PORSCHE OUT OF WEC!!
07-27-2017, 01:18 PM
#16
07-27-2017, 01:24 PM
#17
[QUOTE=montoya;14353976]Been forecast for a while:
SPORTS CARS
WHY PORSCHE COULD PULL THE PLUG ON LMP1
By GARY WATKINS
Rumours continue surrounding Porsche's LMP1 commitment – Gary Watkins looks at why
The need for a new technological calling card for the manufacturers is behind the big change in the P1 rulebook for 2020 – the introduction of zero-emissions running. Factory entries competing in the top class of the WEC will be required to complete the first kilometre after every pitstop in all-electric mode. That will go hand in hand with the rapid plug-in charging in the pits. So that's two road-relevant technologies on which they can hang their hats.
Porsche was around the table, along with Toyota, when those rules were being formulated. So it is clearly of interest, but is it enough in an era when the technology manufacturers utilise in their racing programmes needs to reflect what's going on in their road car ranges? Porsche, don't forget, will launch the first of a range of electric vehicles based on its Mission E concept before the end of the decade.
What a lame rule! Peugeot and BMW were also at the table. There is some suggestion that Porsche is not in agreement with possible technical rule changes.
Guess I can cancel my trip to Le Mans.
SPORTS CARS
WHY PORSCHE COULD PULL THE PLUG ON LMP1
By GARY WATKINS
Rumours continue surrounding Porsche's LMP1 commitment – Gary Watkins looks at why
The need for a new technological calling card for the manufacturers is behind the big change in the P1 rulebook for 2020 – the introduction of zero-emissions running. Factory entries competing in the top class of the WEC will be required to complete the first kilometre after every pitstop in all-electric mode. That will go hand in hand with the rapid plug-in charging in the pits. So that's two road-relevant technologies on which they can hang their hats.
Porsche was around the table, along with Toyota, when those rules were being formulated. So it is clearly of interest, but is it enough in an era when the technology manufacturers utilise in their racing programmes needs to reflect what's going on in their road car ranges? Porsche, don't forget, will launch the first of a range of electric vehicles based on its Mission E concept before the end of the decade.
What a lame rule! Peugeot and BMW were also at the table. There is some suggestion that Porsche is not in agreement with possible technical rule changes.
Guess I can cancel my trip to Le Mans.
Last edited by brake dust; 07-27-2017 at 01:59 PM.
07-27-2017, 01:56 PM
#18
Rennlist Member
Formula f**king E? - they might as well enter Scalextrics! bad enough they put electric motors in the 919! ... 
07-27-2017, 02:19 PM
#19
Drifting
Formula E will be made compelling by factory involvement.
I wonder where all their 919 works drivers will go?
Tandy - ?
Jani - Back to Rebellion?
Lotterer - ? (Super GT?)
Bamber - ?
Bernhard - Retire, I anticipate
Hartley - ?
I wonder where all their 919 works drivers will go?
Tandy - ?
Jani - Back to Rebellion?
Lotterer - ? (Super GT?)
Bamber - ?
Bernhard - Retire, I anticipate
Hartley - ?
07-27-2017, 02:26 PM
#20
Rennlist Member
07-27-2017, 02:41 PM
#23
Rennlist Member
07-27-2017, 03:50 PM
#25
Nothing is confirmed right now.
Formula E is only on their radar because it's cheap.
If the closing of the LMP1 program is indeed real, they can spend that money on the RSR and GT3R.
Formula E is only on their radar because it's cheap.
If the closing of the LMP1 program is indeed real, they can spend that money on the RSR and GT3R.
07-27-2017, 04:07 PM
#26
Drifting
The Formula E whining is probably a generational thing. I remember when people whined about hybrids in LMP1 too!
I'm 28; most of my closest friends are my age or within a year or two. We all attend numerous race weekends each year (I probably do the most - 11 YTD and 7 on the calendar).
Most of us will go to Formula E in NYC next year (would have this year but we were all busy). I'm excited for the prospects. Hell, I might buy a Mission E in a few years!
The cars will only get faster, and the series already attracts top drivers.
It will only get better.
I'm 28; most of my closest friends are my age or within a year or two. We all attend numerous race weekends each year (I probably do the most - 11 YTD and 7 on the calendar).
Most of us will go to Formula E in NYC next year (would have this year but we were all busy). I'm excited for the prospects. Hell, I might buy a Mission E in a few years!
The cars will only get faster, and the series already attracts top drivers.
It will only get better.
07-27-2017, 04:24 PM
#28
07-27-2017, 04:29 PM
#29
Race Director
F1 or bust.
07-27-2017, 04:30 PM
#30
