The second 963 for the British Jota team’s expanded two-car assault on the 2024 WEC will be the last car completed before production is temporarily halted, the German manufacturer has revealed.
Porsche has changed its original plan to make available a further two cars to customers for each series in the second year of competition of the 963.
The plan allowed for the release of four cars, two per series, to customers in both 2023 and ’24.
Porsche’s LMDh project boss, Urs Kuratle, explained that the reasons for the decision are twofold.
“We would simply overload our supply chain, that is one thing,” said Kuratle.
This includes, he stated, the supply of the one-make LMDh battery produced by WAE Technologies (formerly Williams Advanced Engineering).
“There is a bit of a problem with battery supply, this is not a secret: to have more cars in the field would be a bit of a problem,” he explained.
“The second [reason] is that we would overload our system with customer support: we felt mid-season that we have really reached the limit for the support - Porsche wants to give good support to the customers.”
Source: Autosport