Image
courtesy and copyright Frederic Le Floc'h, reproduced from the 1999 ACO
Le Mans Annual
Text
copyright Michael
J. Fuller
The
CLR was more than a revised CLK-LM. Compare the 1999 CLR (left)
with the 1998 CLK-LM (below). The main points of difference
are the extended tail, the completely revised nose shape, the revised wheel
arch connecting profile, and the lowered cockpit. The tail has also
been lowered, the cockpit narrowed. Interestingly, the front over
hangs seem about equivalent. The revisions to the cockpit, the lowering
and reprofiling, really enhance the visual "remoteness" of the rear wing
compared to the CLK-LM, improves the air flow too. |
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