It landed on my desk one day, unannounced and unexpected. The package was large and covered in stickers and labels, suggesting that there was something important contained within. Indeed, a frantic exercise followed to open the mystery package, and to my surprise it contained the book, Porsche 911 ST 2.5: Camera Car, Le Mans Winner, Porsche Legend, by authors Thomas Imhof, Jürgen Barth and Michael … [Read More...]
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Motorsport
If you go down to the beach today
The week’s preparations started well for the factory Porsche team, as the two cars locked out the front row of the grid for race start at 14h05 local time on Saturday 13 April. Nick Tandy and Patrick … [Read More...]
2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge – Round 2 at Laguna Seca
Dirk Werner, Matt Campbell and Dennis Olsen clinched victory in the opening round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge at the twelve-hour race in Bathurst (Australia) on the spectacular Mount … [Read More...]
Yesteryear
Porsche 911 GT1 – The Grand Touring Meister
Porsche 993 GT1 chassis #109 was one of just nine customer racing Porsche 911 GT1s built between 1996 and 1998. The 911 GT1 became the Grand Touring Meister when it triumphed in the 1998 Le Mans 24 … [Read More...]
A Sting in the Tale
In Part 1, Stories from Le Mans – with a Porsche flavour, our intrepid scribbler who hails from that beautiful part of South Africa, the Western Cape, shares with us some hilarious and revealing … [Read More...]
Road Cars
Porsche 911 World Premiere in Los Angeles
There was a sensation on the West Coast of America last night with the Porsche 911 World Premiere in Los Angeles. This is the eighth generation of the iconic sports car, which was introduced to the … [Read More...]
Porsche 911 MY2019 endurance testing regime
The endurance tests for the eighth generation of the Porsche 911 enters the home straight as the new model will be brought to the European market at the beginning of 2019. The schedule to complete the … [Read More...]
News
Automuseum PROTOTYP in Hamburg
This last December, we planned a trip to Hamburg to visit with family and to see the Automuseum PROTOTYP. This time, though, I wanted to travel via a different route, not the normal Dover-Calais … [Read More...]
Our top 10 from 2018
As we wave goodbye to 2018 and usher in a brand-new year, we look back on the top ten favourites that we were privileged to publish in the last twelve months. We have decided to bring you our top 10 … [Read More...]
Auction News
RM Sotheby’s Petersen Museum auction 2018 finale
Christmas shoppers in Los Angeles on December 8 had a special selection at the Petersen Museum as RM Sotheby’s hosted its last auction of 2018. The RM Sotheby’s staff assembled 68 vehicles and 56 … [Read More...]
RM Sotheby’s Celebrates 70 years of Porsche with a Stellar Selection
The mental wheels started turning when RM Sotheby’s announced on 9 March 2018 that a single marque Porsche auction would be held at the Porsche Cars North America facility in Atlanta on the weekend of … [Read More...]
Fact Files
Interview with Patrick Pilet – official Porsche driver 2019
We met up with Patrick Pilet recently at the Carrera Cup prize giving ceremony and were able to have a word with him… Patrick, the 2019 season started one month ago at Daytona 24 Hours. How was … [Read More...]
Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport World premiere in Los Angeles
The new Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport celebrated its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show on 28 November 2018. The near standard 700 hp racing version of the road-legal 911 GT2 RS sports car is … [Read More...]
Videos
Video: Porsche GT Team Record Back-To-Back Wins At Super Sebring
Competing across the series, the Porsche GT Team set out on a mission to win twice in two days at this year's WEC 1,000 Miles of Sebring, and the IMSA Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Drivers from both … [Read More...]
Video: Pfaff Motorsports – The Road to Daytona
Video: Porsche’s premier US series – the Pirelli Trophy West USA
Run by Competent Motorsport, the Pirelli Trophy West USA is an amateur one-make racing series in which Porsche club racers take to established tracks around the country to battle it out on-board an … [Read More...]
Video: Porsche’s fastest road-legal sports car at the ‘Ring
Porsche has set another new record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in co-operation with Manthey-Racing. On Thursday, 25 October 2018, the Porsche GT2 RS MR with 515 kW (700 hp) completed a lap of … [Read More...]
