That's right, each team is allocated a certain amount of fuel, petrol or diesel for each lap covered. There is a slight margin for error and drivers can make up mistakes made during one lap in the next two laps (basically giving them a three lap window to stay within their allotted fuel amount). If they are unable to stay within their allocated …
Continue to the full articleThis Is Why Tires Play Such A Big Role In The LMP1 Class This Year
Michelin supplies all the LMP1 teams with tires in the World Endurance Challenge for 2014. With this year's new regulations, tires play an even more important role than usual as their width has been reduced in an attempt to reduce fuel consumption. However, will a narrow tire provide the same performance and grip? Does each team get the same tire …
Continue to the full articleThis Is What Launch Control In The Porsche 918 Spyder Looks And Sounds Like
At the end of March Porsche invited a select group of journalists to the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, TX to spend some quality time with the production version of the 918 Spyder. Among the activities enjoyed by all was a game of lead/follow involving Patrick Long in a 911 Turbo S and the media in the 918s. While track time in the 918 was …
Continue to the full articleThis Short Video Highlights The Technology In The Porsche 919 Hybrid
Porsche has brought to bear their most current and complex technologies in the LMP1 class 919 Hybrid. In fact, the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship is all about bringing optimal energy efficiency together with maximum performance. To do this it take technology. Incredible technology. The following short clips highlights some of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Canada Reports Strong March And Record First Quarter Sales
Porsche Cars Canada (PCC), reported March 2014 sales of 333 units, up 10% from the previous March peak of 303. During the first quarter of 2014, Porsche has sold 742 new vehicles in Canada marking the highest first quarter in its history which is 10% ahead of last year’s 674 units. “These sales numbers point to the strong appeal of the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Records Best First Quarter In The U.S.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), announced March sales of 3,808 vehicles. This compares to 3,486 vehicles sold in March of 2013, an increase of over 9% and a new high for that month. For the year so far, PCNA has delivered 10,136 vehicles versus 9,649 during the same period last year, an increase of 5% and the first time that the company …
Continue to the full article460 HP At 165 MPH Through The Most Difficult Turn In Racing
Many consider turn-17 at Sebring to be THE most difficult turn in North American racing. Why, it's the last turn, at the end of the back straight on a notoriously bumpy track. Drivers enter the turn at nearly 165 mph and there's no one perfect line. It's different for each car and each set-up. Sebring is known to be demanding on car and driver. …
Continue to the full articleWin A Pair Of Collectible Porsche Room Keys Featuring The Macan And Panamera S E-Hybrid Cutaway
The first contest for a key card began when we visited Amelia Island last year. We checked in to the Ritz and noted our room key featured an early 911 and had the 50 Years of the Porsche 911 logo on the back. Thinking others might like them as much as we did, we asked for as many as we could get and gave them away. That worked so well we did it …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Introducting The new Cayman GTS
There are many who will argue that the Cayman is the future of Porsche and that eventually, even the 911 will be a mid-engined sports car. While we're not willing to speculate just yet, we do like the direction Porsche is moving the Cayman. The new GTS, at 340 hp, is just 10 hp shy of it's big brother the base 911, top speed is only 4mph less and …
Continue to the full articleFerrari-Badged Porsche Cayenne Makes No Sense At All. Or Does It?
Anyone remember the Porschari? We immediately thought of that abomination when we saw this 2004 Ferrari Porsche Cayenne S for sale on eBay. This Is The Porsche For The Person Wanting A Lifted Ferrari FF But Can't Afford It Found on ebay, the advertisement for this converted Cayenne is almost as garish as the car itself. As the …
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