WEC 2014 Porsche presents its 919 Hybrid

After photos camouflage and partial crew, Porsche has formally conferred his bags on his come to endurance , partaking world championship \" WEC \" within the next season.

Sunday, Gregorian calendar month fifteen , Teutonic manufacturer command a conference in his fastness of urban center (Germany) with its LMP1 model invisible  however still equipped with its given name 919 Hybrid. Indeed, the merger with the 918 Spyder supercar is clearly supposed , because the affiliation with the celebrated automobile of 917 competition. because the name suggests , the automobile may be a hybrid consisting of a 4-cylinder hydrocarbon and 2 energy recovery systems with motor.

Incidentally, the six official drivers of the 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid had been gift , 2 unknown , German brandy Lieb ( Official former Porsche driver 919 RSR ) and New Dane Brendon Hartley (twice 24H lupus erythematosus Mans LMP2 with seventh place in 2013 and tester Mercedes F1). They be a part of 2 teammates Timo Bernhard etRomain writer ( 24H Mans success with Audi in 2010 and first - 2d surPorsche GT in 2013 ) and Neel Jani (ex- Rebellion Racing) and former F1 Mark Webber.

Audi -Porsche duel Fratricide
Following the abrupt withdrawal of Peugeot endurance , Audi was left alone to achieve titles WEC and therefore the twenty four Hours of lupus erythematosus Mans in 2012 and 2013 , despite the try of Toyota that has very little jolted the R18 e -tron quattro .

But everything can amendment in 2014 as Porsche , another complete of Galaxy Volkswagen, is back . With sixteen victories within the twenty four Hours of lupus erythematosus Mans , the German complete won\'t be a replacement little and guarantees with its 919 Hybrid machine and seasoned pilots.

The battle are a settlement in 2014 with technological partly modifying the design prototypes and far freer engines, so feat most notable variations between cars. A 870 kilo minimum and necessary hybrids, 2 sisters have confidence radically opposed engine , the R18 on a diesel V6 against a 4-cylinder gas 919 .

The first answers are given throughout the primary spherical of the WEC six Hours of Silverstone , twenty Apr 2014 .


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