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#103 Marino Franchitti - Racing Driver on Le Mans, Developing Singer 911s & Three Men Four Wheels ep.103

Marino Franchitti joins us on the podcast to talk about racing, testing Singers and his new tv show "Three Men Four Wheels".

You can find the show on Discovery + and Quest

https://www.instagram.com/mfranchitti/

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

01:16 - Driving Insane Race Cars

14:15 - Favourite Race Cars

18:13 - Racing Super GT

20:35 - Road Car Development - Singer DLS

30:20 - 3 Men 4 Wheels

45:44 - 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #67 - Sam Hancock | Racing Driver / Coach / Commentator

Sam Hancock (@hancock_sam) is a Professional Racing driver, coach, consultant and commentator. Sam has just got back from commentating at Le Mans for Eurosport so we have a bit of a dig into what's been going on and a bit about Sam. This is a long one so might be worth getting a brew on.

https://www.samhancock.com/

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Show Notes: 

0:00 = Intro and what do you do? 
2:30 = Commentating at Le Mans 24hrs
9:13 = Toyotas leaving under electric power 
12:23 = GT Car Sounds
15:00 = The new hyperpole format
18:15 = The end of the LMP1 era
19:40 = The problem with the 919 Tribute
26:59 = Track limits at Le Mans 2020
28:38 = Stand out moments of LM 24 '20
39:40 = Hypercars at Le Mans
50:14 = BOP
58:39 = Ferrari F8
1:04:54 = 250 SWB and old cars vs new
1:10:16 = Dallara Stradale
1:12:52 = What is your typical customer like? 
1:16:02 = Setting up a racecar
1:22:29 = Testing at Silverstone + Ollie Hancock
1:27:05 = Different coaching styles
1:40:46 = Rob Willson - gentle, firm
1:48:25 = How seriously are you taking your racing atm (me)
1:52:20 = Don't be afraid of faster racing cars 
1:58:27 = Road to Le Mans coaching programs
2:04:57 = The difference an amateur can make at Le Mans
2:06:36 = Fake silvers and the rating system
2:11:08 = 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #56: Olly Bryant

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Olly Bryant (@ollybryant) is a professional racing driver and driver coach who mainly races in classic and gt3 cars. He has raced a massive variety of classic cars including Cobras, 911s and GT40s.

The Podcast is available under "Car Chat" on all major podcast platforms (iTunes, Spotify etc).

Hope you enjoy the Podcast.

Thanks, Sam

https://instagram.com/ollybryant

Show Notes:

0:00 = How did you get into cars?

1:24 = The early years

3:54 = GT Racing

10:00 = How does racing at LeMans compare to other endurance races?

14:11 = What is the cost of a GT endurance race?

17:55 = What would you like to see going forward in WEC?

20:52 = The difference driving a GTE vs a GT3 car?

25:22 = Historic Racing

26:44 = Different styles of going fast

30:13 = How does a road 911 compare to the race versions.

35:17 = If you could only go to one European track to race what would it be?

35:39 = What have been the most memorable classic cars to race?

37:14 = What's it like to race a Cobra?

40:54 = Why does the new RSR sound odd?

43:20 = Where would you point someone who wanted to get into historic racing?

55:30 = Do you play on a Sim?

1:08:41 = Did you have to do neck training when you were racing GT?

1:16:00 = 5 Questions