Just last week Porsche announced the addition of a third 919 Hybrid for Le Mans in 2015. Now, less than a week later we've learned that Porsche has signed Nico Hülkenberg as one of the drivers for the third LMP1 entry. The 27-year-old German will be the first active Formula One driver since 2009 to take the start of Le Mans. As a prelude to Le …
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Porsche To Enter A Third 919 Hybrid In 2015 Le Mans
Porsche's going all in for Le Mans in 2015! Earlier today Porsche announced they will enter a third Porsche 919 Hybrid for the 24-hour race in Le Mans (France) on June 13/14 in 2015. There's no word yet on who will drive the third 919 (Jenson Button anyone?) but Porsche did confirm that current works drivers Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Brendon …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Dempsey Continues With Porsche In 2015. This Time In Full WEC Series
Patrick has been a regular in the sports car racing seen for some time now. His "official" relationship with Porsche began in 2013 in the ALMS and continued in 2014 with a fifth place finish at Le Mans, a podium spot In the Tudor United SportsCar Championship at VIR and an appearance in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. Now he's back for …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT Team Results And Pictures In The WEC At Bahrain
In the number 91 Porsche Team Manthey 911 RSR, Porsche works drivers Jörg Bergmeister and Richard Lietz scored fourth place in the highly competitive GTE-Pro class at the penultimate round of the season in the Kingdom of Bahrain at the Persian Gulf. Their factory pilot colleagues, and Shanghai winners, Frédéric Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet saw the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s LMP1 Team Results, Pictures And Video In The WEC At Bahrain
For the first time ever, both Porsche 919 Hybrid crews were part of the podium ceremony: The trio of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb finished second overall in round seven of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain. Immediately behind them their sister car crossed the line. Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber were the third …
Continue to the full articleThe Logistics Nightmare Of Shipping Porsche’s 919 Hybrid LMP1 All Over The World
Porsche's inaugural attack on the FIA's World Endurance Championship in 2014 came with a host of challengers, most notably in the form of Audi and Toyota, not to mention the challenges of pace and reliability inherent in any endurance racing championship. Throughout the season, however, there was one challenge faced by the team that had nothing to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Shanghai Six Hour Success
After scoring their second LMP1 podium at last month's WEC race in Japan, the team was looking to capitalize on that momentum. Qualifying went very well, as Romain Dumas took the pole position from Toyota by the tiniest of fractions of a second. It would seem that every race that goes by, Porsche is getting just a little closer to that first …
Continue to the full articleHere’s What All The Buttons On The Porsche 919 Steering Wheel Control
Does your Porsche have an "overtake" button? How about a button for the automated "drink system". I'm guessing it doesn't. However, those are just 2 of the 24 buttons on the Porsche 919 Steering Wheel. Combine those with 6 paddles, 5 rotary dials and a honking big screen in the middle of it and you get one mighty complex steering wheel. As …
Continue to the full articleCould McLaren F1 Driver Jenson Button Move To Porsche’s LMP1 Team In 2015?
When it comes to Formula 1, the "silly season" is arguably more exciting than the regular season. The current rumors have Sebastian Vettel leaving Red Bull for Ferrari, Fernando Alonso leaving Ferrari to return to McLaren with Honda engines, and Jenson Button being pushed out of his position at McLaren to make room for the Spaniard's arrival. …
Continue to the full articleTake A Lap In The 919 Hybrid At COTA
The last time we took a ride along in a 919 Hybrid was at night, during testing on the Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet. You may remember from that post how we commented that the cockpit seemed more like a spaceship than a racecar. In this ride-along, we take a lap with Timo Bernhard around the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, TX. What's …
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