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Planetlemans analyzes the Monza 1000km

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Looking back it will probably be the race of the year. It had absolutely everything, including some not so nice aspects regarding three big accidents during the weekend, two of those in fact sending drivers to the hospital. The race itself was a cracker in all classes, two of the class results (including overall) being significantly affected by contact on the track and one being defined by the technical scrutineering after the race itself. All ingredients were therefore present to raise the temperature on the road to Le Mans[…]

The Planetlemans Monza preview

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Only 3 weeks after the opening round at barcelona it’s round 2 for the LMS at the extremely fast Autodromo Nazionale di Monza a few miles northeast of Milano. As observed already last year this will be the quickest race of the season, Minassian and Gené managing to go the full 1000 km in just over 5 hours in 2007[…]

Planetlemans preview: The FIA GT GT1 season

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 16, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Only a few more days remain before the FIA GT championship kicks off at the Silverstone circuit. Around thirty cars will be entered in the opening round of the season, with almost half of them being GT1 cars. Planetlemans looks ahead to the Silverstone round and analyses the entries.[…]

Planetlemans preview: The FIA GT GT2 season

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The opening round of the FIA GT Championship this weekend at Silverstone will see twelve GT2 cars taking the start of the new season. With nine Ferrari 430s against just three Porsche 997 GT3 RSRs the odds are against the German manufacturer, or so it seems. What are the expectations ahead of the first race of the season?[…]

The Planetlemans Long Beach preview

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 15, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

With one victory overall a piece, Audi and Porsche prepare for yet another ALMS battle on the streets of Long Beach with Acura certainly aiming at raining on their parade and grabbing a victory for themselves. In the GT classes Corvette will run a solo race in absence of the Bell Aston Martin while GT2 should be a very open battle between Porsche and Ferrari[…]

Planetlemans looks at the Audi vs Peugeot battle

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Despite Audi beating Peugeot in the American Le Mans Series opener at Sebring most people expected the French squad to bounce back when the two teams would race each other at full strength back in Europe. Last weekend the first head-to-head fight to place at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona in Spain, here is what we think of it.[…]

Planetlemans analyzes the Catalunya 1000km

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The first victory from Peugeot over Audi, a very successful debut of the Porsche RS Spyder in Europe, a good fight in GT1 and a recovery race from Ferrari finishing in a GT2 victory. Could you have asked for more in this opening of the 2008 LMS season? Certainly! Spectators to begin with, and they came. The official figure was 28,000 through the weekend, probably the biggest attendance ever of an LMS race[…]

Planetlemans LMS 1000KM of Catalunya GT preview

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The Le Mans Series GT battle is heating up, after a winter full of testing Porsche seems to be ready to fight the Ferrari’s that were so dominant in 2007 in GT2 while in the GT1 category the championship winning Saleen has changed owners and will again fight the other GT1s. The 1000 kilometers of Catalunya will reveal where every team stands.[…]

The Planetlemans St. Petersburg 2008 preview

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

In the very first edition of the St. Petersburg race last year Audi managed to grab their only street race victory of the season thanks to a clean, (almost) uneventful race. Will things be similar this year? The circuit is tight (remember the heavy shunt of Tomas Enge that took him out for quite some weeks), the race is short (1 hour 55 minutes, is this endurance?) and the LMP2s are quick even with the adapted new rules(remember Sebring…)[…]

Planetlemans LMS 1000KM of Catalunya LMP preview

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 29, 2008 ⋅ One comment

After two days of testing at Paul Ricard just four weeks ago the Le Mans Series is set for its first race weekend of the 2008 season. Many new cars have joined the series for this year, with the ultimate battle expected in LMP1, between Team Peugeot Total with its Peugeot 908 and Audi Sport Team Joest with the Audi R10.[…]