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How a Porsche survived at Le Mans on Coca-Cola

Le Mans 24 Hours, 10-11 June 1989: Just after the start of the race, the #15 Richard Lloyd Racing Porsche 962 GTi of Steven Andskar, David Hobbs and Damon Hill passes the pits When you were last with Richard Wiley, we were hurtling around a damp La Sarthe in 1988...

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History and future of the Porsche 911

In the beginning… The engine of the Porsche 911 has come a long way over the past 60 years, now with four times the power from twice the displacement. Its drive technology has continued to develop, but the fundamental concept has remained unchanged—whether naturally aspirated, as a turbo, or in...

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Porsche 964 Carrera Cup: Press Information

Austro-Daimler

Porsche’s Grand Prix Austro Daimlers

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Vintage Racecar Articles

Erwin Kremer

The Kremer Brothers, Erwin and Manfred, have been in the racecar preparation and construction business for nearly 40 years. Their names are virtually synonymous with Porsche racing machines, and they have won races and championships in GT, sports, prototype, IMSA, Group C, Porsche Cup and many other series over that...

Carrera Cup

Podium for John McCullagh in Snetterton Carrera Cup

John McCullagh announced his return to the Porsche Carrera Cup with a magnificent third-place finish for Round 8 of the UK’s fastest single-make racing series at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk on 29/30 July. Podium with Alex Martin 1st, Justin Sherwood in 2nd and John McCullagh 3rd at the Porsche...

Specs & Performance

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) (2006) – Specifications & Performance

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Porsche reveals new 992-based RSR at Goodwood

Over the years, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has hosted hundreds of historic Porsches in its paddocks and up Lord March’s sinuous driveway, but this year the limelight was usurped by a newcomer from Weissach – the 95% new 992-based RSR for the upcoming WEC and IMSA campaigns. The fact...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche Penske Motorsport earns best-placed LMDh prototype at Spa 6 hours

Spa 6 hours Porsche Penske Motorsport wrapped up the six-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in fourth place with the Porsche 963. Michael Christensen, Dane Cameron and Frédéric Makowiecki missed out on claiming a podium result by less than three seconds. This makes the hybrid prototype again the best-placed LMDh-compliant hypercar vehicle...

People & Profiles

Michael Christensen (DK)

Michael Christensen, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 28 August 1990 Where: Greve, Denmark Lives: Vienna, Austria Marital status: Single Height/Weight: 1.81 m/75 kg Hobbies: Football, fitness, Play Station In the autumn of 2011, a dream came true for Michael Christensen. The Dane pitted himself against many other...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche and the Triple Crown of endurance racing

Le Mans 24 Hours, 13-14 June 1970: A jubilant Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood are given a ride on the back of a truck as they celebrate Porsche’s first victory in the French endurance race There are three Sports Car endurance races that have been run over the past sixty-plus...

Events

Goodwood 76th Members’ Meeting

Porsche 935/78 “Moby Dick” Coupé, photographed at the Porsche Warehouse in May 2017 Set for this weekend, 17-18 March, the 76th Members’ Meeting at the Goodwood Motor Circuit is bound to be an absolute humdinger. If you are a Porsche enthusiast, then I hope that you have your ticket safely...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche “one-two” at 12 Hours of Sebring

Porsche has clinched first and second place at round two of this year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Brazilian Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy from Great Britain, and Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium swept to victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring at the wheel of their No. 7 Porsche 963. This victory...

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,...

Porsche News

Announcing the 2019 Porsche 911 RSR

Improving a Car That’s Already Excellent The Porsche 911 RSR is a car that has won more than 20 FIA World Endurance Championship races. Porsche hasn’t decided to rest on its laurels, though. The company didn’t even want to make evolutionary changes to its winning racecar. Instead, it replaced 95 percent...

Carrera Cup

The world’s toughest street race

FIA GT World Cup Macau (China), 15-18 November 2018: #911 Manthey-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Laurens Vanthoor and the #912 Manthey-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Earl Bamber There will be four Porsche 911 GT3 R on the starting line of the world’s toughest street race, the FIA GT...

Specs & Performance

Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 (997) (2011) – Specifications & Performance

2011 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 (997) Technical Specifications Engine Configuration B6 Location Rear, longitudinally mounted Construction aluminium block and head Displacement 3,996 cc / 243.9 cu in Bore / Stroke 102.7 mm (4 in) / 80.4 mm (3.2 in) Valvetrain 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC Fuel feed Fuel...

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VIDEO: Porsche Turbo Cup Pikes Peak Run Is An 800hp Orgy of Turbo Awesomeness

Sub 10 Minute Pikes Peak Run in Porsche 911 GT3 Turbo Cup On the quest to break his own personal recordJeff Zwart attempts a sub-10 minute Pikes Peak run. With his 800 horsepower Porsche 911 GT3 Turbo Cup as his weapon for the 12.42 mile Pikes Peak International Hill Climb course, he...

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1973 3-litre Martini Porsche Carrera RSR

Background In the early 1970s, a new European Grand Touring Championship gave the competition 911s a fresh lease of life. This model almost completely filled race grids. By the Autumn of 1972, Porsche launched its new 911 ‘Carrera’ with engine capacity raised from 2.4 to 2.7-litres, and a batch of...

Carrera Cup

Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup at Rennsport 7

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...

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VIDEO: Porsche 997 GT3 Rallye (Insane Pure Sound) In HD

Porsche 997 GT3 Rally / Racing Amazing Pure Sound

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People & Profiles

Dirk Werner (GER)

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...

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A Win That Counted: 1998 Le Mans 24

With Stuttgart neighbor Mercedes on the rampage, Porsche had trouble on the track in the late 1990s GT1 era. But when it was essential to pull out a win at Le Mans to celebrate Porsche’s 50 years of making cars, the GT1/98 had what it took. Planning for Le Mans...

People & Profiles

Richard Lietz (AUT)

Richard Lietz, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 17 December 1983 Where: Waidhofen, Austria Lives: Ybbsitz, Austria Marital status: Single Height/Weight: 1.83 m/73 kg Hobbies: Rallying, jogging, climbing, cycling Richard Lietz, a man for all seasons, and for all racing series. The Austrian celebrated the greatest success of...

WEC

WEC Round 3 Silverstone 6 Hour Wrap Up

WEC Silverstone 6 Hour, 19 August 2018: Crowds lining the spectator balcony of The Wing look down at the packed grid prior to the start of the race During the closing stages of FP2, I was photographing at Club Corner, just as the cars entered the start/finish straight. The #91...

People & Profiles

Interview: Norbert Singer

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...

Motorsport & Racing

Patrick Lindsey: From Street Racing in LA to Le Mans 24H

#56, Team Project 1, Porsche 911 RSR, LMGTE Am, driven by: Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Lindsey, Egidio Perfetti on 11/06/2018 at the 24H of Le Mans, 2018 The career of Patrick Lindsey, one of the Project1 Porsche RSR drivers, will hit a high point on the weekend of 16/17 June 2018...

Motorsport & Racing

ADAC Total 24 Hours – One for the Record Books

ADAC Total 24 Hours, Nürburgring, 20-23 June 2019: The first corner on the first lap is always a hectic place, with the drivers trying to keep it clean but at the same time taking any little gap that presents itself I have worked at many race tracks in the UK...

Le Mans 24 Hours

Porsche attacks Le Mans 24 on manufacture’s 75th birthday

Preview The Porsche Penske Motorsport works team has one goal at the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 75th birthday of the sports car brand from Stuttgart: Outright victory on the Circuit des 24 Heures. To maximize the chances in the fiercely competitive new Hypercar...

Daytona 24

Porsche at the 24 Hours of Daytona

With 20 overall victories, Porsche is by far the most successful manufacturer in Daytona. Added to this are more than 40 class victories at the famous 24-hour classic in the US state of Florida. On 24 January, the Porsche Penske Motorsport factory team aims to continue this success story. For...

Carrera Cup

Thrilling finale to the 2018 Porsche Supercup in Mexico

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Mexico, 27/28 October 2018: The start of Round 9 Perhaps it was inevitable that Michael Ammermüller took the title, but there was a thrilling finale to the 2018 Porsche Supercup in Mexico. Consisting of two rounds, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, the title went...

Sebring 12 Hours

2023 HSR 12 Hours at Sebring

Photos by Chuck Andersen In a fiercely competitive and action-packed manner, the eighth installment of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Sebring 12 Hour unfolded on a Sunday afternoon at Sebring International Raceway. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already...

WEC

Le Mans 2019 – preview of race week

Ford Chicane during practice on 12 June 2019 on 12/06/2019 at the Le Mans 24H 2019 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...

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Porsche’s fabulous 968 Turbo RS

1993 Porsche 968 Turbo RS The story of the fabulous 968 Turbo RS, one of Porsche’s sweetest front-engined racers, might be full of ‘what ifs’ and ‘if only’ but it is also certainly a story of lost opportunities. The end of the 1992 motor sport season saw the curtain fall...

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The Porsche 956 Group C: 40 Years After Its First Win At Le Mans

There are many legendary Porsche racing cars that command respect for their legacy, their series of wins in a season, or their pure technological advancement. The Porsche 917LH and the Porsche 917K come immediately to mind, as well as the 935/78 “Moby Dick” (for having one of the craziest whale...

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VIDEO: Porsche 997 GT3 RSR at Full Attack – Onboard at Paul Ricard

Since its launch, the Porsche 911 has played a key role in motorsport, especially in endurance racing. Two years after its debut, the 911 S won the 2-litre GT class at Le Mans. By the mid-1970s, Porsche introduced the RSR—a race-focused 911 that became the foundation for decades of success...

Vintage Car Racing

Vintage Porsche Racers of the Pacific Northwest

The Porsche legend endures Porsche are possibly the most popular sports car. We love our Porsches and we use them on the track. In the past we have seen grids of 356’s. They faded in numbers but while not a car that resides here, this famous example visited the last...

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VIDEO: Driving Two Of Porsche’s Best 911 Racing Cars

In the realm of high-performance automobiles, few names evoke as much reverence as Porsche’s iconic 911 series. Revered for their precision engineering, relentless speed, and sheer driving pleasure, these vehicles have long been the benchmark for sports cars. However, Porsche’s prowess extends beyond the realm of road cars, with the...

Motorsport & Racing

Behind the scenes with the Porsche GT Team at the greatest 24-hour classics

Le Mans 24 Hours, 15-16 June 2019: The #93 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR (GTE Pro) driven by Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber approaches the Dunlop Curves after completing the first lap of the race Two of the world’s greatest endurance races for GT vehicles within eight days...

Book Reviews

Powered by Porsche – The Alternative Race Cars

With a company like Porsche developing powerful and efficient race engines, it was inevitable that other body and chassis builders would plant a Porsche engine into one of their own creations. With so many builders doing this, it was therefore inevitable too, that an author would sooner or later pick...

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Porsche Penske Motorsport: Tire Strategy Is Key

Season opener in Qatar Porsche Penske Motorsport has completed the preparatory test drives, the so-called prologue. The season opener in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) is just around the corner. The 10-hour ‘Qatar 1812 km race starts this Friday (28 February) in Doha. Porsche returns to the Lusail International...

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Dr. F. Porsche & Mercedes: 1923 – 1928

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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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VIDEO: Porsche Triple Victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1982

With the dawning of the 1982 season, the introduction of the Group C era ushered in a new breed of closed race cars that conformed to an 800kg minimum weight requirement amongst a host of other dimensional and fuel consumption regulations. In many ways, Group C which rand for more...

Motorsport & Racing

Expansion of Porsche’s worldwide GT programme announced for 2018

Line-up of official 2018 Porsche works drivers announced at Porsche Night of Champions 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...

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Dick Barbour Racing at the 1980 Le Mans 24 Hours

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...

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Autobau – the hidden gem

The front door of Autobau, which is built inside a turn of the 20th century alcohol storage facility There is a collection of cars that every racing and car enthusiast should see. It is at the Autobau, located in Romanshorn, Switzerland. On the southern shore of Lake Constance, the Autobau...

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VIDEO: Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 Pure Car Sound!

Carrera RSR 3.0 Sounds Spectacular Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 in action! Natural Sound. 1974 Porsche 911 RSR 3.0 a historic Race car of Le Mans 24 Hours! 182.7 cu in. | 3.0 L. – 315 BHP (231.84 KW) @ 8000 RPM. Drivers: #96 – Santiago ORJUELA / Juan ORJUELA...

Motorsport & Racing

Brumos Collection and Brumos Racing Return to Pikes Peak in 2023

Race to the clouds The Brumos Collection and Brumos Racing announced today that they will compete for the second straight year at the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, brought to you by Gran Turismo, on June 25, 2023. Also known as The Race to the...

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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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12 Hours of Sebring 2017: Pre-Race

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...

Porsche of the Day

Porsche of the Day: 2018 Le Mans Scrutineering Ebimotors Porsche 911 RSR

Looking back to the 2018 Le Mans scrutineering of Monday 11 June, the teams, spectators and assembled media enjoyed equal quantities of bright sunshine and torrential downpours. The Ebimotors team gathered with their #80 Porsche RSR for the family snap just as another downpour descended upon all and sundry (drivers:...

Book Reviews

Le Mans: The Official History 1930–39

Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this lavishly illustrated book is the seventh title in this decade-by-decade series. The series covers what has become the most important and celebrated endurance race on the international motorsport calendar, from its very beginning to...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche seeks Sebring 12 Hour Victory in 2024

Porsche Penske Motorsport is determined to continue its impressive streak in the 2024 season. After clinching wins at the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Daytona and at the first race of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship WEC in Qatar, the works team now heads to...

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1973 Daytona 24 Hour – An auspicious debut for the Porsche Carrera RSR

Daytona 24 Hours, 3-4 February 1973: The start 1973 Daytona 24 hours led by John Watson in the Mirage on pole 1973 saw a return to normality for the Daytona 24-hour race. The distance was set back at 24 hours, after running only a 6-hour length in 1972. Ferrari in...

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VIDEO: 50 years of Porsche 911: Motorsports

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The Dauer Deception

One of the most colorful episodes in the history of Porsche was their 13th Le Mans victory in 1994 with the racing version of a road car derived from a racing car. This hubris served the car company well and less so a participant. This was the car that Porsche...

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VIDEO: Porsche’s new 963 LMDh Le Mans car makes debut at Goodwood

The first LMDh car in the world to be fully revealed and driving is the Porsche 963 and it made its debut on the Hill at the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard today. It will race with Penske at Le Mans, Sebring, Daytona and in both IMSA and WEC...

Motorsport & Racing

Team Manthey podiums in Dubai

In the second race weekend of the 2024/2025 Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS), Manthey again demonstrated strong performance with their two Porsche 911 GT3 R. After a nearly one-hour race interruption in Saturday’s race, Ryan Hardwick (USA), Richard Lietz (Austria), and Riccardo Pera (Italy) secured their second ALMS podium finish,...

Motorsport & Racing

Can Hypercar do the trick?

Le Mans 24 Hours, 14-15 June 1969: On the final lap, the No. 64 Porsche 908 LH of Hans Herrmann/Gérard Larrousse swapped places with the No. 6 Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx/Jackie Oliver as many as five times. The two cars were so evenly matched that what the Ford lacked...

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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End of the road for Porsche’s 919 Hybrid

Nürburgring, 12 May 2018: The Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo (left) just prior to the 24-hour race. Timo Bernhard was on hand to perform several demonstration laps for the eager crowds along with the Museum’s Porsche 956/83-005 (right) which was driven by Hans Stuck In July 2017, Porsche shocked the motorsport...

WEC

Porsche prepares to defend its Le Mans title

Porsche 911 RSR: Porsche GT Team (#91) – Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Frédéric Makowiecki; Porsche GT Team (#92) – Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor Although the factory squad was crowned the World Manufacturers champions for the first 2018/2019 Super Season, their success in the forthcoming 24-hour race...

Events

Ninth Le Mans Classic

Exciting starting grid at the Le Mans Legends 2007 This coming weekend sees the running of the ninth Le Mans Classic on the famous Circuit de la Sarthe. The event, created by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Peter Auto almost two decades ago, has become the jewel in the...

Carrera Cup

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Heads To Belgium

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...

Porsche 935 Tribute

Porsche 935/19: The Carbon Fiber Orphan

The silhouette is familiar. With weaves of carbon fiber covering almost every external surface, the Porsche 935/19 cuts an unmistakable shape. Like a black hole, it absorbs light and emits it judiciously. No chrome bits compete for attention. The car has presence. It has a sense of occasion. It is...

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Porsche 917 turns 50 years in 2019

1969 Porsche 917 LH poses outside the workshops in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen © Porsche Werkfoto The world has become obsessed with anniversaries or facts that you can leverage, in order to bring your message across. And that is also true to some extent about this account of a legendary race car, but...

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VIDEO: Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Insane 3.6-liter Flat-6 Sound!

Porsche 996 GT3 RS & RSR Insane 3.6-liter Flat-6 Sound!

Turn Up the Volume to the Perfect Flat 6 Screaming Sounds This video is about a couple of Porsche 996 GT3 RSs I saw during a few hillclimb races and a Red Bull livered 996 GT3 RSR I recorded at Monza Circuit. The RS is moved by a 3.6-liter flat-six...

Motorsport & Racing

The 1979 Sebring 12 Hour – The Tortoise comes through

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,...

Book Reviews

Book Review: Porsche Sport 2018

Porsche Sport 2018 – © Gruppe C Motorsport Verlag For those who follow Porsche motorsport closely, the 26th edition of the well-known annual, Porsche Sport 2018, is definitely a book you want on your bookshelf. I have sung the praises of these publications before today, and for good reason, but...

Le Mans 24 Hours

Porsche struggles at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

The stage was set Having just celebrated its 75th anniversary, Porsche was ready to put another overall win in the books a few days later during the Le Mans 24 Centenary. But for those that follow racing, you know all too well that it’s a cruel sport, and no amount...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche Competing at the 2014 Pikes Peak

Porsche 919

Porsche 919 Hybrid – Technological Advantage

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...

Other Motorsport

2025 F.A.T. Ice Race

Five thousand fans and dozens of historic, priceless and deeply cool cars come together in Zell am See for the fifth F.A.T. Ice Race – a modern event that’s already a generation-spanning tradition. It’s winter, it’s cold, and at the weekend that meant one thing: time for the F.A.T. Ice...

WEC

Twice around the clock

Le Mans 24 Hours, 16/17 June 2018: The podium for the GTE Pro class – (centre) 1st #92 Porsche GT Team (Christensen/Estre/Vanthoor); (left) 2nd #91 Porsche GT Team (Lietz/Bruni/Makowiecki); (right) 3rd #68 Ford Chip Ganassi USA (Hand/Bourdais/Mueller) A little more than twenty four hours ago, sixty cars lined up against...

People & Profiles

Laurens Vanthoor (BEL)

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...

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Porsche’s road to Le Mans

The #91 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Richard Lietz and Frederic Makowiecki rounds Malmedy during the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on 6 May 2017 Sixty-six years ago, on 24 June 1951, the first Porsche was pushed tentatively onto the starting grid of the 1951 Le Mans 24 Hour race....

People & Profiles

Patrick Pilet (FRA)

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...

WEC

Two Days to go – Le Mans 24 Hour 2018

The Porsche #LeMans24 Class of 2018, on 12/06/2018 at the 24H of Le Mans, 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...

Motorsport & Racing

New look WEC for 2018

There has been much chatter on the Internet and on various social media platforms recently as to what would happen to the WEC in 2018. Well, to some extent, the wait is over as the FIA/ACO issued a press release last Friday at the Mexican round of the championship in...

Porsche News

Mark Webber calls time on his racing career

Mark Webber ahead of his first competitive drive in the Porsche 919 Hybrid at the 2014 Silverstone 6-Hour race on 20 April that year. The #20 Porsche would finish third in its debut race At the end of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season Mark Webber will quit his...

People & Profiles

Nick Tandy (GB)

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...

Porsche News

Lanzante’s road-legal Porsche 935/2

Combining Engineering with Design Over the past few years, Lanzante has delivered a series of showstopping cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This will be the case once again for 2024, as the British automotive specialists return with the widest and most exciting selection of projects ever shown, and...

Porsche Video

VIDEO: Best of rally historic Porsche 911 RS Gr B / Carrera RSR 3.0 / SC

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Motorsport & Racing

Sunset for Team Perfect Circle in Kyalami 9 Hour

Kyalami 9 Hour, 23 November 2019 The ‘sunset’ for Team Perfect Circle in Kyalami 9 Hour occurred just three hours into the race when a mechanical fault ended the team’s dreams for a magical race on home soil. For the whole crew, it was a bitterly disappointing end to what...

Le Mans 24 Hours

Porsche Targets 20th Win At Le Mans

With 19 overall and 111 class victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans history. The 24-hour race is one of the biggest sporting events globally, attracting over 325,000 fans annually. For the 93rd edition of the endurance classic, Porsche has set ambitious goals. The Porsche 963 aims...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche Motorsport X Iron Dames

Porsche X Iron Dames – because every dream matters” is a slogan that represents the close collaboration between Porsche Motorsport and the renowned initiative to promote women in motorsport. The project kicks off with the start of the Asian Le Mans Series next weekend in Sepang, Malaysia. Four fast female...

Driver Education

Porsche’s Sport Driving Education turns 50

It’s always the same with sports cars from Zuffenhausen: they’re easy to start and well-suited for comfortable travel. However, with this driving style, what a Porsche is capable of in terms of driving dynamics is often left unexplored. True appreciation of the engineering expertise can be felt more intensely during...

Porsche News

Michael Roock and Uwe Alzen are class winners again

Le Mans Classic, 6-8 July 2018: Grid 6 – The #67 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 (1975) driven by Michael Roock and Uwe Alzen, won the GTS class and finished a fine eighth overall in Grid 6 Michael Roock and Uwe Alzen are class winners again, winning the GTS class...

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2022 Daytona Classic – HSR 24 Hours

HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) held its now annual 24- hour historic event at Daytona on November 5-6. The 24-hour is formatted the same way as the Le mans Historics. Cars are divided into groups (7 total) and each group must complete four “1- hour” sessions. Note, groups C & D...

Imsa Weathertech Sportscar Championship

2023 Daytona 24 Hours GTD

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Motorsport & Racing

Porsche picks Manthey to field Porsche 911 GT3 R team in 2024 WEC

Following an exhaustive assessment, Porsche has concluded its selection process for the operational team to spearhead their endeavors in the upcoming LMGT3 class of the prestigious FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The German subsidiary, Manthey, emerged triumphant and will spearhead the campaign by deploying two remarkable Porsche 911 GT3 R...

Porsche News

New 911 RSR for 2017

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...

Motorsport & Racing

Pulling the Rabbit out of the hat – 1980 IMSA Portland

The cars come around for the start – Fitzpatrick (left) and Moretti (right) lead the pack By the time the Dick Barbour Racing team arrived in Portland for the Rose Cup IMSA race in August of 1980, we were in good spirits. The week before at the Sears Point IMSA...

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Porsche sets its sights on a hat-trick

#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...

Carrera Cup

Porsche Unveils New 911 GT3 Cup Car

Highlights Type 992.2 911 based Cup car to take over starting in 2026 season A new name, improved aerodynamics, quicker lap times Improvements make new car simpler for teams to handle and support New 911 Cup continue to roll off the production line at the Zuffenhausen plant Porsche creates more...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche Penske Motorsport Sends Three 963 with a Special Livery to Le Mans

The three Porsche 963 fielded by Porsche Penske Motorsport at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will be decked out in a distinctive design. However, the fundamental look of the 963 will stay the same. The colourful designs were unveiled today (Friday, April 28) as part of the FIA...

Motorsport & Racing

IMSA: Lackluster weekend for Porsche at Mosport, Canada

Lack of speed in Qualifying Works driver Felipe Nasr has qualified in fifth for round six of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In the hunt for top times in Mosport, Canada, the Brazilian was the fastest driver at the wheel of a Porsche 963. The sister car fielded by the...

Porsche Life

Six by Twelve: The Velocity Invitational Hosts a Porsche 917 Reunion

The Porsche 917 story is among the most significant chapters of the marque’s history. More than five decades after the first iteration of the 917 broke cover, six examples gathered at the Velocity Invitational, a celebration of vintage racing on the Monterey Peninsula. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate...

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