Porsche 919 Hybrid, this is the new 24-hour racer

Posted on 23-03-2016 at 9:55 pm by rynnus – 21 Comments”

Porsche is this year ready to go again.

You need to be able to, a car to build 24 hours long at maximum speed can be driven. A certain team from Ingolstadt is very good at it, but in the last year did Porsche yet, the victory of Le Mans to grips with the 919 Hybrid. This time we see the numbers 1 and 2 on the car, the result of the title in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015. Number 1 is of world champions Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber. The other is for Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb. Again will win, no doubt, in their agenda, but the new Audi R18 will be a considerable obstacle.

A while ago we already knew what for the engine in the 919 would be. A four-cylinder engine in V-shape with slightly less than 500 hp, coupled to electric motors with the total capacity boost to 900 hp. Distributed to all four wheels. Not bad. Regulations of the WEC show that there is a kind of modular aerodynamic package should be applied. Porsche is keen to use and developed for the first time, three different aerodynamic packages, each suitable for a separate circuit. Useful.

Further developments we see in the front axle, which is now more precise adjustment. Also were the tyres in cooperation with Michelin completely revised, giving the car back is tightened compared to the model of last year.

Gallery: Porsche 919 Hybrid

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