Le Mans official testing
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The Porsche 919 Hybrid arrives at the Sarthe
At the official pre-race test for the 24-hour race, the Porsche 919 Hybrid did its first laps in Le Mans on Sunday. During the morning session the Porsche Team covered 90 laps with the two innovative prototypes on the 13.629 kilometre track. In the afternoon the distance achieved was 103 laps. Because about nine kilometres …
Power plant for the Le Mans marathon
With a podium finish at the start of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) season in Silverstone and pole position in Spa-Francorchamps Porsche has made its way back into the premier league of sports car racing. This represents a successful start for the newly founded Porsche Team, which in the light of the brave innovations in …
Porsche 919 Hybrid finishes fourth in Spa
Following the podium finish at the season’s opener in Silverstone, the new Porsche 919 Hybrid came fourth at the second round of the World Endurance Championship (WEC). Drivers Romain Dumas (France), Neel Jani (Switzerland) and Marc Lieb (Germany) had started with the car no. 14 from pole position for the six hour race and was …
Porsche 919 Hybrid race debut was a success
The eagerly awaited race debut of the innovative Porsche 919 Hybrid in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) was a success. The highly complex Le Mans Prototype took a podium at its first attempt in the action packed six hour race at Silverstone (Great Britain). Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU) came …
Solid qualifying performance for the 919 HYBRID
Solid qualifying performance from the newly formed Porsche Team with the two Porsche 919 Hybrids in the World Endurance Championship (WEC): After three free practice sessions with no problems, the first qualifying was also trouble free. Drivers Romain Dumas (FR) and Neel Jani (CH) achieved an average lap time of 1 minute 43.087 seconds and …
3,556 kilometres for the Porsche 919 Hybrid at the Prologue in Paul Ricard
The Porsche Team enjoyed two intensive days of testing with the newly developed 919 Hybrid, entered in the top class of Le Mans Prototypes, during the official Prologue of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Paul Ricard. It was the first time the Porsche Team had shared a test with the whole WEC field …
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