This guy is the real deal. Clear too why Brendon Hartley deserves some respect for 2 LeMans wins and faster pace at Porsche than (mentor at times) M Webber. Derek Bell Wiki British racing driver who was extremely successful in sportscar racing, winning

the Le Mans 24 hours five times,
the Daytona 24 three times and
the World Sportscar Championship twice. He also raced in Formula One for the Ferrari, Wheatcroft, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams. He has been described by fellow racer Hans-Joachim Stuck as one of the most liked drivers of his generation

I had the pleasure of meeting Derek at Goodwood when he was with Wyer. I was in the UK over from New York State to shop for a FC car to go SCCA club racing with. He is one of the nicest guys I've met in racing. We spent some time between sessions just hanging out and chatting. It was an unforgettable day.

Andromeda Zoowitski

Derek Bell is one of the all time greatest endurance drivers in history. I met him at the Charlotte Camel GT race in the 90’s. Super friendly gentleman. He would talk and reminisce about the 917 and 962. He told me the 917 was a bit of a beast,very exciting and could be scary but the 962 was almost like a very fast street car. Everything worked so well and even the de-misters worked well in the rain. A truly great race car.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I saw Porsche 917LH cars 17 & 18 in 1973 at the Vasek Polak car dealership in Hermosa Beach, CA. Both cars were outside under a tarp and in terrible condition. All the fiberglass body panels on both cars were brittle, broken, total junk. It was so sad to see both cars I such bad shape. 2 months later they were gone. A big mystery that has never been answered is how did they get there and where did they go?

Lovely chat with Derek, thanks Peter. Just for grins: I had 2 client checks to deposit on the day this video posted.
The dollar amounts were 917 and 914. Guess which went on the slip first. (not to diss the 914.)