This weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England, Porsche took the wraps off of its new LMDh race car, set to race on both sides of the Atlantic this year in IMSA's GTP category as well as the FIA WEC's Hypercar class. Paying homage to the all-conquering 962 of the 1980s and 1990s, the new car has visual cues from that old series of …
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Porsche has already logged thousands of miles testing its new LMDh race car
There are several companies set to join the LMDh prototype class in IMSA and FIA WEC next year, including Porsche, Audi, Acura, BMW, and Cadillac. Alpine, Lamborghini, and McLaren are looking to follow in 2024. But Porsche is the first of those competitors to have not only unveiled its racer, but to have logged several days of testing at tracks all …
Continue to the full articleHear Porsche’s LMDh prototype V8 race car roar around Spa-Francorchamps
Porsche's new prototype race car doesn't make its racing debut until next year, but it's been making some testing appearances out in the world. Porsche first showed it off in photographs just a few weeks ago, but this is our first indication of what the car actually sounds like when given the full beans. This is always an important part of a …
Continue to the full articleHere’s everything we know about Porsche’s new prototype race car
Here we are again, it's been a little over a decade since the announcement of Porsche's 919 Hybrid LMP1 program which won Le Mans three times and six FIA World Championship titles. That massive project ended on a high note almost five years ago now, so it's time for a new top-tier international prototype. This time, however, Porsche's new …
Continue to the full articlePorsche and Penske are taking this LMDh program extremely seriously
This weekend Porsche proved just how far ahead of the curve it was than the competition by releasing the first actual photographs of an actual LMDh category car ahead of its 2023 season launch. There are five major automotive manufacturers joining the category for its inaugural season, but thus far Porsche is the only one to show off a finished …
Continue to the full articleThere won’t be a 992-generation 911 RSR
Is Porsche even Porsche without a top-flight 911 race car? I guess we'll find out soon, because the current mid-engine 911 RSR will be the last of its kind for the foreseeable future. Because Porsche is shifting its focus to the LMDh prototype program, which will make its debut in 2023, it won't be developing another version of such a car. As the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche And Penske Team Up For IMSA And WEC Effort
Team Penske has been kicking butt in racing for decades, and for a lot of that time the team has been powered by Porsche. Way back in the 1960s Roger Penske himself was racing various four-cam Porsche prototype sports racing roadsters. By the 1970s, Penske and hired driver Mark Donohue were a global force, and their Porsche 917/30 became known as …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Is Going Back To Le Mans With A New LMDh Race Car
For the first time since Porsche's RS Spyder LMP2 effort in the 2000s, the Stuttgart brand will be fielding an endurance sports car racer in top-flight championships on both sides of the Atlantic simultaneously. With new LMDh prototype regulations scheduled to hit in IMSA and the FIA WEC at the same time, for the 2023 season, Porsche will be …
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