What can Porsche's Le Mans comeback achieve?
The German marque is the most successful in Le Mans history, but it is predicting a tough return to sportcar racing's top echelon. By GARY WATKINS
Porsche is playing down its chances of winning races straight out of the box when it ends its absence from top-flight sportscar racing with its new petrol-electric LMP1 car in next year's World Endurance Championship.
The target for the new coupe, which is Porsche's first challenger for outright honours at the Le Mans 24 Hours since the winning 911 GT1-98 design of 15 years ago, is to finish races and be competitive against rivals Audi and Toyota. Head of the LMP1 programme Fritz Enzinger explained that it is unrealistic to expect Porsche to start winning straight away after such a long absence.
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