A few weeks ago, after Porsche set the new lap time record at Spa Francorchamps with the new no-holds-barred rule breaking 919 Hybrid Evo, we speculated that Porsche could be bringing that bonkers ludicrous-speed car to the Nordschleife in order to take down that decades old Bellof record. Not only that, but we extrapolated that Porsche could even …
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The Truffle Hunter Returns to Le Mans in 2018
What is your favorite cut of pork? Do you like a bit of cured Brust? Haxe? Koteletts? Huft? Perhaps you are an American, and prefer pork cracklins'? As a Porsche fan, you probably prefer your pigs whole and depicted over a short and stubby racing car. 917/20 claimed fame as the Pink Pig; a racer which appeared wider than it was long, emblazoned …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Flat-Sixes Scream at the Spa Classic
Some historic racing fans enjoy a charmed life. After basking in the Mediterranean sun, rubbing shoulders with the beautiful people, and witnessing vintage racers sprint around Monaco, they can take a trip north to the the Ardennes Forest to gawp at the gleaming racing cars flying through the world's most spectacular racing circuit. The Spa …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures And Results From The Nürburgring 24
Despite having won this race eleven times prior, Porsche has not won the Nürburgring 24 hour race since 2011. Since that time, it's been a dominant showing from two other German brands, Audi and Mercedes Benz. Porsche's GT3R has had good showings in recent years, but has fallen to poor luck. It looked, early on, to be much the same this year. …
Continue to the full articleThe 5 Major Differences Between the LMP1-spec 919 and the Unrestricted 919 EVO
As the 919 Hybrid Evo proved at Spa last month, an unrestricted closed cockpit car with fenders can be significantly faster than a Formula 1 car, even in qualifying trim. When there are no rules to break, or even to think about, Porsche can build an incredibly fast machine. As a driver, Neel Jani, has to completely rethink what is possible behind …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures and Results From The 6 Hours Of Spa Francorchamps
The opening round of the FIA WEC Super Season took place this Saturday at Spa Francorchamps. Porsche recently dominated Spa by nabbing the outright track record with their 919 Hybrid LMP1 Evo, but that car has retired from a traditional motorsport sense, and will not be participating in the WEC this year. That left just Porsche's GTE Pro and GTE Am …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Pits A 919 Hybrid Against The Mean Streets Of New York City
It seems Porsche's 919 has found a hobby to stay busy post retirement from the FIA WEC. The wild championship-winning hybrid prototype has been sight seeing lately, traveling all over the world to give its fans a unique opportunity to meet and greet without any racing events on the schedule this year. A few weeks ago Porsche took a specially …
Continue to the full articleRothsport Racing-Built Porsche 964 Wins In Class At The NORRA Mexican 1000 Off Road Race
After finishing third and fourth in the 2017 running of the NORRA 1000, the Rothsport Racing team brought their pair of off-road 964s to Ensenada again for the start of the 2018 running. After a few, um, let's call them 'learning opportunities' in last year's race, the team came back this year even stronger. Both the Desert Flyer and the Red Sled …
Continue to the full articleThis Classic Documentary Follows Porsche at Sebring and the Targa Florio 1972
The roar of engines set to sub-standard audio and an authentic script has the ability to mesmerize any petrolhead. Add in the familiar punchy twang of Mario Andretti and the soothing tones of Vic Elford, then top it off with an award-winning soundtrack, and you've got a classic racing documentary that will please any watcher with a drop of oil in …
Continue to the full articleIf Porsche Were Going To Attempt To Break The Nürburgring Lap Record, Just How Fast Would The 919 Evo Be?
The Record Book Ever since Porsche started hinting at the fact that they'd be aiming for track records in 2018, we've been discussing the possibility of Porsche using the 919 Hybrid LMP1 to tackle the outright Nürburgring lap record that has been unbeaten since 1983, when Stefan Bellof set an incredible pole lap of 6:11.13 in the now-famous …
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