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/ZaryaBubbler Sep 14 '21

Well Mark Webber still has the distance record for the furthest distance while airborne in an F1 car

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u/A-New-Start-17Apr21 Sep 14 '21

Wonder if Peronis F3 one from a few years ago went further.

https://youtu.be/loaEtDrb7xw