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You are here: Home / Featured / Falken Motorsports starts 2019 with new Porsche 911 GT3 R

Falken Motorsports starts 2019 with new Porsche 911 GT3 R

2nd February 2019 by: Glen Smale | Leave a Comment

2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (front) with the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 R (back)
2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (front) with the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 R (back) – signed by hundreds of Porsche enthusiasts after the car’s last race in 2018

Falken Motorsports starts 2019 with a new Porsche 911 GT3 R, which will be used alongside the proven BMW M6 GT3 at the Nürburgring. With the racing cars from two premium car manufacturers, the Japanese tyre brand is continuing its successful 20-year commitment to motorsports on the Nordschleife.

2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R
2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R

The new generation of the Porsche 911 GT3 R, based on the facelifted Type 991, still has a six-cylinder boxer engine with 550 hp and even better aerodynamics. Falken 300/680R18 tyres provide even more grip on the front axle, while the rear axle is still fitted with 310/710R18 tyres.

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2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (front) with the BMW M6 GT3 (back)
2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (front) with the BMW M6 GT3 (back)

The driver line-up remains almost unchanged. The Porsche is driven by the two Austrians Martin Ragginger and Klaus Bachler, who are supported by the Porsche factory drivers Dirk Werner (GER) and Jörg Bergmeister (GER). At the wheel of the BMW, Peter Dumbreck (UK) and Alexandre Imperatori (SUI) will be taking turns with the two BMW factory drivers Stef Dusseldorp (NED) and Jens Klingmann (GER).

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Falken was the first Porsche customer team to test the 2019 model last autumn. With success, the evolutionary model of the VLN7 immediately achieved its predecessor’s high performance without any prior test runs. At the beginning of February, both Falken racing cars are being prepared for the new season at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal, during a three-day test. The new Porsche 911 GT3 R will make its racing debut on 23 March 2019 at the first round of the 2019 VLN Endurance Championship.

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2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (front) with the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 R (back)
2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (front) with the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 R (back)

“We started to gain our first experiences on the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 in 1999,” says Markus Bögner, COO and Managing Director. “Today we regularly battle for victories with a two-car team. We have been working very successfully together with Porsche since 2011 and last season we were able to experience the climax of this collaboration so far. With two overall victories, including the first double victory in team history, and a total of seven podium finishes, 2018 was the most successful season in our almost twenty-year racing history. We are more than confident of being able to build on these successes with the new model,” Markus Bögner continued.

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[Editor: For a full history of Falken’s continued climb up the ladder of success around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, click here]

BMW M6 GT3 (front), 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 R (centre) with the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 R (back)
Falken Motorsport line-up: BMW M6 GT3 (front), 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 R (centre) with the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 R (back)

The Falken 2019 racing calendar:

16 March VLN test and set-up run
23 March 65th ADAC Westfalenfahrt
13 April 44th DMV 4-hour race
27 April 61st ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup
18-19 May 14-hour qualifying race
20-23 June ADAC TOTAL 24-hour race
3 August ROWE 6-hour ADAC Ruhr Cup race
7 September 42nd RCM DMV border race
28 September 59th ADAC Reinoldus endurance race
12 October 51st ADAC Barbarossa Prize

Edited by: Glen Smale
Images by: Falken Motorsport

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