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How do Endurance Racers Keep Cool? [+video]

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The world of endurance racing is all about pushing the boundaries of consistency, speed, teamwork and driver skill. It is no easy feat, even driving for an hour maxed out is already tiring so imagine doing it for 24 hours.

There is a fine balance between trying to keep the weight of the car down as well as maintaining the driver is comfortable enough so that fatigue doesn’t creep in a slow down their pace.

Watch how the NISMO GTR GT3 race team keep their drivers cool.

No this isn’t some small gap that is created at the side windows to let air in but a more elaborate bit of design to ensure that the driver keeps cool especially during the day where the cockpit can get up to 50 degrees celcius.