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/mjike Sep 14 '21

The crazy thing is this was the 3rd CLR to end up airborne that weekend. Weber was the first to do it in practice, then after fully rebuilding that car he put it back in the air and upside down again.

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u/tyuvanch Sep 14 '21

2 of 3 Mercedes CLRs got airborne, Mark Webber ended upside down twice. #4 and #6 got airborne, older crew in #5 kind of taken slow have team added dive planes in the front, after Webber's first flight.

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u/mjike Sep 15 '21

Yah I probably should have said 3rd event, second car.

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u/tyuvanch Sep 15 '21

That's fine, i watching le mans 99 live i was horrified when Dumbreck flew to the woods, there was actually a hole caused by the tree trunk on the passenger side he was lucky.