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Porsche 919 Hybrid Is Again Asia, Race Durations of Six to 24 Hours and Nary Regulations FACT SHEET XXL Round 9 WEC BAHRAIN November 18, 2017 Double world champions! Champions Schaeffler and Porsche are traveling to the season’s finale as brand new WEC champions in the drivers’ and manufacturers’ classifications High-tech wonder Schaeffler and Porsche Porsche is competing in the Partners for 70 years both WEC with two 919 Hybrid cars p. 8 on and off the track p.20 2 3 Technology prototype The Porsche 919 Editorial Hybrid is the title defender in the WEC Our partnership with Porsche in the WEC be- gan in 2014. A little less than four years later, our track record is ex- tremely positive. In the most recent round at Shanghai, we crowned Jörg Walz ourselves, once again Vice President after 2015 and 2016, Communications and Marketing Schaeffler drivers’ as well as Automotive manufacturers’ world champions. Now we can tackle the season’s finale in Bahrain full of eager anticipation. The races to date with gripping com- petition and electrifying technology have been making the hearts of the fans and the engineers involved beat faster. Thanks to the regulations, which emphasize the efficiency of the vehicles, the WEC is a series with an intensive exchange between motorsport and production of the partic- ipating manufacturers. The keyword is technology transfer – an ideal platform for Schaeffler. We help The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) represents develop “mobility for tomorrow” with our ideas the ultimate of all world championships. The high-tech and products. Efficiency and LMP1 race cars are fully focused on efficiency Contact Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG Communications and Marketing efficient automobiles, relying – just like in the Schaeffler Automotive WEC – on continually improving hybrid sys- Industriestr. 1–3 high tech tems. Progress doesn’t stop. 91074 Herzogenaurach [email protected] Nine races per season in Europe, America and Characteristic for the WEC are its revolutio- In 2017, the Porsche 919 Hybrid is again www.schaeffler.com Asia, race durations of six to 24 hours and nary regulations. Since 2014, in the top cate- competing in the highest energy efficiency the participation of renowned manufacturers gory, LMP 1, in which Porsche competes with class established by the regulations. This such as Alpine, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Ford, To- two 919 Hybrid cars, the output of the race means that on a 13.629-kilometer lap at Contents yota and Schaeffler’s partner Porsche – the FIA cars has no longer been controlled by the re- Le Mans, the car is allowed to use eight me- 2 Schaeffler in the WEC World Endurance Championship (WEC) conti- gulations. Instead, their energy consumption gajoules of recuperated energy while being li- 4 2017 race calendar nues to thrill motorsport fans around the globe (in megajoules) has been subject to control – mited to a maximum fuel consumption of 4.31 6 Car country Bahrain in its sixth season. in other words, not the amount that arrives at liters. Both consumption levels are closely 8 Porsche 919 Hybrid the wheels but that which flows into the fuel monitored and accounted for after each lap. 10 The technology in the WEC The absolute highlight on the calen- tank and batteries and is ultimately used. This For the recuperation technology used in the 14 Hybrid powertrain concepts dar: the legendary 24-hour race at Le Mans. rewards the most efficient contenders and no 919 Hybrid, Porsche in 2017 again relies on a 16 The drivers Schaeffler as manufacturer Porsche’s partner longer the most powerful ones. combination of kinetic energy recuperation at 18 Electric mobility at Schaeffler is in the thick of the action. In 2015, 2016 the front axle and conversion of exhaust en- 20 Schaeffler and Porsche and 2017, the two companies jointly won Technology transfer ergy into electricity. The electrical energy is 22 The Schaeffler Group the drivers’ and manufacturers’ world cham- As a result, a perfect parallel has been placed into interim storage in lithium-ion bat- 23 Schaeffler and the WEC facts and figures pionships, plus the iconic race at Le Mans, created, as the engineering designers for vo- teries and can be accessed to boost output by 24 Info about the WEC Bahrain respectively. lume production keep inventing increasingly the driver pushing a button. 4 7 5 A trip around the world Title hat-trick with nine stops Shanghai China 8 November 5, 2017 After 2015 and 2016, Schaeffler and Europe, North and Central America, the Far East and the Arab region – the FIA World Endurance Porsche are crowning themselves world Championship is fully living up to its ranking again in 2017. The iconic 24-hour race in France champions for the third consecutive time. A marks the pinnacle event of the season second place is sufficient for Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley. A missed April 16, 2017 opportunity Loyal companion In the UK, both Porsche 919 Hybrid Fuji Japan Sakhir Bahrain cars clinch podium places: Bamber/ Bernhard/Hartley finish second 9 October 15, 2017 November 18, 2017 and Jani/Lotterer/Tandy rank in In a chaotic race marked by The Bahrain International Circuit is third place. rain, fog and interruptions, one of six race tracks to have appeared the leaders of the standings on the calendar each year ever since only came fourth, trailing the WEC’s debut. Since 2015, the A good beginning Another podium their teammates. season finale has been held there. Silverstone Great Britain 1 Spa-Francorchamps Belgium2 Hat-trick perfected Drivers’ classification (Top 25) 3 P Driver Manufacturer Pts Le Mans France 1 Brendon Hartley (NZ) Porsche 190 17 Nelson Panciatici (F) Alpine 24.5 June 17/18, 2017 May 6, 2017 1 Earl Bamber (NZ) Porsche 190 17 Pierre Ragues (F) Alpine 24.5 After 2015 and 2016, Porsche wins the On the “Ardennes roller coaster,” 1 Timo Bernhard (D) Porsche 190 18 Jonathan Hirschi (CH) Oreca 23 legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans again Bamber/Bernhard/Hartley claim this year and, as a result, extends its position three. Spa, however, 2 Kazuki Nakajima (J) Toyota 158 18 Tor Graves (GB) Oreca 23 position as the record winner, now with remains the only WEC track 2 Sébastien Buemi (CH) Toyota 158 19 David Heinemeier H. (DK) Oreca 21.5 19 victories to its tally. Porsche has not yet won on. 3 Anthony Davidson (GB) Toyota 143 19 Mathias Beche (CH) Oreca 21.5 4 André Lotterer (D) Porsche 113 20 Nelson Piquet jr. (BR) Oreca 17.5 4 Neel Jani (CH) Porsche 113 21 Roman Rusinov (RUS) Oreca 17 Home victory 4 Nick Tandy (GB) Porsche 113 22 Pierre Thiriet (F) Oreca 16.5 Nürburgring Germany 5 Kamui Kobayashi (J) Toyota 91.5 23 Emmanuel Collard (F) Oreca 15 4 6 5 Mike Conway (GB) Toyota 91.5 23 François Perrodo (F) Oreca 15 July 16, 2017 Porsche remain unbeaten on 6 Ho-Pin Tung (CN) Oreca 74.5 24 Matthieu Vaxiviere (F) Oreca 14.5 home turf: Bamber/Bernhard/ 6 Oliver Jarvis (GB) Oreca 74.5 25 Alex Lynn (GB) Oreca 14.5 Hartley won in front of their 6 Thomas Laurent (F) Oreca 74.5 teammates Jani/Lotterer/Tandy and celebrated their second 7 José María López (RA) Toyota 72.5 victory in a row after Le Mans. 8 Bruno Senna (BR) Oreca 66 8 Julien Canal (F) Oreca 66 9 André Negrão (BR) Alpine 58.5 Another one-two 10 Gustavo Menezes (USA) Alpine 58.5 Mexico City Mexico 11 Nicolas Prost (F) Oreca 58 5 12 Nicolas Lapierre (F) Alpine/Toyota 56 September 3, 2017 Razor-thin margin 13 Alex Brundle (GB) Oreca 36.5 Schaeffler and Porsche continue to be in top shape: At the Austin USA Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, their tally reflects another 13 David Cheng (CN) Oreca 36.5 Manufacturers’ classification impressive one-two win after six hours of racing. September 16, 2017 13 Tristan Gommendy (F) Oreca 36.5 P Manufacturer Pts In one of the closest finishes in 14 Matthew Rao (GB) Alpine 34 1 Porsche 303 WEC history (0.276 seconds), 15 Jean-Eric Vergne (F) Oreca 32 2 Toyota 249.5 Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber and Timo Bernhard prevail against 16 Stéphane Sarrazin (F) Toyota 26 their Porsche teammates. 6 7 Futuristic View of the skyline of the modern capital city of Manama, with the Bahrain World Trade Center shown at right Monomobility Local public transportation was practically unheard of in Bahrain for a long time. Two years ago, a small bus network was established as an alternative to passenger cars 350 km/h Bahrain is a very special state. With an area of has provided a link between Bahrain and Saudi serving 22 routes. The fleet is planned to be ex- This is the speed at which the high- 750 square kilometers the archipelago in the Arabia. As is typically the case in countries with panded to 141 buses in the following years. speed train is supposed to travel on Persian Gulf is just about as large as Hamburg. large petroleum reserves, passenger cars are the Friendship Bridge being planned Some 160,000 of its 1.5 million inhabitants live the number one means of urban transportation. Friendship Bridge between Doha and Manama in the capital city, Manama, located in the north. In addition to the overseas connection to Large parts of the rest of the country, particularly Until recently, local public transportation in Saudi Arabia, a link to neighboring Qatar is be- the southern half of the main island, consist of Bahrain essentially consisted only of taxis. Rail ing planned as well. The Dschisr al-Mahabba desert-like landscapes. Bahrain International transportation, let alone a subway system, does (Qatar-Bahrain Causeway, aka Qatar Bahrain Circuit at which the WEC is holding its racing not exist.
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