Porsche Works return

[JAG]

Anyone watching Eurosport in the first few hours when they were talking about the return? of the Porsche factory.

My TVs been playing up and I didn't catch everything they were saying

[Zemok]

On eurosport deutschland Norbert Singer said that Porsche will return but that he did't know (or wanted to say) when.

[SFonseca]

Return to Le Mans Zemok?

[Muzza]

This is going to be interesting. If Porsche and Audi do return to sportscar racing, it would be fascinating to check how similar the cars prove to be.

There was a lot of input from Norbert Singer's team in the R8 - that banned Ten Tenths member Dr. Austin once called "the car that goes like a Porsche, races like a Porsche, looks like a Porsche, wins like a Porsche" - and smells like one too.

[gttouring]

why was Dr Austin BAnned?
And a factory porsche rumor is around the Carrerra Gt anda GTS assault i believe not LMGTP or GT1 again

[Chevyguy]

It would seem from all the rumors on this forum, that no one is going to build a prototype.

[SFonseca]

Porsche Factory will not project a Carrerra GT for racing.

[JAG]

Originally posted by gttouring
why was Dr Austin BAnned?
And a factory porsche rumor is around the Carrerra Gt anda GTS assault i believe not LMGTP or GT1 again

Porsche will not race Carrera GT officially. May give back door support to to someone like Freisinger however.

Any return woulb be to win overall, probably with an LMGTP for performance and marketing reasons.

[SFonseca]

Sorry JAG but Porsche AG will not give any kind of support to any private team to run Carrera GT.

[gttouring]

well other than an LMGTP i don't see them making a GTS version of a 911/996 or whatever you call it now
The GTS if at all most likely must bebased on the Carrerra GT shouldn't it it has the ingredients- mid ship V10 blah blah it is porsche and to stick it to th Vettes and the Marenello and the new vipers next year.
Of course if it is a LMGTP they have the VAG parts bin and the 4 litre TT V8 to use...

[pitviper]

i wouldn't be so sure about that. there are already two teams that are very interestd in converting the carrera GT into a GTS race car, and i believe that porsche would offer a certain level of support if a few things happen that seem to be moving in place. stay tuned and you will see what i mean.

pit

[JAG]

Originally posted by gttouring
well other than an LMGTP i don't see them making a GTS version of a 911/996 or whatever you call it now
The GTS if at all most likely must bebased on the Carrerra GT shouldn't it it has the ingredients- mid ship V10 blah blah it is porsche and to stick it to th Vettes and the Marenello and the new vipers next year.
Of course if it is a LMGTP they have the VAG parts bin and the 4 litre TT V8 to use...

I think Porsche are content with there customer 911 program in GT, as they have always done with various version of the 911 over the years, and chasing overall wins with a prototype. Plus they will sell customer versions of there LMP if they compete.

The Carrera GT I believe will race as the new GTS Supercars need less mods for racing than the current GTS cars (as they are already basically race cars), but only in privateer hands and as I say with maybe back door support.

[krt917]

I'd love to see a front-line works Porsche team back at Le Mans. Hasn't been quite the same without them.

[o_keeler]

The porsche carrera GT was originally conceived as a GTP machine but unfortunately new technical regulations that were introduced for lemans part-way through it's development made it in-eligable. They decided to press on and make it a road car though to save all that hard work. I doubt whether Porsche will embark on another such program in the near future.

But, on a lighter side... CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM BENTLEY AND BIG-UP TO BIG DAVE THE HEAD MECHANIC ON CAR NO.7!!!

[JAG]

Carrera GT was based on GT1 98 and LMP2000 V10.

Works return will be in 2005

[o_keeler]

Oh, i guess i might have got confused somewhere then. Either of those chassis's wouldn't put up much of a fight to the modern cars so i guess a new chassis might be in order.

Where did you find that the works return was in 2005?

[Smokey 6 litre]

Porshe should compete for an all out victory, either with an LMP900, or an LMP675, which acording to Autosport should be able to win in theory.

[o_keeler]

if porsche come back they will blow everyone away, especially in 900 class. There's only one company that can stop them... and thats Jaguar, and for some reason i dont think they'll be doin Le Mans in the near future, can't think why!

[JAG]

Originally posted by o_keeler
Oh, i guess i might have got confused somewhere then. Either of those chassis's wouldn't put up much of a fight to the modern cars so i guess a new chassis might be in order.

Where did you find that the works return was in 2005?

They set uo a commision to decide there motorsport future with a 2005 comeback planned. Everything was considered including F1 and DTM.

F1, DTM, etc. have now been ruled out and at LM Jurgen Bsrth said Porsche wanted to come back to LM.

[Fab]

ACO seems to be quite confident on the coming back of Porsche in the next years, maybe even in 2004... but I've got no news or any official confirmation...