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Should be noted that Neel Jani is only the second Swiss born driver to win LM overall. Only other one is Marcel Fassler, who won all his races with Audi.
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In other news related to the winning drivers from last week, we might have Romain Dumas pulling off a very interesting double: after winning Le Mans, he's just gone up the Pikes Peak hillclimb in the second-fastest time in history and the second ever time under 9 minutes (after Loeb's famous 8:13): 8:51.445 and looks like nobody coming up after him is as fast.
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Porsche testing their new aero package at Barcelona:
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The Silverstone HD pack worked great and I bet 919 will be the fastest car on Nurb, using it, and they still have plenty of time to test and develop the 3rd pack that will likely debut on Mexico.
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Porsche did a 4-day test at Barcelona focusing on their third aero package. They did over 2900km. Their twitter said the drivers were reporting neck pain must be some serious downforce.
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18 Jul 2016, 05:19 (Ref:3659336) | #7234 | |
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Hopefully it's my suggestion, for Porsche's sake!
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I'm beginning to get a little concerned that a new Technical Director has not yet been announced. There is still time, but IMO the sooner you can get the management team in place, the more time he/she will have to adapt and immerse themselves into the future project(s).
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Relevant bit for those that will closely follow the race:
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That is a huge part of the esses of what makes Endurance racing great and why I love it!
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I've heard that they will, at regular intervals, be serving light refreshments from those tea-trays at the front throughout the proceedings.
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As far as how the Porsche looks, I have to say that the large beetle compound eye headlights kill the look of the car. They just look awkward in the bodywork compared to what the older xenon headlamps did.
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21 Jul 2016, 15:54 (Ref:3659955) | #7248 | ||
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