Book: Legendary - The Porsche 919 Hybrid Project (German)

Book:

Legendary - The Porsche 919 Hybrid Project, Vol. 1

by Heike Hientzsch

• Publisher: Delius-Klasing Publishing Company
• Year of publication: 1st Edition 2018
• Language: German
• Format: ca. ca. 15,5 x 23 cm
• Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270
• ISBN: 978-3-667-11644-4

The history of the Porsche 919 HybridSummer 2011. The Porsche board of directors decides to return to the endurance world championship with a class 1 prototype. The last overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans dates back to 1998 and its charisma has faded. From 2014 onwards, the 17th success of the brand will be fought on the legendary racetrack. A new technical regulation is decisive: it provides for highly efficient hybrid racing cars. The framework conditions promise exactly the kind of engineering challenge that Ferry Porsche believed in driving innovation. A racing car like a spaceship is created on a sheet of white paper. In 2017, the Porsche 919 Hybrid has three overall victories in Le Mans and six world championship titles for manufacturers and drivers. More is not possible. Legendary is the story of courageous inventors, world-class racing drivers and the creation of a top team. The Reader, Volume 1, not only looks back on successes, it is also about setbacks and dramas. Author Heike Hientzsch was part of the LMP1 team herself. In-depth, well-founded and pointed, she takes the reader into the pits and behind the scenes of the Porsche racing department in Weissach. Always in dialogue with racing drivers like Mark Webber or Timo Bernhard, developers and racing engineers. The fact that the 919 Hybrid is now moving into its quarters in the Porsche Museum allows this thoroughly researched work to be published. Reader with the whole story of the Porsche 919 Hybrid project Great emotions, technical pioneering achievements, portraits Comprehensive statistics section on the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

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