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Planetlemans analyzes the 2009 LMS Paul Ricard Test
New teams, new cars, new drivers, new specifications, new stands. There was lot of news coming from the Circuit Paul Ricard HTTT during the Le Mans Series test on Sunday and Monday. Time for an analysis on what happened on the track during those two days.[…]
Planetlemans analyzes the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours list - GT2
Once again Le Mans will see a strong and healthy grid of LM GT2 cars. Fourteen GT2 cars are on the list. Like last year three Porsche 997 GT3 RSRs will fight the armada of Ferrari 430 GT2s with Spyker and Aston Martin joining the fight. LM GT2 could be the most interesting GT category at Le Mans this year.[…]
Planetlemans analyzes the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours list - GT1
In the final year of GT1 as we know it every spectator was hoping for the ultimate battle between Corvette and Aston Martin. In recent years these teams fought out some great fights resulting in 2 wins for Corvette and 2 for Aston Martin since the latter returned in 2005. Unfortunately it could ended undecided.[…]
Planetlemans analyzes the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours list - LMP2
Last year Porsche was in a league of its own in the LMP2 class at the Le Mans. This year things could well be very different. Even though there are three Porsche RS Spyders again, the opposition looks much stronger this year and could give the Porsche squads a run for their money.[…]
Planetlemans analyzes the Le Mans 24 Hours list - LMP1
Once more the ACO managed to bring together a fabulous list of cars for the annual Le Mans 24 Hours. Despite the economic downturn that is felt throughout the world the 2009 edition looks better than ever. The 77th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours looks to become a Peugeot vs Audi battle again![…]
Planetlemans analyzes the LMS full season entries
After weeks of rumours and talks behind the scenes the Le Mans Series full season entries were announced today. One year ago the organisers were able to announce 50 cars and despite the financial crisis sweeping world markets and forcing manufacturers to reconsider their commitment the list is only one down on 49 for 2009.[…]
Happy New Year from Planetlemans!
2008 is behind us…2009 has started. We wish all of our readers a Happy New Year! With the fireworks gone up in the air and the champagne bottles empty it is time to focus on the year ahead. Despite tough economic times there is a lot to come in 2009![…]
A look back at the 2008 LMS season - LMP vs GT
One of the hot items this Le Mans Series season was what seemed to be a never ending story of LMP’s and GT cars colliding. At almost every race some of the faster prototypes had a coming together with one of the (slower) GT cars[…]
The Planetlemans Petit Le Mans preview
In what promises to be a very attractive race, 38 entries will be taking to the track at Road Atlanta this Saturday dition of the 10-hour long Petit Le Mans. An unusual amount of LMP1s plus the usual hard-fought LMP2 and GT2 fields are more than enough reason not to lose even one minute of this American Classic.
Planetlemans analyzes the Silverstone 1000km
Within the Silverstone 1000km official program a Peugeot advertisement announced triumphantly: “4 down, 1 to go”. Something tells me that the marketing person in charge of this ad at Peugeot does not get many compliments after Sunday. It was Audi’s day, the same way it had been at Le Mans, reliability and teamwork projecting the Ingolstadt squad once more to the very top.
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