tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256761720301650089.post3910182990606151606..comments2023-06-20T11:10:44.284+01:00Comments on Zero Downforce: My 5 “Legends of Le Mans”Woodwiss_F1http://www.blogger.com/profile/16914392758478213501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256761720301650089.post-63952602436522067702009-10-03T09:15:34.427+01:002009-10-03T09:15:34.427+01:00Very good list, Scott. The Toyota GT-One was a rem...Very good list, Scott. The Toyota GT-One was a remarkable car. My strongest memory of it was watching Martin Brundle take Indianapolis flat – this was in the days before the gravel trap was installed there. He was extraordinarily quick. <br />The BMW V12 LMR was a different beast. I don't think it had much in common with its predecessor – apart from the full-width roll hoop, that car had a quite eccentric cooling system that drew air in from under the nose, and it didn't quite work. It wasn't as quick as the Toyota and Mercedes, but during the race it always seemed to squeeze an extra lap out of the fuel tank; over the opening hours the Toyotas and Merecedes would sprint away, then after the pit stops had shaken out the Lehto BMW would always be there or thereabouts.<br />Something had to give; Schneider (Merc) and Brundle (Toyota) were absolutely caning their cars. Ditto Lehto and co in the leading BMW. The race fell into the lap of the 'tortoise' BMW when the others broke (or withdrew).<br />As an interesting aside, the winning BMW didn't go into a museum; they carried on racing it. In fact, the winning chassis met with a rather nasty fate – Bill Auberlen flipped at at the Petit Le Mans in 2000...Stuart Cnoreply@blogger.com