World premiere: 919 Hybrid for Le Mans

The front of the Porsche is downright ugly. Those headlights will be pushing a lot of air. What were they thinking?

Porsche returns to the great motor sport stage. Porsche finally took the wraps off the color scheme of its first top-flight sports car racer in 16 years when it officially announced what is being billed as its biggest ever factory motorsport program at Tuesday's Geneva motor show.

The sports car marque is sending a cutting edge technology platform, the new 919 Hybrid, to race in the top LMP1 category of the World Endurance Championship (WEC), which includes the renowned 24 Hours of Le Mans.

On the race track and at the Geneva International Motor Show, the LMP1 prototype will be accompanied by the new Porsche 911 RSR, another world premiere in Geneva.

The front of the 919 hybrid replaces IndyCar as the ugliest race car on earth.