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A-zug, Austro Daimler, B-zug, C-zug, Ferdinand Porsche, M17-80hp, Rabe, Zugwagen M12 In July 1906, 30-year-old Ferdinand Porsche, who had previously...
In 2014, Porsche marched back into the top class of endurance racing, and announced that they were here to take...
Now imagine yourself in a rollercoaster at your local fair with its multiple ups and downs, and even upside down...
Born: 6 January 1976 Where: Passau, Germany As a team boss, Andreas Seidl is responsible for the technical running of...
Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser joined Porsche as a mechanical engineering student in 1995. With a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering specialising...
Born: 22 November 1980 Where: Arras, France Lives: Perpignan, France Marital status: Married, 1 child Height/Weight: 1.76 m/66 kg Hobbies:...
Born: 15 September 1956 Where: Oberwölz, Austria Lives: Munich Marital status: Married with one daughter Hobby: Icelandic horses At the...
Born: 4th July 1980 Where: Stuttgart, Germany Lives: Ludwigsburg, Germany Marital Status: Married to Alexandra, two sons (Benedict and Jonathan)...
Born: 27th August 1976 Where: Queanbeyan, Australia Lives: Buckinghamshire, UK Height/weight: 1.83 m/76 kg Marital status: Partner Ann Neal Hobbies:...
Born: 5 November 1984 Where: Bedford, UK Lives: Bedford, UK Marital status: Married, 1 child Height/Weight: 1.78 m/71 kg Hobbies:...
An exceptionally original, never restored, beautifully preserved 1956 Porsche 550RS Spyder, estimated at £4.7-6.2 million has been announced for the...
Born: 8 October 1981 Where: Auch, France Lives: Le Chesnay, France Marital status: Married Height/Weight: 1.76 m/67 kg Hobbies: Golf,...
The Porsche Carrera GTS represented a watershed in the company’s march towards motorsport fulfilment. Gone was the space frame and...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24-Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken run...
Born: 5 April 1975 Where: Nürtingen, Germany Lives: Nürtingen, Germany Marital status: Married, 2 children Height/Weight: 1.74 m/69 kg Hobbies:...
For starters, when you pick up your copy of Kussmaul Chronicles, you can jettison any preconceived ideas of reading a...
Le Mans 1979 was a race for the ages. The Dick Barbour team had prepared and brought four 935 Porsches...
Every once in a while a man or woman comes along who wants to shake the tree, turn convention on...
If there was one Porsche racing car that set the Stuttgart company on the road to motor sport stardom, then...
Porsche’s domination of sportscar racing in the 1960s and 1970s by the 917 is well known, but the manufacturer’s rise...
Author Brian Long needs little introduction to the serious motorsport enthusiast, and in particular, Porsche racing. This title covers Porsche’s...
Porsche Sounds is another fine publication to have been produced by the Porsche Historical Archives in Stuttgart. But why, you...
The very existence of the Porsche sports car must rank as one of the more unlikely histories in the automotive...
This is an autobiography by a man who enjoyed what many would describe as the perfect job. A talented mechanical...
The author starts his book, The Monza 1000km: 1965-2008, by calling the first chapter, the years between 1965-1971, the ‘Golden...
Every now and then a truly good book comes along, one that is not only excellent in its content, but...
Most people, even those only vaguely interested in motor sport, will have heard about the Porsche 917. The first of...
John Fitzpatrick needs little by way of an introduction. He learned his trade the hard way, by racing his own...
The 914 is the Porsche that most sports car enthusiasts turn up their noses at. Let’s face it, the 914...
Much has been written about the Porsche 911, in fact there are few manufacturers in the world, that could boast...
The Race for the Pork Cutlets… The end of June 1980 was a busy time at Dick Barbour Racing. We...
A couple of world records were set at the Silverstone Auctions’ NEC sale at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show,...
Another keen young recruitee to Zuffenhausen in the early 1950s, Valentin Schäffer, would become Porsche’s racing turbo specialist and engineer...
A lot of people have asked me over the years, what is it like to plan, prepare for and run...
Often overlooked, the Porsche Type 64 holds a significant place in the history of Porsche sports cars. Great strides were...
Yes, it is getting a little late and you had the best intentions of being better organised this year –...
Sports car racing changed drastically in the early- to mid-1970s. The rules for the World Championship shifted away from the...
It is by now well known that Porsche won the prestigious Le Mans 24-Hour race in 2016, the company’s 18th...
When Brian Long’s latest 911 tome arrived, I could see the postman physically relieved to be handing over the package....
One of the motoring highlights of my 2016 season, if not of all time, has to be driving a fabulous...
The Porsche 911 family is expecting a new member. In March 2017, five new variants will join the range: the...
The countdown for the Daytona 24 Hours is on. At ‘The Roar before the Rolex 24,’ drivers and teams used...
The Seikel Motorsport team last raced in the 2007 Le Mans, having participated on no less than eleven occasions in...
More books have been written about Porsche than any other car company so the publication in English of another tome...
This Porsche 996 GT3 R is being offered for sale by Coys of London. When it was launched in 1998,...
Amid much Paris-style razzmatazz, the ACO today announced the entrants for this year’s 24 Hour race. It goes without saying...
After Daytona and Dubai, the twelve-hour race in Bathurst, Australia is the third major long-distance race of the season. On...
Mention the name Porsche and motor racing, and minds immediately focus in on one of the famous race cars to...
The IMSA season in the 1970s always started with the two toughest races on the calendar, the Daytona 24 Hours...
The 1983 Sebring 12 Hour was an epic event. Back then the race was run on the ‘old circuit’ which...
The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 broke cover in October 1972, being revealed to the public for the first time...
Porsche’s popular 911 model range has evolved hugely over the years, but a few iconic models stand out head and...
The 2.6-litre Porsche 956 which raced in the 1982/1983 seasons in Europe, was not accepted for racing in the USA,...
The introduction of the Type 904 heralded a new direction for Porsche’s race cars. Gone were the aluminium-bodied racers, as...
The 65th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fuelled by ‘Fresh from Florida’ takes the green flag at 10:40...
Following their second- and sixth-place finishes at Daytona a few weeks back, the Porsche GTLM squad were understandably upbeat about...
‘Genius on wheels’ is the name of the exhibition at the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen that honours rally racing legend...
The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza was more than just the scene of this year’s pre-season FIA/WEC Prologue, it also witnessed...
Le Mans in 1980 was in kind of a transition. The Porsche 935 K3 had won the prior year. Kremer...
Peter Gregg was the IMSA driver every one strived to beat. He started in the early ‘70s with Porsches and...
Born: 19 November 1981 Where: Duisburg, Germany Lives: Tokyo, Japan Height: 1.84m Although it is his first year as a...
Born: 25 May 1981 Where: Hannover, Germany Lives: Würzburg, Germany Height: 1.80m Career 2017 Porsche works driver, 2nd Daytona 24...
The Garretson Developments Sports Car team entered two cars at Le Mans 1982, a March-Chevrolet and a Porsche 935. The...
Born: 7 February 1992 Where: Mainz, Germany Lives: Bingen, Germany Height: 1.81m Career 2017 Porsche works driver 2016 Porsche Junior,...
Every so often, Porsche creates a short production run of cars that celebrates the attributes of one of their special...
Born: 8 May 1981 Where: Hasselt, Belgium Lives: Waiblingen, Germany Height: 1.80m Career 2017 Porsche works driver 2016 Audi works...
By the time that we reached the IMSA Riverside Los Angeles Times Grand Prix in April, the Dick Barbour Racing...
Le Mans 1990 was a whole new ballgame. The circuit had changed drastically. The famous Mulsanne straight was now going...
By 1981 at the earliest, and for sure by the 1983 season of sports car racing, it had become clear...
Rolf Stommelen was one of Germany’s leading racing drivers for over a decade and if as the title (above) of...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken...
If you would like to own a piece of motor racing history, no, make that a very significant piece of...
The inspired engineer behind so much of Porsche’s success, Helmuth Bott has long remained the company’s eminence grise, but little...
