Shekarar ta kasance 1998, kuma Porsche yana ɗaukar laurels a Le Mans tare da 911 GT1-98. Zai zama nasara na 16th na alamar a cikin tseren almara, duk da 911 GT1 rashin gasa ga masu fafatawa kamar babbar Mercedes CLK-LM ko Toyota GT-One. Rashin sa'arsu ce ta ba Porsche damar cin nasara, don haka ana buƙatar sabuwar mota.
Tare da bacewar GT1, kawai nau'in LMP900 (Le Mans Prototypes) ya cika sharuddan da suka dace don nufin samun cikakkiyar nasara a 1999. Bayan sabon samfurin Le Mans, wanda ke karɓar lambar ciki 9R3, sunaye kamar Norman Singer da Wiet Huidekoper.
Norman Singer yayi daidai da nasarar Porsche a gasar. Injiniyan kera motoci, aikinsa a sashen gasar ta alama ya kai shekaru arba'in. Shi ne wanda ke bayan kusan duk wanda ya ci Porsche a Le Mans a karnin da ya gabata.
Wiet Huidekoper dan wasan tsere ne dan kasar Holland wanda ke da motoci kamar Lola T92/10 ko Dallar-Chrysler LMP1 akan ci gaba. Wannan zanen ya ɗauki hankalin Singer a 1993 da aka buɗe hanyarsa ta hanyar Porsche 962 bisa buƙatar Dauer Racing.
Dauer 962, wanda aka yi amfani da shi sosai don hanyar kuma yana cin gajiyar gibi a cikin sabon tsarin GT, bisa ga buƙatar Singer, ya sake komawa da'ira tare da haɗin gwiwar Huidekoper, kuma ya yi nasara a Le Mans a 1994.
Haɗin gwiwar tsakanin Singer da Huidekoper ya tsananta a cikin shekaru masu zuwa, yana shiga cikin ci gaban Porsche 911 GT1, wanda zai fara farawa a 1996. Tare da kowane juyin halitta na 911 GT1, nauyin Huidekoper kuma ya karu, yana ƙarewa a cikin ci gaban 911 GT1- 98 wanda ya ci 24 Hours na Le Mans, kamar yadda aka ambata, a cikin 1998.
Biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙarmu
Don haɓaka sabon samfuri na Le Mans, magajin 911 GT1, zaɓin ya faɗi a zahiri akan Huidekoper. Iyakar abin da ake buƙata daga gare ta shine kiyaye 3.2 l twin-turbo boxer shida-Silinda na 911 GT1, buƙatun da za ta haifar da muhawara mai zafi na ciki bayan kammala 9R3 - an kammala samfurin buɗaɗɗen buɗaɗɗen buɗaɗɗen a watan Nuwamba 1998. Huidekoper ya tuna:
Idan kamanni ya kashe ba zai ƙara kasancewa a nan ba, lokacin da na ambata cewa injin silinda na gargajiya shida Dan dambe Porsche ita ce mafi rauni a cikin duka ƙira.
Dan damben silinda shida ya daina samun fa'ida. Dokoki sun ƙara azabtar da injunan caji fiye da kima. V8s na iska daga wasu masu fafatawa suma sun kasance masu nauyi-kimanin kilogiram 160 akan kilogiram 230 na Boxer-kuma ana iya amfani da su azaman abubuwan tsarin motar.
Gasar - BMW, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz da Nissan - kuma ta samo asali ne yayin da ta shiga shekara ta biyu na haɓaka injinan su. Porsche ba zai iya zuwa da motar da, a kan takarda, an riga an yi rashin nasara ga masu fafatawa. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan wannan tattaunawar za a soke shirin 9R3 - an ji kamar ƙarshen 9R3, amma labarin ba zai ƙare a nan ba.
Injin sirri
A cikin Maris 1999, an kira Huidekoper zuwa Porsche. Ga mamakinsa, an gabatar da shi da 3.5 l V10 wanda aka tsara asali don Formula 1 - wani 'asirin aikin alloli ne', wanda aka yi niyya don maye gurbin V12 mai wahala wanda Porsche ya kawo wa Footwork Arrows a 1991.
V12 bala'i ne mai girman gaske wanda Footwork ya soke kwangilar samarwa da Porsche a lokacin, yana komawa ga Ford Cosworth DFR V8s da aka yi amfani da shi a baya. Sakamako? An bar Porsche da sabon V10 a hannunsa, bai gama ba. Porsche kasancewar Porsche, ya ƙyale injiniyoyi da ƙungiyar ƙira don kammala haɓaka sabon injin V10, a matsayin nau'in motsa jiki mai amfani. Ba tare da inda za a yi amfani da injin ba, Porsche kawai ya manta da wannan V10 na shekaru bakwai masu zuwa.
Huidekoper ya ji daɗin abin da ya gani. V10 ƙaramin injin ne mai ƙarfi da haske, tare da qiyasi mai ƙarfi tsakanin 700 zuwa 800 hp, da kunna huhu na bawuloli. Kyakkyawan wurin farawa don sabon LMP, yana tayar da 9R3. An dawo da samfurin da ke akwai, an canza shi don karɓar sabon injin kuma ya samo asali ta fuskoki da yawa.
Injin kuma yana fuskantar sauye-sauye don ingantacciyar fuskantar wahalar gwaje-gwajen juriya. An ƙara ƙarfinsa don daidaitawa biyu masu yiwuwa, 5.0 da 5.5 l. Dokokin sun nuna masu hana shigar da shiga, rage matsakaicin yuwuwar juyowar juyi, don haka an watsar da tsarin kunna huhu na bawuloli. Ya zama dole don tabbatar da tsawon rai da sauƙi a cikin taro da kiyayewa.
Ba su da lokacin da za su shiga Le Mans a waccan shekarar, tare da aikin daidaita V10 zuwa 9R3 da za a kammala a watan Mayu 1999. Amma, lokacin da samfurin ya ƙare kusan, wani juyin mulki na wasan kwaikwayo!
9R3 tabbas an soke
An sake soke shirin. Koyaya, gudanar da Porsche ya ba da izinin kammala samfurin Le Mans, har ma da ɗan gajeren gwajin kwana biyu a waƙar Porsche a Weissach, tare da Bob Wollek da Allan McNish a cikin dabaran, waɗanda suka shiga cikin yanayi mara kyau. Duk da gwajin, har yau babu wanda ya san ainihin yuwuwar 9R3, kuma ba za mu taɓa sani ba.
Amma me yasa aka soke 9R3 ba zato ba tsammani lokacin da ci gabansa ya kusa ƙarewa?
Babban dalilin ana kiransa Porsche Cayenne. Wendelin Wiedekin, Shugaba na Porsche, da Ferdinand Piech na Volkwagen da Audi sun amince da haɓaka haɗin gwiwa don sabon SUV, wanda ya haifar da Cayenne da Touareg. Amma don yin haka, ya zama dole a karkatar da albarkatun daga sauran shirye-shiryen da ke gudana.
A cewar wasu majiyoyin, yarjejeniyar ta kuma hana Porsche shiga manyan rukunonin gasar juriya na tsawon shekaru 10. Yana da ban sha'awa sosai, yayin da shekarar 2000 ke nuna farkon ikon Audi na kusa-kusa na Le Mans da gasa na juriya. Yadda za a Ferdinand Piech don kauce wa yuwuwar gasa?
Porsche zai dawo zuwa babban nau'in juriya kawai a cikin 2014 tare da 919 Hybrid. Zai lashe 24 hours na Le Mans a 2015, 2016 da 2017. Idan 9R3 yana da damar da za ta wuce Audi R8? Ba za mu taɓa sani ba, amma duk za mu so mu ga duel akan kewaye.
Ƙarshen 9R3 baya nufin ƙarshen V10
Ba kome ba ne mara kyau. Nasarar meteoric na Cayenne mai rikici ya haifar da sabon zamani na girma da wadata a Porsche. Ya ba da izinin ba da kuɗin tallafin Carrera GT mai ban mamaki - wanda aka ƙaddamar a cikin 2003 - yana buƙatar jira kawai shekaru 11 don nemo madaidaicin wurin karban wutar lantarki na V10.
An kiyasta cewa kawai samfurin da ke akwai na 9R3 ya kasance cikakke kuma yana cikin kowane shagon Porsche. Wannan ya daina musanta wanzuwar sa, ko da yake babu wani bayani a hukumance game da shi.
A nan gaba, Porsche na iya yanke shawarar bayyana shi a bainar jama'a tare da bayyana wani labarin na tarihin sa mai albarka.
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