GT4 e-Performance at Goodwood

Step One of Porsche’s GT4 e-Performance world tour was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a 1.9-kilometre hillclimb in the south of England where the car finished second overall with a time of 45.50 seconds in the hands of works driver Richard Lietz.

Over the next two years, the car will travel to many other events demonstrating the potential of cutting-edge e-Performance, which is based on the chassis of the proven 718 GT4 Clubsport model and possesses a maximum electric motor output up to 800 kW. It can race at a steady 450kW for up to 30 minutes, the duration of a Carrera Cup race, making its performance on par with the current 992 generation 911 GT3 Cup cars. ‘It’s extremely quick and loads of fun to drive; that’s exactly how I imagine the electrically powered customer sport racing car of the future,’ Lietz explains. ‘Its aerodynamics are designed for efficiency, because the car has to be able to last the full race distance.

‘It’s more at home on circuits than at hillclimb events like here at Goodwood. So, a time of 45.50 seconds and second place in the overall rankings is in line with our expectations.’

Porsche redesigned about 6,000 parts for the GT4 e-Performance. The body is made of natural fibre composite materials, among others, with production intended to generate fewer emissions than that of comparable synthetic materials. Thanks to its flared guards, the racing car is 14cm wider than a 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. This allows more room for the wider 18-inch Michelin racing tyres, mainly made of bio-based or recycled materials. The sustainably sourced raw materials also include natural rubber and soot, recovered from used tyres using a special processing method. Other materials are based on orange and lemon peel, pine resin and sunflower oil, as well as metallic residual waste. •

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