Ngemuva kokuthi iMercedes-Benz imemezele ukungena kwayo kuFormula E ngezindleko ze-DTM, iPorsche yalandela ezinyathelweni zayo ngesimemezelo esifanayo. Lokhu kuqinisekisa ukushiywa, kulo nyaka, kwe-Porsche esigabeni se-LMP1 ku-WEC (World Endurance Championship). Bobabili iMercedes-Benz nePorsche bazongenela iFormula E ngo-2019.
Isinqumo sisho ukuphela ngaphambi kwesikhathi komsebenzi wePorsche 919 Hybrid. Lesi sibonelo, esakhonjiswa okokuqala ngo-2014, sesiwine imiqhudelwano emine ohlelweni lwezifundo, ezimbili zabakhiqizi nezimbili zabashayeli, ngesizini ka-2015 neka-2016. Futhi amathuba anamandla okuthi izophinda le nto kulo nyaka, ihole yomibili imiqhudelwano.
Lesi sinqumo se-Porsche siyingxenye yohlelo olubanzi - i-Porsche Strategy 2025 -, ezobona uhlobo lwaseJalimane lutshala imali eningi ezimotweni zikagesi, kuqalwa nge-Mission E ngo-2020.
Michael Steiner, ilungu Lebhodi Eliphethe Lokucwaninga Nokuthuthukiswa kwa-Porsche AG.Ukufaka i-Formula E kanye nokuzuza impumelelo kulesi sigaba kuwumphumela onengqondo we-Mission E yethu. Inkululeko ekhulayo yokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bangaphakathi yenza i-Formula E ikhange kithi. [...] Kithina, i-Formula E iyindawo yokugcina yokuncintisana ukushayela ukuthuthukiswa kwezimoto ezisebenza kahle ezindaweni ezifana nokuvikelwa kwemvelo, ukusebenza kahle kanye nokusimama.
Ukuphela kwe-LMP1 akusho ukushiywa kwe-WEC. Ngo-2018, i-Porsche izoqinisa ubukhona bayo esigabeni se-GT, nge-911 RSR, isabalalise isakhiwo esabelwe i-LMP1, hhayi kuphela ku-WEC kodwa nakumaHora angu-24 e-Le Mans kanye nakumqhudelwano we-IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar e-USA. .
I-Toyota ne-WEC iyasabela
Ukuhamba kwePorsche kushiya iToyota kuwukuphela kwayo ebambe iqhaza ekilasini le-LMP1. Uhlobo lwaseJapan lwaluzibophezele ngokuhlala ekuqeqesheni kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-2019, kodwa ngenxa yalezi zinguquko ezintsha, lucubungula kabusha izinhlelo zalo zangempela.
Kube ngumengameli wakwaToyota, u-Akio Toyoda, ophumele obala nezitatimende zokuqala ngokushiya kwembangi yaseGermany.
U-Akio Toyota, uMongameli weToyotaKube yishwa lapho ngizwa ukuthi i-Porsche inqume ukuyeka isigaba se-LMP1 WEC. Ngizizwa ngidabuke kakhulu futhi ngidumele ngokuthi ngeke sisakwazi ukubeka ubuchwepheshe bethu ngokumelene nale nkampani enkundleni efanayo yempi ngonyaka ozayo.
I-ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest), ehlela Amahora angu-24 e-Le Mans, nayo ikhulumile, ikhala “ngokusuka ngokushesha” kwe-Porsche “kanye “nesinqumo esisheshayo” esigabeni se-LMP1.
Izitatimende ezifanayo zenziwe yinhlangano ye-WEC, egcizelela ukuthi isimo sayo asesatshiswa. Ngo-2018, kuzoqhubeka kube nomqhudelwano womhlaba wabashayeli be-prototype - ohlanganisa amakilasi e-LMP1 kanye ne-LMP2 -, abashayeli be-GT kanye nabakhiqizi.