Concept Porsche 917 Concept Study

[Sunny]

That's a half truth. If the vehicle won they made road-going versions, but if it failed, like the Toyota GT-One, they didn't bother.

Except not. The manufacturer's made bare minimum the rules required them to. The 98 911 GT1 won 98 Le Mans but Porsche made just one Straßenversion as the rules required and it is sitting in a museum. Mercedes CLK LM won the 98 GT1 championship, and again Mercedes made just one road going version that is sitting in some collection/museum. Toyota actually made two "street versions" that is sitting in their museum. And Nissan made one.

A road going 919 would not be any more out of place on the museum than this is.

And here is the single CLK LM road version, sitting safely in another museum -

In the end, they are all bespoke dedicated race cars. Whether someone makes a handful of decal-less jacked up "Straßenversions" to satisfy some quaint homologation rules makes very little material difference to what the cars really are.

 

[WBarnes]

Except not. The manufacturer's made bare minimum the rules required them to. The 98 911 GT1 won 98 Le Mans but Porsche made just one Straßenversion as the rules required and it is sitting in a museum. Mercedes CLK LM won the 98 GT1 championship, and again Mercedes made just one road going version that is sitting in some collection/museum. Toyota actually...

Ummm... there were several street legal Porsche GT1s and CLK GTRs.

 

[Sunny]

Ummm... there were several street legal Porsche GT1s and CLK GTRs.

96/97 cars when rules required them to make 25 street cars and Porsche made 25 and Mercedes made 26. Again, dedicated race cars made just to meet the regulations in word than the spirit.

 

[M.N.D]

96/97 cars when rules required them to make 25 street cars and Porsche made 25 and Mercedes made 26. Again, dedicated race cars made just to meet the regulations in word than the spirit.

The manufacturers went overboard with the GT1 class of the late 90s trying to circumvent the regulations to come up with crazy ideas just to participate in the class, such as the ridiculous 1 car homologation just to participate. You can add the Nissan GT1 to the list you mentioned. All of this craziness led the usual inflation of the class which led to its ultimate demise...

I don't know how the upcoming Hypercar regulations will end up looking like, but I'm not the most optimistic person regarding them. To keep things a bit relevant to this thread, I'm not sure if Porsche want to be back in WEC after they got themselves involved in Formula E which they claimed to be the main reason for them leaving the Prototype sportscar racing.

 

[WBarnes]

96/97 cars when rules required them to make 25 street cars and Porsche made 25 and Mercedes made 26. Again, dedicated race cars made just to meet the regulations in word than the spirit.

But they managed it, you couldn't even nearly do that for a 919.

 

[M.N.D]

But they managed it, you couldn't even nearly do that for a 919.

Unlike GT1 and GTP (I'm not sure if the designation was official at the time), LMP1 doesn't require homologation to participate in a racing series. The upcoming Hypercar class which will eventually replace both prototype classes (LMP1 and LMP2, not sure about LMP3) is supposed to require homologation.

 

[Laurent T]

What a fascinating design for a hypercar. This looks way better than any other hypercar on the market.

Agree... But road usability and all around vision ?

 

[Toldi911]

First impressions from the Porsche Museum Stuttgart:

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[hoffmeister_fan]

I like it but I don't get the tingly feels for this....yet.

 

[Akrapovicowns]

New patent images surfaced. Very reminiscent of the 917 concept. Notice 1 seat only.

 

[f4d9e8fec6]

"The Porsche Museum will present a 917 concept study to the public for the first time as homage to the first Le Mans victory of 1970. The red-and-white show car was designed by a small team of designers and engineers, though with the entry of Porsche into the LMP1 category of he FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), this model remained as purely a concept study."

 

[sako97]

"The Porsche Museum will present a 917 concept study to the public for the first time as homage to the first Le Mans victory of 1970. The red-and-white show car was designed by a small team of designers and engineers, though with the entry of Porsche into the LMP1 category of he FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), this model remained as purely a concept study."

Is this referring to patent pics above? I doubt Porsche would allow a production car to be leaked in this manner.

 

[WBarnes]

Is this referring to patent pics above? I doubt Porsche would allow a production car to be leak...

There was a concept before the 918 too - 918 RSR.

 

[f4d9e8fec6]

"The Porsche Museum will present a 917 concept study to the public for the first time as homage to the first Le Mans victory of 1970. The red-and-white show car was designed by a small team of designers and engineers, though with the entry of Porsche snaptube vidmate into the LMP1 category of he FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), this model remained as purely a concept study."

Is this referring to patent pics above? I doubt Porsche would allow a production car to be leaked in this manner.

yes

 

[Dilusha]

Is this referring to patent pics above? I doubt Porsche w...

We saw Porsche 918 concept in 2010. And they started to develop the concept back in 2008. I don't know if those images are real. But the next hypercar will surely end up looking like the 917 concept anyway.

 

[Rolf]

Porsche need a new hypercar soon, its been 5 years since the 918 was put out of production. I hope this concept makes it into production as the 918 replacement, it looks fantastic and will be mega fast if it goes the full electric route.

 

[TopspeedPT]

1986: 959
1996: 911 GT1 Straßenversion(+10 years)
2003: Carrera GT(+7 years)
2013: 918 Spyder(+10 years)
2023(?): "917"(?)