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Book Review: Porsche Sport 2019

Porsche Sport 2019 – © Gruppe C Motorsport Verlag The 27th publishing of this superb edition of Porsche Sport 2019 by Gruppe C Verlag, opens with this paragraph, “The year 2019 marked exactly half a century since a new competition sports car from Porsche was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show....
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People & Profiles

George Follmer the Stand-in Champion

Follmer with Vasek Pollack in 1976.
Follmer was born in Phoenix in 1934, though effectively he became a Californian as his family moved to Pasadena before he was two years old and it was in this northern suburb of Los Angeles that he grew up and raised his own family. He was, he says, a reasonable...
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Events

From a 356 to the latest 991.2 GT3 Clubsport

Rennsport Collective, Donington Hall, 20 July 2019: Porsche 996 GT1 Evo 1997 on display with numerous other Porsche classics They were all there, from a Pre-A 356 to the latest 991.2 GT3 Clubsport, by way of the most mouth-watering collection of 911s, 956 and 962s, including the indomitable 917. The...
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Targa 66

Porsches at the 2024 Targa 66

The Targa 66 event, founded by Brian Redman, is a prestigious motorsport gathering that pays homage to the rich heritage of sports car racing. Named in honor of the Targa Florio, a legendary road race in Sicily, Italy, the Targa 66 club invites enthusiasts and collectors to experience the thrill...
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WEC

2017 Mexico 6 Hour race report

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 Frédéric Makowiecki (#91 911 RSR) crossed the line in third place. The #77 911 RSR of Christian Ried,...
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Motorsport & Racing

2017 Nürburgring 6 Hour race report

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 in the 2017 Nürburgring 6 Hour. Class pole was set by Christensen on Saturday with a time of...
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Formula E

Porsche Customer Team Andretti Wins Season Opener

The former world champion, Jake Dennis, converted pole position into victory in a dramatic 30-lap showdown, reclaiming the lead after a late safety-car interruption by the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT and deploying his final Attack Mode to decisive effect. After a red flag set up a one-lap shootout to the...
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Motorsport & Racing

Gianmaria Bruni on the 911 RSR

There was great excitement in Porsche circles around the world, when it was announced earlier this year that the Italian Ferrari driver, Gianmaria Bruni, had split from his AF Corse Ferrari team and was to join the Porsche GTE ranks. His contract precluded him from racing for an opposition team inside six...
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Motorsport & RacingPRRRacing Drivers

Romain Dumas (FRA)

Romain Dumas, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 14th December 1977 Where: Alès, France Lives: Basel, Switzerland Marital Status: Partner Elysia, one son (Gabin) Height/Weight: 1.74 m/62 kg Hobbies: Rallying, jet-ski, jogging, squash A full season in the FIA World Endurance Championship as a Porsche works driver, including...
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Events

The “26 Hours” of Daytona Classic 24 – 2020

Yes, you might think the title is a mis- print, but it is not. HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) put on their now annual Historic 24-hour race for vintage cars at Daytona International Speedway from 4-8 November. This event is run in a similar fashion to the Le Mans 24 historic...
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Motorsport & Racing

What is your favourite Porsche Le Mans livery?

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...
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Porsche Life

Ice Race GP at Zell am See

After a 45-year hiatus, the popular Ice Race GP at Zell am See near the picturesque Austrian town of the same name, was revived last month to great acclaim. Thanks to an abundance of snow in the region, the race track, which is laid out on the frozen runway of...
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Carrera Cup

Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2016 Season Review

The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup GB season began at Silverstone, on a cold, bright day in March. For the first time, all the teams, cars and drivers who would light up six circuits over eight weekends and 16 rounds were together in one place. The class of 2016 was a...
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Porsche

Porsches at 2024 HSR Classic 6 Hours of The Glen

Photos by Chuck Andersen. The 2024 HSR Classic 6 Hours of The Glen was a thrilling spectacle at the historic Watkins Glen International circuit. This year’s event featured a s bevy of competing Porsches including a 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 718 GT4, Porsche 997.1 Cup, Porsche 356B, and many...
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For Sale

FOR SALE: Porsche 917 “Tribute”

Background The original 917 was developed by Porsche beginning in 1968 in anticipation of changes to FIA homologation rules allowing low-production prototypes to contest the 5.0-liter class of World Sports Car Championship competition. The flat-12-powered 917 claimed back-to-back victories at Le Mans while helping Porsche claim the 1970 and 1971...
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Porsche Video

VIDEO: ONBOARD A 500+Hp Monster Porsche 997 GT3-R

Porsche 997 GT3-R
The Sound of Hillclimb Happiness Rampa da Falperra specialist José Silvino Pires took his beautiful Porsche 997 GT3-R once again to the mythic Hillclimb held in Portugal, displaying the incredible sound and efficiency of this 4.0L Flat 6 Naturally Aspirated Monster, producing over 500Hp/9.400Rpm. While not built for Hillcimb Racing,...
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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche 911 GT3 R claims 3rd in Macau

German driver Laurin Heinrich concluded the FIA GT World Cup held as part of the 72nd Macau Grand Prix with a podium finish. The former Porsche Junior steered the customer team Schumacher CLRT’s Porsche 911 GT3 R to third place. All four remaining Porsche entries were caught up in early...
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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche made a solid start

#1, Porsche Team, Porsche 919 Hybrid,
Porsche made a solid start to their 2017 WEC campaign, when the #2 LMP1 919 Hybrid (Bernhard/Bamber/Hartley) finished second in the top class followed by the #1 car in third place (Jani/Lotterer/Tandy). On the podium in the GTE Pro class, was the #91 RSR of Richard Lietz/Fred Makowiecki, when they...
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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche & Indy – The Tale of Two Worlds (Part 1)

Between 1987 and 1990, Porsche forged a remarkable path in American motorsports, with one of its most memorable moments being the team’s short-lived, yet intense, stint in CART/IndyCar. Join us in the first part about the story of this adventure, as the Zuffenhausen-based company tried to establish itself in the...
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WEC

6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Preview

Our second trip to Spa in the 2018/2019 Super Season takes place at a time when the teams, across all four classes, have built up a considerable depth of experience and momentum in the championship. This time last year we had a dry race with brilliant sunshine from beginning to...
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Motorsport & RacingPRRRacing Drivers

Timo Bernhard (GER)

Timo Bernhard, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 24 February 1981 Where: Homburg/Saar (Germany) Lives: Bruchmühlbach-Miesau (Germany) Marital status: Married to Katharina, sons Paul and Ben Height/Weight: 1.74 m/60 kg Hobbies: Fitness, music, rally, running He has won all major sports car endurance races: Daytona, Sebring, and the...
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Motorsport & RacingPRRWEC

Spa 6 Hour race report

#1, Porsche 919 Hybrid at the 6h of Spa, 2017
#1, Porsche Team, Porsche 919 Hybrid, driven by Neel Jani, Andre Lotterer, Nick Tandy at WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2017, Spa-Francorchamps race circuit, on 06.05.2017 It was a case of ‘what might have been’ as the two LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrids experienced frustrating delays during the Spa 6 Hour...
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Carrera Cup

2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America at Sebring

On March 15, the all-Porsche championship’s weekend featured its second 40-minute race, showcasing 43 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars competing for dominance on Sebring International Raceway’s 3.74-mile track. The initial two rounds highlighted victories by first-time race winners in the top Pro class, as well as seasoned champions reclaiming...
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Carrera Cup

Julien Andlauer leads after Magny-Cours

Last weekend the competitors in the French Carrera Cup travelled to Nevers Magny-Cours for the fourth race meeting of the 2017 season, for rounds six and seven of the Porsche Carrera Cup France. The series accompanied the newly created GT4 Southern Cup and other French racing series. The 4.4km racetrack...
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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche 919 Hybrid wins in Texas

Porsche secured its fifth win of the season at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas on 17 September 2016, extending its lead in the manufacturers’ standings of the FIA World Endurance Championship. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get...
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Book Reviews

Le Mans: The Official History 1980–89

Le Mans: The Official History Of The World’s Greatest Motor Race 1980–89 This edition, spanning 1980-1989, covers one of the most exciting post war periods in motorsport. The 1960s and 1970s were of course both decades that were every bit as exciting, but the 1980s perhaps represents the final decade...
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Motorsport & Racing

Mini-Series Porsche GT Racing Part 4

This feature, the fourth in our mini-series, picks up where we left off last time (Part 3: 2013-2016) and highlights the continued growth and success of the evergreen Porsche 911 on the UK and European motorsport scene between 2017 and 2019. 2017 Silverstone 6 Hours, 16 April 2017 The Silverstone...
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Imsa Weathertech Sportscar Championship

Porsche Podiums In Detroit

The two Porsche 963 from Porsche Penske Motorsport wrapped up the 100-minute Detroit street race in third and fourth. In a thrilling fifth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Matt Campbell (Australia) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) clinched a podium spot with the No. 6 car. Championship leaders Felipe Nasr...
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Porsche Video

VIDEO: 24h Le Mans 1958

24h Le Mans 1958
The 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 26th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 21 and 22 June 1958. It was also the fifth round of the 1958 World Sports Car Championship. Ferrari had 10 cars start the race with only two finishing but one, a...
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Motorsport & Racing

Notable 1976 Porsche 934s

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...
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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche Sprint Challenge: 16 Years Old Girl Wins!

Swedish schoolgirl Alexia Danielsson has just claimed victory in the season opener of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia – aged just 16. Countless thoughts will enter the mind of a student about to sit a geography exam. They are unlikely, however, to be preoccupied by their impending debut in the...
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Porsche News

Taycan Turbo GT

The Porsche Taycan Turbo GT will be the new Formula E safety car. At the double header in Berlin on 11 and 12 May, the most powerful production Porsche of all time will assume the role of safety car in the all-electric world championship. The new Taycan was presented in...
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Motorsport & Racing

Podium for Porsche 911 GT3 R at season finale

The 2016 motorsport season ended successfully for Porsche at the Intercontinental GT Challenge 12-hour race on the Sepang International Circuit on 11 December 2016. Second place went to Earl Bamber, Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy, while their teammates clinched fifth place at the final round. With a spectacular charge through...
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Homepage Feature

Nick Tandy: Porsche’s “Mr. 24 Hours”

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...
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Events

Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty-Six Track Day

From 19-21 February 2021, Brian Redman will again host a superb gathering of top-notch high-performance sports cars and race cars at Palm Beach International Raceway. The exclusive Targa 66 event is open to invitees and their customers over the weekend and this year, Brian will also be celebrating the 30th...
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Porsche News

Manthey Shakedown of 911 GT3 R

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...
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Motorsport & Racing

Optimized 911 GT3 R Announced

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...
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Motorsport & RacingPRRRacing Drivers

Jörg Bergmeister (GER)

Jörg Bergmeister, Porsche works driver, 2016 Le Mans 24H Born: 13 February 1976 Where: Leverkusen, Germany Lives: Langenfeld, Germany Marital status: Single, 1 child Height/Weight: 1.94 m/80 kg Hobbies: Snowboarding Of all the successes that Jörg Bergmeister has celebrated with Porsche, he is particularly proud of his victories at the...
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WEC

Le Mans 2019 – preview of race week

Before we arrived in Le Mans for the start of the 2019 week of activities, we knew that the weather was going to be very changeable. Unfortunately we got to our administrative registration too late in the day to still make Sunday’s scrutineering session, but we made it to the...
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Events

Goodwood SpeedWeek 2020 Weekend Action

(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...
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Porsche News

Special Exhibition at the Porsche Museum

#23 Porsche 917 KH 580 hp at the Le Mans 50 years victory celebration at the Museum on 13/14 June 2020
More than 4.75 million visitors have passed through the doors of Porsche’s Museum in Stuttgart since the company officially opened its doors to the public on 31 January 2009. There is no question, the road and race cars on display make for fantastic viewing, and when compared to the old...
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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche Penske Motorsport wins Watkins Glen

Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 7 Porsche 963 has won the IMSA race in Watkins Glen. The Daytona winners and championship leaders Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron beat their rivals to the finish line after a gripping and rain-sodden six-hour race. The sister car, driven by Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet,...
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Carrera Cup

Porsche Carrera Cup Le Mans 2017

Every year, during the Le Mans 24 Hours weekend, some other motor racing series shares the paddock and the race track with the 60 teams taking part at the race world’s famous endurance event. For the 2017 edition, there were two series to accompany the race week: Road to Le...
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Formula E

Porsche’s first Formula E Championship

Porsche in Formula E Porsche continues its fifth Formula E season in 2023/2024. In addition to the works-run TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, the American customer team Andretti Formula E competes with the Porsche 99X Electric. The innovative electric racing car concept was developed at the net CO₂-neutral Weissach...
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WEC

Two Days to go – Le Mans 24 Hour 2018

The Porsche #LeMans24 Class of 2018, on 12/06/2018
Qualifying 1 (Q1) for the Le Mans 24 Hour went off on Wednesday night without too much fanfare or drama. Before that Free Practice 1 (FP1) in the afternoon offered the teams the opportunity to put their cars and drivers through the paces at will and so not too much...
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Porsche Video

VIDEO: Porsche 936 Wins LeMans in 1976

Porsche 936 Wins LeMans in 1976
The Porsche 936 was a racing car introduced in 1976 by Porsche as a delayed successor to the Porsche 908, a three litre sportscar prototype which was retired by the factory after 1971. Its name came from using a variant of the Porsche 930’s turbocharged engine, as well as competing...
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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche at Spa Classic 2025

Photography by Matty White Media. Few places test a car’s soul quite like Spa-Francorchamps. Historic racing returned to the legendary circuit for the 2025 Spa Classic, with Porsche once again playing a central role across multiple categories. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium...
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Events

Targa Sixty Six 2022

Brian Redman standing next to Porsce on track at Targa Sixty Six
Endurance racing legend Brian Redman is once again hosting Targa Sixty Six, a vintage race car gathering he founded in 1991 where owners can “properly exercise” their sleek machinery in a controlled atmosphere. This year’s event will be held from February 11-13 at the 10-turn Palm Beach International Raceway just...
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Porsche Video

VIDEO: Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (1974) OnBoard

Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (1974) OnBoard
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (1974) by Historika – Monza Historic 2020 + OnBoard, 3-Litre Flat-Six Sound! This great and original 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR, chassis 0060015, took to the track in the 2020 edition of the Monza Historic by Peter Auto. Prepared by Historika Klassik Porsche, competes with Andrew...
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