Emva kokuba iMercedes-Benz ibhengeze ukungena kwayo kwiFomula E ngeendleko ze-DTM, i-Porsche ilandele ekhondweni layo ngesibhengezo esifanayo. Oku kuqinisekisa ukulahlwa, kulo nyaka, kwe-Porsche kudidi lwe-LMP1 kwi-WEC (i-World Endurance Championship). Zombini iMercedes-Benz kunye nePorsche ziya kungena kwiFomula E ngo-2019.
Isigqibo sithetha ukuphela kwangaphambi kwexesha lomsebenzi wePorsche 919 Hybrid. Iprototype, yaqala ngo-2014, iphumelele iintshatsheli ezine kwikharityhulam yayo, ezimbini kubenzi kunye nabaqhubi ababini, kwixesha le-2015 kunye ne-2016.
Esi sigqibo sikaPorsche siyinxalenye yenkqubo ebanzi - iPorsche Strategy 2025 -, eya kubona uphawu lwaseJamani lutyala imali eninzi kwiimoto zombane, ukuqala ngeMission E ngo-2020.
UMichael Steiner, ilungu leBhodi yesiGqeba yoPhando noPhuhliso e-Porsche AG.Ukungena kwiFomula E kunye nokuphumelela kolu didi sisiphumo esinengqiqo soMnqophiso wethu E. Ukwanda kwenkululeko yophuhliso lobuchwepheshe lwangaphakathi kwenza iFormula E ibe nomtsalane kuthi. [...] Kithina, i-Formula E yeyona ndawo iphakamileyo yokukhuphisana ukuqhuba uphuhliso lwezithuthi eziphezulu zokusebenza kwiindawo ezifana nokukhuselwa kwendalo, ukusebenza kakuhle kunye nokuzinza.
Ukuphela kwe-LMP1 akuthethi ukulahlwa kwe-WEC. Ngo-2018, i-Porsche iya kuqinisa ubukho bayo kwicandelo le-GT, kunye ne-911 RSR, isasaza isakhiwo esabelwe i-LMP1, kungekhona kuphela kwi-WEC kodwa nakwiiyure ezingama-24 ze-Le Mans nakwi-IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar ubuntshatsheli e-USA. .
IToyota kunye neWEC zisabela
Ukuhamba kwePorsche kuyishiya iToyota ikuphela komthathi-nxaxheba kwiklasi ye-LMP1. Uphawu lwaseJapan lwaluzibophelele ekuhlaleni kuqeqesho kude kube sekupheleni kuka-2019, kodwa ngenxa yolu phuhliso lutsha, luqwalasela kwakhona izicwangciso zalo zantlandlolo.
Yayingumongameli weToyota, uAkio Toyoda, oweza ngaphambili neengxelo zokuqala malunga nokuhamba kwembangi yaseJamani.
U-Akio Toyota, uMongameli weToyotaKwaba lilishwa xa ndeva ukuba iPorsche igqibe ekubeni iluyeke udidi lwe-LMP1 WEC. Ndiziva ndilusizi kwaye ndidanile kuba asinakuphinda sibeke itekhnoloji yethu ngokuchasene nale nkampani kwindawo enye yedabi kulo nyaka uzayo.
I-ACO (i-Automobile Club de l’Ouest), eququzelela iiyure ezingama-24 ze-Le Mans, nayo ithethile, ikhala “ngokuhamba ngokukhawuleza” kwe-Porsche “kunye “nesigqibo esikhawulezileyo” kudidi lwe-LMP1.
Iingxelo ezifanayo ziye zenziwa ngumbutho we-WEC, ogxininisa ukuba imeko yawo ayisongelwe. Ngo-2018, kuya kuqhubeka kukho ubuntshatsheli behlabathi kubaqhubi beprototype - okubandakanya iiklasi ze-LMP1 kunye ne-LMP2 -, abaqhubi be-GT kunye nabavelisi.