While all the hype surrounding the 2017 Le Mans 24 Hour race in France was occupying everybody’s mind, an endurance event of another kind was taking place elsewhere in Europe. Ahead of the toughest motor race in the world, an ambitious Trans-European expedition has taken the company’s track-to-road technology transfer philosophy, and literally applied the lessons of the race track to the street.
Arctic Circle at Lillviken, Sweden
At Le Mans in 2016, the Porsche 919 Hybrid of Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani raced flat out for 384 laps, covering a total distance of 5233 km to win the renowned race for a record 18th time. On the weekend 17/18 June 2017, the pair of 919 Hybrids driven by Neel Jani/André Lotterer/Nick Tandy and Brendon Hartley/Timo Bernhard/Earl Bamber would complete their journey, but finish exactly where they began.
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