![]() ![]() It’s framed by an enormous semicircular screen showing the virtual racetrack. The cockpit, which currently corresponds to that of the RS Spyder but soon will give way to the 919 Hybrid, sits enthroned like a space capsule on six stilts five feet high. He’s sitting in Porsche Motorsports’ driving simulator. Hartley, a 24-year-old Porsche factory driver, is chasing the clock in Le Mans-without leaving Weissach. ![]() Yet he isn’t moving forward as much as an inch. If he steps on the brake, he’ll be pressed into the safety belt. The cockpit jolts as he drives over the yellow-blue curbs. The crash barriers and the buildings lining the course fly past. At 199 mph on the Mulsanne straight, he heads for the first chicane. Brendon Hartley quickly flicks the shift toggle to fifth gear. Giving gas, accelerating out of it while the shift display lights up in green, yellow, then red. Tertre Rouge, an extended bend to the right, in fourth gear. What looks like a colossal video game- Porsche Motorsports’ driving simulator at the Weissach Research and Development Center-provides crucial knowledge about the 919 Hybrid. ![]()
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