What makes a great racing car? | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup & GT3 R driven

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What makes a great racing car? | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup & GT3 R driven
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We find out what makes a great racing car by getting behind the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and R models.

, it’s hard to imagine how any 911 could ever deliver anything beyond its astounding levels of pace, telepathic feel and laugh-out-loud fun. Pound-for-pound , it’s one of the most astonishing cars on sale today and sits atop of perhaps the greatest model line in the history of sports cars. In short, it’s the real deal.

It also might be unusual to hear that improving the car’s looks was set as a key target, yet with so many eyeballs watching coverage of 911 Cup racing cars, looking their best is a worthy consideration. As such, the 992 generation car is – to these eyes – significantly easier on the eye than what came immediately before it.

These are just small examples of how Porsche has taken on feedback and tried to make 911 Cup car easier to race. Even the service intervals, 100 hours of track time between maintenance checks for the engine and 120 hours between major overhauls for the gearbox, stand out.It seems odd to be discussing anything outside of raw speed when it comes to racing cars, yet it’s an approach that’s not only confined to the GT3 Cup cars.

Also, the engine has been tilted forward by 5.5 degrees thus creating more space for an underbody diffuser, while auxiliary units such as the alternator and air-con compressor were moved forward by more than a metre to improve weight balance. Furthermore, the suspension setup drew inspiration from the 911 RSR racing car, with a double wishbone setup at the front and a multi-link arrangement at the back.

As such, you feel every last movement, bump and shot of energy that moves through the car. Unlike the road version, everything is solid, designed to transmit as much detail as possible to the driver’s hands and body to get the most out of the car underneath them. Even just running the tyres in on the out lap, it feels like a properly physical experience even if the steering is lighter than you might expect.

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