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Dr Mordrid

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Dude, Where's My Downforce?

16 December 2006, 17:48

Just a moment...

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Gurm

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16 December 2006, 18:53

Yup, that happens sometimes when the front end of those things isn't engineered JUST RIGHT...

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Jon P. Inghram

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16 December 2006, 19:40

Circuit de la Sarthe was/is really good at flipping cars, especially the Mercedes-Benz CLR:
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Elie

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17 December 2006, 02:35

yeah I remember that, in fac it happened twice during the same race, two different cars flipped and Mercedes quite Lemans for a while.
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Brian Ellis

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17 December 2006, 02:58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMeE9...elated&search= for a multiple flip and almost no injury.

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