The Porsche LMP2000 (codename Porsche 9R3) [6] is a Le Mans Prototype racing car that was developed between 1998 and 2000, but never raced. One car was built, and it was designed around a modified version of Porsche 's 3.5-litre V10 engine that was originally designed for Formula 1 in 1992.

Unlike Porsche’s later LMP designs the ‘RS Spyder’ and ‘919 Hybrid’ the new prototype never got an official name, LMP2000 gets mentioned often but the car was only known by its internal code name 9R3 (9R6 was the RS Spyder, 9R9 was the first 919 Hybrid).

2024年5月12日 · After only 78 kilometres of testing, a car cover was draped over it and it was parked up for more than two decades. That is until the team from Porsche Heritage and Museum brought the LMP 2000 back to life, complete with the multitude of …

2024年10月24日 · The LMP2000 was developed after Porsche opted not to defend its 1998 Le Mans crown, claimed up by McNish, Laurent Aiello and Stephane Ortelli sharing a 911 GT1-98, with a view to returning in...

2024年11月5日 · For 25 years, the Porsche LMP 2000 prototype lay dormant, a phantom of what could have been a racing legend. Developed in the late 1990s for the newly introduced LMP900 class at Le Mans, the car was envisioned as a successor to Porsche ’s triumphant 911 GT1 -98, which clinched victory in 1998. However, its life was abruptly cut short.

2024年11月8日 · Instead, it was originally developed for a Le Mans sports prototype race car that was canceled before its first competition. The car was known as the LMP2000, or 9R3 as it was referred to...

2024年11月4日 · As part of the contract, Porsche would cancel its LMP2000 program and allow Audi to take a shot at winning Le Mans overall a few times with its newly developed R8 Le Mans Prototype. Audi didn't...

2018年7月13日 · Porsche's still-born open-top LMP900 class contender built for the 2000 season has gone on static display for the first time at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed as part of the German...

Developed between 1998 and 2000, but never raced. Only one prototype was built with a modified version of Porsche's 3.5-litre V10 engine that was originally designed for Formula 1 in 1992, but the project was canceled before the car was fully built.

2024年10月18日 · Speculation aside, here’s what we do know about the LMP2000. It was initially intended to run a 3.2-liter flat-six, like the one that drove Porsche’s 911 GT1-98 to victory in 1998.