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The driver trio of Romain Dumas (France), Neel Jani (Switzerland) and Marc Lieb (Germany) secured the first trophy for the new Porsche 919 Hybrid at the six-hours of Silverstone (GB). Sharing the number 18 prototype, they covered 201 laps and finished second in what was a thrilling and totally dry race.

The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start first and second in the opening round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Silverstone. For the six-hour race on the British Grand Prix circuit qualifying was run for the first time according to the 2015 regulations. As in the past, two drivers shared qualifying duties, …

Both Porsche 919 Hybrid to start from front row Read More »

The Porsche Team is crossing the days off on the calendar until the season’s opening round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Next weekend, April 10 to 12, Silverstone (GB) will be the venue for the first of seven six-hour races in the eight round championship for which the 24 hours of Le …

Porsche Team heads to Silverstone full of energy Read More »

After Thursday’s presentation of the new Porsche 919 Hybrid, the Porsche Team enjoyed productive testing at the Prologue to the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Paul Ricard, covering 4,188 kilometres in total. At the presentation of the new prototype, Porsche announced the switch to the highest energy recovery category of 8 megajoule. No …

Strong competition when the Le Mans Prototypes first met Read More »

At the Paul Ricard Circuit in France today, Porsche presented the second generation of its Le Mans Prototype 919 Hybrid race car as a technical evolution in a three-colour concept. Porsche also confirmed it will switch to the highest of the four energy categories in the LMP1 class. The performance of the energy recovery system …

2015 Porsche 919 Hybrid – proven base was extensively optimised Read More »

The Porsche Team has been testing with the Porsche 919 Hybrid in Aragon in Northern Spain for the past five days. It has been the third comprehensive test with the new Le Mans Prototype, which will be officially launched in its final livery on March 26 in Paul Ricard. There, on the historical circuit in …

Season preparations with new aero package for the Porsche 919 Hybrid Read More »

Following its maiden win at the 2014 season’s final race in Brazil, more podium finishes are the aim for the future for the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). This is the objective the company announced today at the annual press conference held by the Le Mans organisers, the Automobil …

Porsche 919 Hybrid in Le Mans and the WEC – the debutant’s evolution Read More »