Finnish TCC Dunlop Tourenwagen Cup Light Porsche Carrera Cup Germany European Super Production FIA GT Championship FFSA GT Championship Le Mans Endurance Series Belcar FIA GT3 Finnish GT3 Championship FIA GT1 World Championship Blancpain Endurance Series FIA WEC
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
2010, 2012, 2014
Teams
Marc VDS Racing Team, JWA-Avila
Best finish
33rd (2012)
Markus Palttala (born 16 August 1977 in Nakkila) is a Finnish racing driver. After racing in karts, Palttala began racing cars in the Finnish Touring Car Championship in 1998. He competed in the 2001 European Super Production Championship, driving a Honda Integra. Palttala's first run in Grand Touring cars came in 2000 in the single-make Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. He moved to the FIA GT Championship beginning in 2002, competing sporadically in 2006, 2008, and 2009, and also competed in its successor championships, the FIA GT1 World Championship and FIA GT3 European Championship through 2011. Palttala's best seasons came in 2011 and 2012 in the Blancpain Endurance Series, where he finished 2nd in the championship each year, driving for Marc VDS Racing Team.[1]
Palttala drove in the Le Mans Endurance Series for various teams from 2005 until 2010. In the 2010 season, he won the GT1 class at the 1000 km of Spa and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He ran the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 (including another outing at Le Mans) and 2013. Palttala joined Turner Motorsport for the inaugural United SportsCar Championship season in 2014. He took his first GT-Daytona class win in the third race of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and followed it up with a dominating win at the Six Hours of Watkins Glen.[2]
^"Markus Palttala". Driver Database. DriverDB AB. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
^DiZinno, Tony (May 4, 2014). "Starworks, Turner Take PC, GTD Monterey Wins". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
MarkusPalttala (born 16 August 1977 in Nakkila) is a Finnish racing driver. After racing in karts, Palttala began racing cars in the Finnish Touring Car...
Bas Leinders Maxime Martin MarkusPalttala (1-2, 4-5) Marc Hennerici (3) Ret 1 1 85 2nd Ford GT3 3 13 41 MarkusPalttala Jonathan Hirschi Antoine Leclerc...
strength of those four wins was enough to propel driver Dane Cameron and MarkusPalttala to the Driver's Championship in 2014 and Turner to the Team Championship...
Blancpain Endurance Series with MarcVDS Racing Team. Sharing with MarkusPalttala and Henri Moser in BMW Z4 GT3 Participation 24h Spa in BMW Z4 GT3 Winner...
13 Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 V8 94 Dane Cameron All MarkusPalttala 1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–13 Paul Dalla Lana 1–2, 9 Augusto Farfus 1 Shane...
Timo Glock Colton Herta Erik Johansson Mikkel Jensen Chaz Mostert MarkusPalttala David Pittard Alexander Sims Sebastian Vettel Jenson Button BMW M BMW...
returned to the team with Christian Klien and MarkusPalttala for the 24 Hour race. Norbert Siedler replaced Palttala at the Nürburgring. The team placed seventh...
Blancpain Endurance Series Red flag (1 hour) 2015 Nick Catsburg Lucas Luhr MarkusPalttala BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS BMW Z4 GT3 3754.144 156.423 Blancpain...
Championship with an altered version of the Z4 GT3. Drivers Dane Cameron and MarkusPalttala won four races (Laguna Seca, Watkins Glen 6-Hour, Road America, and...
he finished runner-up together with his teammates Bas Leinders and MarkusPalttala. After strong results in the Blancpain Endurance Series driving the...
Andrew Davis 1 J. R. Hildebrand 1, 8 Alan Metni 1 Jaden Conwright 5, 12 MarkusPalttala 5 Benjamin Hites 12 Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports Acura...
Audi Sport Team Saintéloc and drivers Christopher Haase, Jules Gounon and Markus Winkelhock. "Results - 2017 Main Race". total24hours.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02...
Piovanetti and Daniel Serra in the Squadra Corse Garage Italia entry. MarkusPalttala, Don Yount, and Dillon Machavern returned to the Turner Motorsport...
Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon 2:10.094 +8.686 7 33 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport MarkusPalttala 2:10.307 +8.899 451 34 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Ryan Dalziel 2:10.610...
Jaden Conwright 1–2, 4, 7, 10–12 Don Yount 1–2, 7, 12 Benjamin Hites 1 MarkusPalttala 1 Mateo Llarena 2 Marco Holzer 4, 7, 10–12 Magnus Racing Aston Martin...
LMGTE Am 75 Prospeed Competition François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard MarkusPalttala Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 194 Lost wheel Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMGTE...
76 Raymond Narac All Jean-Karl Vernay All Christophe Bourret 1, 3–4 MarkusPalttala 6–8 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8...
Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014. "Palttala replaces injured Vaxiviere in ProSpeed Porsche for Le Mans". Autosport...
(Diesel) Ret LMGT1 70 Marc VDS Racing Team Eric De Doncker Bas Leinders MarkusPalttala Ford GT1 M 26 Accident damage Ford 5.0 L V8 Ret LMP1 5 Beechdean Mansell...
Ferrari 4.5 L V8 33 LMGTE Am 55 JWA-Avila Paul Daniels Joël Camathias MarkusPalttala Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 290 +88 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 NC LMGTE Pro...
Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS and drivers Nick Catsburg, Lucas Luhr and MarkusPalttala. The trio's No. 46 BMW Z4 GT3 finished a lap clear of Audi Sport Team...
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 P M 55 Joël Camathias All MarkusPalttala 1–5 Bill Binnie 1 Paul Daniels 2–8 Benny Simonsen 6 Kenji Kobayashi...
All Ashley Freiberg 1–2, 12 Marco Wittmann 1 97 Michael Marsal All MarkusPalttala All Jesse Krohn 1–2 Maxime Martin 1 Cameron Lawrence 12 Aston Martin...
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