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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 worked for the small Austrian company Lohner, joined Austro-Daimler as chief engineer. He brought with him his development of the so-called “mixed or hybrid drive”—the Mixte: an internal combustion engine...
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Silverstone 6 Hours, 20 April 2014: The Porsche 919 Hybrid team, drivers and management pose for a family snap before the race In 2014, Porsche marched back into the top class of endurance racing, and announced that they were here to take the championship. Their new racer, the Porsche 919...
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24 Heures Du Mans, 18-19 June 2016: The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid was driven by Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb Now imagine yourself in a rollercoaster at your local fair with its multiple ups and downs, and even upside down loops. In a similar way, the 24-Hour race...
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Andreas Seidl, Porsche LMP1 Team Principal (Le Mans 2016) Born: 6 January 1976 Where: Passau, Germany As a team boss, Andreas Seidl is responsible for the technical running of the vehicles, and as race director, he coordinates the entire organisational aspects of the World Championship races. For the LMP1 drivers...
Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Head of Porsche Motorsport (Le Mans 2016) Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser joined Porsche as a mechanical engineering student in 1995. With a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering specialising in combustion engines and technology management, Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser held the position of General Manager of Motorsport Strategies at Porsche...
Fred Makowiecki, Porsche works driver, 2016 Le Mans 24H Born: 22 November 1980 Where: Arras, France Lives: Perpignan, France Marital status: Married, 1 child Height/Weight: 1.76 m/66 kg Hobbies: Cycling, music, karting He already underlined his strong passion for Porsche in his campaign to win the Porsche Carrera Cup France....
Fritz Enzinger, Vice President Porsche LMP1 (Silverstone 2016) Born: 15 September 1956 Where: Oberwölz, Austria Lives: Munich Marital status: Married with one daughter Hobby: Icelandic horses At the end of 2011, the Styrian started to shape Porsche’s return to top motorsport, with a new building, new staff and a new...
Marc Lieb, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 4th July 1980 Where: Stuttgart, Germany Lives: Ludwigsburg, Germany Marital Status: Married to Alexandra, two sons (Benedict and Jonathan) Height/Weight: 1.82 m/74 kg Hobbies: Football, jogging, reading At the age of 20, the native Stuttgarter won the Porsche Junior driver...
Mark Webber, Porsche driver, Silverstone 6h 2014 Born: 27th August 1976 Where: Queanbeyan, Australia Lives: Buckinghamshire, UK Height/weight: 1.83 m/76 kg Marital status: Partner Ann Neal Hobbies: Sports, mountain biking, flying helicopters It’s been two years now since Mark Webber has had a roof over his head. After 215 Formula...
Nick Tandy, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 5 November 1984 Where: Bedford, UK Lives: Bedford, UK Marital status: Married, 1 child Height/Weight: 1.78 m/71 kg Hobbies: Badminton, darts, golf, iRacing When Nick Tandy clinched Porsche’s 17th overall victory at the long distance classic in 2015, he fulfilled...
The Porsche 550 RS Spyder was a strikingly simple design An exceptionally original, never restored, beautifully preserved 1956 Porsche 550RS Spyder, estimated at £4.7-6.2 million has been announced for the Bonhams Goodwood Revival Sale, taking place on 10 September in Chichester, West Sussex. “The 1956 Porsche 550RS Spyder offered is...
Patrick Pilet, Porsche driver of #92, at the Silverstone 6h, 10 – 12 April 2015 Born: 8 October 1981 Where: Auch, France Lives: Le Chesnay, France Marital status: Married Height/Weight: 1.76 m/67 kg Hobbies: Golf, cycling, fitness, cinema He is a man for all occasions. Regardless of the championship, Patrick...
A Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Coupé in 1963 outside the factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The early version had a slatted air intake behind the doors, this being replaced by scoops which were more efficient The Porsche Carrera GTS represented a watershed in the company’s march towards motorsport fulfilment. Gone was the...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24-Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken run of 65 years. During this time, they have amassed 18 victories. This is Part I of their story… The Veuillet/Mouche 356 SL proved reliable on its Le Mans debut in...
Born: 5 April 1975 Where: Nürtingen, Germany Lives: Nürtingen, Germany Marital status: Married, 2 children Height/Weight: 1.74 m/69 kg Hobbies: Mountain biking, skiing, fitness, golf Wolf Henzler has an accolade that none of his works driver colleagues have achieved yet. In December 2011, the 2010 Le Mans winner put in...
For starters, when you pick up your copy of Kussmaul Chronicles, you can jettison any preconceived ideas of reading a ‘normal’ book on the story of an engineer and his years spent at Porsche. That way, with a clear mind, you will be better prepared for the unexpected when you...
All four of the Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 935s line up in the pits ahead of the 1979 Le Mans race, each with the Stars and Stripes draped over the rear wing. From left to right: #73 935/77 (934½) – John Hotchkiss, Bob Kirby and Bob Harmon; #72 935/77 –...
Every once in a while a man or woman comes along who wants to shake the tree, turn convention on its side, or just to improve the way we do things. Having written several books on the Porsche marque, when the opportunity arose to review Karl Ludvigsen’s book, Ferdinand Porsche:...
If there was one Porsche racing car that set the Stuttgart company on the road to motor sport stardom, then it must surely be the 1970 Le Mans winning Porsche 917. For many years it had been the sole aim of Porsche’s Director of Research & Development, Dr. Ferdinand Piëch,...
Porsche’s domination of sportscar racing in the 1960s and 1970s by the 917 is well known, but the manufacturer’s rise to the top would not have been possible had it not been for the existence of several highly successful race cars that were created before it. Bill Oursler, who needs...
Author Brian Long needs little introduction to the serious motorsport enthusiast, and in particular, Porsche racing. This title covers Porsche’s motor racing achievements between 1953 and 1975, and is the first of two volumes (the second volume covers 1976 to 2005). Offering a brief historical look into the company’s origins,...
Porsche Sounds is another fine publication to have been produced by the Porsche Historical Archives in Stuttgart. But why, you may ask, do we need another book on Porsche’s long and well covered history, and what makes this book any different from the many others out there? Valid questions indeed....
The very existence of the Porsche sports car must rank as one of the more unlikely histories in the automotive world. Yet such was the pioneering spirit of Professor Ferdinand Porsche and his son, Ferry, that the irrepressible 356 eventually saw the light of day, produced behind the doors of...
This is an autobiography by a man who enjoyed what many would describe as the perfect job. A talented mechanical engineer, Horsman worked first for Aston Martin under the legendary leadership of John Wyer on such projects as the DP214. After Aston Martin, Horsman moved to Ford Advanced Vehicles where...
The author starts his book, The Monza 1000km: 1965-2008, by calling the first chapter, the years between 1965-1971, the ‘Golden Years’ and he is not the only one to do so. While the cars were rather ‘explosive’ in their performance, drivers and team personalities could also be rather explosive in...
Every now and then a truly good book comes along, one that is not only excellent in its content, but is also significant due to the rarity of the subject it covers. Roy Smith’s book on the Porsche 924 Carrera is one of those books because it covers a worthy,...
Most people, even those only vaguely interested in motor sport, will have heard about the Porsche 917. The first of Porsche’s race cars to truly dominate the world of sports car racing, the 917 project was in 1969 almost a step too far for the small Stuttgart manufacturer as it...
Fitz – My Life at the Wheel: by John Fitzpatrick © Autosports Marketing Associates, Ltd. John Fitzpatrick needs little by way of an introduction. He learned his trade the hard way, by racing his own private road car, a Mini, in local races. But we are getting ahead of the...
The 914 is the Porsche that most sports car enthusiasts turn up their noses at. Let’s face it, the 914 isn’t the most beautiful Porsche in the world, with its flat surfaces and angular styling. It looks unpretentious, unattractive, and was generally unloved by many. But is that a fair...
Blue cover – Limited Edition Much has been written about the Porsche 911, in fact there are few manufacturers in the world, that could boast as having as many books written about one of their models. But as can be expected, many of these books cover selected top models, and...
The #8 Kremer K3 Porsche 935 entered by Dick Barbour and driven by John Fitzpatrick, in the pit lane ahead of the 1980 Norisring race. The author, Martin Raffauf, is at the car’s right front wheel The Race for the Pork Cutlets… The end of June 1980 was a busy...
Porsche 911 (930) Turbo SE – 1989 MY A couple of world records were set at the Silverstone Auctions’ NEC sale at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, at the NEC in Birmingham on 12th and 13th November 2016. Silverstone Auctions has established itself as something of a specialist Porsche...
Valentin Schäffer (1978) Another keen young recruitee to Zuffenhausen in the early 1950s, Valentin Schäffer, would become Porsche’s racing turbo specialist and engineer the induction systems that endowed Porsche sports racers with a dominance that lasted decades. The compact figure of Valentin Schäffer trotted up the steps of the Porsche...
Porsche’s 1981 Daytona 24-Hour winning poster A lot of people have asked me over the years, what is it like to plan, prepare for and run a 24-hour sports car race. It has changed somewhat over the years from the days of the Porsche 935 at the 1981 Daytona 24...
Engineering drawing of the Porsche Type 64 (16 September 1938). Note the provision for two spare wheels in the front luggage compartment Often overlooked, the Porsche Type 64 holds a significant place in the history of Porsche sports cars. Great strides were taken in motor car performance during the 1920s...
Yes, it is getting a little late and you had the best intentions of being better organised this year – but you still haven’t got all your Christmas presents. So, we want to help you with some Christmas gift ideas for the Porsche enthusiast. And here’s what we came up...
This is the Peter Gregg car (chassis #930 770 0952) as shown at the Porsche Rennsport 2015. In early 1977, the Peter Gregg car sent home from the Atlanta IMSA race due to ‘illegal modifications.’ This photo shows the car restored with 935 fenders as it was run later in...
It is by now well known that Porsche won the prestigious Le Mans 24-Hour race in 2016, the company’s 18th such victory in this classic French endurance race. To put this achievement in perspective, Audi have won the title thirteen times and Ferrari nine times. Just as they did in...
The Ultimate Book of the Air-Cooled Porsche 911 – Standard Edition When Brian Long’s latest 911 tome arrived, I could see the postman physically relieved to be handing over the package. But, in all seriousness, this is one very impressive piece of work. Brian Long has written many books, but...
Porsche 906 (chassis #906/108) takes turn 1 on its way up the Hill at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed One of the motoring highlights of my 2016 season, if not of all time, has to be driving a fabulous Porsche 906 on the Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb. The...
2017 Porsche 911 GTS model line-up The Porsche 911 family is expecting a new member. In March 2017, five new variants will join the range: the rear-wheel drive 911 Carrera GTS; the 911 Carrera 4 GTS with all-wheel drive available in both Coupé and Cabriolet; and the 911 Targa 4...
Friday 6 January 2017, Day 1 – the #911 Porsche 911 RSR leads #912 through a corner during testing at Daytona International Speedway The countdown for the Daytona 24 Hours is on. At ‘The Roar before the Rolex 24,’ drivers and teams used this past weekend at the Daytona International...
The Seikel Motorsport team last raced in the 2007 Le Mans, having participated on no less than eleven occasions in the 24-hour race. The team’s highlight in la Sarthe was in 2001 when they won the GT category, finishing sixth overall. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access...
Autograph card signed by Jürgen Barth (ca. 1980) More books have been written about Porsche than any other car company so the publication in English of another tome is hardly headline news until you realise that the author, exceptionally, is a Porsche insider, but not just any insider. Jürgen Barth...
2000MY Porsche 996 GT3 R (chassis #692090) © Coys This Porsche 996 GT3 R is being offered for sale by Coys of London. When it was launched in 1998, the Porsche Type 996 represented one of the most significant changes to the 911 model range in its (then) 35-year history....
#2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb awaits scrutineering in the city centre of Le Mans 24H 2016 Amid much Paris-style razzmatazz, the ACO today announced the entrants for this year’s 24 Hour race. It goes without saying that last year’s winners, Porsche, will be...
Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales 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...
1970 Porsche 917/10 prototype chassis #917/10-001 as offered for sale on 8 February 2017 Mention the name Porsche and motor racing, and minds immediately focus in on one of the famous race cars to pass out through the gates of the Stuttgart manufacturer. Depending on your age or favoured period...
The #6 Barbour, Stommelen, Mears car, a 935-78 (935-77A), enters the Sebring front straight. While this was the fastest car there, it was delayed for some laps with a brake issue and finished fourth The IMSA season in the 1970s always started with the two toughest races on the calendar,...
Bob Akin’s 935, one of the major protagonists in the 1983 Sebring 12 Hour race. It was driven by Bob Akin, John O’Steen and Dale Whittington and finished second overall. (©Brian Cleary) The 1983 Sebring 12 Hour was an epic event. Back then the race was run on the ‘old...
Porsche 911 Carrera RS Sport Lightweight ‘AUI 1500’ as it is today The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 broke cover in October 1972, being revealed to the public for the first time at the Paris Motor Show. Porsche’s marketing department considered it a big risk for such a small company...
Porsche 964 Carrera RS 3.6-litre (1992), January 2017 Porsche’s popular 911 model range has evolved hugely over the years, but a few iconic models stand out head and shoulders above the rest. In 1973, the Carrera RS 2.7 lifted the bar in the sports car market, but a decade and...
Hans Stuck at the wheel on the way to winning Sebring in 1986. His co-drivers were Jo Gartner and Bob Akin. (Porsche 962 chassis #962-113) The 2.6-litre Porsche 956 which raced in the 1982/1983 seasons in Europe, was not accepted for racing in the USA, and so the 962 was...
Le Mans 24 Hours, 20/21 June 1964: Porsche 904/8 of Edgar Barth/Herbert Linge before the start of the race The introduction of the Type 904 heralded a new direction for Porsche’s race cars. Gone were the aluminium-bodied racers, as the 904 spearheaded a generation of GRP-bodied Porsches that culminated in...
12 Hours of Sebring, 2017: Porsche 911 RSR #912, Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Richard Lietz in the GTLM class The 65th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fuelled by ‘Fresh from Florida’ takes the green flag at 10:40 am (local time) on Saturday, March 18th 2017. The gates...
The #911 Porsche of Patrick Pilet, Dirk Werner and Frédéric Makowiecki speeds around the Sebring circuit at this last weekend’s race. They finished seventh in class Following their second- and sixth-place finishes at Daytona a few weeks back, the Porsche GTLM squad were understandably upbeat about their chances in the...
A special exhibition at the Porsche Museum celebrates Walter Röhrl’s 70th birthday ‘Genius on wheels’ is the name of the exhibition at the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen that honours rally racing legend Walter Röhrl on his 70th birthday. From 14 March to 14 May 2017, the Museum will be displaying...
Unveiling the new Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car at the FIA WEC Prologue, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, 31 March 2017 (L-R: Andreas Seidl and Fritz Enzinger) The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza was more than just the scene of this year’s pre-season FIA/WEC Prologue, it also witnessed the unveiling of the 2017...
Chassis #000 00023 gets a check out on the autobahn by the Kremer brothers prior to Le Mans. Manfred Kremer drove it Erwin Kremer and Jerry Woods followed in a 928 chase car. Le Mans in 1980 was in kind of a transition. The Porsche 935 K3 had won the...
Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood won the 24 Hours of Daytona on 3/4 February 1973 driving this 911 Carrera RSR 2.8 Peter Gregg was the IMSA driver every one strived to beat. He started in the early ‘70s with Porsches and had done very well. He won the first championship...
Born: 19 November 1981 Where: Duisburg, Germany Lives: Tokyo, Japan Height: 1.84m Although it is his first year as a Porsche LMP1 works driver, German-born André Lotterer needs little by way of an introduction. Lotterer, it seems, was born to race, having attended races with his father from a young...
Born: 25 May 1981 Where: Hannover, Germany Lives: Würzburg, Germany Height: 1.80m Career 2017 Porsche works driver, 2nd Daytona 24 Hours (GTLM) 2016 BMW works driver IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (2 podiums), 5th Nürburgring 24 Hours (GT3), Spa 24 Hours Blancpain Endurance Championship 2015 BMW works driver, 2nd Tudor United...
Martin Raffauf and Chris Hill look under the car with the ACO inspectors. Mechanic Jeff Lateer looks on with the camera. Tech inspection went very well for the 935 as we had Annie Verney with us to “discuss” any issues with the ACO as we proceeded. The Garretson Developments Sports...
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Born: 7 February 1992 Where: Mainz, Germany Lives: Bingen, Germany Height: 1.81m Career 2017 Porsche works driver 2016 Porsche Junior, 1st Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Championship, 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Championship 2015 Porsche Junior, 2nd Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Championship, Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Championship 2014 Porsche Junior, 1st...
Porsche Carrera RSR 3.8 (1993) Every so often, Porsche creates a short production run of cars that celebrates the attributes of one of their special models. In 1993, the Stuttgart engineers decided to develop a race version of their 911 Type 964 Carrera RS, aptly named the Carrera RSR 3.8,...
Born: 8 May 1981 Where: Hasselt, Belgium Lives: Waiblingen, Germany Height: 1.80m Career 2017 Porsche works driver 2016 Audi works driver, Winner FIA GT World Cup Macau, Winner Intercontinental GT Challenge, 1st Dubai 24 Hours, 1st Sepang 12 Hours, 3rd Blancpain GT Series 2015 Audi works driver, 1st Nürburgring 24...
Bob Garretson in #009 00030 during practice for the 1980 Daytona 24 hours. This is the original 1979 factory configuration on this car By the time that we reached the IMSA Riverside Los Angeles Times Grand Prix in April, the Dick Barbour Racing team’s IMSA GT championship season had been...
The 962 C in the 1990 Le Mans driven by David Sears, Tiff Needell and Anthony Reid. It finished third overall Le Mans 1990 was a whole new ballgame. The circuit had changed drastically. The famous Mulsanne straight was now going to have two chicanes in the middle of it....
Official Daytona ’85 poster By 1981 at the earliest, and for sure by the 1983 season of sports car racing, it had become clear to most that the Porsche 935 was reaching the end of its useful racing life. While it had been a great car, it just could not...
Mont Ventoux, 18 June 1967 – Rolf Stommelen won this hillclimb driving a Porsche 910/8 Bergspyder Rolf Stommelen was one of Germany’s leading racing drivers for over a decade and if as the title (above) of his biography implies, he could drive anything anywhere, this was largely true. Although his...
‘Production line racer’ – in their quest to produce 25 running cars in time for the inspection by the FIA, Porsche pulled out all the stops as evidenced by the activity in this image The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le...
1970 Gulf Racing Porsche 917 K (chassis #917-024) If you would like to own a piece of motor racing history, no, make that a very significant piece of racing history, then pay attention. Porsche 917 K (chassis #917-024), once owned by the master of the 917 himself, Jo Siffert, was...
The inspired engineer behind so much of Porsche’s success, Helmuth Bott has long remained the company’s eminence grise, but little has been written about him. Now, Porsche Road & Race, looks at both the professional and private life of one of Porsche’s most devoted servants, revered by his subordinates, but...
