For the 1998 season of the FIA GT championship, the rules regarding production car requirements were all but scratched. Finally, the second wave of GT1 machines were labeled for what they really were: thoroughbred prototypes. Without regulations cramping the style of the designers, the latest GT1 could be everything they wanted the original …
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Porsche’s New Customer Race Car, the 911 GT3 R, has 550 HP, Better Everything and Air Conditioning
Though Porsche's factory team has transitioned to the mid-engined 911 RSR, customers will continue to race an altogether more traditional 911. The new GT3 R shares not only its 4.0-liter water cooled flat-six with the road going GT3 RS, it also retains the rear engine layout common to all road going 911s except for the GT1. With improved …
Continue to the full articleThe 919 Hybrid Evo Meets the 956C and Hans Stuck on the Nordschleife
It doesn't sound like Stefan Bellof's 6:11.13 Nordschleife lap record is going to fall just yet. On May 12th, just before the start of the Nürburgring 24-hour race the 919 Hybrid Evo and 956C will appear together for a display lap. The cars will be driven by Timo Bernhard and Hans-Joachim Stuck respectively. The legendary 956 was the first …
Continue to the full articleWatch A Porsche 550 Get Its Heart Back
In what universe does an engine being reunited with a chassis warrant such fanfare of triumphant music and beautiful cinematography as part of warrant a high production film? In the world of Porsche, of course. Especially when that engine is a glorious Porsche Fuhrmann four-cam, and the chassis is the 1950s mid-engine giant killer 550 Spyder. …
Continue to the full articleIs the 956 Porsche’s Most Influential Racecar?
Let's ignore four out of five segments here, and deal solely with one. The Porsche 956 is arguably the most influential racecar of the last 35 years. It was not only dominant, a 956 or 962 would win Le Mans every year from 1982 through 1987, it changed the shape of racecars. The 956 was the first sports prototype constructed around an aluminum …
Continue to the full articleHustling an RS Spyder at Road Atlanta
It's astonishingly fast, varied, and offers precious little runoff in its quickest sections. Road Atlanta is one of North America's most challenging road courses, and it's no wonder that Petit Le Mans is held here. Its long straights and fast corners are perfect for prototypes, and there's no better tour guide than Gunnar Jeannette to show us the …
Continue to the full articleA Look Back: Developing the 911 GT1
"Stretching the production car rules to the limit," the 911 GT1 started its life based largely off the design of the 993 GT2, a machine then competitive in classes like the BPR Global GT Series, but not wholly dominant. When McLaren began to steamroll its rivals in that category, which later became FIA GT1, an irked Porsche responded by developing …
Continue to the full articleThis Video Of a Porsche 906 on the Dyno is One of the Best Things I’ve Seen and Heard in a While
Forget about "production values". Forget about drone shots. Most of all, forget about all those nauseating quick cuts that so many of today's "polished" youtube videos seem to feature. I don't know if those shooting methods are necessary to keep people's attention, or if it's a function of the content just isn't that great and they're trying to …
Continue to the full articleGrand Cayman: Patrick Pilet and Richard Lietz on the 911 RSR
"It's a brand new approach, but Porsche has a lot of experience with many other cars. There is also Cayman, a mid-engine car, and we have some data from that. So, we didn't start from a white page completely." Those are Patrick Pilet's words, not mine. I'm not trying to say the new 911 RSR is a Grand Cayman, but experience with the Cayman certainly …
Continue to the full articleThis is the Lightest 911 Factory Race Car ever built by Porsche
If you're anything like me, when you think of the "Hippie" Porsche you most likely think of Martini Racing's "Psychedelic" 917 LH. That famous purple, green and white livery was first presented to the pubic in 1970 at Le Mans where Gérard Larrousse and Willi Kauhsenthe piloted it to 2nd place overall (bookended by two other Porsches: the 917 of …
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