Markus Palttala

Markus Palttala (born August 16, 1977 in Nakkila ) is a Finnish racing driver .

Racing career

Markus Palttala began his career in karting at the age of 16 . Until 1998 he took part in various national championships and in the same year switched to the Finnish touring car championship . In the following years Palttala drove in a wide variety of international racing series. His greatest championship successes were second overall in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2011 and 2012 . In 2016 he won the overall ranking of the Renault Sport Trophy .

By the end of the 2016 season, Palttala had contested 187 GT and sports car races , including the Le Mans 24-hour race three times and the Sebring 12-hour race four times . He celebrated seven overall and eight class wins.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	Eric de Doncker	Bas Leinders	failure	malfunction
2012	JWA-Avila	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Paul Daniels	Joël Camathias	Rank 33
2014	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	François Perrodo	Emmanuel Collard	failure	suspension

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2012	JWA-Avila	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Joël Camathias	William Binnie		Rank 49
2014	Turner Motorsport	BMW Z4 GT3	Paul Dalla Lana	Dane Cameron	Shane Lewis	Rank 32
2015	Turner Motorsport	BMW Z4 GTE	Boris Said III	Michael Marsal	Andy Priaulx	Rank 25
2016	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Jesse Krohn	Michael Marsal		Rank 27
2018	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Don Yount	Dillon Machavern		Rank 27

Web links

• Markus Palttala at the Driver Database
• Markus Palttala at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blancpain Endurance Series 2011
2. ↑ Blancpain Endurance Series 2012
3. ↑ Renault Sport Trophy 2016