PORSCHE ROAD & RACE caught up with the amiable Jörg Bergmeister, to ask him how he has been dealing with...
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On 4 April this year, Richard Attwood will celebrate his 80th birthday, but speaking to him just a few months...
PORSCHE ROAD & RACE has been out looking for some of the Porsche drivers and finding out what they have...
After the music had died down, and the last of the revellers had left the party that had just a...
As I’ve explained on the few occasions I’ve burst into print in Porsche Road & Race, my enduring love affair...
The 27th publishing of this superb edition of Porsche Sport 2019 by Gruppe C Verlag, opens with this paragraph, “The year...
This feature, the second in our four-part mini-series, picks up where we left off last time (2005-2008) and highlights the...
This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series covering the Le Mans 24 Hours decade-by-decade, concerns the 1960s. Many will agree...
The word unique is a much-overused word today, as it is applied, it seems, to just about anything that is...
The year 1974 will be remembered for many different reasons, depending on where you were living in the world at...
The Porsche 935 was the Stuttgart manufacturer’s answer to the FIA’s Group 5 class regulations, making it eligible for the...
In 1963 Enzo Ferrari made a decision that had far-reaching consequences, when he snubbed an attempt by Ford to buy...
As the Dauer Porsche 962 LM GT celebrates its 25th anniversary (1994-2019), PORSCHE ROAD & RACE looks back at how...
It is a fact that most of us with an interest in roadgoing or race cars, will have a favourite...
Over the years, we have attended many motor races and seen first-hand how the performance of the evergreen Porsche 911...
Porsche introduced their new 3.8-litre 911 GT3 RSR (Type 997) for the 2007 season, replacing the 3.6-litre 996 GT3 RSR....
On the 2010 Le Mans starting grid before the race was the (foreground) #76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 911 GT3...
PORSCHE ROAD & RACE is proud to announce that contributor Richard Wiley was recently honoured by the South African Guild...
Project 1 burst onto the World Endurance Championship (WEC) scene at the start of the 2018 Super Season. We covered...
Endurance racing should be a test of sustained strength and stamina over a prolonged period of time. It is not...
The more things change, the more they stay the same…someone famous once said. Perhaps the same can be said for...
Before we arrived in Le Mans for the start of the 2019 week of activities, we knew that the weather...
A lack of testing proved to be the downfall of the Porsche-Lola T600 in the 49th running of the Le...
Looking back to the 2018 Le Mans scrutineering of Monday 11 June, the teams, spectators and assembled media enjoyed equal...
In the week leading up to the Le Mans Test Day, Porsche announced their new liveries for the 24-hour race...
Although the factory squad was crowned the World Manufacturers champions for the first 2018/2019 Super Season, their success in the...
One of the Netherlands’ most successful racers, Toine Hezemans is part of a motorsport dynasty that began with his father...
When you were last with Richard Wiley, we were hurtling around a damp La Sarthe in 1988 with Stuck in...
My 2019 European Expedition had been organised for some months, which was to take in the WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours...
Norbert Singer must rank as one of the most successful race engineers in Porsche’s long and glittering motorsport history. Porsche...
Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone, 14 September 2008: The #31 Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder Evo 3.4-litre V8, driven by...
It landed on my desk one day, unannounced and unexpected. The package was large and covered in stickers and labels,...
In Part 1, Stories from Le Mans – with a Porsche flavour, our intrepid scribbler who hails from that beautiful...
Following a fifteen-year absence from the top tier of prototype racing on the world stage, Porsche officially returned to the...
For those who follow Porsche motorsport closely, the 26th edition of the well-known annual, Porsche Sport 2018, is definitely a...
On 21 March, the Le Mans entry list for 2019 was revealed for the 24-hour race which is to be...
On 21 March, the Le Mans entry list for 2019 was revealed for the 24-hour race which is to be...
In 1982, Porsche introduced the Type 956, the race car manufacturer’s entrant in the newly created Group C racing series...
It is always a pleasure when a top-quality book lands on my desk, so when Porsche – The Golden Years...
Porsche has been represented at the Le Mans 24 Hours every year since 1951, in both an official factory capacity...
Porsche Graphisme 917: This is Stéphane Coradi’s second publication in less than a year, the man is irrepressible. His enthusiasm...
We met up with Patrick Pilet recently at the Carrera Cup prize giving ceremony and were able to have a...
In this feature, the fifth in our series that looks at the different eras of Porsche’s participation at Le Mans,...
While diplomats and cartographers may technically show the roads around Le Mans as French soil, Porsche has laid claim to...
As we wave goodbye to 2018 and usher in a brand-new year, we look back on the top ten favourites...
There are three Sports Car endurance races that have been run over the past sixty-plus years that have been referred...
The decline of Group 6 and the growth of Group C saw the emergence of what is today widely regarded...
The world has become obsessed with anniversaries or facts that you can leverage, in order to bring your message across....
Both the factory Porsche 911 RSRs finished on the podium at the final round in 2018 of the WEC in...
The origins of the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 Le Mans winner can be traced back to a roadgoing version of...
There will be few who would argue that the decade of the 1960s was one of the most innovative and...
The story of the fabulous 968 Turbo RS, one of Porsche’s sweetest front-engined racers, might be full of ‘what ifs’...
Brian Redman is about as down-to-earth as they come, which for a top-flite racing driver, is not an attribute common...
The Porsche 961 was a special racing car. Based on the roadgoing technical showcase, the Porsche 959, the Type 961...
In motor racing, the performance margin that separates the winners from the losers is often so small that it is...
A little more than twenty four hours ago, sixty cars lined up against the pit lane wall, and without exception,...
Writer Lucian Sonea sat down at the Le Mans Test day for an interview with Porsche Junior Julien Andlauer. The...
Qualifying 1 (Q1) for the Le Mans 24 Hour went off on Wednesday night without too much fanfare or drama....
The career of Patrick Lindsey, one of the Project1 Porsche RSR drivers, will hit a high point on the weekend...
Group 5 rules offered manufacturers a great deal of freedom to modify their cars in the Silhouette class. At Porsche,...
Well it’s official, pigs can fly! The #92 Porsche 911 RSR of Michael Christensen/Kevin Estre/Laurens Vanthoor/Dirk Werner may not have...
This weekend sees the official Le Mans Test day on Sunday 3 June for those teams participating in the 86th...
The evening before the opening round of the WEC season at Spa, Porsche Road & Race had the opportunity of...
THE GENESIS OF PORSCHE MOTORSPORT…watch the restoration by Rod Emory of the #46 Porsche 356 SL that won its class...
There are just a handful of racing drivers that can list the number and quality of achievements that Hurley Haywood...
So, what is this book, PORSCHE WERKS/TEAM, all about? Basically, renowned photographer Frank Kayser teamed up with journalist Heike Hientzsch, to...
Dick Barbour went to Le Mans as an entrant for the first time in 1978. He entered two Porsche 935s...
This edition, spanning 1980-1989, covers one of the most exciting post war periods in motorsport. The 1960s and 1970s were...
Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing drivers to join the Porsche AG works team, celebrates his...
Every year the Le Mans 24-Hours circuit undergoes some changes, further development and maintenance works. To say that the Le...
Porsche aims to contest the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hour race with four works cars in the GTE Pro class,...
If you follow Porsche motorsport around the world, then Porsche Sport 2017 is not a book you want to be...
The 1972 season broke, ushering in with it a new era of racing. The Porsche 917 had reigned supreme for...
The latest edition of the Porsche Victory in Le Mans series is out and it is as good, if not...
This year, 2018, Porsche will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Although the official date for the registration of the first car, 356-001,...
Dan Gurney, the well-known racing driver, passed away on 14 January 2018. Where does one start with a driver like...
Porsche’s return to the top category of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) was announced by Wolfgang Hatz, Porsche AG Board...
The Le Mans winner’s trophy for the 24 Hours of Le Mans has found a new home at the Porsche...
The Porsche 956 and its successor the 962, are widely and justifiably regarded as the most successful sports racing prototypes...
The Carrera Six, as Porsche officially called the 906, was a radically different car from its predecessor, the 904 GTS....
From 1964 through to 1969, Porsche lifted its game from being a class winner to setting international lap speed and...
Memories of Porsche 917-021 at Le Mans 24H and driving at Spa Francorchamps. This video footage was shot to accompany...
A rare and iconic ex-Le Mans Porsche 550A Spyder will come under the hammer at Bonhams’ Scottsdale sale on 19...
Staring out of period black and white photographs, Jean Behra’s handsome, but battered face tells its own story: a combative...
The 911 RSR, which the Porsche GT Team also campaigned in this year’s Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC, is...
Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this lavishly illustrated book is...
Located in the town of Ummendorf, approximately 130km south east of Stuttgart, Proton Competition has been working on Porsche race...
There has been much chatter on the Internet and on various social media platforms recently as to what would happen...
This is a story of the incredible career of Porsche 935 009 00030, one of the most amazing race cars...
If you would like to own a piece of motor racing history, no, make that a very significant piece of...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken...
Video: Onboard with Patrick Pilet and Frederic Makowiecki in the #91 Porsche 911 RSR at the Le Mans 24H on...
Rolf Stommelen was one of Germany’s leading racing drivers for over a decade and if as the title (above) of...
Relive the magic of the Porsche Carrera Cup Le Mans 2017. A field of 61 identical cars raced at the...
2017 24 Hours of Le Mans In Review is a video by Mobil 1 The Grid showing the highlights of...
The 2017 Le Mans 24 Hour race will go down in history as one of the most dramatic in years....
Le Mans 1990 was a whole new ballgame. The circuit had changed drastically. The famous Mulsanne straight was now going...
Held on the weekend of 3-4 June 2017, the test day for this year’s Le Mans was run under clear...
Sixty-six years ago, on 24 June 1951, the first Porsche was pushed tentatively onto the starting grid of the 1951...
