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I'm the sort of bloke that thinks that Porsche's motorsport future should be about Shell Dunlop
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962s and maybe a Porsche 911 GT1. Yep, I think it's fair to say that so far the idea of EVs
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and motorsport just hasn't done it for me. But that might be about to change because I'm sat in
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Porsche's new Mission R concept and one of the many things that this car is setting out to do
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is change the preconceptions of people like me and show that an electric racing car can be an
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emotive thing and it also gives an idea of what Porsche's Carrera Cup and Super Cup might be like
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in the future. So Evo is here at Los Angeles to have a brief drive of this car at the Porsche
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Experience Centre. It's only a concept car, it's done very few miles, the paint is only just dry
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but it will give us an idea of what an electric racing Porsche might be like in the future
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And like I said, this is just meant to give an impression of what is still a very new concept
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So in the interest of transparency the car was running at about 450 horsepower so some ways short of its ultimate potential anywhere from 700 up to well over 1 It was limited in its top speed as well and you probably noticed that that
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very rapidly driven 992 Turbo S in front during the filming was pulling away from about halfway
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down the longer straight sections. And yeah, we're not trying to pretend that Porsche's LA
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experience centre is the same as a proper racing circuit but here's the thing it was a more intense
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and raw experience as a driver than I had imagined it would be the dire safety warnings if there was
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a malfunction they certainly focused the mind the scream the gears and the motors meant earplugs
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were a must and I don't think that really comes across in this footage and the way it steered
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and it changed direction really was mightily impressive. It was a lot of fun to drive and I
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think even more impressive was the brake pedal feel which is always tricky to get right when
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you've got regeneration going on. So despite my initial reservations and you might say prejudices
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of an old ICE enthusiast I really enjoyed driving it. Now whether it would be as exciting for a
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spectator audience, of course, that's much more open to debate
