Remember that line from The Matrix, "That is the sound of inevitability"? Now we know those muted decibels comes from a 2.0-litre turbocharged V4.
The Porsche 919 Hybrid took its first WEC victory last weekend at the 6 hours of Sao Paolo in Porsche's comeback season. But it was inevitable that the most successful marque in endurance racing would pick up a win in its first year back in the big time, wasn't it?
What took you so long Porsche?
The car's not been without its reliability problems so far, but Porsche evoked the spirit of the 956, pounding round relentlessly like it was Group C in the 80s.
It also proved the doubters wrong. Porsche showed last weekend that despite its road car business growing to incorporate a brace of school-gate-clogging SUVs, it hasn't diluted its focus and motorsport success is still an inevitability.
The weekend started well, too, after Webber lowered the #20 car's four-lap average further still following a mega effort from Timo Bernhard. Webber actually said following his first stint in qualifying that he thought he was in one of Adrian Newey's cars, that he "was driving way over the top; I was expecting way too much from the car."
His next stint was more measured, lowering the average to a 1 min 17.676 - a tenth faster than the sister car for a front row lockout, proving how well the Aussie has adapted on his return to sportscars. Like it was ever in doubt?
Victory for the #14 car came under safety car
Webber might have expected too much from the car in quali, but I bet he's glad at what it delivered in the last hour of the race. It's a good job Porsche is building a new 919 Hybrid for next season, too, because the #20 car is now scrap.
An incident with the #90 8Star Motorsports 458 pitched Webber's car into a spin and a massive impact with the concrete wall on the exit of turn 14. The left side of the car detonated and most of the bodywork was returned back to individual carbon fibres, but the safety cell stood up to the huge g loading and Webber managed to give a thumbs up as he was stretchered into a medical car.
Porsche tweeted "driver ok" - @AussieGrit by name...
It was a bittersweet end to the season for Porsche as although the #14's gap to the chasing Toyota of World Champion Davidson had stabilised at roughly 15 seconds, the shunt meant the race finished under the safety car, guaranteeing the victory went to Lieb, Dumas and Jani.
Tom Kristensen ends a superb Audi career
While it was a weekend of firsts for Porsche, it was a weekend of lasts for Audi. Mr Le Mans, Tom Kristensen, finished on the podium in his last race for Ingolstadt.
The Dane's record in sportscars is incredible. Get this: in every Le Mans he has finished, he's recorded a podium result, including nine overall victories spanning 17 years.
For me his best performance came in 2008. Peugeot had pace over the Audis, but Audi had strategy - and TK. Kristensen got in the car in the small hours, not long after 3am, with a minute deficit to Jacques Villeneuve in the #7 908.
In greasy wet conditions, in the dark, doing 200mph and overtaking traffic Kristensen consistently took eight seconds a lap out of the lead car. If you were at La Sarthe yourself that year, you'll know the incredible physical and mental effort he summoned.
9 LM victories is a phenomenal record
If you don't, here's a neatly illustrative quote from the Audi film Truth in 24: "At night you become one with the car. In the fast corners you don't see the apex until you get there, so you really drive on your determination." Quite, but it still doesn't make turn-in to the Porsche Curves at 150mph-plus any less of a terrifying prospect.
TK effectively won the race for Audi, increasing the gap to over a minute by the time Villeneuve got out of the Peugeot, going on to complete one of the most gruelling quadruple stints of his life. On a knackered set of wets in a circa 930kg car with 950lb ft of torque.
I mentioned strategy - the man that masterminded Kristensen's eighth LM win, Howden 'H' Haynes hung up his headset at the end of the race in Brazil, entering retirement too. Ingolstadt owes much to him - if you want to know just how important a lead engineer is in motorsport, watch Truth in 24.
Two titles for Toyota but LM evaded them this year
Endurance racing entered a new era this year, with the 2014 rules bringing some competition and excitement in what was previously and Audi-dominated environment.
With McNish no longer 'dancing on the pedals' and Kristensen now taking up a role as an Audi brand ambassador, many of the names that forged modern endurance racing are gone. It is the end of an era, but then people probably thought that when Derek Bell and Jacky Ickx retired...
The exciting thing is how open the top level now is: Toyota might have wrapped up the Drivers' and Constructors' World Championships at the third time of asking, but Le Mans still proved elusive this year - Audi took the win and that's a pot Toyota wants big time.
That Porsche is now back on the top step bodes well for next year, but it'll be tough - Nissan is joining with a factory assault, the car having tested recently, and there are potentially more manufacturers in the pipeline.
Like the 80s and the late 90s, this has the feel of a becoming another golden age for sportscars, don't you think?