36 hours of testing for the Porsche 963 at Sebring

La Porsche 963 continues to file the bitumen. After Daytona, the German Hypercar drove on another Florida circuit. At Sebring, the new Bavarian weapon covered no less than 7 kilometers in 331 hours of testing. Which leads the LMDh has a total of 24 kilometers traveled. Team Penske is thus getting closer to the 500 targeted before the 30 Hours of Daytona at the end of January (January 000-24), synonymous with its official debut in competition, after having decided not to go to the 26 Hours of Bahrain, the finale of the season. of WEC (November 12).

This decision to postpone the competition debut is intended to optimize his time in testing. “We were discussing different tests in North America, we will see how to use this saved time”, confirms Urs Kuratle, director of the Porsche factory dedicated to the LMDh project. The overall vision behind this turnaround is based on an acceleration of tests across the Atlantic. What the Stuttgart firm implements. 

The crews have not yet been communicated for the WEC championships and IMSA in which the manufacturer will be engaged. The drivers announced so far are Frenchmen Kevin Estre and Mathieu Jaminet, as well as Michael Christensen, André Lotterer, Laurens Vanthoor, Matt Campbell, Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron. Unannounced among the 2023 Corvette drivers, Nick Tandy is expected to return to Porsche to be one of the drivers of the Porsche 963. The 37-year-old Briton won the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2015 alongside Nico Hulkenberg and Earl Bamber. Antonio Felix da Costa and Will Stevens are expected with the Jota client team.

#PorschePenskeMotorsport - The #Porsche963 crews reached an important milestone during the latest endurance test at @sebringraceway (I.e.

➡️ Duration: 36 hours
➡️ Mileage: 7,331 kilometers
➡️ Combined mileage since roll-out: 24,500 kilometers pic.twitter.com/nDwvqv4gPV

— Porsche Motorsport (@PorscheRaces) October 24, 2022

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