Porsche win le mans, torment for toyota timo bernhard overtook hopin tung in chans lmp2 class orecagibson with less than an hour to go to claim a 19th le mans title for porsche. Porsche, audi, corvette, ferrari, and aston at the 2015 le. The last hybrid standing was 19 laps behind the leader with six hours to go. Driven by earl bamber, nico hulkenberg, and nick tandy it secured the 17th win for the german manufacturer on the 45th anniversary of that first win at le mans. Timo bernhard led porsche to a dramatic third consecutive win at the 24 hours le mans race.
Although half the scenes are filmed during the actual race, it is a fiction movie. It was porsches first allnew prototype since the rs spyder and the first to compete in the premier level of sports car racing since the porsche 911 gt1. The porsche 919 hybrid is a le mans prototype 1 lmp1 racing car built and used by porsche in the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons of the fia world endurance championship. Audi withdrew from racing at the 24 hours of le mans in 2016 and nissan after only one attempt in 2015. Porsche created three distinct body kits to aerodynamically match the 919 hybrid to a track. Porsche returned to the toptier category at le mans in 2014, and won the race in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Winning the le mans 24 hours is not a new experience for porsche, they dominated the race across the 1970s and 80s and into the 90s but after. Porsche has won the 24 hours of le mans for a record 17th time, scoring its first overall victory since 1998. Timo bernhard leads porsche to dramatic 24 hours of le mans win. Le mans, france ap veteran german driver timo bernhard led porsche to a dramatic third straight win at the 24 hours le mans race to prevent a huge upset win for the lesser category oreca team on.
Audi had so far dominated the season by winning the first two races of the campaign. Both those cars represent such a large part of the heritage the 919 hybrid has had to live up to. Onetwo finish tops audi, corvette wins gte pro class. Bamber also won in 2015 alongside f1 driver nico hulkenberg. The circuit is mostly a combination of country roads closed for the race, but also parts of permanent bugatti circuit. Le mans 24 hours winner porsche extends lmp1 programme to. With three consecutive wins at le mans, the 919 hybrid has emphatically positioned itself alongside them in the history of porsche, and from 2018 our iconic 911 will continue to represent the marque in endurance races around the world. Behind the wheel of the porsche 919 hybrid with start number 1 neel jani 33ch. Four more wins in the 1990s were followed by a drought until 2015, when the 919 hybrid brought porsche back to prominence. Porsche have won the 83rd running of the le mans 24 hours. The crew fought back magnificently from 55th place and accomplished their mission. A documentary about porsches triumphant return to le mans. Le mans 2015 nico hulkenberg and porsche win youtube. The question going into this years 24 hours of le mans was whether or not the porsche 919 hybrid would be able to combine its qualifying pace with race reliability.
Consistent performances from the trio won them the 2016 world endurance drivers championship and the teams second. Porsches le mans special car wins the 24 hours of le mans. The 2017 porsche 919 hybrid le mans race car incorporates new aerodynamic features and a 900horsepower hybrid powertrain. Porsche joins formula e, downsizes le mans effort news. After 3 straight wins, porsche kills its le mans hybrid in favor of formula e. Following on from its second consecutive victory in the le mans 24 hours, porsche has revealed some of the secrets of its 919 hybrid lmp1 machines. It also has multiple fia wec driver and manufacturer championships to its credit. Porsche win le mans, torment for toyota other sports.
Dumas, jani and lieb won the 6 hours of silverstone and the 24 hours of le mans. With their most recent 12 win at le mans, porsche reasserts their historical dominance of the worlds most famous endurance race. Audi thereafter succeeded porsche in terms of dominance, in no small part thanks to dane tom kristensen, aka mr le mans, who has won the race nine times between 1997 and 20, a. With great team spirit and an almost superhuman effort, porsche won the 2017 le mans 24hour race. Porsche added to its tally of victories in the le mans 24 hours for the.
It is a record 17th overall win for the german manufacturer, but their first since 1998. Porsche wins the 24 hours of le mans after lmp1 meltdown. Aston martin racing,jackie chan dc racing, and the jmw motorsports ferrari join. Porsche and the 919 hybrid title defenders in the wec and. Porsche is famous for many motorsport achievements, but it takes the most pride in its 17 overall 24 hours of le mans wins. Porsche win le mans 24 hours race for the 17th time.
But 2015 was a fullout effort, with three cars entered for le mans. Le mans film michel vaillant film 24 heures damant the race the. After the successful 2015 season when it took overall victory in le mans and won the constructors and drivers world championship titles, porsche finds itself in the role of the. Built to the lmp1 technical regulations the car was designed with one purpose, to win le mans, something it achieved in 2015.
In 2015, the same year, the german manufacturer became the constructors world champion once again. With its porsche 919 hybrid, the german marque added three victories to its track record in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Porsche wins the 2015 24 hours of le mans autoblog. Porsche won the race in 2015, 2016 and 2017 with its hybrid 919, and remains the most successful manufacturer at le mans, with 19 overall victories, including seven straight from 1981 to 1987. Rolex 24 at daytona liquimoly bathurst 12 hour 6 hours of cota season 2014 season 2015 season 2016 season 2017 season 2018 season 2019 gt works drivers. Two lmp1class porsche 919 hybrids were faster and outlasted the competition at the 24 hours of le mans, winning the race with a 12 sweep and clinching the automakers 17th overall win. Lemans 2015 record win for porsche frecks auto art. The question going into this years 24 hours of le mans was whether or not the porsche 919 hybrid would be. With porsche formally exiting the wec lmp1 class, the tribute tour serves. Those le mans wins were consecutive by the way 2015, 2016 and 2017. Work on the car began in mid2011, and its monocoque was finalised at. After 3 straight wins, porsche kills its le mans hybrid in. Neel jani, in his porsche 919 hybrid, on his way to taking pole and setting a new lap record in qualifying for the 2015 le mans 24 hours.
In case you missed twentyfour hours of nailbiting action where any number of six german lmp1s could be a possible winner for the 83rd 24 hours of le mans, porsches le mansonly trio of nico. Chan dc racing team car, owned by the famed action movie star. After battling neckandneck with audis r18 for most of the race, the answer is a resounding yes. Porsche has just unseated audi atop the endurance racing throne. Porsches entry into the wec with the 919 hybrid last season ended an absence from the pinnacle of sportscar racing that stretched back to 1998, the year of its 16th victory at le mans. The 84th 24 hours of le mans was an automobile endurance racing event held for le mans. Audi, the dominant force at le mans since the turn of the century, faces a stern challenge from porsche this year. History of the porsche 919 hybrid and its three wins at. Porsche leaves it late to win 24 hours le mans for 3rd. The most successful participant of all time at le mans, danish driver tom kristensen leads with nine wins during 199720, of which six were consecutive 20002005 the 24 hours of le mans 24 heures du mans is the worlds oldest sports car endurance race and one of the most famous and influential in motorsports history. Porsche 919 hybrid overpowers audis to win le mans 24 hours. With two 919 hybrid contesting the lmp1 class as well as four 2015spec 911 rsr.
The race was the third round and the premier event. The 83rd 24 hours of le mans was an automobile endurance event for le mans prototype and. Preparation for the worlds toughest automobile race. All but one was scored between 1970 and 1998, after which the german.
Porsche wins the 24 hours le mans race for record 17th. Porsche wins le mans with 919 hybrid in 12 sweep sunday, june 14, 2015 two lmp1class porsche 919 hybrids were faster and outlasted the competition at the 24 hours of le mans, winning the race with a 12 sweep and clinching the automakers 17th overall win. This means, the driver names and racing results in the film. Porsche reveals how le manswinning 919 hybrid works. In steve mcqueens le mans, partially filmed during that running, a gulfliveried 917 takes the win. History of the porsche 919 hybrid and its three wins at the 24 hours of le mans video porsche holds the win record at the 24 hours of le mans with a total of 19 to date. A look back at the three years of preparation that brought porsche to final victory at le mans last june, the marques 17th at the 24 hours. Porsche seeks first title in 17 years ahead of audi.
Based on a lap of le mans, the most energy that can be recovered is 8 megajoules which results in 4. Nick tandy drives his porsche in the le mans 24 hours endurance race on june 14, 2015 with german formula one driver nico hulkenberg behind the. Force india driver nico hulkenberg, who won the 2015 race with porsche would be. A third victory in a row earns the german marque the right to keep the 24 hours of le mans trophy. And then, at le mans, things suddenly came good for the 919. For the 2015 edition of le mans, dumas teamed up with neel jani and marc lieb to pilot the porsche 919 hybrid car number 18, which started from the pole position of the historic race thanks to a record qualifying round, which saw the three porsche 919s placed one, two, and three. This le manswinning porsche 917 was a onehit wonder. Nico hulkenberg and porsche wins 24 hours le mans 2015. In four successful and thrilling years of lmp1, we have achieved more than we could ever have dreamed of. The 919 hybrid the most complex car in the history of our company. Despite the many successes of audi in recent years, which includes winning all but two victories from 20002014, porsche still has the most wins at le mans, with 17 compared to for 2nd place audi. The porsche 919 was billed as the most complex competition car the firm had ever built when it was launched at the geneva motor show in early 2014. The winning porsche 919 hybrid is depicted exiting the second chicane on its way to a stunning victory. Porsche has achieved its 17th overall le mans victory at the 83rd running of the famous 24hour race in a perfect way with a onetwo finish.
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