The Porsche 956 and its successor the 962, are widely and justifiably regarded as the most successful sports racing prototypes...
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In this feature, the fifth in our series that looks at the different eras of Porsche’s participation at Le Mans,...
Very different from previous production Porsches, the 914 was an attempt by Zuffenhausen to introduce a lower cost model. Commercially...
When you were last with Richard Wiley, we were hurtling around a damp La Sarthe in 1988 with Stuck in...
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Stirling Moss over the Easter weekend. He died...
What makes the Porsche brand so legendary? What inspires people to keep it young and full of life 75 years...
In the week leading up to the Le Mans Test Day, Porsche announced their new liveries for the 24-hour race...
Porsche has been represented at the Le Mans 24 Hours every year since 1951, in both an official factory capacity...
Le Mans 1979 was a race for the ages. The Dick Barbour team had prepared and brought four 935 Porsches...
Factory recommissions the famous Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar The recommissioning has been carried out over the past few months by the...
Ernst Fuhrmann’s requirement to develop a significantly updated GT race car in 1977, would present a number of challenges for...
Invitation to race from Charles Faroux Charles Faroux was a car enthusiast, a racing official, a leading French motor-publication editor...
The 1972 season broke, ushering in with it a new era of racing. The Porsche 917 had reigned supreme for...
There are three Sports Car endurance races that have been run over the past sixty-plus years that have been referred...
The 1983 Sebring 12 Hour was an epic event. Back then the race was run on the ‘old circuit’ which...
Background Tartan fabrics symbolize tradition and craftsmanship, belonging, and confidence. Exactly 50 years ago, three tartans were on the options...
Porsche’s first CEO is frequently maligned as the man who tried to kill off the 911. There is far more...
Incredibly successful in Le Mans Porsche was incredibly successful with the 917 in Le Mans and in the World Championship...
Not a company to stand still for long, Porsche was constantly looking for ways to improve its engines in the...
A lack of testing proved to be the downfall of the Porsche-Lola T600 in the 49th running of the Le...
The Porsche Museum has just acquired a significant addition to its permanent exhibition. It is the oldest surviving car that...
Overview Mountain championships, endurance races, Formula 1, Spa, Daytona, Sebring, and Le Mans after Le Mans – no matter what...
While diplomats and cartographers may technically show the roads around Le Mans as French soil, Porsche has laid claim to...
Over a hundred years ago, Ferdinand Porsche designed an extraordinary race car, the Austro-Daimler ADS-R, in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Today,...
Norbert Singer must rank as one of the most successful race engineers in Porsche’s long and glittering motorsport history. Porsche...
I was really looking forward to the 1989 Daytona 24 Hour race. I had been working as a weekend warrior...
The ANDIAL 935-L ‘Moby Dick’ race car was a one-off creation that raced between 1982-1985. Without any help from the...
As the Dauer Porsche 962 LM GT celebrates its 25th anniversary (1994-2019), PORSCHE ROAD & RACE looks back at how...
To be able to write on your résumé that you worked for one of Porsche’s CEOs would be quite an...
Having quietly racked up numerous victories in the ALMS in 2006 and 2007, including an indecent number of overall victories,...
The Flying Tigers strike again! Being the best on the planet in something, even for just a short while, has...
Porsche Celebrates 75 Years It’s a big year for Porsche as the famed manufacturer celebrates 75 years of engineering excellence...
Peter Gregg was the IMSA driver every one strived to beat. He started in the early ‘70s with Porsches and...
Hailing from the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart, Ulrich Bez, who as Porsche Technical supremo hatched the 993, had two...
In 1971 the first ever Starbucks coffee house was opened in Seattle, Washington. That same year, the fourth manned landing...
Today, Porsche can boast a total of 19 overall victories together with countless class successes in the 24 Hours of...
When discussing breakthroughs in sportscar technology, the Porsche 959 merits its own chapter, if not a book. Introduced in the...
1973 saw a return to normality for the Daytona 24-hour race. The distance was set back at 24 hours, after...
In the early to mid-1970’s I had been working part time (race weekends) as an IMSA tech inspector at some...
Porsche used its racing exploits around the world to not only gain exposure and media coverage, but also to improve...
Although it is not widely known, one of the most successful Porsche powered race cars ever, was not a Porsche....
Anatole Lapine who was in charge of styling at Porsche under two disparate CEOs, Fuhrmann and Schutz, looks back on...
By the time that we reached the IMSA Riverside Los Angeles Times Grand Prix in April, the Dick Barbour Racing...
The Porsche 961 was a special racing car. Based on the roadgoing technical showcase, the Porsche 959, the Type 961...
Le Mans 1990 was a whole new ballgame. The circuit had changed drastically. The famous Mulsanne straight was now going...
The Seikel Motorsport team last raced in the 2007 Le Mans, having participated on no less than eleven occasions in...
The IMSA season in the 1970s always started with the two toughest races on the calendar, the Daytona 24 Hours...
Except perhaps at one or two retirement parties or other formal occasions, no one ever saw Roland Kussmaul wearing a...
The year 1974 will be remembered for many different reasons, depending on where you were living in the world at...
From 1964 through to 1969, Porsche lifted its game from being a class winner to setting international lap speed and...
The Marathon de la Route, an 84-hour epic endurance race run between 1965-1971, was an event that pushed both car...
Originally a showroom demonstrator, this 911 set the market buzzing, winning the UK’s inaugural rallycross and the British Saloon Car...
The Porsche Carrera GTS represented a watershed in the company’s march towards motorsport fulfilment. Gone was the space frame and...
By Miles Collier The Mighty Porsche Carrera 6 I’ve had my 1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906-125) in restoration for the...
The PFM 3200-powered Mooney is legendary among aviators. They all want this ‘Porsche of the skies’ – and today there...
It was a clear day in April, typical of those late winter/early spring days when the weather was trying to...
Dan Gurney, the well-known racing driver, passed away on 14 January 2018. Where does one start with a driver like...
The Garretson Developments Sports Car team entered two cars at Le Mans 1982, a March-Chevrolet and a Porsche 935. The...
Dick Barbour went to Le Mans as an entrant for the first time in 1978. He entered two Porsche 935s...
Proven through competition Engineering, design, innovation; while the list is long for what describes the Porsche name, it can be...
On the list of most intoxicating objects in the history of collecting, Porsche racing cars are certainly near the top....
The inspired engineer behind so much of Porsche’s success, Helmuth Bott has long remained the company’s eminence grise, but little...
A journey back in time to 1999 begins with a roll-out on the Weissach Development Centre test track. The LMP...
In the mid-1970s, Porsche developed the 911 for racing, and in the process, it created the all-conquering 935. In 1978,...
Porsche’s popular 911 model range has evolved hugely over the years, but a few iconic models stand out head and...
This feature, the second in our four-part mini-series, picks up where we left off last time (2005-2008) and highlights the...
The introduction of the Type 904 heralded a new direction for Porsche’s race cars. Gone were the aluminium-bodied racers, as...
A lot of people have asked me over the years, what is it like to plan, prepare for and run...
For many years, the éminence grise of Porsche’s competition department, but now in retirement, Roland Kussmaul seems busier than ever....
In a 34-year career at Porsche, the influence of Peter Falk – Porsche’s enduring engineer, can be found throughout the...
Jody Scheckter was born in East London on the east coast of South Africa, a sleepy seaside town that actually...
9:11 Podcast In the current episode of the 9:11 Porsche Podcast, Dr. Wolfgang Porsche talks about the company’s history, the...
Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing drivers to join the Porsche AG works team, celebrates his...
The story of the fabulous 968 Turbo RS, one of Porsche’s sweetest front-engined racers, might be full of ‘what ifs’...
The word unique is a much-overused word today, as it is applied, it seems, to just about anything that is...
The 2.6-litre Porsche 956 which raced in the 1982/1983 seasons in Europe, was not accepted for racing in the USA,...
If you think post-war sports cars or muscle cars from the late 1960s are the staple of the collector car...
The world of barn finds is an intriguing one, filled with hidden gems. It is a space littered with forgotten...
Le Mans in 1980 was in kind of a transition. The Porsche 935 K3 had won the prior year. Kremer...
Between the years 1962-1964, South African André Loubser worked for Porsche in Stuttgart. In Part I of this two-part mini-series,...
One of the motoring highlights of my 2016 season, if not of all time, has to be driving a fabulous...
In Part 1, Stories from Le Mans – with a Porsche flavour, our intrepid scribbler who hails from that beautiful...
Launching the Firehawk Series For the 1985 Sports Car Racing scene in the USA, IMSA had decided to start a...
By 1981 at the earliest, and for sure by the 1983 season of sports car racing, it had become clear...
Porsche introduced their new 3.8-litre 911 GT3 RSR (Type 997) for the 2007 season, replacing the 3.6-litre 996 GT3 RSR....
The Carrera Six, as Porsche officially called the 906, was a radically different car from its predecessor, the 904 GTS....
One of the Netherlands’ most successful racers, Toine Hezemans is part of a motorsport dynasty that began with his father...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24-Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken run...
In motor racing, the performance margin that separates the winners from the losers is often so small that it is...
Staring out of period black and white photographs, Jean Behra’s handsome, but battered face tells its own story: a combative...
Porsche used its racing exploits around the globe not only to gain exposure and media coverage, but also to improve...
75 years of challenges and success Porsche is celebrating a success story that is characterized by a pioneering spirit, engineering...
More books have been written about Porsche than any other car company so the publication in English of another tome...
The Porsche 935 was the Stuttgart manufacturer’s answer to the FIA’s Group 5 class regulations, making it eligible for the...
If you were lucky enough to visit Rennsport Reunion 7 in Monterey, California, then chances are you gazed at one...
Goodwood Members’ Meeting to celebrate 75 years of Porsche with spectacular on-track demonstrations Goodwood is delighted to announce that the...
The crowds attending the Masters Historic racing weekend at Zandvoort were treated to a festival of racing in brilliant weather....
Over the years, we have attended many motor races and seen first-hand how the performance of the evergreen Porsche 911...
She was manufactured in 1958, and much of her early life is unrecorded. But in 2004, a customer of Gantspeed...
The Jägermeister 934 is one of the most recognisable liveries in the world of motor racing. It adorned the bodies...
