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Frank Feenstra

Frank Feenstra has written 163 posts for Planetlemans.com

The official FIA GT Bucharest preview

After the longest race of the season, on to the shortest ! But the experimental one-hour format, specially designed to suit the city circuit, is likely to give the huge crowds of enthusiastic spectators a fantastic show in the 2008 Bucharest City Challenge […]

Total 24 Hours of Spa: Final 2 hours LIVE

Into the final two hours of the race. Since the action has not been here on the track for a while there are lots of people who have scrambled to see the Formula One farce…errr race. We can reveal that Felipe Massa is leading Lewis Hamilton after 1 lap. So enough…back to endurance racing![…]

Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 11

You must have been wondering where live reporting was in the last two hours…well, it was there. It does help though if updates are published instead of put in a draft document. Not so great news in the last hour for the number 6 Corvette, which caught fire and was pushed into the box. […]

Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 10

Just under six hours to go, which means we have completed 75% of the race. The podium seems far away for the Corvete but more in range for the two Maserati’s and the Gigawave car, but let’s not jinx them. A lot can happen in between now and the finish.[…]

Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 8

Six o’clock now, into the light again. Not many GT1’s have made it through the night. The two Maserati’s are still in the lead, and the gap to the following 3 cars has increased significantly. 4, 7 and 12 laps are the gaps we’re talking about […]

Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 4

After six hours we are currently behind the safety car after a fire onboard Phoenix Carsport Corvette. We’re supposed to go green soon now so let’s get back to the action quickly again as the race goes into its seventh hour[…]

Spyker Squadron 2008 developments

Last season Spyker Squadron finished in style with a podium position in the 1000 km of Silverstone and a fourth position in the Mil Milhas of Brazil (1000 miles). As soon as the team returned from Brazil the team worked hard to prepare new cars for the 2008 season […]

Planetlemans weekend roundup (October 13/14)

It was the final weekend of the season for several series. Both the ADAC GT Masters and the FFSA GT Championship were heading into its final race with the champion yet undecided. In Japan the Super […]

Planetlemans weekend roundup (October 5/6/7)

It was an exciting weekend at Road Atlanta, with the Speed World Challenge championship supporting the American Le Mans Series. You have already read much about the ALMS Petit Le Mans race on our w […]

Tafel Racing finishes fifth and eleventh in Detroit

Tafel Racing finished fifth and eleventh today in round 10 of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Detroit Grand Prix. Team owner Jim Tafel and Dominik Farnbacher were fifth with Wolf Henzler and Robin […]

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