Pull yourself together, James, come on. This car has managed 2,972 miles of Le Mans at an average speed of 124mph and you’re worried about taking it on a 1.
16-mile run up a glorified driveway in West Sussex? Well, yes, I am actually. For this isn’t a mass-produced press car like you usually see adorning the cover ofInvaluable, irreplaceable, legendary – the Le Mans winning 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 belongs to Porsche’s Museum in Stuttgart. A jaw-dropping artifact from another era that dates back so far as to look and sound like nothing of the modern day, but recent enough that most of us can remember its fabled tale.
Following its last Le Mans win in 1994 with the Dauer 962, Porsche knew that it needed to be bold in order to remain competitive. Following draft designs that began in ’95 and then early incarnations through the next couple of years, the 1998 911 GT1 took a whole new approach. What followed was a fierce tussle for the lead between the no.29 Toyota and both Porsches. Indeed, with around eight hours remaining the German entries had to simultaneously dive into the garage with mechanical issues, handing the lead back to the Toyota. Then, with around 1.5 hours left and the no.29 car holding a slender lead, Belgian Thierry Boutsen climbed in to take the final stint, all the while being hunted down by Allan McNish in the number 26 Porsche.
I grab the brushed metal gear-lever to my right and short-shift to second. Clutch in for up changes and down changes, it’s not like any sequential box I’ve driven before. The engine whines as I stretch it up to the first corner, wipers flicking from left to right as my eyes pirch on stalks.
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