The successes in recent years the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Peugeot and Audi, with the latter dominating nearly supreme edition ended a few weeks ago, Porsche seems to have convinced the leaders to schedule a return in force to the legendary endurance race, with the objective, we can say for granted, to win.
The German is in fact the brand which currently boasts the highest number of wins at 24 Hours, which in its history has seen the cars stand out Zuffenahusen for 16 times. In recent years, however, Porsche has taken a backseat role, bringing the cars in France who had the ambition to win in the LMP2 class, a goal also failed with the many successes achieved until 2010.
But now, Porsche is keen to return to the absolute top, and for this reason has announced it is working on a new car LMP1 class, which should be ready for prime time in 2014, just sixteen years after the last success came in 1998, when that issue to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans GT1 was assigned the 911 crew consists of Allan McNish, Stephane Ortelli and Laurent Aiello.
In Zuffenhausen the new adventure is experienced from the beginning with great enthusiasm, as reflected by the words of Hartmut Kristen, head of Porsche Motorsport: "We are looking forward with the task of developing new technologies and to continue with the success of the Porsche RS Spyder.
We'll begin with a thorough research in order to evaluate different alternatives for our new car. This of course depends on how the regulations for 2014 will be to look at in detail. In principle, these regulations are interesting for us because they make the integration of our hybrid technology a viable option.
"And you look at the hybrid Porsche at home, so it seems to understand that the next prototype to race at the circuit French in the highest category would be characterized by a hybrid system, derived in part from what we saw in the 911 GT3 R Hybrid and integrated with the RS Spyder will be able to take from it so well behaved in the LMP2 class.
The German is in fact the brand which currently boasts the highest number of wins at 24 Hours, which in its history has seen the cars stand out Zuffenahusen for 16 times. In recent years, however, Porsche has taken a backseat role, bringing the cars in France who had the ambition to win in the LMP2 class, a goal also failed with the many successes achieved until 2010.
But now, Porsche is keen to return to the absolute top, and for this reason has announced it is working on a new car LMP1 class, which should be ready for prime time in 2014, just sixteen years after the last success came in 1998, when that issue to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans GT1 was assigned the 911 crew consists of Allan McNish, Stephane Ortelli and Laurent Aiello.
In Zuffenhausen the new adventure is experienced from the beginning with great enthusiasm, as reflected by the words of Hartmut Kristen, head of Porsche Motorsport: "We are looking forward with the task of developing new technologies and to continue with the success of the Porsche RS Spyder.
We'll begin with a thorough research in order to evaluate different alternatives for our new car. This of course depends on how the regulations for 2014 will be to look at in detail. In principle, these regulations are interesting for us because they make the integration of our hybrid technology a viable option.
"And you look at the hybrid Porsche at home, so it seems to understand that the next prototype to race at the circuit French in the highest category would be characterized by a hybrid system, derived in part from what we saw in the 911 GT3 R Hybrid and integrated with the RS Spyder will be able to take from it so well behaved in the LMP2 class.
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