Porsche 919 Hybrid is a sports-prototype race car, built according to FIA rules for LMP1-H prototypes, which brought three Le Mans 24h victories and three FIA World Endurance Championship titles to German manufacturer in recent years.
The car had a competitive debut in the 2014 FIA WEC season. It scored three consecutive Le Mans wins in 2015, 2016 and 2017. In the same three seasons, Porsche captured manufacturers’ and drivers’ titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Following its third triumph with 919 Hybrid in 2017, Porsche withdrew from the championship in the prototype class.
Unlike its rivals, Porsche decided to use radically different layout, the 2-litre V4 turbocharged gasoline engine with direct injection and two energy recuperation systems. The name of the car, 919 Hybrid, was chosen as a reference to the successful Porsche 917 race car of the 1970s and the Porsche 918 street car that was introduced in 2013.
The first version of the 919 Hybrid was using a Lithium-ion battery hybrid system and can store up to 6 MJ of energy (1.7 kWh) per lap of Le Mans. The car also featured an exhaust energy recovery system that runs through a turbine in the exhaust.
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