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Audi's diesel-powered R10 TDI sports-prototype, which won the Le Mans 24 Hours race last month, came close to beating a Harrier GR7 "Jump Jet".
At RAF Wittering in England last week, the Le Mans race winning Audi R10 TDI with Scotsman Allan McNish at the wheel, sped down a taxi-way, racing a Harrier aircraft on an adjacent runway, from a standing start in a one-kilometre race.
The contest, staged at the annual Family & Friends Day at the RAF base near Peterborough in front of a 5,000 crowd, ended in a close victory for the Harrier - by one-tenth of a second.
The Audi was quicker off the line and was faster to 150mph than the aircraft.
But the Harrier, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Pete Keenlyside, just beat the Audi to the 1km by a "nose" before the jet took off in a vertical climb.
"I had a practice run against the Harrier moments before the race 'proper' and I came very close to beating it - it was a very close run contest," confirmed McNish.
"It was essentially a 'fun' race but when a racing driver and a pilot get together it quickly becomes serious. For our diesel-powered Audi, which we didn't modify or prepare specifically for this event in any way, to come so close to beating a Harrier jet-fighter I believe was a tremendous achievement once again for TDI power."
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Source : http://www.newcarnet.co.uk
(7/10/2006)
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