Youth is a limited resource we exchange for wisdom. Then we buy sports cars in an attempt to regain some of what we’ve traded away. In that same vein, I have continued to be an avid LEGO fan from my youth through to today. Whenever they launch a new line of automotive-themed sets, I run out to my nearest toy store (sadly, being closed nationwide …
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If 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 …
Continue to the full article3D Mapping a 919 Hybrid on to a Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid
While Porsches are regularly used as camera cars, this is the first time a car has simultaneously filmed itself and used 3D Mapping to project images on its bodywork. The ad is designed to demonstrate that Porsche's racecar hybrid technology is directly related to the road cars. While showing the connection between the successful 919 Hybrid racecar …
Continue to the full articleResults, Pictures and Video From WEC Round 9 in Bahrain
Porsche's Race in LMP1 - Porsche finished the 2017 LMP1 season this year by securing all of the available championships, though they technically won fewer races than Toyota did. By winning at Le Mans this year, however, Porsche secured more points than Toyota had, giving them the championship victory from the penultimate race in China. For …
Continue to the full articleIs Brendon Hartley The Cornerstone Of Porsche’s Rumored Formula 1 Program?
Brendon Hartley has been an instrumental part of Porsche's 919 Hybrid LMP1 program, having teamed to win twelve races and two championships in the last four years. With that program coming to an end, Mr. Hartley has moved his focus back to Formula 1. For the couple of years leading up to his stint with Porsche's LMP1 program, Hartley was an F1 test …
Continue to the full articleResults, Pictures, And Video From WEC Round 8 At Shanghai
The penultimate round of Porsche's final season in top flight prototype racing is done and gone. This report will take you through the highs and lows, ups and downs of Porsche's time in China this weekend. The 6 hour race was not without incident, but ultimately everything shook out decently in Porsche's favor. While they didn't win any of the …
Continue to the full articleA Fan’s Guide to the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans: The Porsche Perspective
The end of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans was a bit of a shock. Though Porsche achieved victory, Toyota's mechanical failure late in the race was heartbreaking, even to a Porsche fan. The 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans field presents a very different picture to 2016, with the LMP1 field down to just six cars from nine. The two Audi entries are gone, as are …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results, Pictures and Video in the WEC Round 2 at Spa
It was a busy weekend in the world of Porsche motorsport with races in the WEC, IMSA and Supercup. Round 2 of the World Endurance Challenge was contested at Spa Francochamps with Porsche competing in both LMP1 and GTE-Pro. If Porsche's full report is too much for you, we have a TL;DR summation in the form of a video below. Otherwise, for those …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s LMP Team Has More Sponsors Than You Think
At the highest levels of racing, like F1 and the LMP class in the WEC, it's generally believed that it's the manufacturer who bears the brunt of the financial burden associated with running a team. Sure, squads like Porsche's LMP Team get some dollars from their "partners" but everything we've read leads us to to believe it's probably not even a …
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