{"id":35125,"date":"2014-03-12T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T15:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=35125"},"modified":"2022-06-28T14:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:47:56","slug":"race-road-porsche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/race-road-porsche\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche return to Motorsport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The changes to this year’s F1 regulations will be echoed throughout FIA accredited motorsport.<\/strong> And in endurance racing, the changes will perhaps be most influential on the cars YOU drive. Porsche have timed their return to endurance racing to coincide with these new developments and are shouting loudly about it \u2013 and justifiably so. With the gobsmacking creation that is the road-going 918 ‘supersports’ evolving into a hybrid Le Mans challenger in the 919 – it’s about as exciting as a Motorsport launch ever gets.<\/p>\n

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The new rules will restore prototype sport to the status which has always been a hallmark of the highest class in long-distance motor racing: putting tomorrow\u2019s technologies through their paces today in the toughest of motorsports tests. The new World Endurance Challenge rules lay down strict requirements pertaining to efficiency, safety, and sustainability in motorsports. In short: vehicles that race in the WEC need to be future-proof.<\/p>\n