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Podcast: Inside Porsche's 919 Hybrid Spa record run
Go inside the lap record set by Porsche's Neel Jani with its unrestricted 919 Hybrid at Spa-Francorchamps and get a feel for what the world champion and Le Mans winner experienced with more than 1100 horsepower, DRS, all-wheel drive, and torque vectoring at his disposal to beat the Formula 1 lap record by three-quarters of a second.
Porsche LMP Team's Neel Jani with his record-breaking time.
The Swiss ace also talks us through the lap and closes with a description of how he won the battle "between man and machine."
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The 2026 season marks Marshall Pruett's 40th year working in the sport. In his role today for RACER, Pruett covers open-wheel and sports car racing as a writer, reporter, photographer, and filmmaker. In his previous career, he served as a mechanic, engineer, and team manager in a variety of series, including IndyCar, IMSA, and World Challenge.
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