3 Jul 2015
MOTORSPORTINTERVIEWFORMULA ONE
Bernie Ecclestone himself recently admitted Formula One was suffering a ‘dip’, with fans seemingly disenchanted by - among other things - a perceived lack of competition at the front of the grid.
At the same time, another discipline of motorsport is thriving. The 24 Hours of Le Mans broke itsattendance record again this year, with 263,500 spectators watching Porsche claim their first win at Circuit de la Sarthe since 1998.
With genuine competition for wins, plenty of on-track action and the almighty challenge of driving non-stop for a whole day, endurance racing seems to be ticking a lot of boxes that Formula One currently is not.
And if that wasn’t enough, how peculiar that Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg should enjoy the biggest success of his time as an F1 driver… in the victorious Porsche LMP1 car.
Ahead of the Silverstone Grand Prix, we spoke to someone who knows a thing or two motorsport. Some say he’s won Le Mans three times, and that he’s also competed in Formula One. They’re right, because that someone is Allan McNish.
Less than two seasons after winning the World
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