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6/18/2025, 3:00:21 AM
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Jani: “One Man Show” Proton Needs Porsche to Share More
>Neel Jani has asked Porsche to share more information with its customer FIA World Endurance Championship team Proton Competition, which he described as a “one-man show” following a disappointing 24 Hours of Le Mans.
>While the No. 83 Ferrari is operated as an effective extension of the works AF Corse team, with factory driver Yifei Ye part of the lineup, Proton operates completely independently of Penske and has no access to any of its data or setups.
>"Ferrari shows how you can work with customer teams. When you look at that, you have to say Ferrari is doing everything correctly. The customer team has full access to everything and it benefits Ferrari.
>“But at the moment, we are just a one-man show. We have no idea about anything. That’s the main reason why we are there sometimes but never for a whole race. We are just there when everything happens to work well.
>The Swiss driver said Proton’s problems are compounded by its usual setup concept not gelling well with the new specification, particularly the revised suspension.
>“We didn’t know why they developed it,” said Jani. “It’s very difficult for us to figure out how to use it and which setup concept it works with.”
It's just not like it was in the Group C days when customer teams could effectively develop their own parts and even full specification overhauls for their cars a la Kremer
Jani: “One Man Show” Proton Needs Porsche to Share More
>Neel Jani has asked Porsche to share more information with its customer FIA World Endurance Championship team Proton Competition, which he described as a “one-man show” following a disappointing 24 Hours of Le Mans.
>While the No. 83 Ferrari is operated as an effective extension of the works AF Corse team, with factory driver Yifei Ye part of the lineup, Proton operates completely independently of Penske and has no access to any of its data or setups.
>"Ferrari shows how you can work with customer teams. When you look at that, you have to say Ferrari is doing everything correctly. The customer team has full access to everything and it benefits Ferrari.
>“But at the moment, we are just a one-man show. We have no idea about anything. That’s the main reason why we are there sometimes but never for a whole race. We are just there when everything happens to work well.
>The Swiss driver said Proton’s problems are compounded by its usual setup concept not gelling well with the new specification, particularly the revised suspension.
>“We didn’t know why they developed it,” said Jani. “It’s very difficult for us to figure out how to use it and which setup concept it works with.”
It's just not like it was in the Group C days when customer teams could effectively develop their own parts and even full specification overhauls for their cars a la Kremer
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