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The Way It Is: Penske's Porsche LMP2 cars ready.

Monday, 12th March 2007

Penske and Porsche engineers have worked together to improve the car aerodynamically and mechanically, making this year’s latest version substantially quicker than last year’s prototype.

“This is quite a different project compared to the way that Penske Racing has worked with its technical partners in the past,” Beresford added. “Usually they supplied the engine and we built the chassis but on this project we operate the car for Porsche and give them meaningful feedback on ways to improve the reliability, performance and operation of the car. What we don’t do is make bits to replace Porsche bits. It’s a more intimate relationship than, for example, when we bought Reynards [from 1999-2001] and completely re engineered the majority of the car.”

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