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Filmed at Fonna Glacier Ski Resort.
Things go sideways during a development test when the rear wheels of this Camaro lock up and the car hits the safety barrier. The driver appears to be unharmed. As the saying goes, sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.
With hands and feet, courage, experience and instinct the drivers control the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Underneath the feet play heel-and-toe. Some of the Porsche works drivers use their left foot for braking, others prefer to switch with the right one between throttle and brake. But what they do with their hands is a lot more complicated, as the drivers operate a computer.
Pointing the car in the right direction is the most trivial task the steering wheel does. The drivers operate 24 buttons and switches on the front as well as six paddles on the reverse side to control the most complex racing car. For the 2016 season, the buttons and switches on the steering wheel were … More