When an LMP1 car with multiple titles behind it is no longer shackled by a thick rulebook, engineers can run rampant and create something special. In the case of the Porsche 919 and the resulting one-lap variant, it proves that a little excess and a lot of technical development leaves a lasting impression on the public. The base car, which is a …
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Porsche Has Set A New Outright Lap Record At The Nordschliefe With Its 919 Hybrid Evo
A record that has stood since 1983, when Stefan Bellof set a 6 minutes 11.13 second lap in the fire-breathing Porsche 956, has been absolutely demolished tonight. Porsche's team driver Timo Bernhard was at the wheel of the wild and crazy 919 Hybrid Evo early Friday morning to set an Earth-shattering 5 minutes 19.546 second lap of the track known as …
Continue to the full articleIt’s Happening! Porsche Is Testing The 919 Hybrid Evo At The Nurburgring
A few weeks ago, after Porsche set the new lap time record at Spa Francorchamps with the new no-holds-barred rule breaking 919 Hybrid Evo, we speculated that Porsche could be bringing that bonkers ludicrous-speed car to the Nordschleife in order to take down that decades old Bellof record. Not only that, but we extrapolated that Porsche could even …
Continue to the full articleIf Porsche Were Going To Attempt To Break The Nürburgring Lap Record, Just How Fast Would The 919 Evo Be?
The Record Book Ever since Porsche started hinting at the fact that they'd be aiming for track records in 2018, we've been discussing the possibility of Porsche using the 919 Hybrid LMP1 to tackle the outright Nürburgring lap record that has been unbeaten since 1983, when Stefan Bellof set an incredible pole lap of 6:11.13 in the now-famous …
Continue to the full article1150 HP Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo Is Faster Than Formula One
When Porsche announced the end of their 919 Hybrid program in World Endurance Championship competition at the end of last season, we were a bit despondent for a while. For a handful of years Porsche was building perhaps the best sports car in the world, and we got to see it first hand. The Porsche/Audi/Toyota era will go down as one of the best in …
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