When people think of Porsche, the image that comes to mind is usually one of sleek sports cars and legendary flat-six engines. But long before the 911 became an icon, and well before electric vehicles were mainstream, Porsche’s story had already been set “electrically” in motion. From the late 19th...
As we approach the 10 year mark since the Porsche 918 Spyder arrived onto the roads of the world, we thought that it would be appropriate to look back not at how the car was conceived and designed, but how two completely different race cars from Stuttgart heavily influenced that...
Porsche 919 Hybrid High Speed Fly By’s Compilation You get a real sense for the speed of the 919 in this compilation of fly-bye videos. Totally insane. ...
Porsche Top 5 Series: The 919 Hybrid Evo For this week’s Porsche Top 5, Stephen Mitas, Technical Project Lead of the 919 Hybrid Evo, met with some old friends to discuss the fastest racing car on the planet and decide what makes it so epic....
The 919 Tribute Tour. New king of the ring video This video is meant to demonstrate the different strengths and “weaknesses” of the two fastest racing cars in the world around the world famous Circuit de Spa-Franchochamps. Porsche operated their car without adhering to any regulations which they have been...
LMP1 vs F1 (V2). The Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO vs Mercedes F1 W11 @Spa-Franchorchamps This video is meant to demonstrate the different strengths and “weaknesses” of the two fastest racing cars in the world around the world famous Circuit de Spa-Franchochamps. Porsche operated their car without adhering to any regulations...
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 In Action On Track This video is about the 2015 Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car I recorded during a 2 days test session at Monza Circuit. Hear the sound of the 2.0 litre turbocharged V4 engine in action around the Italian track....
Porsche 919 tribute: End of an era. Birth of a legend The 919 Hybrid – the most complex car in the history of our company. In four successful and thrilling years of LMP1, we have achieved more than we could ever have dreamed of: 6 World championship titles, 3 Le...
How Porsche Built a Car Faster Than F1 This is the Porsche 919 EVO. It’s what you get when you take a Le Mans-winning prototype and rip up the rulebook. In 2018, Porsche set it’s engineers a single goal – make a car go faster than anything else. But how...
The AMAZING Porsche 919 Hybrid Drive by Chris Harris Welcome to “the most complex car” Chris Harris has ever seen: the Le Mans-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid....
2018 Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO Specifications Monocoque: Composite material structure consisting of carbon fiber with an aluminium honeycomb core. The cockpit is closed. Combustion engine: V4 engine (90-degree cylinder bank angle), turbocharged, 4 valves per cylinder, DOHC, 1 Garrett turbocharger, direct petrol injection, fully load-bearing aluminium cylinder crankcase, dry sump...
Porsche 919 On-board Video Timo Bernhard in the 919 Hybrid around the Circuit of The Americas in Austin in 2014: check how fast the LMP1 car is compared to the already very fast GT-cars!...
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Porsche 919 Nürburgring Video The 919 Hybrid Evo sets a new all-time record lap at the Nürburgring, “Nordschleife”. Watch the complete on-board record lap by Timo Bernhard....
Part #1 (dark gray) is the lower and upper wishbones, part #2 (pale brown) is the tie rod, parts #3 (orange) are two pushrods and part #4 (gray) are two rocker arms. The pushrods move the rocker arms, which rotate around blue brackets attached to the chassis. When moved, the...
Spa-Francorchamps, 9 April 2018: Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo, Porsche LMP Team In the year following a third consecutive WEC title, Porsche is taking its World Championship winning race car around the world on a ‘goodbye tour’. The Stuttgart company is well aware that a little bit of good PR never...
Porsche Victory in Le Mans 2017 The latest edition of the Porsche Victory in Le Mans series is out and it is as good, if not better, than any of the other editions that have gone before it. The publishing house, Gruppe C Motorsport Verlag, has a long history in...
Mark Webber being interviewed at the Geneva Motor Show 2014, on the occasion of the world debut of the Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche’s return to the top category of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) was announced by Wolfgang Hatz, Porsche AG Board of Management Member for Research and Development, on...
Le Mans 24 Hours, 17 June 2017: A Guards Red 1989 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 Cabriolet delivers the Le Mans 24H trophy to the circuit before the start of the 2017 race The Le Mans winner’s trophy for the 24 Hours of Le Mans has found a new home at...
The Porsche 919 Street is a supercar concept, designed and built by Porsche in 2017, based on the highly successful Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car. The dimensions and basic design elements of the 919 Street are the same as that of the race car. However the 919 Street instead has a less-pronounced wing and more street-car comforts. This is the one we wish they made. Alas, the 900 HP LMP1-Based road-ready rocket that never was.
With the car retiring after the 2017 LMP WEC season, the Porsche team decided to throw it a truly memorable send-off. Freed from any restrictions brought upon by strict regulations in the class it competed in, Porsche threw out the rulebook and established a new benchmark. Amongst the notable parting gifts was a significant horsepower bump, increasing the turbo V4 to 720 horsepower from 500 horsepower. Additionally, the electric motor received a 10% boost, now generating 440 horsepower. In total this gave the 919 a remarkable 1160 horsepower.
WEC BAPCO 6 Hours of Bahrain, 18 November 2017: #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley The curtain came down on the 2017 WEC after the Bahrain 6 Hour race this last weekend, and although the winner of the 2017 WEC LMP1 class was...
2017 24 Hours of Le Mans In Review is a video by Mobil 1 The Grid showing the highlights of this drama filled race that will be remembered for a long time. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a...
Developed to follow in the steps of its Le Mans winning predecessors: The new 2017 Porsche 919 Hybrid is upon us! Carrying the same 2.0-liter V4 gasoline-powered engine and hybrid system, Porsche has optimized its energy recovery systems in the brakes and exhaust to feed even more power to the updated lithium-ion...
Now in its fourth year of competition, the Porsche 919 hybrid continues to be developed into a more efficient racer. Retaining its same 4-cylinder petrol-driven engine, the LM P1 regulations require that the 919 be ever-more efficient while delivering similar performance.Team Principal and acting technical director, Andreas Seidl, said, “For...
According to Porsche, it retained the monocoque from 2016, but 60 to 70% of the 2017 car was new, with the largest alterations being to its aerodynamic demands. 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. Porsche remained in the 8 MJ (2.2 kWh) MGU category for the 2017 season. The engine was modified to be lighter and more compact, and Porsche stated that it was its most-efficient ever.
The third-generation 919 Hybrid (2016 MY) is powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder, two-litre petrol engine delivering almost 500 hp that drives the rear axle. The V4 engine, which is fully load-bearing, is turbocharged and features 4-valves per cylinder, DOHC, a Garrett turbocharger, direct fuel injection and an aluminium cylinder crankcase. In addition, the electric motor delivering more than 400 hp to the front axle. The latter is fed by two energy recovery systems.
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The 2015 season Porsche released a new version of their 919 LMP1 prototype which was reshaped and significantly upgraded to the Premiere class which uses an 8 megajoule hybrid electric system. It follows the 2014 car which had competitive but lackluster year against Audi and Toyota. Combined with a 2 litre, twin turbo V4 gasoline engine is the 8 megajoule lithium-ion battery which powers the front electric engine for a total power output nearing 900 to 1000 bhp.
The Porsche LMP1-H (Le Mans Prototype Class 1, Hybrid) race car featured a hybrid system that consisted of a turbocharged 2.0V4 petrol engine at the rear axle and an electric motor at the front axle. The electric motor/generator unit (MGU) collected the energy from the front axle under braking and the AER exhaust energy recovery system operated on the exhaust gas - a separate turbocharger ran an alternator.