Porsche unshackled its 919 Hybrid and beat an F1 car

Just how fast could a Porsche 919 Hybrid race car go, if it wasn’t hamstrung by those pesky technical regulations Le Mans demands? That’s the question the German sports car-maker set out to answer, loosening the bonds on its fearsome gas-electric hybrid and setting a new record in the process. The FIA rules governing Le Mans are there for good …