Porsche Road & Race

Your favourite online journal covering Porsche's rich motorsport heritage

  • Motorsport
    • WEC
    • Supercup
    • Carrera Cup
    • Imsa Weathertech Sportscar Championship
    • Intercontinental GT Challenge
    • Other Motorsport
    • Fact Files
      • Current Race Cars
      • Racing Drivers
        • Current Racing Drivers
        • Past Racing Drivers
      • Team Personnel
  • Yesteryear
    • Motorsport
    • Race Cars
    • Road Cars
    • Profiles
    • Other
  • Road Cars
    • 911
    • 718 Cayman
    • 718 Boxster
  • My Porsche
    • My Story
    • Pic of the Week
  • News
    • Porsche News
    • Porsche Museum News
    • Around the World
    • Auction News
    • Other News
  • Videos
  • Books
    • Book Reviews
    • SPECIAL BOOK OFFERS
  • Calendar
  • About us
    • Contributors
      • Glen Smale – Editor
      • Elke Smale
      • Martin Raffauf
      • Kieron Fennelly
      • Lucian Sonea
      • Kevin Ehrlich
      • Andrew Hosking
      • Richard Wiley
    • What We Do
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Basket
You are here: Home / Featured / Pic of the Week – Porsche at the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours

Pic of the Week – Porsche at the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours

15th May 2020 by: Glen Smale | 2 Comments

The #91 Porsche 911 RSR was driven by Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Frédéric Makowiecki
Le Mans 24 Hours, 15-16 June 2019: The #91 Porsche 911 RSR was driven by Gianmaria Bruni (Italy), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Frédéric Makowiecki (France) – they finished second in the GTE Pro class. Here is the #91 Porsche during practice on the Thursday

This weekend is just one month short of what would have been the original 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours race weekend (initially scheduled for 13-14 June). As the United Kingdom approaches 8 weeks in lockdown as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, we thought that we would dig into our archives and bring you something from last year’s Le Mans 24 Hours.

The 2019 Le Mans was one of the most hotly contested in years in the GTE classes with a total of 17 cars in the Pro class and 16 cars in the Am class. Of these 33 cars (out of a total field of 62 cars), there were ten 911 RSRs in both classes, these being made up as follows: four factory cars in the Pro Class (#91, #92, #93 and #94) and six in the Am class: #77 and #88 Dempsey-Proton, #86 Gulf Racing, #78 Proton Competition and #99 Krohn Racing, and the #56 Team Project 1.

Advertisements
Porsche G-Model
The #93 Porsche 911 RSR was driven by Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy and Patrick Pilet
Le Mans 24 Hours, 15-16 June 2019: The #93 Porsche 911 RSR was driven by Earl Bamber (New Zealand), Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Patrick Pilet (France) – they finished third in the GTE Pro class. Here the #93 Porsche calls into the pits for a driver change during the height of the battle on Saturday night

In recognition of the significant role that the Brumos team played in Porsche’s successes in the USA, two of the factory cars were liveried in the Brumos theme. The other two were done in corporate colours but with a gold band, celebrating the fact that Porsche had already secured victory in the GTE-Pro class of the World Endurance Championship at Spa, the penultimate race of the 2018/2019 season. Incidently, the top four finishers in this class all crossed the finishing line on the same lap, and that was after 24 hours of intense racing!

The retro-themed cars were a great hit with the spectators as those cars are more easily identifiable, and they make a pleasant change from the usual ‘school uniform’ style of the corporate colours. In 2019, Ford themed all four of their Ford GTs in the Pro class with a different retro livery on each car.

Advertisements

In closing, we would like to wish all our readers and their families good health and patience during this difficult time – stay safe!

Advertisements
Porsche - The Carrera Dynasty

Written by: Glen Smale
Image by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale

Save Article as PDF

OTHER ARTICLES YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

Share this:

Categories: Featured, My Porsche, Pic of the Week Tags: 911 RSR, Brumos, Le Mans 24 Hours, Porsche

Comments

  1. wvdveprg says

    16th May 2020 at 6:55 pm

    Are these big events now a thing of the past?

    Reply
    • Porsche Road & Race says

      18th May 2020 at 9:43 am

      Time will tell, but I really hope that this lot is soon all behind us. To be honest, I can’t see all the manufacturers and private race teams just rolling over and going on holiday indefinitely.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

E-mail Subscription

SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE and be the first to receive new articles directly into your inbox:

Archives

Connect with us

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Book Reviews

Don’t Wash Mine

I have been looking forward to seeing this new book from Dalton Watson, covering the very colourful

Porsche 911 G-Model: The Book 1974-1989

Hot off the press, so to speak, is Berlin Motor Books’ latest offering covering the 911 G-Model, and

50 Years Porsche 914

Whether you love it or hate it, the 914 served as a very important family member in the Porsche

More Book Reviews ››

Our Other Websites

Virtual Motorpix new website icon

OTHER ARTICLES YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

Join us on Facebook

Join us on Facebook

Disclaimer

Porsche Road & Race is entirely independent and is in no way connected with the company Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche AG or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. Please also read our full Disclaimer.

Follow us on Twitter

Tweets by Porsche Road & Race

Contact us

We welcome your questions, comments and feedback. Please click here to contact us.

OTHER ARTICLES YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

Advertising

Please contact us if you would like to discuss advertising opportunities on Porsche Road & Race.

OTHER ARTICLES YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

Connect with us

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Please share our website

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Copyright © 2021 Porsche Road & Race