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Le Mans From The Inside – Part 4, The First Six Hours
June 30th, 2010
Warm Up. The Saturday morning warm up is basically a systems check for the cars, which have all been ripped apart and put back together during Friday. Being just a systems check it’s pretty boring. That’s why almost every car had at least one spin, many had 2. None of our cars spent the whole session [...]
Read MoreLe Mans From The Inside – Part 3, Thursday Qualifying
June 29th, 2010
Biking home last night was a bit of an adventure. At 1.30, they still hadn’t re-opened the circuit, so I had to find another route. I followed my instincts, which took me down some very dark lanes. I was quite confident that I was going to get lost, but fortunately I ended up in the [...]
Read MoreLe Mans From the Inside – Part 2, Wednesday
June 29th, 2010
Wednesday Afternoon. At last, we’ve got the sound of racing cars. After a quiet, overcast day, we are into the first session. It doesn’t count for qualification, but novices (like Nigel Mansell! – honestly) have to get 10 laps in, in order to race. Greg has done his, and Nigel is currently doing his 10 [...]
Read MoreLe Mans From The Inside – Part 1, The Build Up
June 28th, 2010
Le Mans From The Inside are a series of blog posts from Colin Cooke, you may have heard him on the Radio Le Mans Zytek special, he is the Chassis Build Coordinater and a huge Le Mans fan. During each race he sends out emails to friends, family and Zytek staff at the factory to [...]
Read More“Come on, we’ve got to go and see this stupid race.” – W O Bentley, 1923
June 10th, 2010
Le Mans is a special event for all involved, love it or hate it (one’s opinion generally swings between these two for the duration of the race), it is undeniably an event! The idea of racing for 24 Hours may seem ludicrous and at 3am when the heavens above La Sarthe have opened and poured [...]
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