In the constructor championship, it annihilated Porsche with 146 points over 49.

Running GTR Evolution at a steady framerate at max resolution and graphical settings requires a high end graphics card, but the game performs well and still looks fabulous on medium settings. Klaus Ludwig and Ricardo Zonta won the championship over teammates Schneider and Webber. Simply put, the sights and sounds are topnotch. In the 1998 season, Mercedes-AMG was an unstoppable force, winning ten out of ten races of the season, including six 1-2 victories. Source: Daimlerīoth CLK LMs suffered engine failure at the 1998 24 Hours of the Le Mans, but proved to be of greater success in the FIA GT Championship. At the third race of the season, the 1998 FIA GT Hockenheim 500km, Mercedes-AMG switched to the V8-powered CLK LM. The following season saw Mercedes-AMG saw two teams consisting of Bernd Schneider and Mark Webber in the CLK GTR and Ricardo Zonta and Klaus Ludwig. GTR Evolution LEVEL Gameplay (PC/HD) Throneful 2.16M subscribers Subscribe 7.2K views 10 years ago GTR Evolution LEVEL Gameplay (PC/HD) Subscribe. Throughout the season, the CLK GTR constantly battled against the McLaren F1 GTR and the Porsche 911 GT1, outperforming them both in the driver and constructor championships. Patrick Ernzen ©2018 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’sĬonsistent performance and the addition of one more racing squad raked in more 1-2 wins at Zeltweg 4 Hrs, Suzuka 1000km, Donington 4 Hours, and victories at Sebring 3 Hrs and Laguna Seca 3 Hours. Still, the most interesting ones were two examples equipped with tartan-clad seats, a fitting throwback to the 300 SLR race car. All of them had four point seat belts, yet some CLK GTRs were racier and had the dashboard wrapped in Alcantara, while the others were upholstered in fine soft leather. When it came to finish, it differed from car to car. Patrick Ernzen ©2018 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s Given that the vehicle had sequential manual transmission, the gear shifting commands were positioned on the backside of the AMG steering wheel, while the front side had convenient reminders in form of upwards and downwards pointing arrows.īehind the wheel and in true Mercedes-Benz fashion, the instrument cluster confidently displayed only water temperature and fuel level, while the dominating dial was a speedometer etched to 340 km/h. Darin Schnabel ©2012 Courtesy of RM Auctions As a slight touch of convenience, the vehicles featured air conditioning and a slot for a radio, provided that anyone needed any music other than the howling AMG V12. Once the wheel was reattached, the dashboard looked very much like the CLK, but the finish was a bit crude to keep the race car aura alive, yet also to avoid building costs for unnecessary features like intricate pieces of trim on the center console. So, in true race car fashion, the four-spoke AMG steering wheel was easily removable in order to enable the driver to even enter the cramped cockpit by hopping over an ultra wide sill. Lila Rymer, head of US underwriting, trade credit and political risk at Beazley, adds that US insurers and brokers have started to resort more and more to syndication as a way to share risk and split potential claims amounts.The CLK GTR was still a race car accommodated for the streets. Luckily, insurance policies performed well with US$3bn to US3.5bn-worth of claims paid out, and bankers started to use insurance products more, he says.Īnother trend he points out is the the desire by banks and insurers to work with law firms in order to make policy wording Basel III-compliant and achieve not only credit relief, but regulatory relief through insurance. GTR spoke to insurers and brokers at the annual conference of the Association of Trade Finance in the Americas (ATFA) on how the insurance market has evolved in the US since the financial crisis.Īccording to Donnie DiCarlo, senior vice-president of credit and political risk, Latin America, at Marsh, the financial crisis of 2008 was “a true time to test the market”. Related News BCC loses appeal over denied payout to trade finance lender GTR Leaders in Trade: The shortlist Taking the pulse of the US insurance market Marsh appoints Perry as credit specialties UK chief executive Howden hires Strong as credit and political risks managing director

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