Porsche Officially Unveils The Sexy New LMP1 919 Hybrid

Porsche has presented the third generation of its 2015 title-winning 919 Hybrid LMP1 prototype and it looks pretty damn awesome!
Porsche Officially Unveils The Sexy New LMP1 919 Hybrid

Having won the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche has now pulled the covers off the third generation of its stunning 919 Hybrid LMP1 beast.

The car has gone through extensive development over the winter, with Porsche saying the powertrain is more efficient, aerodynamics have improved and weight has decreased.

Image source: Porsche
Image source: Porsche

The German manufacturer has also created three aero configurations, with a high-downforce package running at the start of the year, a low downforce setup for Le Mans, and a new high-downforce configuration debuting after the iconic 24-hour race.

Image source: Porsche
Image source: Porsche

Meanwhile after the victories in 2015, the car numbers have moved to the No.1 for Brendon Hartley, Timo Bernhard and Mark Webber, and No.2 for the sister car of Neel Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb.

The 919 Hybrid will debut for the first time - featuring the swanky new livery also revealed today - at this week’s test at Paul Ricard in France.

Image source: Audi
Image source: Audi
Image source: Audi
Image source: Audi

Meanwhile on Tuesday Audi showed off the brand new, striking colour scheme of its 919 Hybrid rival, the R18 e-tron quattro.

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Comments

James Egghead
03/23/2016 - 11:37 |
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ramses rizal

Can i order one? 😂

03/23/2016 - 11:40 |
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Turbo Koala

i dont know if its just me but does the r18 look ugly as hell
plz dont kill me

03/23/2016 - 12:04 |
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And you haven’t seen the high downforce configuration yet… I’ve seen it in spy photos and what an ugly piece of modern engineering!

03/23/2016 - 19:53 |
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Muhammad Haqy Aunoora

Are they making a car for ‘spot the difference’ game or what? It looks the same with last year’s car to me. Still it looks good though

03/23/2016 - 12:36 |
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Ilias J.
03/23/2016 - 12:59 |
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lafars

only the ts050 left to be revealed

03/23/2016 - 13:23 |
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Anonymous

Sorry Jack but I think there is no LMP1 car that can be described as ‘sexy’ because they all look so strange and edgy compared to any other racing class.

03/23/2016 - 13:43 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I can’t agree with your opinion, but I don’t have to. I think they look great and they DO have curves.

03/23/2016 - 16:06 |
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sandrojdm

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Opinions are opinions, as long as you don’t take yours, as a fact. The porsche looks sexy in my opinion, not in yours… That’s called having different tastes ;)

03/23/2016 - 19:55 |
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Anonymous

Damn Porsche, back at it again with them LMP-Hybrids.

03/23/2016 - 15:25 |
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Dave Doyle

Maybe it’s so sexy it’ll actually win the race…

04/03/2016 - 18:20 |
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