Our test of the 911 Porsche 3 GT2011 R Hybrid

To assert otherwise would be misleading. This Porsche was certainly the most daring racing car of the start of the millennium. We were able to climb aboard the GT3 R Hybrid to judge its performance and reaffirm that the future of motorsport was taking shape there, before our eyes. AH1830 of November 09, 2011

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Our test of the 911 Porsche 3 GT2011 R Hybrid

I am in love with this Porsche. Not just because she is beautiful or powerful, but because she manages to convince me that we live in great times. A time when the challenges to be overcome are as great and perilous as the economic, political, ecological and… demagogic realities of our era. The world is changing, mentalities are changing, and we must change too, whether we want to or not. My test of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid ended a few hours ago already, but I enjoy wandering around the garage, watching this handful of German engineers writing a great page in the history of the automobile. Because it is nothing less than that.

Oliver Hilger, the communications man for Porsche Motorsport, approaches me and says: “Do you want to witness a first: see the first front-wheel drive Porsche in history? » In the back of my mind, I don't immediately understand the subtlety of his words. At the same time, Jörg Bergmeister, one of the official Porsche drivers and pioneer of this “hybrid” program, leaves the stand and sets off to complete a fast lap. Oliver then leads me into the pit lane and invites me to enjoy the moment. In the distance, Bergmeister reappears at full speed, then right on the entry line of