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Originally Posted by chunder
Does anyone else not really feel that excited by an elextric car breaking this record?
I am rather sad about it actually
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The original post was made hoping to come back and talk about a record set by a PP rookie on a 2wd car powered by an internal combustion engine.
Unfortunately the team was hit hard by misfortune.
Anyway the time set by Dumas was probably not achievable by Simone, Loeb's record instead was achievable according to practice sectors time.
All the extra test VW made on the Peak and mostly the huge budget (compared to private teams) made once more, as commonly happen in motorsport, the difference.
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Originally Posted by chunder
Even Loeb's record is not really that special, that was basically a 908 LM car underneath!
Monster Tajima for me is the main man, he was the quickest when it was mainly dirt, and the likes of Rod Millen etc, Eklund who were doing quick times on dirt. That is real talent
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Not really, the only parts borrowed from the LMP were brakes and the rear wing.
The frame was tubular and the engine a petrol turbocharged V6.