First win of 2009 for AF Corse

Victorious in Oschersleben in 2007 and 2008, AF Corse made it three in a row, the Italian team claiming its first win of the season for reigning Champions Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni. Bruni, second on the grid, made a good start to take the lead. [...]

Second Citation Cup win for Niarchos

Chris Niarchos took his second Citation Cup victory of 2009 today with a fourth place finish in the FIA GT race at Oschersleben. The No.56 Ferrari of Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell had to settle for sixth place after struggling with visibility problems for much of the race. [...]

Ragginger inherits Oschersleben GT2 pole

Further to technical scrutineering, the nr 59 Trackspeed Porsche, which had set the best time in qualifying for tomorrow’s race, lost its qualifying times due to incorrect tyers and not having an airtight air box. The car will be placed at the back of the grid. This means that Martin Ragginger inherits pole position for Brixia – his second consecutive pole – ahead of AF Corse’s Gianmaria Bruni and Marco Holzer in the Prospeed Porsche.[...]

FIA GT Oschersleben – Qualifying Report

Despite some rain before the qualifying session and clouded skies the GT2 and GT1 teams qualified on a dry track. At the end of the session Vitaphone Racing Team and Trackspeed Racing were on top of the time sheets, taking pole positions for tomorrow’s race.[...]

GT Open Heads to Exciting Spa Round

One of the most-awaited events of the International GT Open is at our door : the third round of the 2009 season takes place in Spa-Francorchamps on 26-28 June and there is no doubt that the legendary track in the Belgian Ardennes is on top of the ranking of preferred circuits for most drivers.[...]

FIA GT Oschersleben – Free Practice Result

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Less than a week after the 24 Hours of Le Mans the FIA GT Championship is at Oschersleben for the third round of the 2009 championship. On Friday the 24 cars completed the first free practice session of the weekend and it was the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 of Bartels [...]

The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 in pictures!

Planetlemans photographers Gerlach Delissen and Marcel ten Caat came back from France with lots of pictures of the 77th 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe. [...]

A fiery night at Le Mans for Team LNT (pictures)

Planetlemans photographer Gerlach Delissen happened to be near the Dunlop Bridge during the 13th hour of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Just as he was there Team LNT’s Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S went off and caught fire.[...]

Speedy Racing Team Sebah Le Mans Review

The Swiss team achieved a superb result by finishing second in the LMP2 class in only their second attempt at the Le Mans 24 Hours race.[...]

Tréluyer survives massive Le Mans accident

It’s shortly after 4am when Pescarolo Sport’s Peugeot 908 HDI FAP is the victim of a serious accident on the run down towards La Chapelle, just before the S-bends of Tertre Rouge. The extremely violent impact leaves the car completely destroyed. Rescue teams are quickly on the scene and begin extracting Benoît from the cockpit[...]