Sunday 23 October 2016

Talking the good and bad of racing technology with Stefan Johansson

From the Formula One paddock to IndyCar pit lane and the temples of international sports car racing, Stefan Johansson is one of the most successful and respected racing drivers of all time. Johansson spent 11 years (1980-1991) in Formula One, driving for giants including Ferrari and McLaren alongside teammates like Alain Prost and Michele Alboreto and against competitors including Ayrton Senna.

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Jan Tegler (JT) – Over the course of your three decade-plus career as a top-level professional racing driver, the technology of racing has changed considerably. From the March and Lola Formula 2 racers you drove in the early 1980s through the Ferraris and McLarens you drove in Formula One in the mid-1980s, the Penske and Reynard Indy Cars you drove in CART in the mid-1990s, and the Porsche prototype you won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with in 1997 to the modern LMP2 cars you’ve raced, what stands out as the biggest technological change?

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