Feb 9, 2005 3:13:55 PM
- John H in MD
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Porsche's Return to (topflight) Racing? Update
Forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere on the Board, but I noticed this news blurb on dailysportscar.net this morning...
"Porsche - LMP2 Then 1?
Well done Andrew Cotton - not only a sportscar news story on the front page of Motorsport News this morning, but a 'Porsche "could return" to Le Mans with a prototype' story.
The essential points are:
- Porsche appears to be recruiting staff for a return to Le Mans with a prototype in 2006
- the project has yet to be approved at board level
- the outline plan seems to be to debut a six cylinder LMP2 at Petit Le Mans later this year, the chassis of which would then be the basis of an LMP1 for Le Mans in 2006 - and a stab at the overall win
- the LMP2 would then become the customer car.
Porsche's most recent overall success at Le Mans was with the GT1-98 in 1998, race winner Allan McNish then testing a new prototype in 2000 - but one which was never raced.
There is a pattern developing for the future of prototypes (at last). Audi's plans have yet to become completely clear, but a new car for 2006 seems absolutely logical, while Peugeot mutterings keep cropping up, and a fourth manufacturer is likely to also (along with Porsche) make its debut in the ALMS this year."
What do you think?
"Porsche - LMP2 Then 1?
Well done Andrew Cotton - not only a sportscar news story on the front page of Motorsport News this morning, but a 'Porsche "could return" to Le Mans with a prototype' story.
The essential points are:
- Porsche appears to be recruiting staff for a return to Le Mans with a prototype in 2006
- the project has yet to be approved at board level
- the outline plan seems to be to debut a six cylinder LMP2 at Petit Le Mans later this year, the chassis of which would then be the basis of an LMP1 for Le Mans in 2006 - and a stab at the overall win
- the LMP2 would then become the customer car.
Porsche's most recent overall success at Le Mans was with the GT1-98 in 1998, race winner Allan McNish then testing a new prototype in 2000 - but one which was never raced.
There is a pattern developing for the future of prototypes (at last). Audi's plans have yet to become completely clear, but a new car for 2006 seems absolutely logical, while Peugeot mutterings keep cropping up, and a fourth manufacturer is likely to also (along with Porsche) make its debut in the ALMS this year."
What do you think?
