Porsche’s new Le Mans car is called the 963
New 963 racing car will race from 2023Porsche’s new Le Mans car has been revealed, and it’s called the 963.
Le Mans celebrates its centenary in 2023, and it’s a race everyone wants to win. As well as Porsche, Audi, Glickenhaus, Peugeot and Toyota, Ferrari will return to Le Mans as a full factory effort for the first time since the ’70s. While it hasn’t raced in the headline class at Le Mans since withdrawing from LMP1, Porsche has maintained a works presence in the closely fought GTE category with its 911 RSR.Porsche’s Le Mans programme will be a joint project with the Team Penske racing outfit, under an agreement that will see the Porsche hybrid race in both the IMSA and WEC classes, and is expected to run for several years.
There will be two preparation centres for the 963: cars racing in the WEC will be prepped in Germany, and cars racing in IMSA from a separate base in North Carolina.class, but it will in fact compete in the new LMDh class, which is being introduced in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA series in North America.The cars will weigh around 1000kg and turn out around 670bhp. Balance of Performance regulations will ensure they can fight for overall victory alongside the Hypercars.
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