Porsche has developed a new hybrid version of their GT3 model. Built with two electric motors that will work in conjunction with the traditional 4.0 liter 480 horsepower V6, the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next month.

However, the vehicle will not be carrying the same hybrid concept such as the Toyota Prius does. Porsche engineers at their Weissech R&D center have instead decided to build a system that would have less potential for consumer applications, but instead help to give Porsche a boost in endurance racing. In particular, rumors suggest a full return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Porsche, and this hybrid technology could help to give Porsche the efficiency and power boosts it needs to be competitive as early as 2012.

The 911 GT3 R Hybrid system utilizes an electro-mechanical flywheel system to store energy-a system that resides in what is traditionally the front passenger seat. The system works by capturing kinetic energy during breaking at speeds as high as 4000 rpm. The flywheel is used to store the energy, as opposed to the batteries typically associated with gas-electric hybrids. The flywheel can then unleash the power for a six to eight second boost of energy into two 60-kilowatt motors that are driving the front axle.

Although the system in the GT3 R Hybrid wouldn’t work in a consumer version of the car, Porsche has implied that some technology may be used to a street version of the 911 in the near future.