the first of which takes teams to the Circuit de Catalunya, near Barcelona, Spain, on the weekend of April 4-6. Le Mans Series title holder Peugeot will contest the race with a brace of 908 HDi FAPs for the same crews as 2007, and the team will be looking to defend its crown while staying concentrated on its priority objective for 2008: the Le Mans 24 Hours[…]

Planetlemans talks to Jonathan France

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A dream treasured for years that finally comes true. Not many people can claim such an achievement but a few weeks ago a cold English afternoon saw Jonathan France’s first Embassy prototype hit the track for the first time, an “incredible emotional experience” in his own words. But let’s look back at the origins of it all and how an ambition became a reality[…]

British GT - Oulton Park - Weekend Report

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

During the Easter weekend the British GT Championship kicked off at Oulton Park. Two qualifying sessions and two races were scheduled for the weekend and with CR Scuderia making its debut with the Ferrari 430s and Tech 9 switching from Porsche to Lamborghini there were lots of new cars at the track.

FFSA GT - Nogaro - Weekend Report

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 24, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

The FFSA GT Championship got underway at Nogaro in the South West of France. On the Circuit Paul Armagnac the traditional Easter races hosted this years FFSA GT season opener and the difficult weather conditions meant it was unclear before the weekend who would be able to do well this weekend. What was clear is that it would be a Corvette vs Saleen battle.[…]

Team Essex tests at Magny-Cours

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 20, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

The Danish Team Essex with John Nielsen and Casper Elgaard continued their pre-season testing today at the French circuit of Magny-Cours in preparation for the first LMS round at Barcelona. Thanks to Michael Freundt from Team Essex we can share some pictures of today’s testing at Planetlemans.

Epsilon Euskadi getting ready for Barcelona 1000km

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 20, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Evidently one of the main attractions of the LMS season and Le Mans this year is the all-Spanish Epsilon-Euskadi prototype and Planetlemans is following this with the highest level of attention. The team has been working with lots of energy after the Paul Ricard test which was extremely useful in terms of detecting teething problems and initial suspension issues that are quickly being addressed[…]

Planetlemans analyzes the Sebring 12 Hours

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 16, 2008 ⋅ One comment

An old South American saying has it that “there is no ‘tiento’ that cannot be cut or era that does not reach its end”. A significantly hard ‘tiento’ (a sunlight-hardened horse tendon string) was symbolically cut by Penske and Porsche by ending what seemed an endless string of Audi victories and the Diesel domination in long races since the appearance of the R10TDi from Ingolstadt[…]

Scuderia Ecosse Monza test report

By Team Update ⋅ March 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Autodromo di Monza burst into life, as the 2008 FIA GT Championship officially launched, with a thrilling two-day test session. The busy first day saw the sun shine at the magnificent Italian circuit where the hard charging Scottish GT racers Scuderia Ecosse, maximised the three one hour sessions, ending the day with a fantastic time of 1’51.313[…]

JetAlliance well prepared for 2008 FIA-GT season

By Team Update ⋅ March 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Jetalliance Racing will be well-prepared for the new season of the FIA GT championship which will get under way on April 20th with the first race at Silverstone! This was substantiated during the official FIA GT test days this week at Monza. Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp were constantly among the quickest in their Jetalliance Aston Martin DBR9 – Wendlinger even set the fastest time in the first Thursday session[…]