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Planetlemans talks to Xavier Maassen
Former World Series by Renault driver Xavier Maassen will make his debut in the FIA GT Championship this year. Maassen will race for the Selleslagh Racing Team, joining Christophe Bouchut in a Corvette C6.R. Planetlemans talked to Xavier about his upcoming season.[...]
Planetlemans talks to Vanina Ickx
After an absence of 2 years she is again behind the wheel of a prototype, a sort of homecoming for Vanina Ickx after her DTM experience. Vanina is returning as well to Rollcentre where she actually had her prototype debut and this is an extra incentive to perform this year[...]
Planetlemans talks to Jonathan France
A dream treasured for years that finally comes true. Not many people can claim such an achievement but a few weeks ago a cold English afternoon saw Jonathan France’s first Embassy prototype hit the track for the first time, an “incredible emotional experience” in his own words. But let’s look back at the origins of it all and how an ambition became a reality[...]
Richard Westbrook: “The Hard Work Starts now!”
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
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. [...]
Planetlemans talks to Christian Klien
He was a revelation in Formula 1 impressing a lot of people right from the start, it is hard to believe therefore that Christian Klien does not have a permanent seat in a top team…but this has changed just recently. While most of the rumors were centered about Alexander Wurz and Ricardo Zonta very few people knew that the young Austrian was also in Peugeot’s targets for the Le Mans effort.[...]
Planetlemans talks to Sergio Rinland
For those who did not believe in the existence of the Epsilon-Euskadi prototypes I am about to disappoint you. For those who thought this was a small effort of a bunch of dreamers the same goes. The story you are about to read is about a vision, the execution of that vision and an ambitious project that aims at putting this name at the top in many aspects in the coming years[...]
Planetlemans talks to Kai Kruse
An unfortunate incident towards the end of the 2007 season saw a fire consume the LMP2 Pescarolo of kruse Motorsports. Since then times have been tough for Kai Kruse trying to return to endurance racing as soon as possible. “Germany is not as the UK or France in terms of Endurance popularity” he asserts, nevertheless thanks to a new partnership he has been able to make it to the LMS grid again in 2008[...]
Planetlemans talks to Frans Verschuur
Typical Dutch weather reigns on our way to Oosterhout, close to Nijmegen. Arriving to the back of an otherwise standard industrial zone a trailer with a chequered flag signals the spot. Before the rain starts we are entering the headquarters of Equipe Verschuur where a spotless garage hosts an impeccable Porsche RS Spyder[...]
Fly Model cars – Passion for perfection
Neglected by some and in many ways a lower art form compared to traditional die cast modelling, slot car racing had a shock when Fly models appeared in 1995. Founded by Spanish ex-driver Rafael Barrios and evolving quickly to a state-of-the-art facility in Alicante, Spain, Fly has been the cutting e[…]
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