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Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Austin/USA

A field of 27 Porsche GT3 Cup cars line up prior to the start of the season finale in Austin, Texas The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup has a new champion. The 24-year-old German, Sven Müller, secured the title of the international Porsche makes cup at the season finale in Austin,...

Carrera Cup

Julien Andlauer is 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup France champion

The last meeting of the Porsche Carrera Cup France took place at the Paul Ricard Le Castellet circuit, in the South of France. The weekend format was the same as during the season (only Le Mans was different because of accompanying the 24-hour race): qualifying and 30 minutes of race...

Motorsport & Racing

2017 North American Endurance Cup

24 Hours of Daytona, 28/29 January 2017: Patrick Pilet, Frederic Makowiecki and Dirk Werner finished second in the GTLM class driving their #911 Porsche 911 RSR At the ten-hour Petit Le Mans race contested on the tradition-steeped Road Atlanta racetrack last Saturday, the new 911 RSR scored its first two...

WEC

The development of the new Porsche 911 RSR

Porsche 911 RSR 2017 development The 911 RSR, which the Porsche GT Team also campaigned in this year’s Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC, is a completely new development. The key new feature is the positioning of the engine in front of the rear axle. Thanks to this, the weight...

WEC

WEC Fuji waterworks

WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, 15 October 2017: The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Bernhard/Bamber/Hartley leads the #1 sister car of Jani/Lotterer/Tandy at the start of the race, followed by the #8 and #7 Toyotas Sunday 15 October 2017 saw the running of Round 7 of the WEC Fuji, in...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche tech transfer from racecars to roadcars (1953-2016)

Carrera Cup

Andlauer and De Narda battle for the title in Barcelona

Over the last week-end of September/first of October the competitors in the Carrera Cup France and GT3 Cup Benelux (35 drivers in a total) were at Barcelona, on the Circuit of Catalunya, for the penultimate meeting for this year. The Spanish F1 track was, together with Spa, the only race...

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...

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IMSA Laguna Seca, California 2017

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, 24 September 2017: The third placed #911 Porsche 911 RSR of Patrick Pilet/Dirk Werner is pushed up into the technical inspection area post race IMSA visited the iconic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the penultimate race in the 2017 championship. The Laguna Seca circuit has been...

Motorsport & Racing

Proton Competition – steeped in Porsche race cars

24H of Le Mans, 11 June 2017: The #77 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR (2015) driven by: (from L-R) Christian Ried, Matteo Cairoli and Marvin Dienst. This shows the team during Scrutineering the weekend before the race Located in the town of Ummendorf, approximately 130km south east of Stuttgart, Proton...

Carrera Cup

McCullagh does the Silverstone Carrera Cup

The Porsche Carrera Cup GB rolled into Silverstone for the penultimate meeting of the season. The Free Practice sessions on Friday were run in damp and slippery conditions. However, John McCullagh made the most of it around the National circuit and was able to take many positives through to qualifying on...

WEC

World Endurance Championship: Taming the Texas Heat

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...

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...

People & Profiles

Marco Ujhasi – Overall Project Manager GT Works Motorsport

Marco Ujhasi, Porsche GT Motorsport Project Manager, at FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone 2017, Silverstone International Circuit, on 14.04.2017

Marco Ujhasi, Porsche GT Motorsport Project Manager, at FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone, 14 April 2017 To reach the finish on the ideal line without losing too much time is something Marco Ujhasi completely understands as an active skier. In his prime, the Bavarian was a member of the...

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Porsche 918 RSR – A Christophorus Feature

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Porsche Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort

Porsche Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort The crowds attending the Masters Historic racing weekend at Zandvoort were treated to a festival of racing in brilliant weather. To spice up the cars on the race weekend menu, five iconic Porsche racing cars were driven around the circuit which is located in the...

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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...

Carrera Cup

Porsche Junior Matt Campbell wins turbulent Monza race

Porsche Supercup, Monza, 3 September 2017: The cars start the run down to the first chicane at Monza Porsche Junior Matt Campbell (AUS/Fach Auto Tech) scored his second victory of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season on Sunday at Monza, Italy. Zaid Ashkanani (KUW/MRS GT Racing) and Mattia Drudi (I/Dinamic...

WEC

2017 Mexico 6 Hour race report

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...

Motorsport & Racing

Racing steering wheels of Porsche 997 GT3R Hybrid, Porsche 991 GT3 R 2018, Audi R18 TDI & Peugeot 908 (2011) and Porsche-919 (2014)

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2017 Porsche 911 RSR Explained

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...

Carrera Cup

Spa victory for Porsche Junior Dennis Olsen

Dennis Olsen driving the #4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup during the Porsche Supercup race at Spa-Francorchamps, 27 August 2017 As the season approaches its latter stages, the duel for the crown of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup has come to a head. Porsche Junior Dennis Olsen (N/Walter Lechner Racing Team)...

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Disappointing Virginia race results for Porsche

Laurens Vanthoor and Gianmaria Bruni finished in seventh place in the #912 Porsche 911 RSR in the IMSA race at Virginia International Raceway on 27 August 2017 Although it was expected to be a difficult race, qualifying eighth and ninth out of nine cars in the GTLM class and finishing...

Carrera Cup

Porsche Carrera Cup Knockhill Round-up

Following a successful return to Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Snetterton a fortnight ago, John McCullagh returned to the Redline Racing line-up for Rounds 10 and 11 of the thrilling championship at Knockhill. Porsche Carrera Cup Round 10: Knockhill The weekend began with a Porsche exclusive test session on Tuesday...

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Rennsport Reunion VI

Laguna Seca’s famous Corkscrew It may be scheduled for a year hence, but this is one event you want to put into your diary. Recently, Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca announced that the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI will take place at the famed California racetrack...

Motorsport & Racing

KÜS Team75 Bernhard

Timo Bernhard, KÜS Team75 Bernhard team owner (© Gruppe C GmbH) Team75 Bernhard is located in Bruchmuhlbach-Miesau, in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, about 90 miles (144km) north west from Stuttgart. The team was founded in 2010 by Timo and his father Rüdiger Bernhard. Timo’s father Rüdiger, was himself...

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EVO Magazine Takes a Look At the Porsche 918 RSR Racer

Notable Chassis

Porsche 935 009 00030 – The Old Warhorse

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...

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...

Carrera Cup

Porsche Supercup action at the Hungaroring

Thirty drivers took part in last Sunday’s round of the Mobil 1 Porsche Supercup action at the Hungaroring. This was the fifth Supercup meeting of the season (although the sixth race), and coincided with the Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend. The thrilling Hungarian track, located north of Budapest, has...

Events

Porsche at the 2017 Silverstone Classic

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,...

Motorsport & Racing

2017 Total 24 Hours of Spa

The cars proceed into Spa city during the 2017 Spa 24 Hour drivers’ parade The Total 24 Hours of Spa, a round of the Blancpain GT Series, gets underway this weekend on the famous Belgian circuit. This round is also the second in the four-race Intercontinental GT Challenge which is...

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Porsche at Le Mans Part III: 1969 to 1971

‘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...

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2017 Nürburgring 6 Hour race report

#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...

Motorsport & Racing

World Endurance Championship Round 4

#1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Neel Jani, Andre Lotterer and Nick Tandy 2017 This weekend, the World Endurance Championship (WEC) moves to the Nürburgring in western Germany for round 4 of the series. In the LMP1 class, Porsche leads with 111 points, 24.5 points ahead of Toyota (86.5 points). [Ed...

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VIDEO: Onboard #91 Porsche 911 RSR at Le Mans 24H 2017

Video: Onboard with Patrick Pilet and Frederic Makowiecki in the #91 Porsche 911 RSR at the Le Mans 24H on 18/19 June 2017...

People & Profiles

Rolf Stommelen – a driver for all circumstances

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...

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1931: Grand Prix of Vienna had been cancelled. A letter from Ferdinand Porsche to the Magistrate of Vienna

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VIDEO: Full Race – Porsche Carrera Cup Le Mans 2017

Relive the magic of the Porsche Carrera Cup Le Mans 2017. A field of 61 identical cars raced at the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe, just hours before the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Check it out here…...

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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...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche 935/84 at the Daytona 24 Hours 1985 – The Last Hurrah

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...

Motorsport & Racing

Gianmaria Bruni on the 911 RSR

The #912 Porsche RSR that Gianmaria Bruni will share with Laurens Vanthoor 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....

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VIDEO: The 2017 24 Hours Of Le Mans In Review

#2, Porsche 919 Hybrid crossing the finish line at the 85th running of the 24H of Le Mans 2017

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Sunset at Le Mans 2017

Porsche Team 919 Hybrid drivers and management: (from i-r) #1 Neel Jani, Andre Lotterer, Nick Tandy; Andreas Seidl & Fritz Enzingr; #2 Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley – on 13 June 2017 at the 24H of Le Mans The 2017 Le Mans 24 Hour race will go down in...

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Doing things right – Le Mans 1990

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....

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2017 Le Mans test day report

All lined up and ready for the group shot on 3 June 2017 on the occasion of the 24 Heures Du Mans Test weekend. The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid will be driven by Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley Held on the weekend of 3-4 June 2017, the test...

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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....

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Early 1980 IMSA GT Championship

John Fitzpatrick during practice for the Sebring 12-hour race in 1980

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...

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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Sven Müller (GER)

Porsche 944 (MY 1989-1991) - Spare Part Codes & Catalog

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...

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Not very “Aerodynameek” and a few too many – Le Mans 1982

Porsche 935 at Mulsanne corner at Le Mans

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...

Motorsport & Racing

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...

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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André Lotterer (GER)

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...

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VIDEO: Top Of The Class – Nick Tandy On Le Mans 2016

Nick Tandy, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016

Having won the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hour race with Porsche’s LMP1 team, driver Nick Tandy returned to the Circuit de la Sarthe last year to compete in the GTE Pro category. Mobil 1 The Grid caught up with Tandy to find out more about the Le Mans challenge and...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche made a solid start

#1 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Neel Jani, Andre Lotterer, Nick Tandy, FIA WEC 2017 6 Hours of Silverstone, 15/04/2017 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...

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WEC Opening Round at Silverstone

#2, Porsche Team, Porsche 919 Hybrid, driven by Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley, during at FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone 2017, Silverstone International Circuit, on 14.04.2017 It was a dry day at Silverstone on the first day of practice for this year’s WEC opening round at Silverstone. This,...

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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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Rich Minga Porsche 911 3.0 (Pikes Peak 1989)

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Porsche at the 2017 Prologue

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...

Carrera Cup

Philippe Alméras of Team Martinet by Alméras and his passion for Porsche

Philippe Alméras is the owner of Team Martinet by Alméras, one of the main Porsche team contenders in the 2017 racing calendar: Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Porsche Carrera Cup France, French GT4 Championship, VdeV Endurance Series, Porsche Club Racing and more. The name Alméras is linked from the very beginning...

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12 Hours of Sebring 2017: Race Report

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...

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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...

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Porsche at Le Mans Part II: 1964 to 1969

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...

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12 Hours of Sebring 1986 – Things go better with Coke

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...

Carrera Cup

Porsche Carrera Cup France – 2016 Season Review

2016 represented the year of the 30th consecutive season of the French Porsche Carrera Cup, one of the most competitive and longest-running one-make series in Europe. It is a fact that a number of Porsche Carrera Cup France champions are today official Porsche factory drivers: Patrick Pilet (champion in 2007),...

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1983 Sebring 12 Hour – David and Goliath

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...

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,...

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Intercontinental GT Challenge Bathurst

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...

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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...

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2017 IMSA GT Racing Rules

The #912 works Porsche 911 RSR GTLM driven by Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Richard Lietz being prepared ahead of the start in the 2017 Rolex Daytona 24 Hours The 2017 Daytona 24 hours has an interesting field and mix of cars, especially in the GT class. Although I have...

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Jürgen Barth – A Profile

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...

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The Roar before the Rolex 24

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...

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Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2016 Season Review

Dan Cammish of Redline Racing (Pro) in action at Brands Hatch, 30 September 2016 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...

Yesteryear

John McCullagh drives Porsche 906

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...

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Porsche Victory 2016

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...

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Podium for Porsche 911 GT3 R at season finale

Opening laps of the the Intercontinental GT Challenge, Sepang 2016 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...

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The 934/5 – Porsche’s answer to IMSA in 1977

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...

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1981 Daytona 24 Hours – Preparation and Planning

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...

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Podium finish and title win for Porsche in Bahrain

The final round of the 2016 FIA WEC gets under way at 16h00 on 19 November. Leading the cars into the first corner of the 6 Hours of Bahrain is the eventual winner, the #8 Audi (Virtual Motorpix/John Mountney) For the second consecutive year, Porsche has taken all the titles...

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Change at Porsche Motorsport

Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb drove their #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid to second place in 6-Hours of Silverstone 2016, but were elevated to first place when the winning Audi was disqualified It was announced today (25 November 2016) by Porsche Motorsport, that Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb will...

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Porsche at Norisring 1980

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...

Book Reviews

Fitz – My Life at the Wheel

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...

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VIDEO: One Love – Marc Lieb on Racing for Porsche & Le Mans

Having had experience in single-seater, GT & LMP1 racing, Marc Lieb has become an integral part of the Porsche Motorsport programme. Mobil 1 The Grid caught up with the #2 919 Hybrid driver to learn more about his career, the current WEC title battle and Porsche’s incredible 24 Hours of...

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VIDEO: Porsche at Le Mans: The Definitive History

Porsche at Le Mans: The Definitive History - XCAR

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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...

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World premiere of the 911 RSR

Porsche will unveil the new 911 RSR racing car at the Los Angeles Auto Show (November 18-27). The eagerly awaited and much speculated about 2017 racer will put to rest all the theories circulating on the new RSR. Absolute secrecy has prevailed as to the car’s layout and engine, but...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche wins in China

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...

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John McCullagh Column #1

John McCullagh looks forward to another race Congratulations and good luck to Porsche Road & Race on the launch of this exciting new website, celebrating something that is also very close to my heart – the powerful, stunning and exquisite Porsche marque! I’m delighted to be a columnist, and I...

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The Monza 1000km: 1965-2008

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...

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Racing in the Rain

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...

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Porsche Racing Cars

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,...

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PORSCHE PROTOTYPE ERA

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...

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Batting .750 (3 for 4) – Le Mans 1979

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 –...

People & Profiles

Wolf Henzler (GER)

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...

Yesteryear

Porsche at Le Mans Part I: 1951 to 1963

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...

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...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche wins WEC debut in Mexico

The reigning world champions Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won a thrilling six-hour race in Mexico City on 4 September 2016 in the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid. By winning the fifth of nine rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 919 Hybrid Porsche further extended its lead...

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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Porsche 919 Hybrid in Japan

Porsche came third and fifth with its two 919 Hybrids in a thrilling six-hour race at the Fuji International Speedway on 16 October 2016, preserving its lead in both the manufacturers’ and drivers’ classifications. Fuji was always going to be a tough contest and it did not disappoint because when...

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