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...]
Intercontinental GT Challenge
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...]
Podium for Porsche 911 GT3 R at season finale
The 2016 motorsport season ended successfully for Porsche at the Intercontinental GT Challenge 12-hour race on the Sepang International Circuit on 11 December 2016. Second place went to Earl Bamber, Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy, while their teammates clinched fifth place at the final round. With a spectacular charge through the field in torrential rain, Porsche works … [Read more...]
