It was, on reflection, the only way Porsche could go. It couldn’t make its new 911 GT3 RS more powerful while retaining a naturally aspirated and legally compliant engine, nor could it make it significantly lighter, because it’s already as light as a fully homologated road car not using a bespoke platform can reasonably be. So how else do you make a big performance gain if your power to weight ratio must remain unchanged? Aero, is the answer.
There is not space here to explain all the modifications to the standard GT3 aero package that resulted in the GT3 RS – some you can see like the vast, DRS-equipped rear wing, the
