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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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#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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#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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#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...
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....
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...
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...
#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...
#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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WEC Shanghai 6 Hours, 5 November 2017: The start of the penultimate race of the season This last weekend witnessed the Shanghai showdown, a contest in which the two top prototype race car manufacturers battled it out for the title of the World Manufacturers’ Championship. Many will have said beforehand...
WEC BAPCO 6 Hours of Bahrain, 18 November 2017: #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley The curtain came down on the 2017 WEC after the Bahrain 6 Hour race this last weekend, and although the winner of the 2017 WEC LMP1 class was...
#91 and #92 Porsche 911 RSR with drivers and team attend scrutineering for the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Place de la République on 12 June 2017 Porsche aims to contest the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hour race with four works cars in the GTE Pro class, as...
Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR has been given a special jubilee design Project 1 may be a new team on the block in WEC, but this year, the team celebrates its 25th anniversary in motorsport. This season is certainly its biggest commitment to date as 2018 will see the team...
12 Hours of Sebring, 17 March 2018: The #912 Porsche 911 RSR of Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor and Gianmaria Bruni during the race Changes to the Sebring 2019 schedule were announced during the week which will benefit all endurance racing fans. Following a recent meeting between the FIA World Endurance...
Paul Ricard, FIA/WEC Prologue, 6/7 April 2018: #91 Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE Pro driven by Richard Lietz/Gianmaria Bruni (left), #92 driven by Michael Christensen/Kevin Estre (right) Activities have concluded for Porsche at the 2018 WEC Prologue, and by all accounts, it went very smoothly. Run over two days in the...
WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours, 5 May 2018: The calm before the storm – conditions were perfect for the opening race of the 2018 WEC season The first race of the 2018 WEC season certainly didn’t disappoint. From the starter’s green lights, right up until the chequered flag, the excitement hit...
Le Mans Test day grid line-up, 2 June 2018 Well it’s official, pigs can fly! The #92 Porsche 911 RSR of Michael Christensen/Kevin Estre/Laurens Vanthoor/Dirk Werner may not have topped the lap charts on Sunday at the Le Mans Test day, but they were just 1.3 seconds off their team...
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...
Le Mans 24 Hour, 16-17 June 2018: The #92 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor, finished first in the LMGTE Pro class After the summer break, the WEC heads to Silverstone this coming weekend for WEC Round 3 of the 2018/2019 Super Season. Having...
WEC Silverstone 6 Hours, 18-19 August 2018: #91 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Richard Lietz/Gianmaria Bruni, and #92 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Michael Christensen/Kevin Estre, in the pit lane before Free Practice 2 The summer break is over, and it is back to business for the Silverstone Round 3...
WEC 1000 Miles of Sebring, 15 March 2019: #92 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Michael Christensen and Kévin Estre leads the pack through the first corner of the race There was a double victory for Porsche at Sebring, as the #91 Porsche 911 RSR of Gianmaria Bruni/Richard Lietz won round...
Le Mans 24 Hours, 16-17 June 2018: #92 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor, class winners in LMGTE Pro crosses the finishing line On 21 March, the Le Mans entry list for 2019 was revealed for the 24-hour race which is to be held on...
Le Mans 24 Hours, 16-17 June 2018: #92 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor, class winners in LMGTE Pro crosses the finishing line On 21 March, the Le Mans entry list for 2019 was revealed for the 24-hour race which is to be held on...
#92, Porsche GT Team, Porsche 911 RSR, LMGTE Pro, driven by: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre at FIA WEC Spa 6h 2019 on 04.06.2019 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Our second trip to Spa in the 2018/2019 Super Season takes place at a time when the teams, across all four classes,...
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...
Pitlane exit Le Mans The more things change, the more they stay the same…someone famous once said. Perhaps the same can be said for the 2019 starting grid for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which will kick off tomorrow, Saturday 15 June, at 15h00. With the titles decided in...
Total 6 Hours of Spa‐Francorchamps, 4 May 2019: The #56 Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR being prepped in the pit garage ahead of practice on 2 May Project 1 burst onto the World Endurance Championship (WEC) scene at the start of the 2018 Super Season. We covered their arrival on...
Le Mans 24 Hours, 19/20 September 2020: The pre-race grid was a busy place despite the presence of the Covid-19 pandemic – note the empty grandstand The 2020 motor racing season will undoubtedly go down in history as the most unusual and disrupted year on record. Only twice has the...
Le Mans 24 Hours, 19/20 September 2020: The #57 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR GTE Am driven by Jeroen Bleekemolen, Felipe Fraga and Ben Keating waits on the starting grid ahead of the race The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) revealed just yesterday, Tuesday 9 March 2021, the 62-strong entry...
Preparation is key After almost two years of planning and preparation, Porsche Penske Motorsports’ FIA World Endurance Championship campaign has began this last weekend as the highly-anticipated Hypercar class makes its debut in The Prologue pre-season test in Sebring, Florida. Porsche Penske Motorsport’s pair of FIA World Endurance Championship (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...
The Race The 8 Hours of Bahrain got underway at 2 pm local time with air temperatures of almost 32 degrees Celsius and asphalt temperatures over 40 degrees. For the Porsche Penske Motorsport works squad, the order was thrown into disarray after the first corner: starting from P4 on the...
Porsche Motorsport heads into 2024 with big aspirations. Next year, the sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart is determined to win titles with its factory teams in the world’s largest endurance championships, at Le Mans, and various esports series. A variety of customer racing activities will supplement this program. Porsche announced...
Porsche Penske Motorsport will once again field three Porsche 963 race cars at the Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans in the 2024 season. The organizer, ACO, confirmed that the Porsche works team will campaign a third car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. French works driver Mathieu Jaminet...
Porsche Penske Motorsport stormed to a maiden victory with the Porsche 963 in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. At the season opener in Qatar, works drivers Kévin Estre (France), André Lotterer (Germany) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) crossed the finish line first at the wheel of the No. 6 car....
Manthey PureRxcing has won the six-hour race at the Autodromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, clinching its second and the overall fourth victory of the season for Manthey in the FIA WEC Endurance Championship. Alex Malykhin (Great Britain) took the lead after just 90 minutes of racing, which Joel...
Six Hours – No mistakes At the Fuji Speedway in Japan, Laurens Vanthoor, André Lotterer and Kévin Estre took the flag in first place after a flawless 6-hour race. The trio travels to the final in Bahrain leading the standings, which puts them in an excellent position to take home...
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...
Debut season a success With a fifth-place finish at the WEC season finale in Bahrain, Manthey EMA secured a one-two victory in the 2024 LMGT3 championship for Manthey. Unfavorable Safety Car periods cost both Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R the chance of a podium finish. The driver line-up of Klaus...
A journey back in time to 1999 begins with a roll-out on the Weissach Development Centre test track. The LMP 2000 was originally designed to take victory at the Le Mans 24. However, midway through the development, the company decided, for budgetary reasons, to discontinue the project after the car...
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...
The Porsche customer team Manthey 1st Phorm has won the GT category at the six-hour race of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Imola. After a spirited duel against BMW, Austrian factory driver Richard Lietz and his teammates Ryan Hardwick from the USA and Italian Riccardo Pera came out on...