Inside The Sports Car Paddock, April 1 with Jeff Braun

It's the 11th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun, who explains the various roles within a top-tier team and how they interact as a unit on pit lane.

We then move to Lawrence Tomlinson, owner of the road and race car manufacturer Ginetta, on the company's plans to continue in LMP1 and its new Akula super car. Ford and Mazda factory driver Harry Tincknell is up next to chat about his new Carlin Racing ELMS LMP2 gig, and we close with Renger van der Zande, who took part in the California 8 Hour Intercontinental GT event with the factory Honda team.

Interviews:

Jeff Braun (starts at 3m14s)
Lawrence Tomlinson (48m19s)
Harry Tincknell (57m14s)
Renger van der Zande (1h09m00s)

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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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