Porsche 935 Moby Dick Caught Screaming Around Monza
Porsche unveiled the homage at Rennsport, and seeing it in now tearing up the Monza race circuit is priceless.
At the 6th Rennsport Reunion, Porsche revealed its modern take on the legendary 935 Moby Dick car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979. This is not just a concept though as Porsche is building 77 of these unhinged 700 horsepower track toys based on the 911 GT2 RS chassis and, due to YouTuber 19Bozzy92 being lucky enough to see it out testing at Monza in Italy. The pictures we’ve seen so far have been in the throwback classic Martini livery, but it seems the test car has been matte blacked out to look like Batman is enjoying himself laying down some lap times.
There’s some speculation that this could even be a 911 GT2 RS based Moby Dick testing in readiness for the return of GT2 racing. It could fit as the new amateur driver-focused sprint race series is aimed at “powerful top of the range” supercars in the 640-700 horsepower range. If so, we can already see it’s no slouch and looks and sounds like a race car should. It may not have the flames spitting from the exhaust like the original, but the rear-end looks spectacular with the LED lights from the 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car used on the massive wing hanging over the back.
The YouTuber that posted this mentions the new 935 Moby Dick was being pushed hard through the day and getting faster. At the 1 minute 10 second mark though, we can see some attention needs to be paid to the damping from the way it bounces the curbs through the chicane. That’s what testing of for though, and if it is destined to compete the racetracks next year we can’t wait to see it in action and the full racing livery it deserves.
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