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Porsche Seeks 14th Overall Win At Nürburgring 24

Fifty-four of the 141-strong field fly the Porsche emblem – making the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer the most represented brand on the grid at the 53rd running of this endurance classic on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Porsche customer teams made a strong impression during the “Qualifiers” in May, with the Scherer...

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Manthey Podiums 2025 Nordschleife Season Opener

Manthey EMA finished the first race of the 2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) in third place. DTM teammates Thomas Preining (Austria) and Ayhancan Güven (Turkey) drove the Grello Porsche with starting number 911 at the 70th ADAC Westfalenfahrt and secured their first podium finish in the first race of the season,...

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VIDEO: Watch the Porsche Carrera GT Break its Own Record in Nürburgring

The Porsche Carrera GT, with its iconic V10 engine and timeless design, continues to captivate enthusiasts. In 2004, shortly after its debut, the Carrera GT completed the Nürburgring’s “Green Hell” in an impressive 7 minutes and 28 seconds, equipped with stock Pirelli P Zero tires and driven by the legendary...

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Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring heats up

Fog delays start The 69th ADAC Westfalenfahrt was the fifth race of the season for the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring (PETN), in which 27 participants competed in the classes Cup 2 and Cup 3. The four-hour race, which is part of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS), started with a 45-minute delay...

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Manthey EMA earns victory at Nürburgring

Valuable data and insights were gathered with a view to the 24-hour race in the Eifel Nürburg. Manthey EMA has made a successful start to the 2024 season on the Nordschleife, crowning an already successful first race weekend in the Eifel with victory in the second round of the Nürburgring...

Vintage Racecar Articles

Karl Kainhoffer

There isn’t much Karl Kainhofer hasn’t done in over 50 years of involvement in motorsports, from motorcycle racing in Austria to being Porsche’s man in the USA, to his involvement in virtually every facet of Penske Racing. Born just before the Second World War in Vienna, Austria, Kainhofer became involved...

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New Porsche Taycan GT with Weissach package

Porsche is expanding the model line-up of its all-electric sports sedan to include the Taycan Turbo GT and the Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach package. The latter is built for the track and dispenses with the rear seats in favor of an even better power-to-weight ratio. At peak power, both...

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...

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Interview: John Fitzpatrick

Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to the top echelons of the endurance racing world. From winning the British Saloon Car Championship, Fitzpatrick went on to factory rides with Ford and BMW, as well as notching up...

Germany’s Quart and a Half Brigade

Porsche’s Spyders stole the limelight, but in the 1950s they had serious rivals in both BMW and EMW, who produced serious 1½-liter machinery. Their battles on both sides of the Iron Curtain were the stuff of legend. A liter and a half—more or less a quart and a half—isn’t much...

Rescue – The Story of How the Safety Car Came to Motor Sport

Motor racing has always involved risk for the drivers, and sometimes for spectators too, as was seen to horrific effect The chaotic scene just after the #88 car of Huhn/Schwarz crashed at the Nürburgring in 1970. Photo: Porsche Werk in the disaster that occurred at the 1955 Le Mans 24...

Porsche Cayman 987 (2nd Gen)

VIDEO: Classic 987 Porsche Cayman Vs. New 718 GT4

The classic 987 Porsche Cayman and the much newer 718 GT4 take on the Nurburgring track....

Porsche 911 (964)

VIDEO: Modified Porsche 964 Tearing Up Nurburgring

Misha introduces Jonas’ heavily modified Porsche 964 and takes it for a spin around the track of the Nurburgring....

991 GT3 RS

VIDEO: Porsche 991 GT3 RS Vs. 992 GT3 MR Vs. Cayman GT4 RS Vs. BMW M3 CS DM Performance

A race at the Nurburgring between a Porsche 991 GT3 RS, 992 GT3 MR, Cayman GT4 RS, and a BMW M3 CS DM Performance....

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Porsche GT3 RS Having A Blast At Nürburgring

9000 RPM! PORSCHE GT3 RS GREEN HELL AIRLINES

Not too much to write about here. This is just a great video of a 991.2 GT3 RS being spanked around Nürburgring. Pretty awesome and worth watching. Sound up....

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Herbert Linge: A Porsche Legend

Herbert Linge on ONS duty again with a 911 at Hockenheim in 1973.

Porsche’s Forrest Gump—the irrepressible Herbert Linge—pops up everywhere in Porsche history even after his retirement almost thirty years ago. The amazingly varied Porsche career of Herbert Linge would be unimaginable today—from wartime apprentice to manager of Weissach via workshop, development testing, race track, Porsche in the US, and Formula 1....

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Manthay Porsche 911 GT3 Shaves Over Four Seconds off Nürburgring Time

The 911 GT3 with the Manthey Performance Kit was able to unleash its full potential on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the traditional test laboratory for sports cars at Porsche. With Porsche works driver Kévin Estre at the wheel, the modified GT sports car ripped round the 20.8-kilometre course in Germany’s Eifel...

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Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS – Nordschleife & Hockenheimring Hot Laps

Just Turn Up the Volume The only thing that went through my mind during this entire video was, “Why oh why can’t I get my hands on an allocation for the Cayman GT4 RS”. We have already seen a lot of GT4 RS video reviews and they’re all well-produced and...

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VIDEO: Carrera GT at the Nordschleife

Carrera GT At The Green Hell One of my very first laps at the Ring with the Carrera GT, quite a lot of traffic in the first part of the track but it cleared up around Fuchsröhre. This is not about lap times, more about enjoying this amazing car in...

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Porsche Nürburgring Nordschleife Lap Times

Fastest Porsche Nürburgring Nordschleife Times Some say the Nürburgring Nordschleife experience is better than sex. Every lap is so long that when the driver has covered just half of it, there’s still minutes of excitement, fear and pleasure ahead before the lap ends. It is the longest race track in...

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Double blow for the world of Porsche motorsport

Sabine Schmitz at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, 20 May 2012 It is with great sadness that we bring you the news this week of the passing of not one, but two, significant names in the world of Porsche motorsport. Mosport 1000 km, 11 August 1985: (From L-R) Manfred Kremer, Manfred...

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VIDEO: Insane Nürburgring Lap in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Most people know that I obsess over Nürburgring Lap times (our fastest production Nürburgring Lap times post is testament to that), but the truth is that I have never sat down and watched a full lap. Blame boredom or Corona virus but I stumbled on this in-car video of a...

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Porsche at the Nürburgring 24 Hours – Can 2019 Surpass 2018?

Depending on your view, the Gods of the Green Hell either restored Porsche to its rightful place on the top step of the podium or robbed the Mercedes AMG from a sure win in the 2018 Nürburgring 24 Hours. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all...

World’s longest motor race

Marathon de la Route, Nürburgring, 22-26 August 1967: Getting ready for the 1967 Marathon de la Route outside Werk 2 in Zuffenhausen – in the centre is Vic Elford, one of the winning drivers that year The Marathon de la Route, an 84-hour epic endurance race run between 1965-1971, was...

Book Reviews

Brian Redman – Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks

Brian Redman – Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks © EVRO Publishing Brian Redman is about as down-to-earth as they come, which for a top-flite racing driver, is not an attribute common to all who ply their trade in this field. I have had the pleasure of interviewing Brian on twelve occasions...

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Dream team at the Nürburgring Nordschleife

(from L-R): 1982 Porsche 956 C and 2017 Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo Just before the Nürburgring 24-hour race will be green flagged on May 12, Porsche will present a dream team at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for the benefit of the expected 200,000 spectators. There, Timo Bernhard and Hans-Joachim Stuck will...

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PORSCHE WERKS/TEAM

PORSCHE WERKS/TEAM: Porsche at the top 24-hour races – Nürburgring/Le Mans/Daytona © Delius Klasing & Co. KG Bielefeld So, what is this book, PORSCHE WERKS/TEAM, all about? Basically, renowned photographer Frank Kayser teamed up with journalist Heike Hientzsch, to capture the pain and the glory experienced by the Porsche crew and team...

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New 911 GT3 RS set another benchmark around Nürburgring

Nürburgring-Nordschleife, 16 April 2018: Porsche works driver, Kevin Estre, sets a new lap record for a roadgoing sports car of 6:56.4 minutes behind the wheel of the new 911 GT3 RS On 16 April, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS set another benchmark for road-approved sports cars at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit...

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Chasing Down a Mercedes-AMG GTR in a Porsche 991 GT3 RS VS at Nurburgring

Quick race on a half Nurburgring lap, the Mercedes-AMG GTR was on the rear from the beginning and Porsche 991 GT3 RS just let it pass to see how this beautiful car works and yeah it works well! Lap time in 7.33 btg with big traffic and yellow flag at...

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Interview with Mark Webber

Mark Webber being interviewed at the Geneva Motor Show 2014, on the occasion of the world debut of the Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche’s return to the top category of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) was announced by Wolfgang Hatz, Porsche AG Board of Management Member for Research and Development, on...

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FOR SALE: Porsche 550A Spyder heads to auction

A rare and iconic ex-Le Mans Porsche 550A Spyder will come under the hammer at Bonhams’ Scottsdale sale on 19 January 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. Chassis #550A-0145 is the second-to-last 550A built and is a veteran of four world championship races while being campaigned as a works entry by Porsche...

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Jean Behra – Porschiste

Jean Behra following his accident at Caracas 3 November 1957 Staring out of period black and white photographs, Jean Behra’s handsome, but battered face tells its own story: a combative soul who seemed to thrive only when living on the ragged edge and for whom an exploit was either going...

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VIDEO: 911 GT2 RS world record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Full onboard-footage.

As had been anticipated, Porsche has beaten the Huracan Performante’s Norschleife lap time, and is now the fastest production car at the ‘Ring. The 911 GT2 RS lapped the Green Hell in 6:47.3 seconds. It tops our production car list for the fastest Nurburgring lap time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8_2zQZ3xM ...

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Porsche sets a world record on the Nürburgring

Porsche set a new record for road-approved sports cars on the 20.6-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife in the 911 GT2 RS on September 20. The record time of 6 minutes and 47.3 seconds was achieved in the presence of a notary and surpassed even Porsche’s own expectations. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Vice President Motorsport...

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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...

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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...

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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Peter Seikel – the winning Porsche privateer

The Seikel Motorsport team last raced in the 2007 Le Mans, having participated on no less than eleven occasions in the 24-hour race. The team’s highlight in la Sarthe was in 2001 when they won the GT category, finishing sixth overall. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access...

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The Cobra-Ferrari Wars 1963-1965

Front cover of The Cobra-Ferrari Wars: 1963-1965 (2nd Edition) by Michael L. Shoen © Glen Smale This is the second edition of the well-known and much loved book by Michael L Shoen. The Cobra-Ferrari Wars: 1963-1965, is the account of the battles, both on track and off, that raged between...

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VIDEO: New Panamera Turbo clocked a stunning 7min 38sec lap at the Nurburgring

Insane 7min 38sec Nurburgring Run Makes the 2017 Panamera Turbo The Fastest Sedan In the World The new Panamera Turbo features a 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 that has 550 hp and 567 pound-feet of torque. That’s enough to get the sedan to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 180 mph. The...

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VIDEO: Porsche 991 Turbo S at Nurburgring

Video of Porsche 991 Turbo S 7.37 min Nordschleife Porsche 991 Turbo S 7.37min See Top 100 Nurburgring Track Times and more Nurburgring Attack Videos...

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VIDEO: Porsche Carrera GT Nurburgring Lap

Porsche Carrera GT Nurburgring Lap Onboard Video The Carrera GT’s Nurburgring lap record stands at just a shade under 7 minutes and 29 seconds, and Walter Rohrl reportedly did it in 7:28 flat. See Top 100 Nurburgring Track Times and more Nurburgring Attack Videos...

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VIDEO: Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 on Nürburgring Nordschleife

Onboard Video of Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 on Nürburgring Nordschleife The 911 GT3 RS 4.0, launched in 2011, was the final evolution of the 997 GT3 and featured a 4.0 litre flat-six engine (the largest engine offered in a street-legal 911). The engine itself uses the crankshaft from the RSR with...

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VIDEO: 911 GT2 RS Nurburgring

.911 GT2 RS Nurburgring While this isn’t the record run, it is a pretty awesome 2 laps at the Nurburgring with a 997 GT2RS. See Top 100 Nurburgring Track Times and more Nurburgring Attack Videos...

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