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Marc Gene talks about the second-generation 908.

Some brief points translated:

• He was the first to drive the car in a test session, July last year at Barcelona.
• The bulk of the testing in 2010 was done at Monza, Paul Ricard and particularly Motorland Aragon (due to a long straight line at that track).
• Every driver always wants more power from the car... he calls the old V12 "the most fabulous engine I've ever had in one of my racing cars", but says that the new V8 should be on a par, although with less power and that it actually makes more noise than the V12. "Drivers adjust quickly to the new car and forget the comparisons eventually".
• Chassis is much improved, the car is much more nimble and efficient through sequences of corners.
• Some talk on the shark fin and its effects, tangential reference to the crash Marc had on test day at LM in '08.