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Markus Palttala

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Markus Palttala
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1977-08-16) 16 August 1977 (age 47)
Nakkila, Finland
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamTurner Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Starts4
Wins2
Previous series
1998–1999
1999
2000
2001
2002, '06, '08, '09
2003, 2006
20052010
2005, '08, '11
20092011
2009
20102011
20112013
20122013
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
Years2010, 2012, 2014
TeamsMarc VDS Racing Team, JWA-Avila
Best finish33rd (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]

Complete motorsports results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2010 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Eric De Doncker
Belgium Bas Leinders
Ford GT1 LMGT1 26 DNF DNF
2012 United Kingdom JWA-Avila United Kingdom Paul Daniels
Switzerland Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR LMGTE-AM 290 33rd 8th
2014 Belgium Prospeed Competition France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR LMGTE-AM 194 DNF DNF

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2014 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
7†
SEB
7
LGA
1
DET
6
WGL
1
MOS
3
IND
ELK
1
VIR
1
COA
3
ATL
4
6th 287
2015 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
12
SEB
8
LGA
10
BEL
6
WGL
9
LIM
ELK
10†
VIR
4
AUS
2
ATL
11
11th 200
2016 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
5
SEB
7
LGA
12
BEL
11
WGL
10
MOS
13†
LIM
7
ELK
9
VIR
8
AUS
14
PET
3
10th 237
2018 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
SEB
11
MOH
BEL
WGL
1
MOS
LIM
ELK VIR LGA PET
15
20th 100
2021 NTE Sport GTD Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
4
WGL
LIM
ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 48th 299
2022 NTE Sport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
16
SEB
LBH
LGA
MDO
DET
WGL
MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 66th 163

Palttala did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

24 Hours of Spa results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2000 Belgium PSI Motorsport Belgium Stéphane De Groodt
Belgium Éric Bachelart
Honda Integra Type-R SP DNF DNF
2001 Belgium PSI Motorsport Belgium Philippe Tollenaire
Belgium Stéphane De Groodt
Porsche 996 GT3-R Cat.2 499 10th 1st
2002 Belgium PSI Motorsport Belgium Eric Geboers
Belgium Kurt Mollekens
Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo GT 312 DNF DNF
2005 Belgium Ice Pol Racing Team Belgium Yves Lambert
Belgium Christian Lefort
Belgium Jean André
Porsche 996 GT3-RS G2 486 17th 4th
2006 Belgium PSI Experience Belgium Bernard Dehez
Finland Pertti Kuismanen
Belgium Vincent Radermecker
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 530 11th 7th
2008 Belgium Prospeed Competition Finland Mikael Forsten
Germany Wolf Henzler
Belgium Geoffroy Horion
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 183 DNF DNF
2009 Belgium Prospeed Competition Austria Niki Lanik
Belgium David Loix
Netherlands Oskar Slingerland
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S G3 517 9th 3rd
2010 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Eric De Doncker
Belgium Renaud Kuppens
Ford GT GT3 GT3 249 DNF DNF
2011 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team France Antoine Leclerc
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Ford GT GT3 Pro Cup 521 11th 7th
2012 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Maxime Martin
BMW Z4 GT3 Pro Cup 507 4th 4th
2013 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Switzerland Henri Moser
BMW Z4 GT3 Pro Cup 222 DNF DNF
2014 Belgium BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Dirk Werner
BMW Z4 GT3 Pro Cup 527 2nd 2nd
2015 Belgium BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Germany Lucas Luhr
BMW Z4 GT3 Pro Cup 536 1st 1st
2016 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Austria Christian Klien
Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 Pro Cup 446 49th 25th
2017 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Finland Matias Henkola
Norway Christian Krognes
Germany Nico Menzel
BMW M6 GT3 Pro-Am Cup 536 20th 5th
2018 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Austria Norbert Siedler
Lexus RC F GT3 Pro Cup 196 DNF DNF
2019 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 Pro Cup 118 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Maxime Martin
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 GT3 154 4th 4th
2013 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Sweden Richard Göransson
Belgium Bas Leinders
Switzerland Henri Moser
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 GT3 39 DNF DNF
2014 Belgium BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Germany Dirk Adorf
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Belgium Bas Leinders
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 GT3 60 DNF DNF
2015 Belgium BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Germany Lucas Luhr
Belgium Maxime Martin
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 GT3 156 2nd 2nd
2016 Germany Rowe Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Germany Klaus Graf
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 GT3 57 DNF DNF
2017 Germany Rowe Racing Netherlands Nick Catsburg
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 GT3 158 2nd 2nd
2018 Germany BMW Team Schnitzer Brazil Augusto Farfus
Germany Christian Krognes
Germany Fabian Schiller
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 GT3 131 13th 12th
2019 Germany GetSpeed Performance United States Janine Hill
Germany Fabian Schiller
United States John Shoffner
Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 GT3 150 13th 12th
2020 Germany GetSpeed Performance United States Janine Shoffner
United States John Shoffner
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 GT3 79 17th 16th
2021 Germany GetSpeed Performance Germany Moritz Kranz
United States John Shoffner
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 GT3 58 14th 14th
2022 Austria KTM True Racing Austria Reinhard Kofler
Austria Ferdinand Stuck
Austria Johannes Stuck
KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept SP-X 144 20th 2nd

NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1

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NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NWES Points
2014 Racing Club Partners – Marc VDS 46 Toyota VAL VAL BRH
8
BRH
9
TOU TOU NUR
6
NUR
21
UMB UMB LEM LEM 22nd 178

24 Hours of Zolder results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2000 Belgium PSI Motorsport Belgium Marc Goossens
Belgium Philippe Tollenaire
Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo GTA DNF DNF
2003 Belgium RTM Racing Belgium Leo Van Sande
Finland Risto Virtanen
Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo GTA 165 DNF DNF
2004 Belgium PSI Motorsport Belgium Marc Duez
Belgium Leo Van Sande
Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo GTA 426 DNF DNF
2005 Belgium PSI Motorsport Belgium Kurt Mollekens
Belgium Vincent Radermecker
Belgium Leo Van Sande
Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo GTA 746 7th 2nd
2007 Belgium G-Force Racing Belgium Frank Hahn
Netherlands Val Hillebrand
Belgium Leo Van Sande
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Belcar 1 773 6th 4th
2008 Belgium MPM Racing by Verbist Belgium Armand Fumal
Netherlands Jos Menten
Belgium Michel Pulinx
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Belcar 3 773 3rd 2nd
2011 Belgium Prospeed Competition Belgium Marc Goossens
Belgium David Loix
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Porsche 996 GT3-RS GTO+ 800 2nd 1st
2012 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Belgium Bas Leinders
Switzerland Henri Moser
BMW Z4 GT3 GT-1 291 DNF DNF
2015 Belgium Skylimit Yokohama Racing Team United Kingdom Dale Lomas
Netherlands Simon Podhalicz
Belgium Robin Put
Belgium Davy Suffeleers
BMW Clubsport T-6 639 30th 3rd
2016 Belgium Skylimit Yokohama Racing Team Hungary Kata Bozó
Belgium Nicolas Hermans
Belgium Ines Lammens
Belgium Jo Lammens
BMW E90 325i Belcar 5 603 32nd 7th
2017 Belgium Skylimit Yokohama Racing Team Hungary Kata Bozó
Belgium Nicolas Hermans
Belgium Ines Lammens
Belgium Jo Lammens
BMW E90 325i Belcar 5 645 24th 3rd
2019 Belgium JJ Motorsport/Xwift Racing Belgium Pieter Denys
Belgium Gregory Eyckmans
Belgium Jamie-Jason Vandenbalck
BMW E90 325i Belcar 6 668 15th 1st

References

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  1. ^ "Markus Palttala". Driver Database. DriverDB AB. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  2. ^ DiZinno, Tony (May 4, 2014). "Starworks, Turner Take PC, GTD Monterey Wins". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
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