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“Porsche develops a car and it has to be ready six to 12 months before the start of production,” says Raeder, who is sympathetic to the plight of Andreas Preuninger, Porsche’s colossally respected GT-series chief and the man whose products Manthey, for the want of a better word, perfects. “Andy can never do everything he wants. We start one or two years later, so have other possibilities, and more knowledge,” he says, before casually dropping perhaps the definitive description of Manthey Racing’s approach. “If the customer comes to us, we can help them prepare the car as Andy would want.”