While not as fast as open-wheel Formula One cars around a track, the LMP1s were the fastest closed-wheel racing cars used in circuit racing. Le Mans Prototypes are considered a class above production-based grand tourer cars, which compete alongside them in sports car racing.

The Porsche 919 Hybrid is a Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) dual hybrid racing car built and used by Porsche in the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The car made its racing debut at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans. Three cars were entered for the race by Nissan Motorsports, numbered 21, 22 and 23. The cars qualified in the last three places of the LMP1 class with times over 20 seconds slower than the pole position time set by the No. 18 Porsche 919 Hybrid. The No. 21 car was even out-qualified ...

Jun 22, 2016 · Get under the skin of a 728kW Audi R18 LMP1 car and let your mind boggle. No other manufacturer has dominated the Le Mans 24 Hour in recent times like Audi. The German brand has conquered the 13.6km Circuit de le Sarthe with 13 wins since 2000.

Their options were either postpone the car's debut, or run it with the rear-wheel hybrid system disabled, making it a front-wheel drive car missing around 1/3 of its total power output. Nissan told them to run it anyway, and the resulting farce killed the entire program.

May 7, 2016 · Standing slightly to the rear of the 919 it is possible to get an idea of the airflow through the front of the car by looking through the louvres along the cars flank. In 2014 the LMP1 class cars are allowed to be fitted with what amount to fully adjustable front wings.

Launched late in 2000, the LMP 07 remains the last front-engined, rear-wheel drive prototype to be developed for top-level sports car racing. Panoz had been established in 1989 by Don Panoz and his son Danny, and initially produced a road-legal Roadster with a classic cycle fender shape.

Jun 17, 2017 · Racing an LMP1 hybrid isn’t just about driving fast. Sure, that’s part of it, but as factory Porsche driver Nick Tandy explains, there’s way more to it. The art of winning in just about any category of motorsport has been likened at some point – rightly or wrongly – …

Feb 15, 2024 · The Porsche Musuem's Armin Burger explains how his skeleton crew runs the mighty 919 LMP1 car.

The Toyota TS030 Hybrid is a Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) sports car built by Toyota Motorsport GmbH and used by the manufacturer in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 and 2013.