FACT SHEET XXL WEC 2017 Schaeffler and the Porsche LMP Team World Champions! Schaeffler and Porsche win the WEC for the third time running and achieve a Le Mans hat-trick 2 3 Editorial 2014 marked the be- ginning of the partner- ship between Schaeff - ler and Porschen the WEC. Four years later, the tally is extremely impressive. After 2015 and 2016, we again Jörg Walz crowned ourselves Vice President driv ers’ and manu- Communications and Marketing Schaeffl er facturers’ champions Automotive this season. And in the legendary 24-hour race at Le Mans, we achieved a hat-trick as well. The 34 races in total, with gripping competition Technology prototype The Porsche 919 and electrifying technology, made the hearts of Hybrid won the WEC from 2015 to 2017 the fans and the engineers involved beat faster. Thanks to a set of regulations that emphasizes the effi ciency of the vehicles, there’s an active exchange between motorsport and production in the WEC, technology transfer being the keyword: an ideal platform for Schaeffl er. We take part in developing “Mobility for tomorrow” with our ideas and products. Effi ciency and high tech The FIA World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ world championships, plus the automobiles, relying – just like in the WEC – on (WEC) represents the ultimate of all world iconic race at Le Mans, respectively. continually improving hybrid systems. Progress championships. The high-tech LMP1 race cars doesn’t stop. are fully focused on effi ciency Characteristic for the WEC are its revolu- tionary regulations. Since 2014, in the top In 2017, the Porsche 919 Hybrid is again category, LMP1, in which Porsche competed competing in the highest energy effi ciency class Races in Europe, America and Asia, race dura- with two 919 Hybrid cars, the output of the established by the regulations. This means that tions of six to 24 hours and the participation race cars has no longer been controlled by the on a 13.629-kilometer lap at Le Mans, the car is Content of renowned manufacturers such as Alpine, regulations. Instead, their energy consumption allowed to use eight megajoules of recuperated 2 Schaeffl er in the WEC Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Toyota and (in megajoules) has been subject to control – energy while being limited to a maximum fuel 4 Review of the years 2014 to 2016 Schaeffl er’s partner Porsche – the FIA World in other words, not the amount that arrives at consumption of 4.31 liters. Both consumption 10 Porsche 919 Hybrid Endurance Championship (WEC) has been the wheels but that which fl ows into the fuel levels are closely monitored and accounted for 12 The technology in the WEC thrilling motorsport fans around the globe tank and batteries and is ultimately used. This after each lap. For the recuperation technolo- 16 The drivers since 2012. rewards the most effi cient contenders and no gy used in the 919 Hybrid, Porsche relied on a 18 All venues, races and results longer the most powerful ones. combination of kinetic energy recuperation at 56 Hybrid powertrain concepts The absolute highlight on the calendar: the the front axle and conversion of exhaust energy 58 Electric mobility at Schaeffl er legendary 24-hour race at Le Mans. Schaeffl er Technology transfer into electricity. The electrical energy is placed 60 Schaeffl er and Porsche as manufacturer Porsche’s partner is in the As a result, a perfect parallel has been cre- into interim storage in lithium-ion batteries and 62 The Schaeffl er Group thick of the action. In 2015, 2016 and 2017, ated, as the engineering designers for volume can be accessed to boost output by the driver 64 Schaeffl er and WEC facts & fi gures the two companies jointly won the drivers’ and production keep inventing increasingly effi cient pushing a button. 4 5 2014 season Comeback Porsche competes in the WEC top category again for the fi rst time since 1998 Final drivers’ standings P Drivers Pts 1 Davidson/Buemi Toyota 166 2 Lotterer/Tréluyer/Fässler Audi 127 3 Lieb/Jani/Dumas Porsche 117 4 Di Grassi/Kristensen Audi 117 5 Wurz/Sarrazin Toyota 116 6 Lapierre Toyota 96 7 Duval Audi 81 8 Nakajima Toyota 71 9 Hartley/Webber/Bernhard Porsche 64.5 10 Beche/Heidfeld/Prost Rebellion-Toyota 64.5 Final manufacturers’ standings P Manufacturer Pts 1 Toyota 289 2 Audi 244 3 Porsche 193 2 A promising year of learning 1 It celebrates its debut in 2012: the FIA World Endurance Cham- pionship (WEC) which includes the legendary 24-hour race at Le Mans. From the very beginning, the organizers opt for hybrid 3 technology in the top LMP1 category. In 2014, a revolutionary set of regulations comes into eff ect for this class with the main focus placed on effi ciency: ideal prerequisites for Porsche. The Stutt- gart-based brand returns to the top class of endurance racing with 1 Strong showing Porsche at the Le Mans premiere of the two 919 the 919 Hybrid following a 16-year absence and meets with Audi Hybrid cars leads the race for a long time in front of top dogs Audi and Toyota: ideal prerequisites for Schaeffl er as well. The com- 2 Big name Grand Prix winner Mark Webber continues his career pany based in Herzogenaurach performs pioneering work in the with Schaeffl er and Porsche in the WEC development of hybrid systems for production cars. The inaugural season is a promising one. On making its racing debut at Silver- 3 Debut victory Neel Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb win the season fi nale at São Paulo stone, the 919 clinches its fi rst podium fi nish and just a race later, the sports prototype celebrates its pole premiere. In the season fi nale at São Paulo, Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb score the fi rst WEC victory for Schaeffl er and Porsche. 6 7 2015 season On course for success 2 3 1 First time Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber with four victories in succession clinch the drivers’ title 2 Strong conclusion At the season’s fi nale in Bahrain, Marc Lieb, Neel Jani and Romain Dumas in car number 18 are victorious 3 Upbeat mood The Porsche drivers jubilate on clinching the WEC titles and sixth victory of the Final drivers’ standings season in Bahrain P Drivers Pts 4 Reinforcement At Le Mans, Porsche fi elds three 1 Hartley/Webber/Bernhard Porsche 166 cars. Nico Hülkenberg, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy 2 Lotterer/Tréluyer/Fässler Audi 161 win in the white number 19 1 3 Lieb/Jani/Dumas Porsche 138.5 4 Duval/Di Grassi/Jarvis Audi 99 5 Davidson/Buemi Toyota 79 6 Wurz/Conway/Sarrazin Toyota 79 7 Nakajima Toyota 75 Schaeffl er and Porsche are the measure of all Nico Hülkenberg, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy 8 Tandy Oreca-Nissan/Porsche 70.5 things as early as in their second season. The which Porsche has additionally fi elded comes 9 Bamber/Hülkenberg Porsche 58 10 Canal/Rusinov/Bird Ligier-Nissan 33.5 updated 919 Hybrid dominates the season out winning, which marks the fi rst overall vic- with six victories in succession plus an early tory for the Stuttgart-based brand at La Sarthe win of the manufacturers’ title and position since 1998. Immediately following Le Mans, Final manufacturers’ standings one in the drivers’ standings achieved by Timo the WEC goes on to race at the Nürburgring, the P Manufacturer Pts Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and ex-Formula 1 fi rst WEC event in Germany. In the inaugural 1 Porsche 344 2 Audi 264 4 star Mark Webber. In the season’s thrilling pin- race on home soil, Schaeffl er and Porsche cele- 3 Toyota 164 nacle event at Le Mans, the third 919 Hybrid of brate a one-two win. 4 Nissan 0 8 9 2016 season The boom of the WEC, which extends its calendar to nine events and races in Mexico for the fi rst Successful time in 2016, continues. Porsche keeps develop- ing the 919 hybrid sports car to new levels over the winter and this will pay off . With six victories claimed during the season following a close bat- tle with Audi, Schaeffl er’s partner defends the manufacturers’ title. In the season’s dramatic pin- title defense nacle event at Le Mans, in which the Toyota that had been leading the race for a long time, coasts on the last lap, Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas clinch overall victory for Schaeffl er and Porsche which lays the foundation for their subse- quent win of the drivers’ classifi cation. 1 Final drivers’ standings 2 P Drivers Pts 1 Lieb/Jani/Dumas Porsche 160 2 Duval/Di Grassi/Jarvis Audi 147.5 3 Kobayashi/Conway/Sarrazin Toyota 145 4 Hartley/Webber/Bernhard Porsche 134.5 5 Lotterer/Fässler Audi 104 6 Tréluyer Audi 70 1 Impressive setting In Japan, the 7 Imperatori/Kraihamer/Tuscher Rebellion-AER 66.5 WEC races at the foot of famous Mount Fuji 8 Davidson/Nakajima/Buemi Toyota 60 Successful The two Porsche 919 Hybrid cars win six of nine races in 2016 9 Menezes/Lapierre/Richelmi Alpine-Nissan 47 2 Farewell Mark Webber retires from 10 Rusinov Oreca-Nissan 36 his active career following the season fi nale in Bahrain and is showered with champage by his Final manufacturers’ standings 3 teammates P Team Pts 3 Finally 18! The subsequent world 1 Porsche 324 champions, Romain Dumas, 2 Audi 266 Marc Lieb and Neel Jani, claim 3 Toyota 229 Porsche’s 18th Le Mans victory 10 11 IC engine Suspension V four-cylinder engine (90-degree bank angle) Independent front and High-tech wonder with turbocharger, four valves per cylinder, rear, pushrod system 2,000 cc cubic capacity, DOHC, one Garrett with adjustable dampers turbocharger, gasoline direct injection The hybrid powertrain in the Porsche 919 combines downsizing turbo technology with effi cient gasoline direct injection in a two-liter V4 IC engine.