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Drivers competing in the 2026 Porsche Supercup will have spent recent weeks getting to grips with the new 911 Cup car, touted by Porsche as ‘a scalpel for the track’, and it turns out that we ordinary

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f1authentics.com RRP £899 Wind tunnel tyres are used during aerodynamic testing to simulate on-track conditions, and these soft-compound versions, available from official memorabilia outlet F1 Authent

a black GMA T.50S Niki Lauda just to my right. It’s tucked inside a shuttered pit box, raised on air jacks, centrelock wheels and slicks set off to the side. It looks shockingly tiny but has a presenc