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Marcel ten Caat

Marcel ten Caat has written 984 posts for Planetlemans.com

LMS Silverstone 1000 km - First practice report

Grey skies and a rather chilly 13 degrees centigrade greeted the teams at Silverstone as the first free practice session for the final Le Mans Series round of the 2008 season. After the first hour of practice the Peugeots were quickest, ahead of the two Audi’s[…]

The Planetlemans Silverstone 1000 km preview

The final race of the 2008 Le Mans Series season takes place this weekend at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Despite the Peugeot team taking the wins in the previous four rounds the championship is yet to be decided. Going into the final round it is the #7 Peugeot 908 of Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian that leads the championship with 32 points, ahead of the #2 Audi R10 of Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller who have 30 points.[…]

Detroit Sports Car Challenge Qualifying Report

In yet another exciting qualifying session David Brabham took pole position for tomorrow’s Detroit Sports Car Challenge Presented by Bosch, round nine of the 2008 American Le Mans Series championship. The Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura driver managed to improve his fastest lap as the checkered flag came out and secured the pole ahead of the De Ferran Acura[…]

RIP Phil Hill (20-04-1927 - 28-08-2008)

A true American racing legend passed away today. Phil Hill, a former Formula 1 world champion and three times Le Mans 24 Hours winner, died in a hospital in Salinas, California. Hill had Parkinson’s Disease and was taken to hospital after making a visit to the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races.[…]

ALMS Mosport - Race Report - Part 2 - LIVE

We have passed the halfway point of the Grand Prix of Mosport and Audi continues to lead, even if they are not having an easy time battling Penske Porsche #7 and the Andretti green, Lowe’s Fernández and Patrón Highcoft Acuras which are on their heels.

ALMS Mosport - Race Report - Part 1 - LIVE

The Grand Prix of Mosport, Round 8 of the American Le Mans Series 2008 championship, will start at 3:05 pm local time / 9:05 pm Central European Time. Planetlemans will cover the event live and keep you up-to-date with what is happening at the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. Audi drivers Capello and Werner will be starting from the front row in what should be a great race![…]

Classic Endurance Racing - Nürburgring Report

The penultimate round of the 2008 Classic Endurance Racing series took place at the Nürburgring, supporting the ‘ADAC 1000KM Rennen’. 41 cars started the weekend, with several new additions in the field. Eventually 37 cars were seen in the race. One of the highlights was the Porsche 908 that was entered for Sascha Maassen.[…]

SPEEDtv.com to show Mosport Qualifying live!

The American Le Mans Series qualifying sessions are usually good for some excitement one day before the actual ALMS races. Unfortunately despite being spectacular the session could rarely be seen online as noone had streaming video. As of this weekend SPEEDtv.com will change that as it will be covering the Mosport qualifying session live online![…]

LMS Nürburgring 1000 km LIVE - Chapter 4

Into the final part of the race the Peugeot team is still in command of the “ADAC 1000KM-Rennen Nürburgring”. Sixth overall is the Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche RS Spyder and with the Team Essex Porsche outside the top three the Dutch squad could clinch the LMP2 title here today.[…]

LMS Nürburgring 1000 km LIVE - Chapter 2

Peugeot are still in command here at the Nürburgring. The gap to the third placed Audi of Alexandre Premat is over a minute now. The first quarter of the race also saw a strong performance of Virgo Motorsport as they went from the back of the field to a 45 second lead. Back to the action![…]

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