Porsche used the backdrop of this 12 months’s Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca to debut its final 911 observe automobile, the brand new 911 GT3 R Rennsport.
The automobile is a restricted version based mostly on Porsche’s 911 GT3 R race automobile, with simply 77 destined to be constructed and every carrying a price ticket of $1,046,000. As a result of it did not have any racing rules to satisfy, the automobile is among the most track-capable 911s ever constructed. Porsche unveiled an identical creation, the modern 935, on the earlier Rennsport Reunion held in 2018.
Though based mostly on the 911 GT3 R, the design staff, led by Grant Larson and Thorsten Klein, who’re liable for low-volume automobile tasks at Porsche, gave the automobile somewhat extra width and visually stretched the size. Solely the hood and roof stay from the GT3 R.
Porsche 911 GT3 R Rennsport
Porsche 911 GT3 R Rennsport
Porsche 911 GT3 R Rennsport
Key particulars embody the brand new design for the intakes up entrance, the digital camera system that has changed the standard aspect mirrors, and the rear wing whose design is impressed by the well-known 935/77 fielded by Brumos Racing.
There’s additionally no lacking the bespoke 18-inch center-lock wheels from BBS. They arrive wrapped in bespoke Michelin tires with a particular compound that improves warm-up and drivability in comparison with rival tires, in response to Porsche. Housed inside the wheels are highly effective AP aluminum monobloc racing brakes that use pads lined with titanium backing plates, a function that helps save roughly 2.2 kilos of unsprung mass.
Energy comes from a 4.2-liter flat-6, similar to within the GT3 R. Nevertheless, with none rules to observe, the engineers have been capable of increase energy to a peak 611 hp, up from the GT3 R’s most 557 hp. The engine revs to 9,400 rpm and options specifically designed pistons and camshafts.
Porsche 911 GT3 R Rennsport
The sound the automobile makes can also be harking back to the sound of the previous 911 RSR race vehicles, in response to Porsche. Nevertheless, the sound will depend upon what exhaust system is provided. There are three, two of which function catalytic converters and mufflers to scale back the quantity for circuits with nostril restrictions.
The chassis is basically the identical as within the GT3 R and comes with five-way adjustable dampers from KW. Additional changes to the suspension might be made utilizing shims, which Porsche stated permits for fantastic changes to be made with out the necessity for prolonged measurements of the suspension. Drive goes to the rear wheels through a 6-speed sequential transmission with revised gearing in comparison with the GT3 R, together with a sixth gear that allows the highest pace to come back in 12 mph larger than the shorter FIA-mandated gear ratio of the GT3 R.
Porsche 911 GT3 R Rennsport
Inside, distinctive particulars embody screens to show info from the aspect cameras, particular graphics within the central show, and a limited-edition quantity on the instrument panel. Porsche has additionally included an ambient lighting package deal that matches the color-adjustable essential headlights.
For the outside, consumers will have the ability to selected from seven normal colours plus three particular designs impressed by racing liveries. One in every of these is named Flacht Design, which encompasses a crimson and white coloration scheme impressed by the colours historically utilized by Porsche Motorsport. The title comes from the Flacht space of Weissach, the place Porsche’s motorsport division is situated.
