Porsche 919 Hybrid

Porsche 919 Hybrid

A Porsche 919 Hybrid at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans
Category	LMP1-H
Constructor	Porsche AG
Predecessor	Porsche RS Spyder
Technical specifications[1]
Chassis	Composite of carbon fibre with honeycomb aluminium core
Suspension (front)	Independent multi-link pushrod configuration with adjustable shock absorbers
Suspension (rear)	Same as front
Length	4,650 mm (183 in)
Width	1,900 mm (75 in)
Height	1,050 mm (41 in)
Engine	Porsche 2.0 L (2,000 cc) direct-injected turbocharged V4 engine with lithium-ion battery for energy recovery in mid-mounted longitudinal configuration
Transmission	Porsche seven-speed hydraulically-activated sequential gearbox with rear-lock differential
Weight	875 kg (1,929 lb) (before driver or fuel)
Fuel	Esso/Mobil Synergy race fuels
Lubricants	Mobil 1
Tires	Michelin Radial 310/710-18, front and rear
Competition history
Notable entrants	Porsche Team
Notable drivers	Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Brendon Hartley Nico Hülkenberg Neel Jani Marc Lieb Mark Webber Nick Tandy André Lotterer
Debut	2014 6 Hours of Silverstone
Races Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps 33 17 43 11 4
Constructors' Championships	3 (2015 FIA WEC), (2016 FIA WEC), (2017 FIA WEC)
Drivers' Championships	3 (2015 FIA WEC), (2016 FIA WEC), (2017 FIA WEC)

The Porsche 919 Hybrid is a sports-prototype racing car constructed by the German car manufacturer Porsche for use in the Le Mans Prototype 1-Hybrid (LMP1-H) category of the FIA World Endurance Championship for factory-supported hybrid-powered cars. It is the first sports-prototype built by Porsche since the RS Spyder that raced until 2010, the first sports-prototype built by Porsche to compete in a top category of sportscar racing since the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98 and Porsche LMP1-98 and the first sports-prototype to be raced by Porsche as a racing team since the Porsche 911 GT1-98 and Porsche LMP1-98. It uses a 2.0 L four-cylinder turbocharged engine with a battery-based hybrid system.^[2] The car made its competitive debut at the 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone, the opening round of the 2014 season. The 919 Hybrid project is scheduled to be discontinued at the end of the 2017 season to allow Porsche to focus on entering Formula E.^[3]

The 919 nomenclature is a reference to the successful Porsche 917 race car of the 1970s, and the Porsche 918 street car that debuted in 2013.^[4]

Competition history

Competition debut (2014)

The 919 of Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy, and Nico Hülkenberg that won the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 919 Hybrid made its competitive debut at the 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone at the Silverstone Circuit. The No. 20 entry of Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber finished third behind the two Toyota TS040 Hybrids, while the No. 14 entry of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb was forced out of the race after thirty laps.^[10]

At the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, the No. 20 entry, driven by Mark Webber at the time, closed to within one minute of the leading No. 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro with an hour and a half of the race remaining when the car suffered a broken anti-roll bar. Before the hour was out, Marc Lieb was forced to pit the No. 14 entry with the same issue. Car No. 14 returned to the circuit to complete a ceremonial lap at the end of the race and was classified eleventh overall, but car No. 20 was unable to take to the circuit and was not officially classified as finishing, despite having completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete World Endurance Championship results

In detail

Races in bold indicate pole position and races in italics indicate fastest lap

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Year	Team		Class	Drivers		No.	Rounds									FIA WEMC
							1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Pos.
2014		Porsche Team	LMP1-H		Romain Dumas Neel Jani Marc Lieb	14	SIL Ret	SPA 4	LMS 4	COA 4	FUJ 4	SHA 3	BHR 2	SÃO 1		193	3rd
					Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	20	SIL 3	SPA 12	LMS NC	COA 5	FUJ 3	SHA 6	BHR 3	SÃO Ret
2015		Porsche Team	LMP1		Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	17	SIL Ret	SPA 3	LMS 2	NÜR 1	COA 1	FUJ 1	SHA 1	BHR 5		344	1st
					Romain Dumas Neel Jani Marc Lieb	18	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 5	NÜR 2	COA 5	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 1
					Earl Bamber Nico Hülkenberg Nick Tandy	19	-	SPA 6	LMS 1	-	-	-	-	-
2016		Porsche Team	LMP1		Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	1	SIL Ret	SPA 4	LMS 5	NÜR 1	MEX 1	COA 1	FUJ 3	SHA 1	BHR 3	324	1st
					Romain Dumas Neel Jani Marc Lieb	2	SIL 1	SPA 2	LMS 1	NÜR 4	MEX 4	COA 4	FUJ 5	SHA 4	BHR 6
2017		Porsche LMP Team	LMP1		Neel Jani Nick Tandy André Lotterer	1	SIL 3	SPA 4	LMS Ret	NÜR 2	MEX 2	COA 2	FUJ 3	SHA 3	BHR 3	337	1st
					Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber	2	SIL 2	SPA 3	LMS 1	NÜR 1	MEX 1	COA 1	FUJ 4	SHA 2	BHR 2

^* Season in progress.

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  Porsche 919 at Geneva Motor Show 2014
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  Porsche 919 Hybrid at Le Mans 2015
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  Porsche 919 at Goodwood Festival of Speed on Thursday 23rd, 2016
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  Porsche 919 at IAA 2017

Porsche 919 Evo

Porsche revealed an evolution of the 919 Hybrid on 11 April 2018, as it broke the lap record in Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps with a lap time of 1:41.77, with Neel Jani behind the wheel. The lap time was 0.783 seconds faster than Lewis Hamilton's flying qualification lap in 2017, previously posting a 1:42.553 in his Mercedes AMG F1 W08, a Formula One car. Jani was also over 12 seconds faster than the standard 919 Hybrid's 2017 pole position lap time of 1:54.097. During the lap, Jani's speed trap was 359 km/h (223.1 mph) at the Kemmel Straight, with an average speed of 245.61 km/h (152.6 mph).^[13][14][15]

The V4 engine is retained for the Evo, putting out 720 PS (530 kW; 710 hp) without fuel flow restrictions. As the amount of recovered energy that could be used was increased from 6.37 megajoule for Spa to 8.49 megajoule, the output of the electric motors was increased from 400 PS to 440 PS (324 kW; 434 hp). The car's weight was reduced by 39 kg, now weighing in at 849 kg (1,872 lb) dry and 888 kg (1,958 lb) with driver ballast. Extensive aerodynamic upgrades were also added to the 919 Evo, resulting in a 53% increase in downforce and 66% increase in aerodynamic efficiency compared to 2017 WEC Spa qualifying spec.^[14][16][15]

The 919 Evo will be doing demo runs through 2018 as part of the "919 Tribute Tour" at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for the 24 Hours Nürburgring, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, for the Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch and at Laguna Seca as part of Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI.^[14][15]

On 29 June 2018 Porsche ran the 919 Evo on the Nürburgring and Timo Bernhard put down a time of 5:19.546, breaking the long-held record of 6:11.13 set by Stefan Bellof in the Porsche 956.^[17]

See also

• Audi R18 e-tron quattro
• Nissan GT-R LM Nismo
• Toyota TS040 Hybrid
• Toyota TS050 Hybrid
• Rebellion R-One

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Porsche 919 Hybrid.

• Porsche 919 website