2014 Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1

Porsche last won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race outright in 1998. Sixteen years later, it’s attempting to repeat the feat - and achieve success in the other seven rounds of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship too - with the new 919 Hybrid.

The task won’t be easy though. Audi, which has won at Le Mans twelve times since 2000 and is now a sister brand of Porsche within the Volkswagen Group empire, will be back with an updated R18 e-tron quattro. Toyota’s TS040 Hybrid also promises to be a strong challenger.

Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 2014 Front SidePorsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 2014 Top

Described by Porsche as the most complex competition car the firm has ever built, the 919 Hybrid features a 2.0 litre V4 turbocharged petrol engine that produces around 493 bhp (368 kW / 500 PS).

An integrated hybrid system extracts thermal energy from the exhaust gases and kinetic energy from the front brakes and then stores it as electricity in a lithium-ion battery pack. When required, it can be released to drive a front axle-mounted electric motor, thus briefly making the 919 Hybrid all-wheel drive.

Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 2014 FrontPorsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 2014 Rear Side

This year’s World Endurance Championship begins with the 6 Hours of Silverstone, which takes place on the 20th of April.

Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb are going to be sharing driving duties in the #14 Porsche 919 Hybrid, while the #20 car will have Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber behind the wheel.

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