Markus Palttala

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Markus Eero Johannes 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 second in the championship each year, driving for Marc VDS Racing Team.

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Markus Palttala
Finnish
Markus Eero Johannes Palttala (1977-08-16) 16 August 1977Nakkila, Finland
2014
Turner Motorsport
FIA Silver (until 2014, 2023–) FIA Gold (2015–2022)
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Finnish TCCDunlop Tourenwagen Cup LightPorsche Carrera Cup GermanyEuropean Super ProductionFIA GT ChampionshipFFSA GT ChampionshipLe Mans Endurance SeriesBelcarFIA GT3Finnish GT3 ChampionshipFIA GT1 World ChampionshipBlancpain Endurance SeriesFIA WEC
24 Hours of Le Mans careerYears2010, 2012, 2014TeamsMarc VDS Racing Team, JWA-AvilaBest finish33rd (2012)2010, 2012, 2014Marc VDS Racing Team, JWA-Avila33rd (2012)
2010, 2012, 2014
Marc VDS Racing Team, JWA-Avila
33rd (2012)

Markus Eero Johannes 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 second in the championship each year, driving for Marc VDS Racing Team.

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.

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Pos.ClassPos.
Marc VDS Racing TeamEric De Doncker Bas LeindersFord GT1LMGT126DNFDNF
JWA-AvilaPaul Daniels Joël CamathiasPorsche 911 GT3 RSRLMGTE-AM29033rd8th
Prospeed CompetitionFrançois Perrodo Emmanuel CollardPorsche 911 GT3 RSRLMGTE-AM194DNFDNF

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

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

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.ClassPos.
PSI MotorsportStéphane De Groodt Éric BachelartHonda Integra Type-RSPDNFDNF
PSI MotorsportPhilippe Tollenaire Stéphane De GroodtPorsche 996 GT3-RCat.249910th
PSI MotorsportEric Geboers Kurt MollekensPorsche 996 Bi-TurboGT312DNFDNF
Ice Pol Racing TeamYves Lambert Christian Lefort Jean AndréPorsche 996 GT3-RSG248617th4th
PSI ExperienceBernard Dehez Pertti Kuismanen Vincent RadermeckerChevrolet Corvette C5-RGT153011th7th
Prospeed CompetitionMikael Forsten Wolf Henzler Geoffroy HorionPorsche 997 GT3-RSRGT2183DNFDNF
Prospeed CompetitionNiki Lanik David Loix Oskar SlingerlandPorsche 997 GT3 Cup SG35179th
Marc VDS Racing TeamEric De Doncker Renaud KuppensFord GT GT3GT3249DNFDNF
Marc VDS Racing TeamAntoine Leclerc Jonathan HirschiFord GT GT3Pro Cup52111th7th
Marc VDS Racing TeamBas Leinders Maxime MartinBMW Z4 GT3Pro Cup5074th4th
Marc VDS Racing TeamNick Catsburg Henri MoserBMW Z4 GT3Pro Cup222DNFDNF
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDSLucas Luhr Dirk WernerBMW Z4 GT3Pro Cup527
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDSNick Catsburg Lucas LuhrBMW Z4 GT3Pro Cup536
Emil Frey RacingJonathan Hirschi Christian KlienJaguar XK Emil Frey G3Pro Cup44649th25th
Walkenhorst MotorsportMatias Henkola Christian Krognes Nico MenzelBMW M6 GT3Pro-Am Cup53620th5th
Emil Frey RacingStéphane Ortelli Norbert SiedlerLexus RC F GT3Pro Cup196DNFDNF
Bentley Team M-SportAlex Buncombe Maxime SouletBentley Continental GT3Pro Cup118DNFDNF
YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.ClassPos.
Marc VDS Racing TeamBas Leinders Maxime MartinBMW Z4 GT3SP9 GT31544th4th
Marc VDS Racing TeamRichard Göransson Bas Leinders Henri MoserBMW Z4 GT3SP9 GT339DNFDNF
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDSDirk Adorf Nick Catsburg Bas LeindersBMW Z4 GT3SP9 GT360DNFDNF
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDSLucas Luhr Maxime Martin Richard WestbrookBMW Z4 GT3SP9 GT31562nd2nd
Rowe RacingNicky Catsburg Klaus Graf Richard WestbrookBMW M6 GT3SP9 GT357DNFDNF
Rowe RacingNick Catsburg Alexander Sims Richard WestbrookBMW M6 GT3SP9 GT3158
BMW Team SchnitzerAugusto Farfus Christian Krognes Fabian SchillerBMW M6 GT3SP9 GT313113th12th
GetSpeed PerformanceJanine Hill Fabian Schiller John ShoffnerMercedes-AMG GT3SP9 GT315013th12th
GetSpeed PerformanceJanine Shoffner John Shoffner Maxime SouletMercedes-AMG GT3 EvoSP9 GT37917th16th
GetSpeed PerformanceMoritz Kranz John Shoffner Maxime SouletMercedes-AMG GT3 EvoSP9 GT35814th14th
KTM True RacingReinhard Kofler Ferdinand Stuck Johannes StuckKTM X-Bow GT2 ConceptSP-X14420th

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

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.ClassPos.
PSI MotorsportMarc Goossens Philippe TollenairePorsche 996 Bi-TurboGTADNFDNF
RTM RacingLeo Van Sande Risto VirtanenPorsche 996 Bi-TurboGTA165DNFDNF
PSI MotorsportMarc Duez Leo Van SandePorsche 996 Bi-TurboGTA426DNFDNF
PSI MotorsportKurt Mollekens Vincent Radermecker Leo Van SandePorsche 996 Bi-TurboGTA7467th
G-Force RacingFrank Hahn Val Hillebrand Leo Van SandePorsche 997 GT3 CupBelcar 17736th4th
MPM Racing by VerbistArmand Fumal Jos Menten Michel PulinxPorsche 996 GT3-RSBelcar 3773
Prospeed CompetitionMarc Goossens David Loix Maxime SouletPorsche 996 GT3-RSGTO+800
Marc VDS Racing TeamNick Catsburg Bas Leinders Henri MoserBMW Z4 GT3GT-1291DNFDNF
Skylimit Yokohama Racing TeamDale Lomas Simon Podhalicz Robin Put Davy SuffeleersBMW ClubsportT-663930th
Skylimit Yokohama Racing TeamKata Bozó Nicolas Hermans Ines Lammens Jo LammensBMW E90 325iBelcar 560332nd7th
Skylimit Yokohama Racing TeamKata Bozó Nicolas Hermans Ines Lammens Jo LammensBMW E90 325iBelcar 564524th
JJ Motorsport/Xwift RacingPieter Denys Gregory Eyckmans Jamie-Jason VandenbalckBMW E90 325iBelcar 666815th

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