Remember when I said this?
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Originally Posted by JAJ
You don't hear much about AP Racing in the aftermarket ... If you check the www.APRacing.com website Monday after a Formula 1 race, they post congratulations to the podium teams with AP Racing parts (they make brakes and clutches). Often it's three for three. |
Well, here's a news item that I copied from the AP Racing website this morning:
Formula One:
At the 2009 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, AP Racing's domination of supplying Brakes and/or Clutches to Formula One continued, with a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 & 10th finish for our products.
When the chequered flag came down it was our 644th 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 37 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 - 616 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.
I guess, when it's a top ten sweep in Formula 1, nobody will complain if you congratulate yourself!