Is Le Mans the greatest race in the world? | The Car Podcast #93
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello and welcome to the Car Podcast with Chris Harris and his friends. What you won't know is this is actually the second time we've attempted to record this this week because the first one was scuppered by a power cut in Bristol, which meant that I couldn't record. So I have to publicly apologise to my learned friends for wasting their time. I tried to make it work, but I couldn't. I ended up in a Bentley on Pembroke Road, if you know where that is, trying to record it on my phone. It didn't work.
What interesting car-related activities did the hosts engage in this week?
There we go. We're here now. Episode number 93. Chris Cooper, why is that?
Well, it's obviously even more of a mantle year because he was simultaneously F1 world champion in IndyCar, champ car champion. Never happened before or since. And obviously it was when the greatest racing driver ever, Alain Prost, won his fourth and last world championship. Mega year. He won more than Senna then, did he? He did, yeah.
And let's start this with a fist fight. So let's start with... What have you done in cars this week forward slash good news? One week I will throw a spanner in the works and say forward slash bad news, because not everything can be positive, Neil Clifford, but you can try. Go ahead.
Well, things I've done this week. Friday, I secretly, pretending to work, but didn't do work in the morning, and I went to Brands Hatch. because I went to this amazing event, which, what's it called, Mr. Harris? You were there, Motorsport Heroes Legends thing. It was called the Motor Racing Legends.
What are some unloved but good cars in the market?
Was it the London car? Look it up now. Hold on, I can't remember the name of it. The graphics were beautiful. It was all beautifully organised. London Historic Trophy. Yeah. There was no one there. So that was good, because it was Friday, which, you know, is fine.
People were working.
Why isn't the Polo considered a small Golf?
I think there were people. Yeah, I did a little bit of work afterwards, tending to work, but it was really good. It's like classic Le Mans. But it's around the M25 and loads of fantastic cars, old D-types, Alpha GTAs, lots of those torpedo-y little dangerous little things. Old shit, new shit. It's really, really good. And it was fabulous. And I was looking for Mr. Harris, but he didn't arrive till later. And he was in a very pointy yellow Lola thing, which was very, very cool. That was lovely. And I think Brands Hatch is very pretty as a circuit. And I've never... Actually, I have done a bit of a track day thing there and didn't really like it because it goes up and down a bit and it's all quite dangerous.
But to watch...
How often should you check your oil, water, and tire pressures?
It was brilliant. And so I did that, which is very good. And no one really knew about it. So that would be really good if lots of people knew about it. I'm sure it's like a first event test thing. I'm sure that's not what it was, but it felt like that. But the graphics are lovely. The organization was good.
What happened at Le Mans this year?
And long may it be super successful. And then on the Saturday... You know, what's amazing about being privileged and invited by Mr. Harris, our CEO, to be part of this fabulous little crazy fucking podcast is sometimes I get invited to things now where people think I'm like... a press person and get invited to like special things. And when this podcast ends and it goes down like father Ted or faulty towers, I will have to go back to be buying tickets and being a normal person that I was about a year or three years ago, but I'm going to, whilst it lasts, I'm going to enjoy it. And it was a road rat celebration of 75 years of Portia, uh, And basically everyone else went off to Silverstone, this lovely big, I can't remember, funny name.
I can't remember.
What is the significance of the 911 as a forever car?
It's like 75th in German or something. And drove around and got very, very wet. So I had the best bit. And it was really good coffee and really good pastries. And the lovely man, Peter at Road Rat, was very, very charming. And it was really good. Lots of amazingly cool Porsches, including the very first 356 that was at the 1951 Motor Show Car, which is a feature of this special magazine, special edition thing that you can't really buy, but you can buy.
What insights does the Car & Classic segment provide?
But you have to go into a Porsche dealer because it's got a special Porsche part number.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:09–0:34
2
What interesting car-related activities did the hosts engage in this week?
0:34–1:44
3
What are some unloved but good cars in the market?
1:44–2:01
4
Why isn't the Polo considered a small Golf?
2:01–2:55
5
How often should you check your oil, water, and tire pressures?
2:55–3:16
6
What happened at Le Mans this year?
3:16–4:16
7
What is the significance of the 911 as a forever car?
4:16–4:47
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What insights does the Car & Classic segment provide?
4:47–1:23:33
Speakers
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