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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.[…]
Planetlemans analyzes the Detroit Sports Car Challenge
An Acura sweep, Porsche GT2 dominance and bitter results for both Audi and Ferrari were the main headlines for the ALMS Detroit Sports Car Challenge on Saturday. What seemed like an unusually long pit stop by Andretti Green was actually the master tactical set that would put ultra fast Franck Montagny for the maximum 2 hours on the XM-sponsored Acura and give Acura a precious overall victory at Penske’s home race.
Planetlemans analyzes the ALMS Mosport Grand Prix
It all started with a qualifying session that ended with 10 cars beating the previous year’s track record and within 1.4 seconds. A really promising perspective for the race that was confirmed and even surpassed on Sunday. Audi had to work really hard to get another 1-2 and there was heartbreak at the very last lap when two of the front runners ran out of fuel[…]
Planetlemans analyzes the Nürburgring 1000 km
Peugeot continued their series of LMS victories at the Nürburgring this weekend scoring a clear 1-2 which reminded many people of their same result in 2007 at the Eifel circuit. The French diesels were solid, faster than the rest and had very good fuel economy which meant in fact that nobody (not even Audi) could get close to them at any point in the race.
The Planetlemans Nürburgring 1000 km preview
After what seemed an eternity since the Spa 1000 km in May, the LMS is back to work this weekend at the Nürburgring with a very healthy 49-entries grid that should translate once more into attractive, close racing for the whole extent of the event.
Planetlemans analyzes the Generac 500 at Road America
Another Audi 1-2, one more Acura victory in LMP2 and a first time win for Farnbacher Loles in Porsche GT2 day. While these are the bottom line elements of the 4-hour Generac 500 at Road America, there were many more relevant events in a race abundant in full course cautions (a total of seven to be precise) and on-track battles.
Planetlemans analyzes the Total 24 Hours of Spa weekend
In front of 35.000 spectators the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12s completed a perfect 1-2 victory. For the German squad it was the third overall victory at Spa-Francorchamps in four years time, while its Belgian driver Eric van de Poele won his fifth ever Spa 24 Hours title. For the Vitaphone and Maserati fans it was a great result, but was the weekend actually that good?[…]
The Planetlemans Spa 24 Hours GT2 preview
Thirteen GT2 cars are entered for the Total 24 Hours of Spa this weekend at the Belgian Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Five Porsche 997 GT3 RSRs will take on eight Ferrari 430 GT2s for the class victory. Last year it was an all Porsche podium, but this year the Italian manufacturer seems to have the best chances.[…]
The Planetlemans Spa 24 Hours GT1 preview
The first weekend of August is quickly approaching and that means it is time for the FIA GT blue ribbon event, the Total 24 Hours of Spa. Fourty-seven cars still feature on the entry list for the 2008 edition of the classic race. Twelve of them are GT1 entries and some impressive driver pairings will be going after the win next weekend.[…]
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[…]
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