With Stuttgart neighbor Mercedes on the rampage, Porsche had trouble on the track in the late 1990s GT1 era. But...
1998 Porsche 911 GT1 ’98 Straßenversion Technical Specifications Model 911 GT1 Strassenversion Year 1998 Engine 6-cylinder boxer, water-cooled, aluminium engine...
1997 Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion Technical Specifications Price $ $ 1.5 million DM Engine All Aluminum, Water Cooled, Twin KKK...
1996 Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion Technical Specifications Type Concept / Prototype Car Built At Germany Production 2 Engine All Aluminum,...
1998 Porsche 911 GT1 ’98 Technical Specifications GT1/98 race car specifications – chassis #003 Engine 6-cylinder boxer, water-cooled, aluminium engine...
1997 Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution Technical Specifications Engine: Water-cooled six-cylinder four-stroke horizontally opposed engine, two turbochargers, two controlled metal-substrate catalytic...
1996 Porsche 911 GT1 Technical Specifications Technical specifications (as at 28 April 1996) Engine: 6 cylinder boxer, aluminium-engine block and...
The 1998 GT1 car was a totally rethink and vast upgrade versus the prior year car. 1998 Le Mans 24-hour race In the 1998 jubilee year, the Porsche team celebrated its 16th overall victory in Le Mans with a double win for the 911 GT1 98. On 6th/7th June, the winning car was driven by Laurent Aiello, Allan McNish and Stéphane Ortelli. It was almost 50 years to the day on which the first Porsche sports car saw the light of day.
Towards the end of the 1996 season, Porsche made revisions to the 911 GT1 in preparation for the 1997 season. The front end of the car was revised including new bodywork which featured headlamps that previewed the all-new generation of the (996) Porsche 911 which would be unveiled in 1997. It had the same engine as the previous version, but new aerodynamic elements allowed the 1997 version to be considerably faster than the 1996 version. At Le Mans the works cars led the race but did not last the full distance; a privately entered 1996 specification GT1 managed 5th overall and third in its class.
In spite of its 911 moniker, the car actually had very little in common with the 911 of the time, only sharing the front and rear headlamps with the production sports car. Designed and developed to compete in the GT1 class of sportscar racing, which also required a street-legal version for homologation purposes. It was powered by a twin-turbo flat 6 that was good for 600 bhp. The 1996 911 GT1 clocked at a top speed of exactly 330 km/h (205 mph) on the legendary Mulsanne Straight.
