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Old 9 Feb 2004, 12:23 (Ref:868136)   #3
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Actually attending a drive day would have to be the most boring day a driver and/or a team can ever go thru.

Fill the car with people, take the pics, close the door, start the beast, one warmup, one 8/10ths flyer, one cool down, get everyone out of the car, get the pics.... check the tyre pressures... go again...

... on and on and on... till the ride car is almost out of juice, and they use the old fuel churns to throw another 40L of Shell's finest aboard...

Dont get me wrong, the passengers love the experience, but I doubt the driver or the team gets a lot out of it.

No data systems on, no tyre pyrometers, no telemetry, nothing....
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