By now, you know Porsche's results at Le Mans. If you don't and don't want to know yet, stop reading. Otherwise, carry on. After one of the tightest and competitive battles in recent history, Porsche won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Some say they "stole" the race from Toyota. Others say Toyota "handed" Porsche the victory. Both these statements are …
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Porsche’s Results, Pictures and Video From the 24 Hours of Le Mans
A hush had befallen the entire eight-and-a-half mile track. Everyone was tired from enduring the long French race, everyone was a little warm sitting out in the summer sun and everyone was resigned to a Toyota victory, the squad's first ever. Through some amazing pit strategy and fuel economy, they'd worked out just over a minute and a half lead …
Continue to the full articleTruth in 1/32: Mark Webber Provides A Slot Car Guide to Le Mans.
Mark Webber may be larger than life in many respects, the man's motorsport career spans three decades, and he's not yet forty years old. Red Bull shrank the legendary racing driver down to 1/32nd scale to help put the enormity of Le Mans in perspective. With the help of both Richard Attwood and a Carrera slot car representation of Atwood's 1970 Le …
Continue to the full articleA Porsche Fan’s Guide To The 2016 24 Hours Of Le Mans
Porsche is running four factory-backed cars at Le Mans next weekend (2 in LMP1 and 2 in LMGTE-Pro), and they'll be joined by five additional privateer-run efforts(1 in LMGTE-Pro and 4 LMGTE-Am). Porsche fans like you or I should be excited at the prospects Porsche has this year to win the whole shooting match once again. Coming off one of the most …
Continue to the full article24 Hours of Le Mans On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Porsche won this big race overall last year, and we could not have kept astride of the goings on of the race without social media. Aside from the usual television and radio broadcasts, today we have even greater access to online streaming, live in-car video, and most importantly, Twitter. For long endurance races like this one, Twitter can be an …
Continue to the full article5 Factors That Go Into Porsche’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Racing Strategy
In less than two weeks time Porsche will be competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team has competed continually since the early 1950s, and this is their 3rd outing in the 919 Hybrid. While every year is important, this year is especially so as Porsche are both the current title defenders and the leaders in both the manufacturers' and drivers' …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT Results From The Le Mans Pre-Test
The official pre-test on Sunday marks the start of the final stage of preparations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Porsche Motorsport factory team is campaigning two 911 RSR at the 84th running of the prestigious long distance classic with the overall Le Mans winners Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy in the GTE Pro class. The squad used this test to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s LMP1 Results From the Le Mans “Pre-Test”
The 2016 Le Mans event has begun: The Porsche Team has used the official pre-test to set up the two Porsche 919 Hybrids for the 24-Hour marathon scheduled to begin on June 18th. Yesterday provided the only opportunity for Porsche to test on the 13.629 kilometer long Circuit de la Sarthe. The track includes 9.2 kilometers of what are normally public …
Continue to the full articleFirst Look At The 2017 911 RSR
With the 2016 season only now picking up steam, Porsche is already giving us glimpses of their newest race car, the 2017 911 RSR. Many of Porsche's factory drivers spent time behind the wheel and participate in the testing and development. “It is definitely unusual to put several drivers behind the wheel at a rollout,” says Marco …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s 919 Hybrid LMP1 Steering Wheel Has A Lot Of Buttons, What Do They All Do?
Porsche nut and friend of the site Jeff Zwart produced a book nearly a decade ago called "Three Points of Contact". Inside was a gorgeous photo-essay which explored how a racing driver communicates with their car. Those namesake three points are eyes, feet, and hands. As important as the other two are, the hands are perhaps the ones doing the …
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