Gabriel Portos
Le Mans Classic - Grid 1
It is sometimes difficult to relate a modern circuit like the current one at La Sarthe with the machines that wrote the first glorious pages there in the early years. The track was much tougher back then and the drivers did not have the privilege of fireproof suits or closed helmets, however it is still pretty thrilling to see some of the early challengers come back to La Sarthe and show how different “then” was from “now”[…]
Le Mans Classic
In preparation for a complete report we have expanded our original gallery with some of the images from last weekend, please check it out. Over 400 cars, 6 grids and over 80,000 spectators in a sublime event. To be continued….
30th race for the Audi R10 TDI
After a seven-week break, the American Le Mans Series continues in the middle of July with back-to-back races: At Lime Rock (Connecticut) and Mid-Ohio (Ohio) the world’s fastest sportscar contest two races within eight days on 12 and 19 July[…]
Rillettes 2008 part 2- The other look at Le Mans
A new issue of our “other” Le Mans pictures featuring a different look at the events around the “big one” at La Sarthe. Details, curiosities or just some seldom image is what you will find once more at our “Rilletes” series. Enjoy….
Scuderia Ecosse Adria report
As the sun set on the tight and twisty Adria International raceway in Northern Italy it was smiles all round in the Scuderia Ecosse garage as Fabio Babini and Jamie Davies battled from ninth on the GT2 grid to take a well earned 4th place finish. After some aggressive set up changes and a calculated race strategy, both Jamie and Fabio were able to carve their way through the field at the first night race of the season[…]
Bad luck again at Adria for PK Carsport
2008 seems to be a rather difficult year for the ambitious driver pairing Kumpen-Longin. After the bad luck in the Belgian GT Championship and the difficult start in the FIA GT, Kumpen and Longin were confident to put down a strong performance in Adria, the third round of the FIA GT Championship. But things turned out in a different way when Kumpen was hit out after only 11 laps and had to retire[…]
Rillettes 2008 part 1- The other look at Le Mans
As usual, Planetlemans is not only capturing the race itself but also everything around that fantastic collective manifestation that is the Le Mans 24 Hours. With a full week of activity in and around the track, there are plenty of curious or unusual things that happen and we are always aware trying to capture them. […]
Planetlemans analyzes the 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours
It is just past 4:20 AM and an increasing number of team managers start walking out of the pitbox and start to look at the skies. The tiredness and dozing that are traditional at this hour give way to doubts and adrenaline flowing; is it finally going to rain? While there is one team reacting as a clockwork (Audi), there’s another team that sees their worst case scenario materializing (Peugeot) and this is the defining moment of the 76th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the moment where the tide turns as it so often happens at La Sarthe[…]
Quifel ASM changing car for 2009
Our Portuguese friend Hugo Ribeiro informs us about interesting news coming from the Quifel ASM team. According to a short interview from Miguel Paes do Amaral that was published in the Portuguese Autosport magazine, the ASM Team will acquire a new prototype in 2009 for running in the LMS and the Le Mans 24 hours[…]
Michelin’s 11th Le Mans victory in a row
The Audi Sport R10 TD1 driven by Kristensen-Capello-McNish crossed the line in first place after a heart-stopping finish to this year’s Le Mans 24-Hour race. It was the German marque’s eighth victory on the Sarthe circuit and the fifth in a row since 2004. Michelin was with Audi every step of the way to this extraordinary result, taking the 17th Le Mans win in the company’s history. This latest win is the11th in a row for Michelin, which has not tasted defeat in the Sarthe since 1998[…]
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