It would be easy for those drunk on the power outputs of modern hybrid supercars to miss the point of the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS entirely.

As a result of the ‘ultra-wide’ body it uses and the new technical features that Weissach has fitted to it, this is one of Porsche’s famously lightweight Renn Sport models that is, in fact, heavier than an equivalent 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3. It also develops only marginally more peak power than its little brother and marginally less peak torque. Why on earth, some might wonder, would you queue up, as many will, to pay a £33,000 premium for that?

The most convincing reason – other than just because it’s the latest extra-special and much-desired Porsche GT model and your dealer has seen fit to offer you the chance in the first place – may simply be ‘because downforce’. Unlike so many GT3s over the years, Porsche’s modern RS models have specialised in uncompromisingly large rear wings, but the new GT3 RS moves Porsche’s wing game on and then some, with an aerofoil that’s borderline obscene in its menacing height and span.

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