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Sep 2011Grand Prix Success Continues in Singapore
Formula
One
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 clean sweep of
the top 10 finishers for our products.When the chequered flag
came down it was our 683rd GP success, a truely magnificent
achievement which AP Racing are confident of increasing in the
future.
The UK company has racked up that amazing tally in just 38 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 Bahrain 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 - 683rd 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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