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Sep 2012GP Success in Singapore
The 14th round of the 2012 F1 season, the Singapore Grand Prix held
around its superb street circuit, saw AP Racing's domination of
supplying Brakes and/or Clutches to Formula One continued, with a
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th place finishs
for our products
.
When the chequered flag came down it was our 702nd GP success, a
truely magnificent achievement which AP Racing are confident of
increasing in the future.
AP Racing has racked up that amazing tally in just 45 years. The very first car to win a grand prix with AP Racing's brakes was the Ferrari 312B driven by Mario Andretti in the South African GP at Kyalami back in March 1971. It was, remarkably, Andretti's first competitive outing for Ferrari. The technical comparisons between the brakes used for the landmark occasions make for interesting reading. Where the caliper weighed 3.6 kg in 1971, it tipped the scales in Singapore at 1.6 kg. The disc itself weighed 4 kg in 1971 but now weighs just 1.75 kg! AP Racing has an outstanding record in F1 - 702nd Grand Prix wins starting at the Dutch GP in 1967 have been won with cars that used the British company's brakes, clutches, or both.
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