Porsche have given the 963 RSP a road-going version of the 963 it's first public appearance ahead of next Saturday's 24 Hours of Le Mans.

If there’s one cliche worth burying in the back garden, it’s the whole “race car for the road” trope. Sure, some of today’s track day specials are properly ruthless instruments of speed, but few of them actually see competition in a form anything like their roadgoing counterparts.