Official: Porsche rolls out new 919 Hybrid at racing gala

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That Porsche is returning to Le Mans next year with a top-tier LMP1 entry is no news – we’ve known that for some time. We’ve even seen pictures of the car in question undergoing testing at various racetracks across Europe, been told who’ll be driving it and given some basic parameters of what will make it go. We just haven’t known what to call it, but now we do.

In detailing its full endurance racing program for next year at its Night of Champions in Weissach, Porsche has revealed that its new LMP1 racecar will be called the 919 Hybrid. So, something like the 918 Spyder, only one faster. With a four-cylinder engine and a pair of electric motors, the 919 Hybrid will be taking on the top class at Le Mans next year, with a compelling roster of drivers on the docket: along with Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani, Porsche has assigned its works driver Marc Lieb and F1 test driver Brendon Hartley to the effort. But that’s not all Porsche has in store.

The factory is also supporting teams that will campaign the 911 RSR in the FIA World Endurance Championship as well as the United SportsCar Championship here in the US, taking Porsche off the pit wall and right in the race seat for next year as part of a comprehensive new racing program, details of which you can read in the press release below.

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