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FIA-GT Adria race report
The third round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship, an evening race at the Adria International Raceway in Italy, saw the GMAC-backed Phoenix Racing team take its first win, with victory going to Fabrizio Gollin and Mike Hezemans in the nr 6 Corvette C6R. They finished 9 seconds ahead of the nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 of Bertolini and Bartels, with the second Phoenix Corvette, driven by Swiss duo Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Deletraz, third, just 12 seconds behind the winner[…]
Gollin and Hezemans win for Phoenix Carsport at Adria
Starting in daylight, finishing in the darkness. Temperatures way into the thirty degrees centigrade range. Twenty-seven cars were ready for the third round of the FIA GT Championship at the Adria International Raceway, some fifty km south of Venice, Italy. Just after 19:45 local time the cars were released by the pace car.[…]
Fässler and Deletraz fastest in Adria warm-up
A blue sky greeted the 27 teams at the Adria International Raceway today as the cars rolled out of their pit boxes for the thirty minute long warm-up session. For a while it was an Aston Martin DBR9 on top of the lists, but when the chequered flag came out it was again the Phoenix Carsport Corvette C6.R of Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Deletraz that topped the timing sheets.[…]
Phoenix Carsport and AF Corse grab Adria poles
For the third time in as many sessions the Phoenix Carsport Corvette C6.R and AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT were on top of the timing sheets at Adria. This time however it was during qualifying which meant both cars will start tomorrow’s night race from the front of their classes.[…]
Phoenix Carsport quickest again at Adria
The temperatures hit the 30 degrees centigrade towards the end of the pre-qualifying session at Adria as the teams battled for the quickest lap times. As the temperature went up the times went down and one team after another went for that ultimate lap. As the chequered flag came out at 13:15 local time it was once again the Phoenix Carsport Corvette on top.[…]
Rillettes 2008 part 1- The other look at Le Mans
As usual, Planetlemans is not only capturing the race itself but also everything around that fantastic collective manifestation that is the Le Mans 24 Hours. With a full week of activity in and around the track, there are plenty of curious or unusual things that happen and we are always aware trying to capture them. […]
Phoenix Carsport on top in first practice at Adria
The opening session of the FIA GT weekend at Adria could not be more different weatherwise than the previous round at Monza. Where it was pouring down at Monza the temperature almost hit 30 degrees centigrade this morning. After eighty minutes of action it was the number 5 Phoenix Carsport Corvette that was quickest.[…]
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[…]
Le Mans 24 Hours LIVE at Planetlemans - Chapter 12
We are in the final two hours of the race. Will Audi stay ahead or will Peugeot get it ‘back’? It is still too close to call. The gaps between cars in other classes are huge but still, two hours can change everything. Follow the last two hours all the way to the finish here at Planetlemans[…]
Le Mans 24 Hours LIVE at Planetlemans - Chapter 11
Four hours remaining and the outcome of this race is still not known. Audi looked unbeatable but in the last hour the number 1 car hit trouble. At 11:00 CET the two Peugeots were still within striking distance of the race leading Audi R10. What more is yet to come?[…]
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