On 16 April, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS set another benchmark for road-approved sports cars at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit in Germany. Porsche works race driver Kévin Estre set a lap time in 6:56.4 minutes with the 520-hp GT3 RS. The Frenchman’s lap time was 24 seconds faster than the best time achieved with the previous GT3 RS model. Porsche development driver Lars Kern … [Read more...]
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Porsche at the 2018 WEC Prologue
Activities have concluded for Porsche at the 2018 WEC Prologue, and by all accounts, it went very smoothly. Run over two days in the south of France at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track (Paul Ricard HTTT), this event gave the teams an ideal opportunity to test their cars in traffic, but non-competitive, conditions. The weather over the two days was ideal, with wall-to-wall … [Read more...]
Changes to the Sebring 2019 schedule
Changes to the Sebring 2019 schedule were announced during the week which will benefit all endurance racing fans. Following a recent meeting between the FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA and Sebring International Raceway organisations, some key changes have been jointly agreed for the 2019 Sebring race weekend. Presented by IMSA and the WEC, the WEC’s 6th round of its … [Read more...]
A new team on the block
Project 1 may be a new team on the block in WEC, but this year, the team celebrates its 25th anniversary in motorsport. This season is certainly its biggest commitment to date as 2018 will see the team from Lohne, Germany, participating in the Carrera Cup Deutschland, the Mobil 1 Supercup, as well as the WEC for the full 2018/2019 Super Season. “This season will be a … [Read more...]
Porsche celebrates 70 years of the Porsche sports car in Berlin
2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Porsche sports car, a fact that has been well promoted and circulated this year. But Porsche grew out of a passion to create a particular kind of sports car, and that took great effort and emotion on the part of its founders. How then, do you celebrate the passion and ingenuity of one man, when his vision has grown into a … [Read more...]
Success in Florida
Porsche scored just a single win in the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship about three-quarters into the season, but now the Porsche GTLM team have notched up their first victory this year in just the second round. Their success in Florida in the 12 Hours of Sebring came by way of a win for Patrick Pilet/Fred Makowiecki/Nick Tandy in the #911 Porsche 911 RSR. Their … [Read more...]
12 Hours of Sebring 2018
The 12 Hours of Sebring, the toughest and oldest sports car race in the USA, will be held for the 66th time on 17 March. Sebring is one of the oldest continuously operating race tracks in the United States, the first race to be run there was in 1950 with the first 12 Hours of Sebring race being held on 15 March 1952. The atmosphere at Sebring is legendary but in 1974, the race … [Read more...]
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Porsche congratulates motorsport legend Hans Herrmann
Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing drivers to join the Porsche AG works team, celebrates his 90th birthday this year on February 23. The endurance and Monoposto specialist, born in Stuttgart in 1928, is regarded as one of the most reliable and consistent race drivers of all time. In the course of his motor sport career, Hans Herrmann won more than 80 … [Read more...]
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