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A new sound emerges from the Spyker pit box

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ May 9, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

As the final preparations ahead of the first free practice session of the weekend for the Le Mans Series where underway at Spa-Francorchamps, there was an interesting sound coming from the pit box where both Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R cars are this weekend. Instead of the usual deep rumble from the engines a complete different sound emerged from the back of one of the cars.[…]

Classic Endurance Racing - Monza Report

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ May 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza hosted the second round of the Classic Endurance Racing series last weekend. No less than 46 classic cars were entered for the CER round on the historic Italian track, several cars returning to the circuit on which they raced in the seventies.[…]

ZENT CERUMO SC430 wins Fuji Super GT race

By Series Update ⋅ May 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The FUJI GT 500KM RACE, Round 3 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at Fuji Speedway (one lap 4.563 km x 110 laps) in Shizuoka Pref. on May 4, and victory was won by the ZENT CERUMO SC430 driven by Yuji Tachikawa and Richard Lyons for the first time this season.[…]

Monza - The pitlane shots

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ May 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A traditional Planetlemans feature, the pitlane shots will give you some special angle, something different about race weekend which is not strictly competition related. This time we bring you a variety of items which include spins, young gun mentoring and some of the changes this “new” LMS with the Audi vs Peugeot duel is bringing… enjoy!!

VLN - 50. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup Report

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

While the focus for most endurance and GT racing fans was at Monza this weekend, the VLN BFGoodrich Langstrecken Meisterschaft Nürburgring completed its second round this weekend at the 24,433km long Nürburgring-Nordschleife. On Saturday morning the qualifying session took place, while the four hour long race started just after noon.[…]

FFSA GT - Lédenon - Weekend Report

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

One month after the season opener at Nogaro the second weekend of the FFSA GT Championship was held at the Lédenon circuit near Nîmes in Southern France. Like in races one and two the third and fourth race of the championship would be a head to head fight between Corvette and Saleen.[…]

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[…]

Stéphane Ortelli update

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Latest news at Monza indicate Stéphane just had a broken ankle after his horrific accident at Monza. He will be released tonight from the hospital which is very good news but obviously he will need some time to recover from the fracture. We wish Stéphane a quick recovery and hope to see him back behind the whel very soon!

LIVE coverage Monza 1000 km LMS - chapter 4

By Gabriel Portos ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

We enter the final segment of the Monza 1000 km. It has proven to be a tough race and many cars have had problems, leaving just two of the diesels to fight for the race since the early stages. let’s take you to the chequere flag with Planetlemans[…]

LIVE coverage Monza 1000 km LMS - chapter 3

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Three hours into the race and this event is far from over. The Peugeot with Sarrazin behind the wheel is still leading, but with the incidents in the first three hours the Peugeot team is not celebrating until the chequered flag comes out. Let’s head back to the action at Monza![…]