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speed

Fortunately, with less than

30 minutes to go, the safety car

left the still-wet track

During the evening, conditions stayed chal-
lenging. We walked over the bridge to the oth-
er side of the track just as an intense Highveld
thunderstorm pelted down and we hurried
back to our seats for the nal hour. Fortunately,

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with less than 30 minutes to go, the safety car
exited the still-wet track.
The red and white GT3 R of Frikadelli Racing
crossed the line to take yet another podium and
the championship win for Porsche. I ran down
to the pits. The race was over and everyone was
far more relaxed, so I walked through the garag-
es. I went over to shake Chris Goodwin’s hand;
the man previously responsible for the setup of
every modern McLaren road and racecar and
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the current development driver for the Aston
Martin Valkyrie. I made my way to the top cars
01 GT3 cars making their way through the second-to-last
parked in the pit lane, a very special sight. They turn, Cheetah. 02 The Audi Sport Team Land R8 liftedduring a
were lthy and proudly displayed the scars of pit stop. 03 One of two Bentley GTs entered by BentleyTeam

M-Sport. 04 Proudly clad in the South African flag, SPSAuto-

nine hours of racing. While it is impressive to motive Performance’s Mercedes-AMG GT3. 05 Enthusiastic
stand on the winner’s podium, it is a feather fans. 06 Simultaneous pitting: which crew will be quickest?
in the cap of the teams and cars to have

nished the race. 04
This is just the rst year of the new Nine-hour.

Next year, the cars will return and I’ll again take
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my seat to watch these winged warriors battle it
out. More exciting than F1? Undoubtedly.
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