Porsche could return to Le Mans with a car capable of challenging for outright victory, according to company bosses.
Although he did not specify when a car would make its competitive debut, Porsche boss Michael Macht told Autosport the company had "big plans for the future" and promised an announcement "that will surprise you" in the spring.
He added: "Everyone in the Porsche family would be happy to go to Le Mans to challenge for victory again. When we do go we have to be prepared; we will only go if we have a chance to win."
Wolfgang Durheimer, Porsche board member in charge of motorsport, confirmed that there is no reason why Porsche and Audi couldn't race against each other at Le Mans, despite them both being part of the VW Group now.
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Re: Porsche drops Le Mans hint
The entry alone cant be a suprise so it must be something to do with the car, perhaps porsche will enter a hybrid.
Re: Porsche drops Le Mans hint
"Although he did not specify when a car would make its competitive debut, Porsche boss Michael Macht told Autosport the company had "big plans for the future" and promised an announcement "that will surprise you" in the spring."
The surprise is that it will be based on a Cayenne!!
Seriously though, hopefully it will be based on the Cayman rather than the 911.
Re: Porsche drops Le Mans hint
It seems like the backlash against the diesels has been watered down, a quick look at some regulations for 2011 says they are allowed incorporated into new engine regs for the classes (v10 and v12 are now banned):
I'm devastated to be honest it's outrageous.
How can it be fair to pitch a 2.0 single turbo petrol against a 3.7 twin turbo diesel?
And to make things even worse the weight advantage that a 2.0 petrol would have is even taken away, both cars are forced to have the same weight!
Alas, diesels probably will continue to dominate le mans...