The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 42: Joey Hand, Le Mans Winner

Joey Hand, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing in the brand-new Ford GT, checks in with The Marshall Pruett Podcast after the greatest triumph of his career. The Californian tells us about being honored by some of NASCAR's finest drivers, the experience of racing and winning for Ford on the 50th anniversary of the Blue Oval's first victory at Le Mans, delves into the love for his teammates, the most enjoyable aspects of the 24 Hour from inside the car, and thanks all those who helped get him to where he is today.
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MP 41: Doug Fehan on Corvette's Le Mans Frustrations

Doug Fehan, program manager for the Corvette Racing team, shares his post-event thoughts on how the defending GTE-Pro class winners went from fastest on the official test day to the slowest cars in the race, Balance of Performance as it was applied by the ACO, what his team could do better, and whether Corvette Racing will be invited back to Le Mans in 2017.
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MP 40: Mike Hull on Ford's Le Mans Win

Mike Hull, managing director for Chip Ganassi Racing, has held a dream of competing at Le Mans since he was a kid and realized that dream with a win on Ford Chip Ganassi Racing's debut. Hull downloads his passion for Le Mans, thoughts on the ACO's officiating, the late-race protests between Ford and Ferrari, the performance of Sebastien Bourdais, and how the Le Mans technical team gave the Ganassi mechanics a shock the morning after their historic win...
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MP 39: Michael Shank, Le Mans Debut Lessons

Michael Shank, team owner of the Michael Shank Racing sports car team, recently returned from France where MSR took part in its first 24 Hours of Le Mans, and shares what he learned, what he liked, what left him unimpressed, the harsh treatment his team received, and whether they'll return for next year's event.
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MP 38: Gunnar Jeanette on Le Mans Denial, NASA Visit

Gunnar Jeanette, ace sports car racer and an admitted space and science geek, visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast to share the inside story on what took place at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans when he was barred from driving by the ACO, and then takes us inside his insane visit to see NASA's SLS booster rocket test where 3.6 million pounds of thrust knocked down a mountain in Utah...
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MP 37: Will Power, Road America IndyCar Winner

Will Power won on IndyCar's return to Road America, has back-to-back wins, vaulted from seventh in the championship to third, and has rediscovered the form that made him a perennial title threat. With all of his pre-season physical maladies resolved, Power is ready to go on the warpath to win a second championship for Team Penske and the Aussie visited The Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss his latest win, recovery, mindset, shared a few documentary recommendations, gave an update on his passion for drumming, and provided an outlook on how the rest of the IndyCar season could develop.
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MP 36: Anthony Davidson, Toyota's Le Mans Heartbreak

Anthony Davidson and his Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 teammates came within minutes of winning their first 24 Hours of Le Mans, suffered a crushing result when the car broke with one lap to go, and the Briton has done his best to grieve and cope with the heartbreaking outcome in the days following the event. Ant joins me to discuss the emotional toll, coping methods, and lingering effects involved with the loss. Davidson, as usual, is open, honest to a fault, and pulls no punches in a rather raw visit to The Marshall Pruett Podcast.
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MP 35: Neel Jani, Le Mans Winner

Neel Jani, the pride of Porsche, Switzerland, and India, takes us inside the unbelievable overall win he scored with Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb in their 919 Hybrid as Toyota faltered with minutes left to go in the great 24-hour race. What was he thinking as he drove past the stalled Toyota? Was there any sense of guilt afterward? And was there more to Porsche's victory than luck? The personable sports car ace reveals all in his first visit with The Marshall Pruett Podcast.
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MP 34: Sebastien Bourdais, Le Mans Winner

Sebastien Bourdais shares his thoughts and feelings on winning his home race for the first time, doing it with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, tells us about what he's deemed the 'stint from hell' when his Ford GT's electronics went haywire, talks about the heartbreak experienced by Toyota, blasting Ford CEO Bill Ford in the face with champagne, being sensitive to critical online comments, and appreciating the good things in life that come his way.
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MP 33: Oliver Gavin, My Racing Life and Career

Oliver Gavin, five-time Le Mans winner and a pillar of the Corvette Racing team, goes back in time to share how he got started as a driver and walks us through each step on the way to transitioning from open-wheel to sports car racing. And then there's the part about being choked by another driver in an elevator... 
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MP 32: Ford's Sebastien Bourdais on Le Mans

Sebastien Bourdais, Le Mans native and four-time Champ Car champion, is back to race at his home event--the famed 24 Hour contest--with the Ford GT team, gives his thoughts on getting back to Le Mans after making his last start in 2012, and shares an emotional insight into what it's like being the hometown boy at the world's biggest motor race.
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MP 31: Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Le Mans Preview

Timo Bernhard, Porsche factory LMP1 driver and reigning WEC champion in the 919 Hybrid, shares his thoughts on how the defending Le Mans winners will perform in 2016, whether the Porsche team is under added pressure to repeat, and talks about his giant new book.
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MP 30: Corvette's Tommy Milner, Le Mans Preview

Tommy Milner, defending class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and one of America's most talented GT racers, checks in after his Corvette Racing team led the Le Mans test day and previews the battle for GTE-Pro supremacy at the the 24 Hour, tells us whether having a proven car like a Corvette C7.R is better than one of the new turbocharged Ford and Ferraris, weighs in on the Corvette vs. Ford fight at Le Mans, how the Corvette Racing program benefits young drivers, and closes on the need for a hashtag campaign to find something embarrassing for teammate Oliver Gavin to wear if they win again this year...
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MP 29: Ford's Scott Dixon on His Le Mans Debut

Scott Dixon, the four-time IndyCar Series champion, 2008 Indy 500 winner, and two-time winner of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, is achieving a long-held dream of competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He's part of Ford's big return to the event and shares his thoughts and feelings about the opportunity, the crazy logistics involved in getting to France, and how he might struggle with understanding the language once he arrives...
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MP 28: Audi's Oliver Jarvis, Le Mans Preview

Oliver Jarvis, Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 Hybrid driver, reviews the Le Mans test day after he and his teammates posted the fastest lap around the 8.5-mile circuit, talks about the changes to the R18 for 2016, and shares his views on whether the reduced P1 field will change how Audi and the other teams approach race strategy across the 24-hour race.
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MP 27: David Hobbs' Le Mans Memories

David Hobbs, legendary driver and broadcaster, shares some fascinating and funny stories about his first Le Mans start in 1962 and many of the 20 runs that followed through 1989. A master storyteller, Hobbs' accounts of his time as a driver for the Ford GT40 program, with Colin Chapman's Lotus effort, and in a variety of Porsches make for an interesting listening experience.
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MP 26: Aston Martin's Darren Turner, Le Mans Preview and Memories

Darren Turner, factory driver for the Aston Martin Racing team, dives into the 2016 race and what he expects to find in the wildly competitive GTE-Pro class, has me laughing at his biggest pet peeve while driving at Le Mans, and winds the clock back a little bit to talk about the unloved AMR-One prototype from 2011...
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MP 25: Toyota's Anthony Davidson, Le Mans Preview and Tech Insights

Anthony Davidson, Toyota's 2014 WEC LMP1 champion, breaks down the new TS050 Hybrid prototype and how it performed during the Le Mans test day, this thoughts on how the two-car Toyota team will get on in the 24 Hour race, discusses the high-tech systems inside the car and how it has changed his driving style, and shares some incredible insights on what it's like being a driver surrounded by the world's most advanced racing technology.
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MP 24: Audi's Allan McNish, Le Mans Preview and Career Evolution

Allan McNish, three-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, joins me to discuss his thoughts on how the 2016 race might play out, how his Audi team could fare, the progress of his young Jedi--Ford GT driver Harry Tincknell, his expanded role within the VW/Audi group, and his first appearance at Le Mans in 1997. And, somehow, we started off the conversation on the topic of impotence...
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MP 23: Dan Gurney's Le Mans Memories

Dan Gurney, the 85-year-old American icon and winner of the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans, takes me through his history at the great French endurance race that started in 1958, the lessons he learned and indelible memories that came from 10 visits, and what it was like racing and winning for Ford with A.J. Foyt in the legendary GT40 Mk IV.
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