Porsche return to Le Mans in 2014

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550 0104 after the race end

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the start of the race and the race program

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some other pics

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WOW! Some really great Spyder photos in there Gerard. Thank you, great posts! Justin

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Thanks Justin for your encouragements
To day a great news in the world of Sports car racing
Porsche annouces that their 2 off LMP1 hybrid cars that they built to win again le Mans, will do their first race in April at Silverstone
In the mean time Porsche have announced that the engine will be a turbo fuel 4 cylinders + an electric motor, with 2 energy savers one on the exhaust one on the brakes
Audi use a diesel 8 cylinders + electric motor + energy savers
Toyota a fuel 8 cylinders + electric motor + energy savers
Wait and see

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Before to attack the 1957 year, 2 last pics for 1956
Porsche were very proud of their performances at Le Mans and had a publicity poster printed in several languages here one in french and one in English

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Sorry posted it twice in French
Here the English version

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1957 was suppossed to be a great year for Porsche who was presenting its new 718RSK race car
Unfortunately everything went wrong and only one car out of the 6 off cars entered by Porsche kg or private teams did finish the race
Also 1957 is not a very documented year and I am quite poor in interesting pictures
Idem for videos

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As I said before I have not found any videos od the race neither one with Porsche
Just for fun a video taken from a Lotus 11 during the Le Mans revival 2008 edition in the 1957/1961 cars

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUjuwR0Wtxu

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www.yputube.com/watch?v=nUjuwR0WtxU

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wrong post again

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUjuwR0WtxU

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If you have watched the video you have seen that a Lotus 11 even pushed hard (so hard that he broke his engine) doesnot go quicker than a Porsche 550 RS