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106 // ANNUAL REPORT PORSCHE AG 2013
with an ultra-light magnesium frame, with the
vehicle tipping the scales only slightly over
the mandated minimum weight of 800 kg.
The shark fins on the tail significantly
decreased fuel consumption and allowed
for an average speed of 222.30 km/h,
which was deemed to be superb. In 1974,
and for the first time, Porsche sent a
turbocharged racecar to Le Mans. The new
technology passed the test in the 24-hour
race. That same year, the street version of
the 911 Turbo was introduced at the Paris
Motor Show.
16 OVERALL VICTORIES AND
103 CLASS VICTORIES FOR PORSCHE
Winners right from the start.
A success story without equal connects the
world’s most famous endurance race and
Porsche. The tire marks in the winner’s lane
extend back in time – back to the earliest
days of Porsche’s history. In 1951, a small
team achieved its first victory with the 356
SL Coupé putting out 46 hp, and with an
aluminum body weighing a total of 640 kg.
The first chapter of the Porsche-Le Mans
legend was written. Right from the outset,
aerodynamics, lightweight construction and
performance became the elements of suc-
cess. To date, more than 1,000 Porsches
have stood at the starting line of the track
in western France and have achieved 16
overall wins as well as 103 class victories.
A long string of rsts.
With the first Porsche 12-cylinder engine,
Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood took
the first overall victory in 1970. The 580 hp
engine of the 917 short tail is situated in a
92 cm flat body with an aluminum tubular
frame. In the following year, Gijs van Lennep
and Helmut Marko were victors in the 917
14 June 1970: The first overall victory with Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood in a 917 KH Coupé