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That's some funky maths by Ferrari. Are they just adding a huge chunk of money onto the base GTE price then? Or are you actually getting less by converting a GT3 to GTE?
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Well done, the last two I was thinking of was Thatcher and Mason.
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It seems a few Le Mans drivers and team owners have faced criminal charges and spent time in prison. How many can you name ?
Here's a few to get you started with their charges : Don & Bill Whittington (Owners and drivers of the winning Porsche in 1979) : Drug Smuggling Randy Lanier (Driver in T-Bird Racing Ferrari in 1982) : Drug Smuggling Bertrand Gachot (Driver from 1990 -1997) : Assault Rohan Skea (Owner of Skea Racing International Porsche in 2000) : Fraud Scott Tucker (Owner of Level 5 Motorsport from 2011 -2013) : Fraud |
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I don't know if that counts, but Jaime Melo Jr spent a few hours in jail.
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Jon Field was sentenced but not really clear from what I can find as to how much time he actually served.
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And Colin Chapman once found himself in a Dutch jail
And Eddie Irvine was recently given a suspended sentence |
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And Lucas Luhr found himself visiting a Georgia county slammer for an evening.
But I think if we count that, there might be a VERY long list. And I'm guessing the 70s and 80s have a long list of drivers/felons |
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I forgot Christophe Dechavanne (Venturi 500 LM 1993 with Laffite and Maisonneuve), a well known TV showman in France.
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When was the last time that the winning car at Le Mans hasn't neither tested or raced at Sebring?
I know that the Audis, Peugeot and the 919 did it, Bentley and BMW raced there too. I don't know much about the development of 90's sportscars, so I don't really have the asnwer for this... |
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The current version of the 919 (2015-now) hasn't tested at Sebring. I would suggest that Porsche and Toyota rectify that next year, because of how much it helped Audi and Peugeot over the years.
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Earl Bamber has raced twice at Le Mans and won both times. Is there anyone else with the same stats?
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Bamber has raced three times, 2 in LMP1 and 1 in GTE.
Woolf Barnato has a good record on this, 3 races, 3 wins in a row. |
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