Porsche 919
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Future De Tomaso's will be built at the Nürburgring at a facility jointly run by Capricorn Group.
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The beat goes on: Porsche 919 Hybrid tires turned into vinyl records
Porsche retired from the Le Mans LMP1 class in 2017, took the 919 Hybrid-derived 919 Evo on a farewell tour, and parked both cars at their final residence at the Porsche Museum in Germany. Yet, the story isn't over for the championship-winning race car. Porsche announced Monday in a video that it...
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Have a closer look at the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo
Porsche's "Top 5" series returns but this time it's all about one car: the 919 Hybrid Evo. The race car adopted from the Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid went on a global parade to claim lap records before both cars were escorted to their final homes inside the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, Germany...
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Le Mans-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid and record-breaking 919 Evo take final lap on public roads
Porsche's epic adventure has come to a close, the German luxury brand revealed on Thursday. Escorted by police, Porsche moved the 919 Hybrid LMP1 car and the 919 Evo on public roads to a permanent residence at the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, Germany. A couple of storied race car drivers did the...
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AMG boss thinks Project One could beat Porsche 919 Evo's 'Ring record--with right mods
Back in March, Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers was pretty confident the upcoming Project One hypercar would be able to crack the 6:11.13 Nürburgring lap time set by a Porsche 956 race car in 1983. That was an outright record for any type of car at the German racetrack that lasted until June of...
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Porsche declined opportunity to destroy McLaren's Goodwood record
The Porsche 919 Evo is on a world tour to say goodbye to fans. This trip includes a stop at many race tracks so that the unrestricted racing machine can set some records on its way out. One place it won't be doing that? The Goodwood Festival of Speed. Porsche has declined an opportunity to take its...
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Late last month, Porsche utterly obliterated the all-time Nürburgring record lap time with its 919 Hybrid Evo. Now, the German luxury and sports car maker is crowing about its achievement with a celebratory video. And Porsche crows loud and proud. Why shouldn't it? The marque held the previous all-time record of 6:11.13 set by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 C way back in 1983. Timo Bernhard and the 919 Evo managed a blisteringly quick 5:19.55 on June 29, 2018. The Nürburgring Nordschleife record is only the latest record to fall during Porsche's 919 farewell tour; Porsche will...
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Porsche 919 Evo obliterates Nürburgring record with 5:19 run
It's official. Porsche's 919 Evo with Timo Bernhard behind the wheel clocked an unbelievable 5:19.55 lap time at the Nürburgring on Friday, completely destroying the previous all-time record of 6:11.13 set by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 C back in 1983. His average speed around the Green...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran