Taking the holiday at full throttle Despite the FIA World Endurance Championships long summer break, Porsches LMP1 works drivers are not getting bored. In addition to testing with the Porsche 919 Hybrid, they have made numerous appearances. Romain Dumas Romain Dumas devoted himself to his rally team as soon as the hype of Le Mans subsided. He had big plans: two weeks after the 24-hour race, he turned out with his own team for the famous hill race on Pikes Peak in Colorado (U.S.). 9:05.801 minutes was the time he needed for the Race into the Clouds, making him the overall winner. En route from the start at 2,865 metres to the peak at 4,301, he mastered 156 corners over a distance of 20 kilometres. While Dumas was driving a 600-kilogram prototype (Norma M20 RD Limited), Vincent Beltoise secured a class victory for the team in a Porsche. The young Frenchman from the Porsche Carrera Cup won in a GT3 RS. Three weeks later, on 20th July, Romain Dumas too was again sitting in the cockpit of a Porsche. With his 911 Group 4 from 1977 and co-driver Denis Giraudet, he took overall victory in the Rallye de la Drôme in France. The Dumas familys two-week holiday also had a good tempo to it: on the Côte d’Azur the emphasis was on water sports. Also there with Dumas, of course, was little Gabin, who was born on, by happy coincidence, 9.11.2013
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:17:38 +0000