The ‘sunset’ for Team Perfect Circle in Kyalami 9 Hour occurred just three hours into the race when a mechanical fault ended the team’s dreams for a magical race on home soil. For the whole crew, it was a bitterly disappointing end to what had been such a positive build up to the race. Faced with a very real chance of scoring a solid finish with possible class honours, the trio … [Read more...]
Intercontinental GT Challenge
2019 Kyalami 9 Hour Countdown
On 23 November 2019, the sound of approximately 15,000 bhp will break the long silence that has persisted over the famous Midrand circuit as twenty-eight top GT3 race cars tear down the start/finish straight in the SA 9 Hour for the first time in 37 years. The Kyalami race marks the final event in the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli season, and it is set … [Read more...]
Porsche comes full circle with Team Perfect Circle
It’s funny how things have a way of working out perfectly on the spur of the moment. Recently we covered the Team Perfect Circle’s preparation for the forthcoming Kyalami 9 Hour on 23 November 2019. Part of the lead up to the event included flying the Porsche 917 out to Johannesburg that David Piper and Richard Attwood drove to victory in the 1969 Kyalami 9 Hour. This iconic … [Read more...]
Kyalami 9 Hour – Revival of a Great Classic
Last held officially as a 9-hour race back in 1982, Kyalami will play host to the revival of a great classic endurance race next month, the Kyalami 9 Hour. Run by the masters of the international endurance motor racing scene today, the SRO Motorsport Group, this event on the Highveld of the Transvaal (today Gauteng), will bring the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge to a … [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 Panorama racetrack. While neither of the two works-supported Porsche 911 GT3 Rs could repeat the result this last weekend in Round 2 at Laguna Seca, one of the new cars did finish on … [Read more...]
Porsche 911 GT3 R wins farewell race in Bathurst
In its final performance at a major endurance race, the Porsche 911 GT3 R has won its farewell race in Bathurst, adding yet another title to its long list of international endurance victories. In accordance with the regulations, Porsche had to field its 2018 model, and so in the model’s final outing, the Australian victory proved the perfect send-off for the successful racer. … [Read more...]
Porsche battle in the 2018 Spa 24 Hours
Porsche took up the battle in the 2018 Spa 24 Hours with four 911 GT3 R race cars. The Spa 24 Hours is regarded as one of Europe’s major long-distance classics alongside the 24-hour races of Le Mans and the Nürburgring. The Spa 24 Hours marks round two of the Intercontinental GT Challenge as well as the fourth race of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. This was the the … [Read more...]
2018 Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama
The Bathurst 12 Hour race serves as the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. First held in 1991, the Bathurst 12 Hour initially catered for production-based vehicles before becoming a race for international GT vehicles in 2011. The race has been held fifteen times, seven of them for GT3 vehicles. Now settled in the traditional date on the first weekend of … [Read more...]
2017 Total 24 Hours of Spa
The Total 24 Hours of Spa, a round of the Blancpain GT Series, gets underway this weekend on the famous Belgian circuit. This round is also the second in the four-race Intercontinental GT Challenge which is now in its second season. The Total 24 Hours of Spa is the world’s leading 24-hour race reserved for GT3 cars. With the interest and enthusiasm of GT racing growing … [Read more...]
Intercontinental GT Challenge Bathurst
After Daytona and Dubai, the twelve-hour race in Bathurst, Australia is the third major long-distance race of the season. On the Mount Panorama Circuit in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, the Walkinshaw GT3 team will field a Porsche 911 GT3 R on 5 February with factory backing from Porsche Motorsport. The customer sports racer kicked off the 2017 motorsport season with a … [Read more...]
