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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by Mountain_Skies on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:13AM (#21232815)
Might want to use an electric car to avoid the fumes. I do wonder if the car, even a larger distance ahead, does more for drafting than a human in front of the runner.
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by canucker2016 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:47PM (#21234879)
They used an Audi e-Tron car for pacing the Ineos 1:59.

For the previous attempt at the Breaking 2 event at Monza racetrack, they used a Tesla as a pace car.

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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by cehrlich on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:45AM (#21233059)
I don't have the source on hand, but there was an interview with the person who designed the unusual reverse-V shaped pacer formation, where he said that if it was up to him there wouldn't be a car in front of the runners. The goal is to have as much air as possible hit the front pacers.
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by jeff18 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:49AM (#21233565)
According to the article, it was an electric car.
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