9.7.2019. Stuttgart/Chichester . For the first Time, Porsche is bringing in the famous Hill Run, at Goodwood of an electric sports car at the Start. This debut is part of the Porsche Triple Demo Runs. The Taycan completed within three weeks of three performances on three continents. In Goodwood the prototype with a Union Jack graphic started on the roof and Mark Webber at the wheel.
“Madness, what is the Taycan for a power development has,” says the former formula-1 Pilot. “Two years ago I competed here with a Porsche 911 GT2 RS. Therefore, I already knew that it gets there on power and traction. But as the Taycan, although still a prototype, accelerates from the Start and out of corners, even for a thoroughbred motor sports like me, absolutely impressive,“ said Webber.
A week ago, the Chinese racer Li Chao what with the Taycan on-the-go. The participants in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia completed Demo laps on the demanding Handling course at the Porsche Experience center (PEC) in Shanghai. Factory driver Neel Jani will be the Taycan in the season finale of FIG FIA formula E championship on 13. and 14. July 2019 in New York/USA move. With China, the UK and the USA, Porsche visited some of the largest markets of its first purely electrically powered sports car.
The Taycan will be presented in September, and comes at the end of the year. Typical of the brand development goals of the 600-HP Allradlers were race track Performance, multiple accelerations, as well as for everyday use at the range. The 800-Volt architecture of the vehicle allows for short charging times. The Lithium-ion battery will have a capacity of about 90 kWh.
The Driver: Mark Webber
A Motorsport professional, Mark Webber (42) the last lines as a Porsche factory driver in the FIA world endurance championship participated and drove there in the LMP1 class, the Porsche 919 Hybrid. In November 2015, the Australian won, together with Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley in the drivers ‘ world championship. From 2002 to 2013, Webber in the formula 1 was at the Start. Impressive record of this Era: 215 races, nine victories and 42 podiums, 13 Pole positions and 19 fastest laps. Since November of 2016 Mark Webber is the brand Ambassador of Porsche.
Track: Goodwood Hillclimb
As a “cross between the Monaco Grand Prix and Royal Ascot” has referred to the British newspaper the Sunday Times, the legendary mountain race in the framework of the Festival of Speed. Nearly 200,000 race Fans come each year to this special event in West Sussex in the South of England. Narrow, uneven and with straw bales secured, is 1,87 kilometres long route is a challenge for drivers and cars. The course leads through the Park of Goodwood House, the estate of Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 11. The Duke of Richmond. The motor sports enthusiasts, Brite launched in 1993, the Goodwood Festival of Speed to life.
Taycan off to a successful start at the Festival of Speed (photo: Porsche AG)
