[124], Webber and Bernhard qualified ahead of Jani and Lieb at the 6 Hours of Nürburgring; they started third and fourth, respectively. Porsche developed the 919 Hybrid Evo's tires with Michelin to operate in optimal asphalt conditions on the Nordschleife and they were paramount to the car's success. 14 entry of Jani and Lieb took third. [123] Porsche's No. Bamber had a defective FIA-mandated fuel flow sensor replaced at a pit stop. Die Evo-Version des Porsche 919 Hybrid basiert auf dem Le-Mans-Gesamtsiegerwagen und WEC-Langstreckenweltmeister der Jahre 2015, 2016 und 2017. 2 entry took fourth, ending Porsche's streak of pole positions that extended back to the 2014 6 Hours of Fuji. Jani took over the No. It even beat the all-time track record, set by Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, by 0.783 seconds. [100] Webber overtook Jani at the start, maintaining his lead until his co-driver Bernhard took a minute stop-and-go penalty because a mechanic touched his car under refuelling conditions. They also tweaked the exterior aerodynamics, generating 53 percent more downforce, the all-important stuff that keeps the car stuck to the pavement when it's clocking jumbo jet takeoff speeds. 2 car was slower and finished fourth after Nicolas Lapierre's No. [135] It entered the season-ending 6 Hours of Bahrain 17-points ahead of Toyota's No. [42], In mid-February 2016, Porsche held an eight-day tyre development test session at the Yas Marina Circuit, covering a total of 6,201 km (3,853 mi) between its six drivers. 19 came through the field for sixth after contact with Kévin Estre's No. [78] Dumas exchanged the lead and matched Toyota's pace to secure its first double podium, with the No. 36 Singatech Alpine A470 forced the No. 2 car was 39 points ahead of Toyota's No. [16], The 2015 car began private testing at Porsche's Weissach test track with Lieb in December 2014. [36][45] New cost-cutting regulations mandated LMP1 teams to slow the cars and use just two aerodynamic packages for the season, restricting the amount of flexibility depending on the type of track. [67][68] For the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, Jani and Dumas qualified the No. 18 car recovered to second while Bernhard and Webber's No. [35], Porsche redesigned the 919 Hybrid for the 2015 season, carrying over the concept from 2014. So when Porsche gave its people the chance to break free and show what their machines can do, they overdelivered. [23], In April 2013, Porsche named its first two drivers. [2] Two months later, Porsche publicly announced the plans and stated that the car would debut in 2014. [153] At the last pit stop in the final ten minutes, Porsche invoked team orders to delay Lotterer for 20 seconds, allowing the No. [142] Lieb and Dumas were replaced by Lotterer, who transferred from Audi's discontinued LMP1 project, and Tandy was promoted from Porsche's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT team, to share the No. Tandy led during a brief rain shower in the third hour though the No. [88][89], During qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Porsche took the first three starting positions, with Hartley and Bernhard's No. 20 car third after power issues. [36] This included a major redesign of the front of the 919 Hybrid with wider arches for the front wheels to make it less aerodynamically sensitive from small bits of discarded rubber from the track surface. The 919 is powered by a compact two-litre turbo charged V4-cylinder engine and two different energy recovery systems – brake energy from the front axle combined with exhaust energy. On 4 March 2014, the 919 Hybrid was shown to the press for the first time during the Geneva Motor Show. 20 Porsche's first pit stop in the second hour, Hartley sustained a puncture and fell to sixth. Jani, Lieb and Dumas changed their fuel strategy to match Toyota with 14 laps on track and took Porsche's 18th overall Le Mans victory after the No. Tandy went faster, and later Bamber took the lead midway through the 14th hour, maintaining it in Porsche's first overall Le Mans win since 1998. Porsche 956 C. Since 1983, it's been the fastest thing at the Nürburgring.Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo. Bernhard passed Alexander Wurz's No. "[29], The 919 Hybrid was liveried in white and incorporated the 'Porsche Intelligent Performance' slogan, with the first letters of each word emblazoned down the vehicle when viewed from the top. [36] Porsche changed the car's centralised exhaust system to a twin exhaust-pipe layout arranged symmetrically to the axis for improved output and more efficient aerodynamics. [36] The power delivered by the front axle was more than 400 hp (300 kW) with a cumulative total of 900 hp (670 kW) from both the front and rear to an 800-volt battery. [156][157], Although Tandy's first qualifying lap of the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was deleted for a track limits transgression, he and Jani were 0.2 seconds faster than Bamber and Bernhard's No. [10] The 2014 LMP1 regulations mandated that the car be no longer than 4,650 mm (183 in), be around 1,800 mm (71 in) to 1,900 mm (75 in) wide and 1,050 mm (41 in) tall. The Evo version of the 919 Hybrid is based on the Le Mans overall winner vehicle and WEC World Endurance Champion of 2015, 2016 and 2017. [21] Under acceleration, the front generator operated as a single electric motor to run the front wheels via a differential with electricity upfront and petrol at the rear. 2 car's second pole position of 2017 while Lotterer and Tandy qualified the No. [80] Webber and later his teammate Lieb led the first quarter until a battle developed between Porsche, Toyota and Audi mid-race. [38] Drivers further tested it at UAE's Yas Marina Circuit, the Bahrain International Circuit and Spain's Ciudad del Motor de Aragón from January to March. Front airflow was enabled by louvres along its flank, and a single curved roll-hoop intake was mounted on its roof to allow air cooling. Bernhard aquaplaned and beached the No. 1 car. 6 team, needing to finish at least fifth if the latter squad finished first to earn Porsche's second consecutive World Drivers' Championship. In a sport measured by the millisecond, that's a stupendous improvement. 2 Porsche claimed the World Drivers' Championship after finishing three laps down in sixth; Jani sustained a left-rear puncture and rear bodywork damage from contact with KCMG 's No. Porsche supplied two cars, driven by six drivers, for the season. Die Evo-Version des Porsche 919 Hybrid basiert auf dem Le-Mans-Gesamtsiegerwagen und WEC-Langstreckenweltmeister der Jahre 2015, 2016 und 2017. [97], For the season's fourth round, the 6 Hours of Nürburgring, Lieb and Dumas continued Porsche's unbroken streak in qualifying with pole position; Webber and Bernhard secured second. Its curved louvres were replaced by two straight slats with a bulge on the rear floor. 2 car for pole position. 2 car recovered and overtook Ho-Pin Tung's No. 2 car's main energy recovery system was switched off, stopping its drivers unable from using the car's full electric power capability though they came second. “It is definitely the fastest car I ever drove, the grip level is at a fully new dimension for me, I couldn’t imagine this amount beforehand.”. [9] The car's developers were inexperienced in the LMP1 category, but they drew upon the 911 GT3 R Hybrid and the 918 Spyder hybrid-powered sports car. [55][56] On 29 June, Porsche ran the 919 Evo on the Nürburgring, and Bernhard recorded a lap time of 5 minutes, 19.546 seconds, breaking the May 1983 record of 6 minutes, 11.13 seconds set by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956. [131] At the 6 Hours of Fuji four weeks later, Bernhard and Webber qualified the No. [135][136] The No. [99] Although Jani lacked hybrid boost on his first lap, he and Lieb won the pole position for the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas while Hartley and Bernhard took second. [59] In the opening laps of the race, a problem with the front left wheel bearing forced Jani to the garage before retiring with an unrelated hydraulic problem after 30 laps. They call the result the 919 Evo. 7 Audi and spun on a kerb. [40], The carbon fibre sandwich chassis was retained for 2016, but many of the car's components were improved because of detailed performance enhancements and weight reduction. 2 car with Bernhard and Hartley. That fastest LMP1 car ever, capable of eating F1 cars for breakfast at Spa. The car uses two energy recovery systems, generating electricity from braking and the exhaust. [40] Porsche used three liveries for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Evo lapped the course in 1:41.77 minutes, 12 seconds faster than the race-legal 919. [They] looked at the weight of the drivers" and "tried to equalise that across the two cars [...] to be absolutely fair to give both cars an equal chance. The No. [115] The company made a joint decision with Audi not to field a third car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a cost-cutting measure in anticipation of potential financial penalties from the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Jani and later Lieb battled Tréluyer's No. 78 Porsche 911 RSR 50 minutes in. This also ensured that Porsche won every pole position of 2015. ), Le Mans Prototype 1 racing car by Porsche, The No. Nonetheless, tyre changes in response to inclement weather allowed Bernhard to win. 8 Toyota with less than two minutes left in qualifying; the No. In accordance with the 2014 regulations, the vehicle was placed in the 6 MJ (1.7 kWh) class. 1 team won to claim Porsche's second consecutive World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship despite replacing the front wing following rubber debris accumulation. It later emerged on the track to finish 27th overall and earned championship points for completing 70% of the total distance. Rules laid down by overbearing governing bodies, imposing limits on weight, dimensions, power output, tire choices, aerodynamics, braking, and whatever else they can think to control. 14 car was a further lap adrift in fourth. 20 Porsche were beaten to the pole position by Buemi and Anthony Davidson's No. [6] It was Porsche's first sports car prototype built since the RS Spyder debuted in 2005, the first prototype Porsche constructed to compete in the top category of sports car racing since the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98 and Porsche LMP1-98 and the first sports car prototype to be raced by Porsche as a factory operation since the Porsche 911 GT1-98 and Porsche LMP1-98. [72] Webber and the two Toyota cars duelled until a pit stop to replace a slow puncture lost him time by double stinting his tyres. [69] In a race that was red flagged for 77 minutes because of a thunderstorm flooding the Circuit of the Americas, Jani overtook the Toyota cars to lead at the restart, but a loss of engine power left the No. The No. [28] According to Enzinger, Dumas and Bernhard were paired separately because Porsche wanted to create parity in terms of experience and driver weight within both crews. [161][162], Entering the 6 Hours of Shanghai, the No. Although a slow puncture put the No. [134] Hartley lost the lead to Buemi at the start but retook it soon after, and the No. [32], On 4 March 2014, the car was officially revealed at a press conference during the Geneva Motor Show. By removing air conditioning, windscreen wipers, headlights and other electrical devices, the car's weight was reduced by 39 kg (86 lb); it weighed at 849 kg (1,872 lb) dry and 888 kg (1,958 lb) with driver ballast. Jani was overtaken by Buemi in the first hour, and Tandy damaged his left-front corner in lapping Nick Foster's No. 1 entry qualified third while Jani and Dumas's sister No. [121][122] At Le Mans, Jani took pole position in the first ten minutes of qualifying while Bernard took second as heavy rain fell the following day. Races in italics indicate the fastest lap. [98] Jani led the opening stint while a broken front diveplane slowed Bernhard. 20 entry took third. 2019 F1 pole qualifying lap by Charles Leclerc for Ferrari - 1:42.519Porsche 919 hot lap with a time of 1:43.500. [5], The car was named the 919 Hybrid to acknowledge Porsche's embarkation into hybrid car technology and honour its tradition of having similarly named vehicles compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. 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[84] For the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a third 919 Hybrid was entered for GT racers Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy and Force India Formula One driver Nico Hülkenberg. 14 car was 0.024 seconds slower in third. Dumas's No. Transmission is a 7-speed sequential racing gearbox that sends power to the rear wheels. In 2015, the car was further developed and was categorized into the 8 MJ (2.2 kWh) category. Bamber moved from Porsche's GT programme to share the No. He led Davidson by 14 seconds until a major collision involving Webber and Matteo Cressoni's No. The combustion engine revs up to 9,000 rpm. Bamber, Bernhard, and Hartley recovered from a 13-lap deficit to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans and three more races for Porsche's third consecutive World Drivers' and Manufacturers' Championships at the season's penultimate round, the 2017 6 Hours of Shanghai. WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Wired may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. It works sort of like noise-cancelling headphones, eliminating bumps with movement in the opposite direction. The No. Sonderausstellung 50 Jahre 917; Porsche Sonderausstellung 50 Jahre 914; Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO Tribute; Porsche Sonderausstellung " Walter Röhrl" 2017; Porsche Sonderausstellung "Roadbook" 2016; Porsche Sonderausstellung " die Transaxle Ära" 2016; Porsche Sonderausstellung" LeMans" 2014; Porsche Sonderausstellung " geheime Modelle"2014 [166] The following day, a trackside bollard got lodged underneath the No. [143] Tandy and Jani qualified third at the season-opening 6 Hours of Silverstone while Bernhard and Hartley started fourth. 19 vehicle starting second and Jani and Lieb's No. [17] Due to the small size of the engine, the transmission casing was fitted to the rear suspension and was almost a third of the car's length. [125] Porsche prevailed against Audi by making pit stops during a series of full course yellow flags and passed Jarvis' car. 17 car broke the 2008 track record of the Circuit de la Sarthe until Jani bettered it to claim pole position in the first qualifying session. 20 car was unclassified. [101][102], In qualifying for the 6 Hours of Fuji, Porsche secured the front row with Bernhard and Webber on pole position and Dumas and Lieb in second. [9] For night driving, Porsche designed two four-point LED headlights at both sides of the vehicle for better visibility. 14 car started from third while Webber and Bernhard's No. 20 car slowed after it began raining because of its low-downforce pa… [9] Engine cooling was achieved through a carbon-fibre-and-gold thermal airbox in its centre. Porsche invoked team orders on Jani on the final lap to give Bernhard, Webber and Hartley the win. [90] Hartley led until he incurred a 15-second stop-and-go penalty for driving onto an escape road at the Bus Stop chicane, entering a gap in a tyre wall where marshals were stationed. 7 Toyota for the lead in the second hour; the two Porsches exchanged the lead several times and controlled the pace. [20] The rear exhaust system used a two-turbine electric generator to recover thermal energy from exhaust gasses,[15][18][20] which exited from an off-central outlet on one side of the engine cover's dorsal fin. 17 car to second. [18] The 2014 regulations divided the MGU hierarchy into 2 MJ (0.56 kWh) increments, from 2 to 8 MJ (0.56 to 2.22 kWh). 1 car qualified in third and Dumas and Jani's No. Porsche's engineers cut the 919 Evo's weight by dumping useless frills like the windshield wipers, lights, air conditioner, electronic race controls, and the pneumatic jack. [18] The car had traction control and a hydraulically-operated paddle-shift seven-speed sequential gearbox with rear-lock differential mounted inside a carbon-fibre casing with titanium inserts around its high-stress sections. [4] Testing continued into September, with car development carried out at France's Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and Circuit Paul Ricard, Italy's Autodromo Nazionale Monza and Germany's EuroSpeedway Lausitz. Jani and Lieb began from second. [152] Hartley overtook José María López's No. That’s stored in a liquid-cooled lithium ion battery, and then used to drive an electric motor on the front axle while the engine drives the rear, for maximum all-wheel-drive acceleration. [167][168] Competing with the 919 Hybrid for the fourth successive season, Porsche won the World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship with 337 points. Porsche's engineers cut the weight of the carbon fiber and aluminum car by 86 pounds, to 1872 pounds, by dropping useless frills like the windshield wipers, lights, air conditioner, electronic race controls, and the pneumatic jack. 3 on the list? Engine problems in the 21st hour forced Lotterer to retire the No. [163] In qualifying, Tandy and Lotterer's No. [77], Jani and Dumas took Porsche's third pole position of the season and their second in a row at the 6 Hours of Bahrain while Bernhard and Hartley were 1.046 seconds slower in third. 1 car won its third race in a row. 36 Signatech Alpine A460 hit Lieb and removed part of the Porsche's rear-left bodywork. [94] Tandy put the No. [12][14] The regulations reduced the car's maximum weight to 870 kg (1,920 lb). [4] In late 2011, Porsche employed Fritz Enzinger from fellow German marque BMW to serve as the vice-president of LMP1. We have a great selection of new and used cars, trucks and SUVs. The 919 Hybrid Evo is powered by a 2,000 cc V4 turbocharged petrol engine developing 720 hp, and a 440 hp MGU (Motor-Generator Unit) mounted at the front axle, forming a total system output of 1,160 hp. 2 Porsche was delayed for 65 minutes and 19 laps because of a front MGU replacement. 1 car required a water pump change and recovered to finish 13th overall. 7 Audi in slower traffic over the rest of the race but lost the battle and finished second. Races in bold indicate starting from the pole position. 14 Porsche to first. [37] The car's nose-cone impact structure was lowered and narrowed, with its lead supported by the front bodywork's leading edge. 2 car started second with Jani and Lotterer's No. On 11 April 2018, PORSCHE revealed an evolution of the 919 Hybrid. The rear wing was liveried in black with the word 'Porsche' in red letters. Then they did everything that could make the car faster, the things that would break the rules for the rest of the time. The No. To celebrate, we’re going to write this story covering the achievement in that amount of time, just to give you an idea of how brief it is. Extensive aerodynamic upgrades to the 919 Evo increased downforce by 53% and increased aerodynamic efficiency by 66%, compared to the 919 Hybrid's 2017 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps qualifying specifications. 86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR at the exit of Farm Corner. After the No. Webber completed the race on hybrid power in fifth to secure his, Hartley's and Bernhard's first Drivers' Championship. Bernhard's No. [127] The No. [62] The No. It has a two-litre (120 cu in) 90-degree V4 mid-mounted mono-turbocharged petrol engine that produces 500 hp (370 kW) and acts as a chassis load-bearing member - and two separate energy-recovery hybrid systems to recover thermal energy from exhaust gases and convert kinetic energy into electrical energy under braking for storage into lithium-ion battery packs. [132] The No. It broke the lap record of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps with a lap time of 1 minute and 41.77 seconds, with Jani behind the wheel. [36][47] Porsche elected for a low-downforce package that minimised air resistance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and a second that compensated for an increased amount of drag and downforce for tighter circuits. 2 car was slower than the Toyota, but it finished second to win the World Endurance Drivers' Championship. He returned to the track to complete the final lap in 12th while Hartley achieved the No. Combined with a software tweak, that upped its output from 500 horsepower to 720 horsepower. Over the winter, it was freed from some restrictions hitherto determined by the regulations. The Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo race car. 8 Toyota with 12 minutes remaining; the No. 1 entry started second and Jani and Lieb's No. [46] One aerodynamic alteration raised the front splitter to lower its cornering speeds and featured two strakes on its underside. 1 car retired from heavy contact with Michael Wainwright's No. [30] The team had no title sponsor, with few sponsor stickers adorning the car. 1 car lost a tactical exchange of position to Toyota's No. To the car's side, a new channel from the monocoque to the wheel arch was made visible, along with redesigned rearward air intakes for the radiators to cool the engine. [159] One month later at the 6 Hours of Fuji, Bamber and Hartley took the No. 2 car qualified ahead of Tandy and Lotterer's No. 7 Audi; a fifth-place finish by them and a first-place finish by their rivals would lose them the title. It was 0.783 seconds faster than the four-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton's qualification lap at the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix, previously posting a 1 minute and 42.553 seconds in a … Webber immediately fell to fourth following a driver error. A damper problem while he was relieved by Webber lost him more time, giving Lieb the lead. [106] Hartley led the weather-affected race from the start, but Lieb hit Lotterer's No. [150][151], During qualifying for the 6 Hours of Nürburgring a month later, Toyota outpaced Porsche, and Bernhard and Hartley's No. [49] The 919 Hybrid's livery was changed to white and black, with grey and red lines adorning its body. [12][13] It combined the car's low weight with a high amount of torsional rigidity and safety,[10] allowing for the foundation of a precise wheel location via its independent multi-link suspension with pushrods and adjustable shock absorbers to exploit its 360 mm (14 in) Michelin tyres. [27], Dumas shared the No. [120] In the race, the No. The next year, 2017, Tandy and former Audi LMP1 driver André Lotterer joined Jani in place of Dumas and Lieb, and Bamber teamed up with Bernhard and Hartley, replacing the retired Webber.