Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963, 6 Hours of Spa 2023 [x]

Vettel em conversações com Jota para correr no WEC em trio com Jenson Button e Robert Kubica na Hypercar 

O 5x campeão da F1,está em conversações para correr no FIA WEC com Jota em Porsche 963 em trio com Button e Kubica provavelmente no segundo carro que a equipe vai ter em 2024 ,já que a equipe temporada atual corre com na LMP2 que não vai ter na categoria no ano que vem.

Button já vai correr na última etapa do IMSA  nas 10h “Petit LeMans” em Road Atlanta com a JDC Miller Motorsports em dupla com Mike Rockenfeller e Tijmen van der Helm.

Kubica na temporada atual do Fia WEC ganhou as 6h de Fuji na LMP2 com Team WRT e fez pole na categoria nas 6h de Spa.

Naujasis „Porsche 963“ - brangiausias vokiečių parduodamas automobilis

Naujasis „Porsche 963“ – brangiausias vokiečių parduodamas automobilis

Porsche 963 / Porsche Motorsports nuotrauka „Porsche“ prieš kelias dienas oficialiai pristatė savo naujausią lenktynių automobilį 963, su kuriuo vėl ketina kovoti dėl pergalių garsiose 24 val. Le Mano lenktynėse bei kitose ištvermės varžybose. Dabar jau žinoma ir jo kaina – 2,9 mln. JAV dolerių. Nepaisant to, jog kaina nėra maža, o automobilis buvo oficialiai pristatytas prieš porą dienų, jį…

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What speaks for a Le Mans start?

Sebastian Vettel could compete in Le Mans with Porsche as early as 2024. The former Formula 1 world champion impressed in the first test. There are increasing signs of a racing comeback for the German. Porsche has postponed the planned announcement of the driver pairing of the third car for Le Mans.

Sebastian Vettel was abstinent for fifteen months. Apart from a few demonstration laps in a Williams FW14B at Silverstone and a Red Bull RB7 at the Nürburgring, the four-time world champion stayed away from the race track, but the thoroughbred racing driver regularly admitted that he misses racing. That's why his name was mentioned again and again when an attractive door opened-or seemed to open-in Formula 1, just like at Mercedes next year. The transfer of Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari frees up a cockpit at Mercedes, and of course Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff and Vettel were already in contact. The Heppenheimer also has his eye on the World Endurance Championship (WEC) with Porsche. On March 21st, Vettel took part in the roll-out test of the third Le Mans car in Weissach. The 36-year-old shared the cockpit with Porsche works driver Laurens Vanthoor. The Belgian drove two stints of twenty laps each, after which Vettel took over the Porsche hypercar for several runs between ten and fifteen laps.

Vettel fast straight away

According to information from our sister magazine, Motorsport aktuell, Vettel was on the same lap time level as Vanthoor after just fifteen laps. First conclusion: Vettel was immediately competitive at raw speed, and he also impressed with good feedback. The second stage of the test plan was then initiated: Vettel and five other works drivers will take part in a 36-hour test at the Spanish Motorland Aragón racetrack from March 25th to 27th, which was planned as preparation for Le Mans. The test is intended to evaluate how the 53-time GP winner copes with the 700 hp LMDh car in the dark. Vettel wants to use the test to find out whether the LMDh class cars will rekindle the fire in him. With a curb weight of 1,030 kilograms, the hybrid racers are significantly heavier than a Formula 1 car and have less power, but with hybrid technology and biofuel, they fit into the green world view of the man in the cockpit. The first impression behind the wheel of the Porsche 963 already left a clear mark on the thoroughbred racing driver from Heppenheim: "I'm looking forward to testing the Porsche and have already had the opportunity to get to know the car a little in Weissach. I've always had other racing series, and my curiosity for long distances encouraged me to just give it a try. Now I'm excited about the endurance run in Aragón and am looking forward to my time behind the wheel. It will definitely take some adjustment and some getting used to, but the whole team is very open and helps me with that. We'll see what happens next. At the moment there are no further plans for the future."

Porsche postpones driver announcement

After that, at the latest, a decision must be made as to whether Vettel will be included in Porsche's Le Mans squad. The Penske team will compete at Le Mans in 2024 with three cars: the two WEC cars plus an additional 963, which so far only has Mathieu Jaminet named. The original plan was for Jaminet to share the Porsche with Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy. The trio should have been confirmed this week on Thursday, March 28, but that announcement was postponed. This suggests that there is a real chance that Vettel could still jump on the Le Mans bandwagon. The Heppenheimer is still keeping the ball low: "We'll see how things continue. At the moment there are no further plans for the future." Theoretically, it would be possible for Vettel to contest one of the two World Championship races in Imola or Spa, although not with the works cars, but with the two customer teams, Proton Competition or Jota Hertz Racing. Vettel would obviously like to drive a test race because this is the only way to optimally prepare for a race at Le Mans. As expected, there is no doubt about Vettel in terms of driving, but a test race would allow him to get a feel for the demanding traffic situation in endurance racing, where the fast hypercar top cars share the track with the much slower GT3 cars.

Further Porsche tests possible

Because of the great competition in the field, the sports prototypes are now the second most attractive racing series in the world. In Aragon, Vettel also gets to know the competition straight away. It's not just Porsche that is preparing for Le Mans. Alpine with Mick Schumacher has also registered on the Spanish route. If everything goes well, Vettel could complete a third test soon: Porsche will drive in Spa on April 5th and 6th, and there is also the possibility of another 36-hour test on April 10th and 11th at the French track Le Castellet, even if Porsche has not yet officially registered for the test. The decision on a Le Mans start must be made by mid-April at the latest. The Porsche board is said to be enthusiastic about the idea of ​​Vettel driving with Porsche at Le Mans as early as 2024.

Porsche against seven manufacturers

The Stuttgart team won the first race of the season in Qatar with the 963. The WEC is enjoying particular attention this year because eight manufacturers are represented: Porsche, Ferrari, Toyota, Peugeot, BMW, Cadillac, Alpine and Lamborghini. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is even more than usual one of the big motorsport highlights of the year. Another large car company, Aston Martin, is expected to join in 2025. There are persistent rumors about a McLaren entry. For Porsche, Vettel's testing is a prestigious experience. The example of Alonso at Toyota and Hülkenberg at Porsche shows what advertising value the deployment of a Formula 1 driver on foreign terrain can have. Thomas Laudenbach, Head of Porsche Motorsport, is pleased that the former champion is showing interest in Porsche's long-distance activities: "There was no question for us that we would be happy to support his request for a test opportunity and provide him with extensive preparation and sufficient time. We can certainly learn a lot from his valuable feedback. Our 36-hour endurance run with our factory drivers in Motorland Aragón offers a perfect environment for this."

February 23, 2024 - Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar -NATO Norman (fra), ILOTT Callum (gbr), STEVENS Will (gbr), Hertz Team Jota, Porsche 963, during the Prologue of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (by Javier Jimenez / DPPI)

Vettel comeback in 2024?

It seems like Sebastian Vettel could be back on the racetrack next year. But not in an F1 car, but in a Hypercar in Le Mans, maybe even the entire WEC season. There are rumors around that he will test drive the Porsche 963 Hypercar from the british JOTA team and start in next years 24 hours of Le Mans. There are also rumors that he might even drive the entire WEC season for JOTA. Vettel himself hasn't really denied a comeback, as he now said to the german magazine "Auto Motor und Sport": "So far, nothing has been signed or decided, but I have it in the back of my mind. I still have time to make a decision."

So maybe next year there will be Mick Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Valentino Rossi racing in Le Mans?

WEC confirms 13 Hypercar entries for 2023 season | World Endurance Championship

The full season entry list for the 2023 World Endurance Championship has been published, and features 13 cars in the top Hypercar class. Toyota return to defend their 2022 title with the all-star line-up of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa. The second GR010 Hybrid will be driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, who won the title together in 2020 and ‘21. Their main 2022 rival Alpine, which raced a grandfathered LMP1 car, are gone, but Toyota now face opposition from several other manufacturers. The most anticipated new entry is Ferrari, who have filled their 499P prototypes by promoting several of their GT stars and also giving a second chance to their Formula 1 reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi after he failed to land an F1 seat for 2023. Cadillac, who are planning to enter F1 with Andretti Autosport but have that team’s arch rival Chip Ganassi Racing running their Hypercar, have brought 2017 WEC champion Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Richard Westbrook across from their IMSA line-up. ByKolles Racing meanwhile has had its Vanwall-branded car accepted as an entry and with a crew consisting of Formula V8 3.5 champion Tom Dillmann, World Touring Car ace Esteban Guerrieri and 1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve. Despite his race-winning experience in prototype sports car racing, Dillmann is rated as a Gold driver by the FIA rather than a Platinum like his team mates and the majority of the Hypercar entry list. Penske will run two of the four Porsche 963s There will be four of the new Porsche 963s, and run by three different teams. Team Penske are running two ‘factory’ entries in affiliation with Porsche, and their line-up includes the likes of WEC GTE Am class champion Kevin Estre, Formula E’s Andre Lotterer and one of Porsche’s leading GT stars Laurens Vanthoor. Jota Sport’s line-up is led by Euroformula Open and European Le Mans Series champion Yifei Ye. Proton Competition have two-times WEC GTE Pro champion Gianmaria Bruni on their books. Their team mates are yet to be confirmed. Peugeot have two full-time entries and both are being run in-house. In the first car is former F1 driver Paul di Resta, IMSA LMP2 champion Mikkel Jensen and two-times FE champion Jean-Eric Vergne, and the second car will be piloted by 2013 World Endurance champion Loic Duval, 2016 WEC LMP2 champion Gustavo Menezes and DTM star Nico Muller, a continuation of the line-up the team finished 2022 with. The final Hypercar entry is Glickenhaus Racing. The American team so far only have two-times Le Mans 24 Hours winner Romain Dumas signed to drive their car. The official entry list published today also included 11 LMP2 entries and 14 in the LMGTE Am class. The new WEC season will begin at Sebring in March. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free World Endurance Championship Browse all World Endurance Championship articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/

Hertz patrocina el nuevo Porsche Racecar para competir en el Campeonato Mundial de Resistencia FIA 2023

Hertz patrocina el nuevo Porsche Racecar para competir en el Campeonato Mundial de Resistencia FIA 2023

Hertz anunció hoy que patrocinará un nuevo auto de carreras Porsche para competir en el Campeonato Mundial de Resistencia (WEC) de la FIA de 2023, que incluye la legendaria carrera de las 24 Horas de Le Mans. Hertz será el patrocinador principal de un nuevo auto de carreras Porsche 963 LMDh de 2023 a 2025. El líder en diseño de vehículos Singer Group y JOTA, el recientemente coronado ganador de…

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Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963 Hypercar, 6 Hours of Spa 2023. [x]

WEC: Porsche 911 RSR verabschiedet sich mit Pole-Position aus der Rennserie

Porsche 911 RSR, Iron Dames (#85), Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey , Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy fährt Qualifying-Bestzeit in der GTE-Am-Wertung für Iron Dames Werks-Porsche 963 starten von Platz vier und sieben ins FIA WEC-Finale Kundenteams Proton Competition und Team Jota auf Rängen acht und neun Qualifying im Wüstenstaat Bahrain bei 33 Grad Asphalttemperatur (Celsius) Der beste Porsche 963 geht am…

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Porsche Entrega os 963 LMDH Das equipes Hertz Team Jota e JDC Miller Motorsports

The 31-year-old Frenchman is about to arrive in Bahrain. Why is he there? According to our information, he will be taking part in the Rookie Test this Sunday in the #38 Porsche 963 of Team Jota, with Pietro Fittipaldi

Vettel in talks with Jota Porsche team about 2024 WEC drive

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel is in talks with the Jota Porsche team about making a return to the cockpit in the World Endurance Championship next season.

Jota team principal Sam Hignett confirmed to Motorsport.com that the British operation has approached Vettel about joining its expanded two-car Hypercar class assault on the WEC in 2024 with a pair of Porsche 963 LMDh prototypes. Hignett stressed that discussions with the German about a WEC drive and an attack on the Le Mans 24 Hours remain at an early stage and that no deal has been done. "We are speaking to Seb, there are discussions, but nothing is done," he said. "There isn’t any kind of contract signed and he certainly hasn’t tested one of our cars." Vettel, who called time on his F1 career at the end of 2022, has refused to rule out the possibility of some kind of comeback. He declared that he remained race fit earlier this month and said over the course of a visit to Suzuka for last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that he misses "the amazing feeling" of driving an F1 car. But he poured cold water on a return to F1 in the short-term. Asked if he was considering a comeback, he said: "Not for now: F1 was the centre to my life for so long, but once you step out, you realise even more how big the rest of the world is, and how small in a way F1 is." Jota has made it clear that it is in a position to pick and chose the line-up for its second 963 and that it does not require funded drivers. The second car, like the first, will be backed by car hire giant Hertz in whose distinctive gold colours it races. Hignett alluded to the environmental credentials of Jota as being part of its pitch to Vettel, who unveiled a number of bee hotels at Suzuka as part of his ambassadorial role with the BeesandApple environmental project. "Sustainability is important to us as a team, which is why our hospitality unit at Le Mans was solar powered," he said. "We know that is important to Seb as well."