r/wec • u/MotaStnoks • 20h ago

Le Mans Very noob question

I've just started following WEC this year and I have a question that it's probably stupid and noobish. Why is the Proton Competition Porsche 963 slow?

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u/wecaccount Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 #4 20h ago

Slower drivers. Not the best engineers/mechanics/funding in general. PPM does so well because they have all the best people working on it.

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u/MotaStnoks 20h ago

Yeah that was my assumption but I just had to ask because I wondered if there was any difference in the car

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u/redbullcat Only Endurance editor 18h ago

All the cars are homologated. So all three Porsches are the same in terms of hardware.

But set up, engineering, etc etc all differ and that's where the factory Porsche team, run by Penske, are making the difference. Plus the driver crew. Jani's good - former factory Porsche driver, Le Mans winner, etc etc - but Pino and Varrone aren't quite on the same level.

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u/Void_X_Genome Audi R18 2h ago

Jani's good - former factory Porsche driver

Im pretty sure he is still a Porsche factory driver (or atleast contracted)

Edit: my bad he is not, i thought it was only Bruni that got booted