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Simon Melluish

Simon Melluish has written 6 posts for Planetlemans.com

Richard Westbrook: “The Hard Work Starts now!”

By Simon Melluish ⋅ March 14, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

One Porsche factory driver is not earning his wages in Florida this weekend but he is carrying out vital testing and development work at Monza for his new team Prospeed before they embark on a full season campaign as Porsche’s ‘great hope’ in trying to win the FIA GT Championship. […]

Patrick Long talks to The Tour and Planetlemans

By Simon Melluish ⋅ March 10, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Passionate oval racing fans in the US will try and tell you that the likes of Dale Jnr or Jimmie Johnson are the greatest racing drivers from the good ‘ol US of A, others may point to Scott Speed being the 1st driver to have reached (and left!) Formula One in more than a decade but those in the know will tell you about a young man who is making a name for himself as one of the best Sportscar drivers around. […]

Does Wurz want LMS action and a long-term career in Sportscar Racing?

By Simon Melluish ⋅ February 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Following Peugeots recent announcement surrounding their driver line-up and programme for the 2008 season it has surprised some that Alex Wurz has signaled his desire to compete in the Le Mans Series, something he is not scheduled to do at the present time[…]

Planetlemans on The Tour Podcast

By Simon Melluish ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Our very own Sportscar expert, Gabriel Portos was a guest on the latest Tour Podcast - for Fans of Global Motorsport. You will have read many articles written by Gabriel here on PLM but now you can hear him talk to me as we discuss the latest news from around the globe […]

My opinion - Pressure on Porsche to perform in GT2

By Simon Melluish ⋅ February 17, 2008 ⋅ 11 comments

Porsche has launched its latest modified 911 GT3 RSR contender as reported on PLM earlier in the week but it comes amidst an added pressure to perform in the major GT championships during 2008. Porsche has won 8 of the last 9 at Le Mans in GT2 including last years event but it failed to take any championships in the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series or the FIA GT Championship last season as Ferrari scooped a fantastic ‘treble’[…]

Ex-F1 Stars to spearhead Peugeot’s Le Mans assault?

By Simon Melluish ⋅ February 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Whilst an official announcement has yet to be made rumours are now rife surrounding both Ricardo Zonta and Alex Wurz signing for Peugeot to compete in this years 24 Heures Du Mans[…]