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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.
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.[...]
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