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LIVE coverage Monza 1000 km LMS - chapter 4

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

We enter the final segment of the Monza 1000 km. It has proven to be a tough race and many cars have had problems, leaving just two of the diesels to fight for the race since the early stages. let’s take you to the chequere flag with Planetlemans[…]

LIVE coverage Monza 1000 km LMS - chapter 3

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Three hours into the race and this event is far from over. The Peugeot with Sarrazin behind the wheel is still leading, but with the incidents in the first three hours the Peugeot team is not celebrating until the chequered flag comes out. Let’s head back to the action at Monza![…]

LIVE coverage Monza 1000 km LMS - chapter 2

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

And the race continues here at Monza, stay with us for the minute by minute update from Planetlemans!! It’s still a Peugeot 1-2 in Monza with Audi #2 in 3rd 1 lap behind them.[…]

LIVE coverage Monza 1000 km LMS - chapter 1

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ One comment

It is a sunny afternoon here in Monza at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza where we are getting ready for the second race of the Le Mans Series season. Just like in Barcelona the front row will have two Peugeot 908s lined up next to each other. After having a problem in the warm-up this morning, the Peugeot of Marc Gené suffered a problem once more on its way to the grid and stalled in the pit lane as it opened just after 12:15.[…]

Spyker #85 to start Monza 1000km from the pit

By Team Update ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After having received a penalty from the organization for high cockpit temperatures in yesterday’s qualifying session car number 85 will have to start from the back of the field. As per 2007 ACO regulations demand specific ambient temperatures for all closed cars, with or without air-conditioning systems installed.[…]

Tricky warm-up for Peugeot, update on Campbell-Walter

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

A lot of work for the Peugeot team ahead of this afternoon’s race at Monza. During the warm up polesitter car number 7 stopped on Curva grande for still unknown reasons. Marc Gené had scored the second time in 1.34.441 after running six laps when the car was parked on the grass and could not be restarted[…]

Van Merksteijn on pole position in Monza

By Team Update ⋅ April 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The team Van Merksteijn Motorsport by Equipe Verschuur continues its successful streak in the Le Mans Series. In qualifying for tomorrow’s second round of the season at Monza, ex-Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen set a fastest lap time of 1.36.842 minutes at the 5.793 metres long circuit, putting the team’s Porsche RS Spyder on pole position in its class for the second time this season.[…]

A Monza prototype mini-gallery

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In anticipation of tomorrow’s 1000km race Planetlemans presents you with a mini gallery of some of the prototypes present at the Lombardy circuit. Enjoy!!!

Audi R10 TDI at Monza début on second row

By Team Update ⋅ April 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The two Audi R10 TDI cars fielded by Audi Sport Team Joest will start to the 1000-kilometre race at Monza (Italy) from the second row on Sunday. Local hero Dindo Capello set the third-best time in Saturday’s qualifying. Team-mate Mike Rockenfeller was merely 137 thousandths of a second slower and captured fourth place on the grid.[…]

Epsilon Euskadi on 6th row for Monza 1000 km

By Team Update ⋅ April 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This weekend, the Azkoitia team races in two championships on the Monza track. The second Le Mans Series race and the first two races of the 2008 World Series by Renault championship. In the Le Mans Series, the debutant ee1 LMP1 prototype of the Basque team has shown a consistent improvement from the Barcelona race last April 6th. Drivers Angel Burgueño and Miguel Angel de Castro managed to place their car on the sixth row of the grid, six positions higher than in Barcelona[…]