MP 1690: Robert Wickens on The Weight of Speed Documentary, Start of IMSA Season
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Robert Wickens talks about the long-awaited documentary “The Weight of Speed,” including how trust and access were built with the production team and how the film draws on massive archived footage from his karting days through his 2018 Pocono crash. He also discusses his return to top-level IMSA racing in the Corvette, the challenges of sports car teamwork, and the goal of a steadier, full season. They close with his ongoing work with Bosch on advanced hand-control braking tech and dreams of Indy 500 and beyond.
Robert Wickens joins us to discuss the new documentary led by actor/producer Mark Wahlberg about his life and recovery from the devastating crash at Pocono in 2018, Robby's second season of IMSA racing with the DXDT Corvette GTD team that's set to begin at Long Beach, and his ambitions to race in more series with the compact hand-control system developed by Bosch.
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Chevrolet Corvette
"... tech sports car championship, DXDT, that amazing Corvette in GTD. But really this big kind of return to the..."
Corvette 06
"...'m trying to get the most at a DXTT racing in our Corvette 06 GT3R. So it's interesting, right?"
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