The Porsche Penske Motorsport team presented the car it will field at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. in the Endurance 2023 season in the new category reserved for LMDh hybrid prototypes with the evocative initials of 963 . The car will run in the FIA races of the World Endurance Championship and in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar championship with a color that is re-enacted; to one of the historic Porsche racing liveries in white, red and black.
TWO SEATS, TWO MISSIONS 
Two venues will be used for the championships: the headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina , for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship vehicles, while the German headquarters in Mannheim avr & agrave; responsibility of the cars that will participate in the FIA World Endurance Championship. And so far, the sensations are good: & quot; After 7,889 km of testing in the first half & agrave; of 2022 we are well advanced & ndash; says Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Motorsport – but there & # 39; & egrave; still some work to be done before the 'start of next season'. The perspective is; clear: & ldquo; Our new Porsche 963 should continue the legacy; of legendary models such as 917, 935, 956, 962 and 919 & rdquo ;.
COUNT DOWN 
It will take & agrave; a little more patience, for & ograve ;, to observe live if the hopes will translate into reality. The official race debut of the Porsche 963 is; in fact scheduled for January 2023, at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Furthermore, always in the context of the FIA WEC, a dress rehearsal could already be seen; in November, in Bahrain . “We will have very powerful driver crews in the four factory cars & ndash; guarantees Urs Kuratle, director of Factory Motorsport LMDh -. The collaboration with Michelin for the tires and with Multimatic for the frames works perfectly. The Porsche 963 is expected to be homologated this fall ”. In the meantime, Porsche will continue with test drives and insights.
THE TEAM AT THE WHEEL 
But who will be the drivers behind the wheel in competitions? They are K & eacute; vin Estre (France), Michael Christensen (Denmark), Andr & eacute; Lotterer (Germany), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium), Matt Campbell (Australia), Mathieu Jaminet (France) and the established Dane Cameron (Glen Ellen, California) and Felipe Nasr (Brazil).
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