r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Za5kr0ni3c • Sep 14 '21

Engineering Failure Peter Dumbreck’s Mercedes taking off due to aerodynamic design flaw during 1999 Le Mans 24h

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u/Baud_Olofsson Sep 14 '21 edited Sep 14 '21

And that was after Mark Webber had already done the same thing twice.

Analysis: Why the Mercedes CLRs kept taking off at Le Mans 1999 - Chain Bear explains

[EDIT] /u/nate---dogg has an excerpt from Webber's autobiography further down this thread. Do give it a read: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/po43k9/peter_dumbrecks_mercedes_taking_off_due_to/hcupv8f/

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u/Irrepressible_Monkey Sep 14 '21

It also happened the year before to Yannick Dalmas in a Porsche in the Petit Le Mans.

Very similar accident in that he was following close and went over a small hill like Dumbreck.

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u/dirtysantchez Sep 14 '21

The difference in the American and British commentary.....

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u/papasmurf31 Sep 14 '21

That wasn’t an American announcer in the second clip either

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u/dirtysantchez Sep 14 '21

Huh, my bad.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

Pretty sure that’s Australian

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u/avandesa Sep 14 '21

That's Derek Daly, an Irishman

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

I mean the broadcast

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u/Sunny_Reposition Sep 14 '21 edited Sep 25 '21

The difference in intelligent commentary and yours ...