This output follows hot on the heels of my recent Gulf Porsche 917K explorations. The more I studied Porsche racecar DNA during that project, the more I began to appreciate and understand the distinct differences in character between the earlier Gulf 917, and the latter 956/962 bloodline.
The 917 is raw and extreme, whilst the 962 is altogether more evolved and in many ways more subtle.
There were directions and ideas I uncovered during my original 917K project that I had to "park" as they just weren't suitable or relevant to that particular brief. Howevever, the geometries I built made me want to revisit this Porsche Racing concept again - to hint at what its logical evolutionary trajectory should be.
This second set of images & CAD geometry updates tap slightly more obviously into 80's era cars - taking my 917K concept, but tweaking key details such as the headlights, nose, wheels, rear wing and bodyside aero features - all wrapped up in the quintessential racing Porsche livery of the time - Rothmans colours.