Dario Franchitti has revealed that he was set to make the jump from IndyCar racing into a Porsche LMP1 drive at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, only for injury to not only end that dream but end his competitive racing career. A huge crash at Houston towards the end of the 2013 IndyCar season saw him forced to retire on medical grounds, but the four-time IndyCar champion has revealed that he was set to race in the greatest endurance race of them all if he had not been for his injuries. Franchitti admitted he had been to Porsche’s base in Weissach and discussed taking the drive with LMP1 Team Principal Andreas Seidl, and was set to walk away from IndyCar at the end of 2014. 'I'd have liked...
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