Le Mans Pace Car Crashes Racers
Le Mans. The infamous race series features a slew of Porsche 911 GT3′s, continuing a phenomenon of luxury sports car competition. Hell, even the pace car is an Audi. Those pace and safety vehicles are supposed to – well help everyone stay safe. That was not the case at Stuttgart this year. As the starting lap was underway, one of these safety cars remained on the course with its lights off as the green flag came down.
What followed? Anarchy. A crash which almost caused Porsche’s entire team a loss early on. And the team is protesting, obviously.
The tail end of the field was still accelerating while those at the front end, witnessing the incident, were braking hard. The mid-field was pushed together over the entire width of the track, leading to a massive collision. Thankfully no one was injured.
After six hours of racing one Porsche claimed victory. A second 911 came in at sixth place, after extensive repairs due to the early crash. Porsche is claiming their entire team are victims of this crash. We don’t know what the company expects to happen, but it sure was an exciting, all be it tragic way to begin a racing series.
Thanks to @axisofoversteer for the story.
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