{"id":3706,"date":"2018-11-09T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=3706"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:05:13","slug":"porsche-911-996-gt1-98-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-911-996-gt1-98-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 911 (996) GT1-98 #26 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"GT1-98\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
1998 Porsche 911 (996) GT1-98<\/strong> \nPilots: A. McNish, S. Ortelli, L. A\u00efello \nTeam: Porsche AG<\/em> \nRace: 1st overall (GT1 class) at Le Mans in 1998 <\/strong>\nSpark - 43LM98 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 11\/09\/18 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the 956 and 962, Porsche didn\u2019t have a works team. In the early 90\u2019s the manufacturer concentrated their racing efforts in the racing version of the 911, sold to privateers. But in the mid-1990\u2019s, with the advent of the GT1 class, Porsche started the development of a 911 based car. At the time, what most manufacturers did was heavily modifying a road car into a GT1 car. However, Porsche didn\u2019t follow the norm by developing a race version of the road-going 911. Instead, in 1996 they created what was effectively a purpose built sports-prototype, the 911 GT1<\/a>. For 1998, FIA drastically changed the rules and road car requirements were all but scratched. Interestingly, regulations determined that only one street-legal version of the car was enough for homologation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"GT1-98\"\/
One of the most beautiful prototypes ever IMO.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
With the new rules Porsche started working on the new car. It would be a full-blown prototype race car, in design and construction – the all-new GT1-98<\/strong>. One of the big features of the car was its full carbon fiber monocoque chassis, a first for Porsche. Lighter and stronger than the previous steel chassis, it allowed a more advanced front suspension. The engine was a 3198 cm\u00b3 flat-6 with 24 valves and DOHC, delivering 536 ponies to the tarmac. Only three cars were made, two for the works team and one street-legal version<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"GT1-98\"\/
Spark really shined with this one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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At Le Mans that year Porsche enrolled both cars, and they would face Toyota\u2019s GT-One and Nissan\u2019s R390 GT1. Even though small problems required lengthy pit stops, both cars<\/a> managed to finish on top and only one lap apart. The GT1-98 is one of my all-time favorite prototypes, a true grail model. Last year I bought the Altaya<\/a> version of the car, which in effect is a quite decent model. But for this one I had to have a GOOD model, so I finally got the Spark version. And I couldn\u2019t be happier: AWESOME car! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1998 Porsche 911 (996) GT1-98 Pilots: A. McNish, S. Ortelli, L. A\u00efello Team: Porsche AG Race: 1st overall (GT1 class) at Le Mans in 1998 Spark – 43LM98 (resin) Published 11\/09\/18 Since the 956 and 962, Porsche didn\u2019t have a works team. In the early 90\u2019s the manufacturer concentrated their racing efforts in the racing … Continue reading “Porsche 911 (996) GT1-98 #26 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3706"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15203,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3706\/revisions\/15203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}