Text: Xu Bo’s Porsche 963 LMDh racing car originally created by Ding Che Di [original product of Ding Che Di] Recently, Porsche’s new racing car in the LMDh category, the Porsche 963, was officially released. The new car is designed for the LMDh category of the 2023 24 Hours of L

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Porsche 963 LMDh racing car

[Original product by Understand Chedi] Recently, Porsche 963, a new racing car in the LMDh category, was officially released. The new car is designed for the LMDh category of the 2023 24-hour Le Mans endurance race. Its naming method and body painting deliberately adopt the tradition of early Porsche racing cars to pay tribute to Porsche's long history of Le Mans participation.

The new car adopts the early Porsche racing livery to pay tribute to history

The vertically designed wiper blades reduce the drag coefficient

In terms of appearance design, as a racing car in the LMDh group, its overall shape is very recognizable; at the same time, it is different from other Like the factory team racing car, the new car incorporates obvious family features, such as the horizontal headlight group that previously appeared on the concept car Vision Gran Turismo, which is also composed of four LED light source modules. In addition, many aerodynamic designs are used from the front to the rear of the car to ensure that the vehicle has sufficient downforce and body stability.

LMDh class racing cars have a flat vehicle shape

The bottom of the rear of the car is equipped with an exaggerated diffuser

Large-sized fixed wind wing and rear wing can bring sufficient downforce and better body stability to the rear of the car

According to the official According to reports, the name of the new team competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race is Porsche Penske Motorsport (Porsche Penske Motorsport). The driver lineup consists of Felipe Nasr (Felipe Nasr), Dann Cameron ( Dane Cameron and Frédéric Makowiecki. The vehicle will be driven by a hybrid system that complies with the technical rules of the LMDh group, and the specific parameter information has yet to be further disclosed by the official.