Chabwino 919 Hybrid. Porsche ya matumba opangira Formula E

Mercedes-Benz atalengeza kulowa mu Fomula E pamtengo wa DTM, Porsche adatsata mapazi ake ndi kulengeza komweko. Izi zikutsimikizira kusiyidwa, chaka chino, kwa Porsche mgulu la LMP1 pa WEC (World Endurance Championship). Onse a Mercedes-Benz ndi Porsche alowa mu Formula E mu 2019.

Chisankhocho chikutanthauza kutha msanga kwa ntchito ya Porsche 919 Hybrid. Chitsanzocho, chomwe chinayambika mu 2014, chapambana masewera anayi mu maphunziro ake, awiri kwa opanga ndi awiri kwa madalaivala, mu nyengo ya 2015 ndi 2016. Ndipo zovuta ndizolimba kuti zidzabwereza chaka chino, kutsogolera masewera onse awiri.

Lingaliro la Porsche ndi gawo la pulogalamu yotakata - Porsche Strategy 2025 -, yomwe iwona mtundu waku Germany udzagulitsa kwambiri magalimoto amagetsi, kuyambira ndi Mission E mu 2020.

Kulowetsa Fomula E ndikuchita bwino m'gululi ndiye zotsatira zomveka za Mission E. Kuchulukirachulukira kwaufulu kwa chitukuko chaukadaulo m'nyumba kumapangitsa Fomula E kukhala yokongola kwa ife. [...] Kwa ife, Formula E ndiye malo opambana kwambiri oyendetsa magalimoto oyendetsa galimoto m'madera monga kuteteza chilengedwe, kugwira ntchito bwino ndi kukhazikika.

Michael Steiner, membala wa Executive Board for Research and Development ku Porsche AG.

Kutha kwa LMP1 sikukutanthauza kusiyidwa kwa WEC. Mu 2018, Porsche ikulitsa kupezeka kwake mu gulu la GT, ndi 911 RSR, kugawa kapangidwe kamene kaperekedwa ku LMP1, osati mu WEC komanso mu Maola 24 a Le Mans komanso mpikisano wa IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar ku USA. .

Toyota ndi WEC amachitira

Kuchoka kwa Porsche kumasiya Toyota ngati okhawo omwe atenga nawo mbali m'kalasi ya LMP1. Mtundu waku Japan udadzipereka kukhalabe m'chilangochi mpaka kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019, koma potengera zomwe zachitikazi, ukuganiziranso mapulani ake oyamba.

Anali pulezidenti wa Toyota, Akio Toyoda, yemwe adabwera ndi mawu oyambirira ponena za kuchoka kwa mdani waku Germany.

Zinali zomvetsa chisoni nditamva kuti Porsche yaganiza zosiya gulu la LMP1 WEC. Ndikumva chisoni komanso kukhumudwa kuti sitingathenso kuyika matekinoloje athu motsutsana ndi kampaniyi pabwalo lomwelo lankhondo chaka chamawa.

Akio Toyota, Purezidenti wa Toyota

Bungwe la ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest), lomwe limakonza Maola 24 a Le Mans, lalankhulanso, kudandaula "kuchoka mwachangu" kwa Porsche ndi "chigamulo chodzidzimutsa" mu gulu la LMP1.

Zomwezi zanenedwanso ndi bungwe la WEC, lomwe likuumirira kuti udindo wake suwopsezedwa. Mu 2018, padzakhala mpikisano wapadziko lonse wa oyendetsa ma prototype - omwe akuphatikiza makalasi a LMP1 ndi LMP2 -, oyendetsa GT ndi opanga.