Timo Bernhard Archives

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...

End of the road for Porsche’s 919 Hybrid

Nürburgring, 12 May 2018: The Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo (left) just prior to the 24-hour race. Timo Bernhard was on hand to perform several demonstration laps for the eager crowds along with the Museum’s Porsche 956/83-005 (right) which was driven by Hans Stuck In July 2017, Porsche shocked the motorsport...

Motorsport & Racing PRR

KÜS Team75 Bernhard

Timo Bernhard, KÜS Team75 Bernhard team owner (© Gruppe C GmbH) Team75 Bernhard is located in Bruchmuhlbach-Miesau, in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, about 90 miles (144km) north west from Stuttgart. The team was founded in 2010 by Timo and his father Rüdiger Bernhard. Timo’s father Rüdiger, was himself...

Motorsport & Racing

Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo is faster than Formula One

Spa-Francorchamps, 9 April 2018: Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo, Porsche LMP Team In the year following a third consecutive WEC title, Porsche is taking its World Championship winning race car around the world on a ‘goodbye tour’. The Stuttgart company is well aware that a little bit of good PR never...

Motorsport & Racing PRR Yesteryear

Porsche and the Triple Crown of endurance racing

Le Mans 24 Hours, 13-14 June 1970: A jubilant Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood are given a ride on the back of a truck as they celebrate Porsche’s first victory in the French endurance race There are three Sports Car endurance races that have been run over the past sixty-plus...

Motorsport & Racing PRR Intercontinental GT Challenge

Porsche battle in the 2018 Spa 24 Hours

24 Hours of Spa, 28-29 July 2018: Pre-race starting grid Porsche took up the battle in the 2018 Spa 24 Hours with four 911 GT3 R race cars. The Spa 24 Hours is regarded as one of Europe’s major long-distance classics alongside the 24-hour races of Le Mans and the...

Motorsport & Racing PRR WEC

Shanghai showdown

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...

Taking the Porsche 919 Hybrid around the world – Logistics Part III

WEC Silverstone 6 Hour, 18 April 2014: Maiden outing for the #20 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Mark Webber/Timo Bernhard/Brendon Hartley. This is the car during the FP1 session Following a fifteen-year absence from the top tier of prototype racing on the world stage, Porsche officially returned to the LMP1...

Motorsport & Racing

The Le Mans winner’s trophy has arrived at the Porsche Museum

Le Mans 24 Hours, 17 June 2017: A Guards Red 1989 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 Cabriolet delivers the Le Mans 24H trophy to the circuit before the start of the 2017 race The Le Mans winner’s trophy for the 24 Hours of Le Mans has found a new home at...

Porsche’s Final Safari: A Rallying Roar Across the Wild

Opening the 911 Top with the Porsche Targa

996 Turbo: Champion of a New Era

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