Planetlemans.com | 2009 April

Peugeot Sport: Spa…on the road to Le Mans

By Team Update ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Peugeot has chosen the ultra-fast circuit of Spa-Francorchamps – where the best lap posted by the N°7 908 in 2008 represented an average speed of almost 210kph – to fine-tune its preparations for its prime objective of the 2009 season, the Le Mans 24 Hours.[...]

European championship debut for Fischer Racing

By Team Update ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

After a successful première in the German ADAC GT Masters, Fischer Racing from is heading to England for the next challenge. The German team will make it’s FIA GT3 European championship debut with two Ford GT this weekend at Silverstone.[...]

Flying Lizard 2009 24 Heures du Mans Program

By Team Update ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Flying Lizard will campaign the team’s No. 80 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for its fifth consecutive 24 Heures du Mans, June 13-14 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. The team received an invitation to compete in the historic event after winning the 2008 American Le Mans Series GT2 team championship.[...]

DKR Engineering confirms Menten and Palttala

By Team Update ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Just four days before the start of the FIA GT championship’s opening round Jos Menten concluded an agreement with the Luxembourg DKR Engineering team. The 28 year young driver based in Haelen will be at the wheel of the powerful Corvette C6.R in the United Kingdom. This is the same car, and in fact the same chassis with which the Dutchman started off his international career back in 2006.[...]

Vitaphone withdraws; 2nd IMSA Porsche invited

By Series Update ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The Vitaphone Racing Team has officialised its withdrawal, as it was unable to find an agreement with Porsche to run an RS Spyder in LM P2 in the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours. Thus, the German team will not be present at the compulsory free practice session on 10th June.[...]

PK Carsport ready to kick off the 2009 season

By Team Update ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ One comment

After a long period of uncertainty, Anthony Kumpen is happy to be starting the 2009 season. Kumpen is returning to his Corvette Motorsport roots with friend and teammate, Mike Hezemans and couldn’t be more excited.[...]

Full Speed Racing set for FIA GT debut

By Team Update ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Full Speed Racing are set for their first appearance in the FIA GT Championship this weekend as the pan-European series visits Silverstone to fight for the prestigious ‘Tourist Trophy’ at the 2009 season opener.[...]

FIA GT, Le Mans and LMS driver updates!

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With the dates of the opening round of the 2009 FIA GT and FIA GT3 Championships at Silverstone and the second round of the Le Mans Series at Spa-Francorchamps coming closer news regarding driver line-ups and teams comes in several times a day. Here is the lates news in brief[...]

Corvette Motorsport: 2008 Review Film – Part 4

By Team Update ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Fourth and final of Corvette Motorsports four films highlighting the 2008 season for Corvette Motorsport is now playing on their website.[...]

Monteiro and Ayari join Oreca at Le Mans

By Team Update ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Hugues de Chaunac now has his commando for the Le Mans Challenge! Bruno Senna and Stéphane Ortelli, the drivers of the no.10 ORECA 01, will team up with Tiago Monteiro for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre will be joined in no.11 by Soheil Ayari in the Sarthe. Tiago and Soheil are a couple of excellent recruits who will back up the usual Team ORECA-Matmut-AIM driver pairings this coming June.[...]

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