#2 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by: Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley, 6 hours of Nürburgring 2017 What a wave of jubilation must have swept through the pit garage of the #92 Porsche RSR of Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre when they realised that they had secured pole position...
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...
It’s out, the new model Porsche 911 RSR was launched this evening at the LA Auto Show. Porsche will tackle the 2017 racing season with its all-out newly developed GT racer which features an ultra-modern, flat-six unit positioned in front of the rear axle. The four-litre, extremely light aggregate features...
His name is inseparable from the Porsche 962. When Hans-Joachim Stuck climbed into the cockpit of the Group C prototype in the mid-1980s, it marked the most successful chapter of his long career. Renowned for his ability to maintain a relentless pace over long distances and for the meticulous feedback...
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...
Porsche 962-003 finished 3rd in the 1985 Le Mans 24 Hours and came back in 1986 to win the race overall. Other victories include: Hockenheim 1000 Km, Mosport 1000 Km, Brands Hatch 1000 Km, Monza 360 Km, with numerous other podium results From 19-21 February 2021, Brian Redman will again...
The new Porsche 963 has now been unleashed by the Porsche Penske Motorsport team to claim victory in the greatest endurance races in the world. Starting 2023, two of the hybrid LMDh-spec prototypes will be competing in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. On Friday,...
Daytona paddock – 24 January 2018 Continuing with our Daytona diary, Martin has sent us the following selection of images from the Rolex 24. So catch up with the action… Wednesday’s on track activity was limited to practice for the Ferrari challenge and the IMSA Continental Challenge. The Weathertech cars...
Photography by Matty White Media. A supremely promising early phase of the World Endurance Championship in 2024 shone favorably on Porsche, where their Factory Hypercars were performing well. Customer Hypercars in the hands of Jota and Proton were dominating, and the GT3 entries run by Manthey were the toast of...
Movie star and racing driver Steve McQueen had an idea to make a film based on the Le Mans 24H racing. He had a personal Porsche 908 K Flunder Spyder (chassis 908-022) in which he had scored second in 1970 Sebring 12H. For the Le Mans the car was converted...
WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours, 5 May 2018: Pascal Zurlinden chats to a journalist during the ‘Meet the Team’ media session The evening before the opening round of the WEC season at Spa, Porsche Road & Race had the opportunity of chatting to Pascal Zurlinden, Director GT Factory Motorsports, about the 2018 Porsche...
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,...
The No. 8 Toyota (closest to the camera) leads the Hypercar class across the start line
Le Mans 24 Hours, Saturday 11 June 2022: The pre-race grid is packed with enthusiastic race goers Race day dawned with a blanket of morning mist covering the area. It was a crisp morning as I departed my accommodation to the east of Le Mans at around 07h15, and making...
Porsche 935 chassis no. 009 00030, the Old Warhorse speeds up the hill at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed with Brian Redman at the helm This is a story of the incredible career of Porsche 935 009 00030, one of the most amazing race cars ever, or as someone...
Porsches have scored a record 16 overall victories at Le Mans, 14 similar triumphs in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and eight 12-hour wins at Sebring, and upon all of them can be found the fingerprints of Norbert Singer. A 30-year-old graduate engineer with a Masters in Mechanical Engineer, Aviation...
FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, 15 September 2017: #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley This last weekend saw a convincing performance by the factory Porsches, in both the LMP1 class and GTE Pro class at the Circuit of the...
View over the Spa-Francorchamps pit complex and race track, showing approaching storm in the distance, 3 May 2017 Porsche starts the new world championship season at Spa in the six-hour race at the famous circuit in the Ardennes region of Belgium on 5 May 2018. This is the first race...
Porsche 934 ahead of other cars during race
1976 saw 31 customer 934 cars built. Chassis numbers run from 930 670 0151 to 0180 (plus 930 670 0540). The Porsche 934, first introduced in 1976, was the Group 4 GT race version of the Typ 930 Turbo road car. Group 4 in 1976 rules insisted that four hundred...
The adventure begins Organized by the Petersen Automotive Museum, the Rennsport Reunion 7 Rally began September 27th at an amazing private collection in Southern California. Porsche enthusiasts ventured through some of the most exciting canyons, and gorgeous vineyard roads, and cruised along California’s most famous highways. Day 1 ended in...
The #74 Porsche 911 RS 3.0 of Mark and James Bates is followed into Luffield by the #24 Porsche 911 RSR 2.9 at the start of the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car race at the Silverstone Classic 2017 This last weekend’s 2017 Silverstone Classic was a triumph in many ways,...
Le Mans 24 Hour, 13-14 June 2015: Lined up prior to the formation lap are (from L-R) – the #18 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Marc Lieb/Romain Dumas/Neel Jani (finished 5th); #17 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Timo Bernhard/Brendon Hartley/Mark Webber (finished 2nd); #19 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Earl...
Le Mans 24 Hours, 19/20 September 2020: The pit lane on Wednesday during the afternoon scrutineering process Under unseasonably hot conditions for late September, the 88th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours is finally a reality. Postponed from its traditional mid-June date, the world famous endurance race fell victim...
Round 1 WEC, Silverstone 6 Hours, 14-16 April 2017: #92 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre leaves the pit garage It was a long time in coming, or so it seemed, but when the 2017 Porsche 911 RSR was unveiled at the LA Auto Show on...
WHEN the F.I.A. changed the regulations in the middle of last year governing sports prototype racing, it didn’t give a fair chance to the two long-distance races early in the year at Daytona and Sebring to obtain a very good entry. With the demise of the giants the Porsche team...
Dirk Werner, Porsche GT works driver
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...
An ecstatic Porsche team after their World Championship victory in Shanghai The team in the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid, Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber scored a start-to-finish victory in the Shanghai round of the World Endurance Championships (WEC) on 6 November 2016. This race, the eighth and penultimate...
Vintage and Modern combined Amid a cadre of historic, even legendary, Porsche race and road cars in attendance at Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7, September 28 – October 1 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, will be 36 equally presented Porsche race cars; all built within the last three...
As part of the official DTM test and media days from the first to the second of April at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Manthey started the 2025 season for the first time with three cars and a new driver lineup. After a day of media productions, Ayhancan Güven (Turkey), Thomas...
Today, around 350 employees drive forward the now internationally recognized company in four business divisions in motorsport and the automotive industry. Founded in 1996 by Olaf Manthey as a small racing team under the name “Manthey Racing” and acquired in 2013 by brothers Martin and Nicolas Raeder as part of...
Monterey Sportscar Championship, Laguna Seca, 15 September 2019: As usual at Laguna Seca, traffic was heavy IMSA once again came to Laguna Seca for the penultimate round in the 2019 Championship. There was a buzz of excitement in the air at Laguna this year, as the track has scheduled a...
Porsche at Le Mans
Porsche at Le Mans – The Ultimate Guide to Every Year & Every Result Circuit de la Sarthe is situated 130 miles/209 km west of Paris beside the city of Le Mans in the Sarthe county. The circuit is mostly a combination of country roads closed for the race, but...
Highlights 962-010’: the very last works chassis to be used by the factory team Driven to 2nd place at Le Mans by Derek Bell, Hans Stuck and Klaus Ludwig Impeccable ownership history since sale by Porsche in 1989 Amazing time capsule condition, untouched since her last race Background Few cars...
Porsche 911 991.1 GT3 RS
Jean Behra following his accident at Caracas 3 November 1957 Staring out of period black and white photographs, Jean Behra’s handsome, but battered face tells its own story: a combative soul who seemed to thrive only when living on the ragged edge and for whom an exploit was either going...
Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy is the unofficial king of endurance racing since January 26 of this year: The Briton clinched victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona at the wheel of a Porsche 963, completing the coveted “Grand Slam” of endurance racing. Throughout his impressive career, Tandy has taken...
Goodwood Members’ Meeting to celebrate 75 years of Porsche with spectacular on-track demonstrations Goodwood is delighted to announce that the 80th Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport will host a spectacular on-track demonstration celebrating 75 years of Porsche. Just as Stuttcars has covered previous Porsche outings at Goodwood, we’ll be...
Highlights Four-round schedule designed to expand existing PCA Club Racing activities PMNA to provide on-site engineering, parts, and marketing support USAC to oversee pre-race and post-race technical inspections Eligible cars: 911 GT3 Cup (Types 992.1 & 991.2), 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, and 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport New for 2026...
Porsche Penske Motorsport has clinched its second consecutive victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Last year’s winner Felipe Nasr from Brazil, Nick Tandy from the United Kingdom, and Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium steered the number 7 Porsche 963 to the top step of the podium. This milestone marks Porsche’s...
Throughout the four-day festival dedicated to car culture and motorsport, Porsche is exhibiting its latest models with the support of a star-studded cast of personalities whose individual passion, ambition, and dreams mirror that of the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer. Dua Lipa and Adrien Brody at the Festival of Speed Pop...
Mexico 6 Hours, 3 September 2017: The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid leads the pack into the first corner The Porsche LMP1 team scored the perfect result in Mexico at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with a 1-2 finish for the two 919 Hybrids. In the GTE Pro class, Richard Lietz and...
Porsche is returning to LMP1 for the first time since 1998. We took a look back at why the German manufacturer’s return is so important. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
(From L-R) 1995 Porsche WSC-95 in which Tom Kristensen registered his first Le Mans win (1997) and the first Porsche to win Le Mans outright, the #23 Porsche 917K driven by Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood at the 1970 race Regular Goodwood attendees would have been starved of all the...
Porsche’s works drivers Kévin Estre, André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor have secured the drivers’ world championship crown at the final round of this season’s FIA World Endurance Championship. At the eight-hour race in Bahrain, the trio crossed the finish line eleventh in their hybrid prototype – enough to claim the...
Porsche is set to launch a further refined version of the successful 911 GT3 R for the 2026 season. The new GT3 race car incorporates a range of detailed optimizations, including reworked aerodynamics. Since its debut at the start of 2023, the current Porsche 911 GT3 R has built an...
Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans by Tim Considine © Toll Hall Sexton Books Over the years, there has been a lot written on the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours, a race which has earned the reputation as one of the most challenging endurance races...
The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup enters the second half of the season this weekend at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix circuit. As part of the Belgian Grand Prix support program, 30 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars will line up on the grid. The title fight has intensified even further following...
For the 2004 and 2005 racing season, Porsche Motorsport used the 911 GT3 RSR. This near-standard racing sportscar aimed to keep private customer teams competitive in international Gran Turismo sport and to continue the success of the predecessor model which won its class at the Le Mans 24 Hours five...
Porsche Penske Motorsport’s two Porsche 963 have once again secured first and second place, this time at the sprint race in Long Beach. In the 100-minute dash on the narrow street circuit in California, Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy notched up victory number three at the third race of the...
Daytona Rolex 24 Hour
Words and Images by Kevin Ehrlich and Martin Raffauf An endurance race around the clock can pivot on the events of seconds.  The margin at the finish of the 2024 Rolex 24 was only two seconds.  Porsche’s Filipe Nasr outlasted Tom Blomquist to claim Porsche’s 19th overall win as a...
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...
This year was the 58th Running of the Daytona 24. It started in 1962 at just three hours in length, expanded to 2000 km, then 24 hours in 1966. The 1972 race was shortened to six hours, and the 1974 race was cancelled due to the fuel crisis in the...
Top Tier Penske Porsche Penske Motorsport has set its sights on overall victory at the upcoming 24 Hours of Daytona. At the opening round of the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the works team competes with two Porsche 963 and a top driver line-up. The hybrid prototype from Weissach heads...
Photos courtesy Porsche and Chuck Anderson High expectations for Porsche not realized at the Sebring 12 Hours Unlike previous years where Stuttcars have reported on Porsche dominating the 12 hour endurance spectacle, 2023 was a reminder of the “tough luck” side of racing. Porsche was the verge of an improbable...
Kyalami 9 Hour, 21-23 November 2019: #09 Team Perfect Circle Porsche 911 GT3 R On 23 November 2019, the sound of approximately 15,000 bhp will break the long silence that has persisted over the famous Midrand circuit as twenty-eight top GT3 race cars tear down the start/finish straight in the...