Porsche Penske Motorsport showed satisfaction after the tests carried out in Daytona with its new 963 LMDh, as admitted today with a press release dedicated to the event.
Officialized that the prototype of the Stuttgart company, developed together with the American team, will not make its debut this year in the FIA World Endurance Championship, the debut at this point is postponed to the 24h of Daytona, the first event of the IMSA SportsCar Championship scheduled for 28-29 January 2023 and now we will focus on what we learned in Florida in the two days of testing.
Driving the car with chassis # 03 for 397 laps (and 2,274km in total) on the American track was taken care of by Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet, finding both dry and wet conditions, with 35 ° C temperature and humidity rather high equal to 90%.
Porsche 963 LMDh
Photo by: Porsche
The weather situation messed up the plans a bit during the first day, when lightning delayed the start of the tests by 90 ‘, complying with US laws that oblige everyone to take cover.
Cameron, Campbell and Jaminet shared the tasks under the watchful eye of the experienced founder of the American team Roger Penske, and with the team the set-up and interaction between engineers, drivers and mechanics was improved.
The second day of testing lasted until 22.00 and, according to the note issued by Porsche Motorsport, there were no serious problems on the 963, ending with some lightning in the sky.
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