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Edited by Rex McAfee Get Ready for the Daytona 24 If there were ever two words that go together in motorsports, it’s Porsche and Daytona. This weekend, the 24-hour test of man and machine will once again take place, and the new GTP class is bound to keep Porsche fans...
With its victory in the eighth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Porsche has extended its lead in all championship standings. The two Porsche 963 cars from Proton Competition and JDC-Miller MotorSports finished in fifth and sixth positions, respectively. In the GTD-Pro class, the Porsche customer team AO Racing...
Porsche Penske Motorsport is determined to continue its impressive streak in the 2024 season. After clinching wins at the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Daytona and at the first race of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship WEC in Qatar, the works team now heads to...
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...
Porsche 963 LMDh – Reviews, Pricing, Specs & Buyers Guide Porsche’s first customer prototype in more than a decade comes with a $2.9 million price tag, making the 963 the most expensive model offered by the German auto manufacturer. Built by Canadian racecar constructor Multimatic, the LMP2-derived 963 chassis could become...
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 Penske Motorsport has clinched its second consecutive victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Last year’s winner Felipe Nasr from Brazil, Nick Tandy from the United Kingdom, and Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium steered the number 7 Porsche 963 to the top step of the podium. This milestone marks Porsche’s...
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 963
A Legacy Extended A long and storied legacy in the top tier of sportscar racing, since the retirement of the all-conquering 919 in 2017, the Porsche brand has been a notable absentee from the World Endurance Championship. Porsche’s history in sportscar racing has created countless magical moments and memories, from...
Success at Road America Round eight of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America in Wisconsin took off with a surprise for the Porsche Penske Motorsport team: Because the pole-sitting Cadillac failed to turn up on the grid in time after an accident during warm-up, Matt Campbell inherited the...
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....
Round four at WeatherTech Raceway, Laguna Seca, brought adrenalin levels back up to “red line” for Porsche enthusiasts lucky enough to watch the weekend unfold. This iconic course near the Monterey peninsula has challenged the world’s greatest racers since 1957 when it took over the duties from nearby Pebble Beach,...
Background The list of overall Porsche victories at the Sebring 12 Hours is long and prestigious: 1960 – Gendebien/Herrmann (Porsche RS-60) 1968 – Siffert/Herrmann (Porsche 907) 1971 – Elford/Larrousse (Porsche 917 K) 1973 – Haywood/Gregg/Helmick (Porsche Carrera RSR) 1976 – Holbert/Keyser (Porsche Carrera RSR) 1977 – Dyer/Frisselle (Porsche Carrera RSR)...
Top Tier Penske Porsche Penske Motorsport has set its sights on overall victory at the upcoming 24 Hours of Daytona. At the opening round of the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the works team competes with two Porsche 963 and a top driver line-up. The hybrid prototype from Weissach heads...
Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 7 Porsche 963 has won the IMSA race in Watkins Glen. The Daytona winners and championship leaders Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron beat their rivals to the finish line after a gripping and rain-sodden six-hour race. The sister car, driven by Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet,...
Porsche has clinched first and second place at round two of this year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Brazilian Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy from Great Britain, and Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium swept to victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring at the wheel of their No. 7 Porsche 963. This victory...
Porsche recently introduced the street-legal 963 RSP—an extreme, one-off version of its Le Mans and IMSA championship-winning 963 hypercar. In the latest episode of “The Driver’s Seat” by Hagerty, Henry Catchpole got the opportunity to drive this one-off road-legal 963. This special project was developed by Porsche AG, Porsche Penske...
The new Porsche 963 has now been unleashed by the Porsche Penske Motorsport team to claim victory in the greatest endurance races in the world. Starting 2023, two of the hybrid LMDh-spec prototypes will be competing in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. On Friday,...
THE HISTORY The Porsche 963 follows on from a long line of successful cars and racing successes. Porsche 963 , #7 at Daytona during the ROAR test session entering Daytona Turn 6. Photo: Copyright Martin Raffauf Ferdinand Porsche started the company bearing his name in 1949. Almost immediately they started...
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...
The Porsche Penske Motorsport works team’s Daytona-winning Porsche 963 has finished the 12 Hours of Sebring on the podium. After a thrilling race in Florida, the works drivers Felipe Nasr (Brazil), Dane Cameron (USA), and Matt Campbell (Australia) crossed the finish line in third place with the No. 7 race...
Detroit, MI, 2024: Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Porsche 963 continues its impressive streak of podium finishes. In the intense 100-minute sprint through the streets of downtown Detroit, the team’s drivers, Nick Tandy from England and Mathieu Jaminet from France, secured a commendable second place. Their teammates, Felipe Nasr from Brazil and...