Neel Jani has explained how he fixed a bizarre problem with the door hatch on his Proton Competition Porsche 963 LMDh in Saturday's World Endurance Championship race at Spa.
After taking over the race-leading car he shared with Julien Andlauer towards the end of the second hour, 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Jani struggled to get the door shut as he rejoined the track. This continued for several laps as he circulated slowly under the virtual and then full safety car before eventually Jani succeeded.
'Okay, it was only between P3 and P4 with the Rebellions but it happened to me already once and it can happen, it does happen.' Jani joked that 'I would have cried' if it had occurred under green due to the car's strong pace at Spa, 'because afterwards we pulled away, and we actually were like 'okay, we’re back in the race here''.
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