Porsche paid tribute to the worldwide achievements of teams and drivers during the 2017 season at its ‘Night of Champions’ motorsport gala in Weissach. During the evening, a huge expansion of Porsche’s worldwide GT programme was announced for 2018. Porsche’s campaign in the 2018 WEC In the 2018/2019 season, Porsche will again send its factory Porsche GT Team to contest … [Read more...]
The story of two Felbermayr 911 GT3 RSRs
It was a clear day in April, typical of those late winter/early spring days when the weather was trying to impress by showing signs of warmth, but not really succeeding. My assignment that day at Donington Park, was to attend the delivery, off-loading and testing of two well-used, and successful GT race cars. The subjects of my attention that day were the 2007 model Porsche 911 … [Read more...]
Proton Competition – steeped in Porsche race cars
Located in the town of Ummendorf, approximately 130km south east of Stuttgart, Proton Competition has been working on Porsche race cars for twenty-one years. Motor racing started in the family when Gerold Ried, father to Michael and Christian, began racing with some friends in 1994 and 1995 with a Porsche 964 RS. It was after the first two seasons of racing that Proton … [Read more...]
