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06.11.2006
"24:16" - Norbert Singer Le Mans 24 Hours - 16 Wins with Porsche Available now for Christmas orders A Porsche racing story told by senior engineer Norbert Singer, who has played a key role in all 16 Porsche victories at Le Mans. Porsche is without doubt the most successful manufacturer ever to compete at Le Mans and this 208-page, large-format, full-colour book focuses on the cars, the drivers, the challenges and the achievements. Porsche has won the classic Le Mans race 16 times, ahead of Ferrari with nine victories and Jaguar with seven. Engineer Singer is unique in having played a part in all 16 victories. When he joined the Porsche company in Stuttgart as a young engineer straight out of university in Munich, he was given the job of cooling the gearboxes on the powerful 917 racers. His first task was successful, and Porsche 917s dominated the event, as they did the following year. Engineer Singer was then given the task of developing the 911 road car for racing, and in doing so created what is by far the most successful customer car that Porsche ever produced, the 935, which won at Le Mans in 1979. After that, he designed the bodywork of the 956 and 962 Group C cars, which won no fewer than seven Le Mans titles; he engineered the Porsche WSC open sports car, which claimed two victories; and, finally, the GT1-98 which achieved Porsche's 16th Le Mans victory. Singer takes us behind the scenes at Zuffenhausen and at Weissach and tells many fascinating stories about the 'holy of holies', Porsche's race engineering division. Just what is the secret of all those victories, a record which rival manufacturers can only dream about? All is revealed in Norbert Singer's fascinating autobiography, simply titled "24:16". Produced with the co-operation of Porsche Stuttgart, this lavishly-illustrated book is available either as a standard or limited edition. Restricted to just 250 copies and personally signed by Norbert Singer and Derek Bell, each limited-edition book will be presented in a commemorative slip case. SPECIFICATION:
ISBN: 1-902351-30-4 ORDERING:
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