Markus Palttala

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Markus Palttala
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Born (1977-08-16) 16 August 1977 (age 47)
Nakkila, Finland
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team Turner Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png 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
Years 2010, 2012, 2014
Teams Marc 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]

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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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2010 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc VDS Racing Team Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric De Doncker
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bas Leinders
Ford GT1LMGT126DNFDNF
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JWA-Avila Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Daniels
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR LMGTE-AM29033rd8th
2014 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Prospeed Competition Flag of France.svg François Perrodo
Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR LMGTE-AM194DNFDNF

NASCAR

(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

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112NWESPoints
2014 Racing Club Partners – Marc VDS 46 Toyota VAL VAL BRH
8
BRH
9
TOU TOU NUR
6
NUR
21
UMB UMB LEM LEM 22nd178

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.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
6th287
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
11th200
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
10th237
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
20th100
2021 NTE SportGTD Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
4
WGL
LIM
ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 48th299
2022 NTE SportGTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
16
SEB
LBH
LGA
MDO
DET
WGL
MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 66th163

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

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References

  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.