Continuing our series on the new Porsche Factory Drivers for the upcoming season, we would like to introduce the latest addition to the Porsche Family: Laurens Vanthoor. Vanthoor was named at Porsche's 2016 annual Night of Champions, along with three of his new teammates. Laurens is joining the IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Championship, which will …
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Porsche’s Motorsport Pyramid Explained
Like any professional team, Porsche spends a considerable amount of time, money and effort on player driver development. As you never know where the next Hurley Haywood will come from, Porsche starts early and developed a motorsport pyramid to help identify and nurture new talent. The Porsche Motorsport Pyramid Perhaps the best and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Classy goodbye to Their Rivals at Audi
Racing rivalries are a funny thing. Unlike rivalries in the NFL, it's possible for every set of "rivals" in a series to be on-track simultaneously. Over decades of endurance racing, Porsche has had many great rivals. Each of these competitors pushed Porsche to be greater on track than ever before. Since returning to LMP1 competition in 2014, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results in the International GT Challenge at the 12 Hours of Sepang
Porsche brought their 2016 motorsport season to a successful end this past weekend at the 12-hour race on the Sepang International Circuit: With a spectacular charge through the field in torrential rain, Porsche works drivers Earl Bamber, Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy secured second place with the Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by Manthey Racing. Over a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Factory Driver Profile: Introducing André Lotterer
As some of Porsche's 2016 factory lineup departs, new talent must come in to fill the ranks. Several great drivers left the lineup this year. Mark Webber retired, and both Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas moved on to different roles with Porsche. One of the four new drivers to be named at Porsche's annual Night of Champions dinner was former Audi …
Continue to the full articleThese Are Porsche’s 2017 Factory Drivers
It's early December and that means it's time for Porsche's annual Night of Champions Dinner. An opportunity for drivers, team members and executives to celebrate the past season's success and announce plans for the upcoming motorsport season. One part of the announcements we always look forward to is the "official" naming of Porsche's factory …
Continue to the full articleMeet Porsche’s Newest Factory Driver: Sven Müller
Just a day after announcing that Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb will not return to the LMP1 driver line-up next year, Porsche announced the next step in the career of of Germany's Sven Müller. Selected as a Porsche Junior in 2013, Müller moves into to role of a factory driver for 2017, joining the circle of GT works drivers. Müller began his …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Makes Surprise Announcement About Marc Lieb And Romain Dumas
Despite having just won the FIA World Endurance Drivers' Championship, neither Romain Dumas or Marc Lieb will return as part of Porsche's LMP1 program next year. In an announcement on Friday, Porsche said, "From the end of the season, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb leave the LMP1-Team and their seats in the over 900 hp 919 Hybrid Le Mans prototypes to …
Continue to the full articleMeet The New Porsche Juniors for 2017
Porsche introduced us to their 4 Motorsport Junior finalists earlier this year. Today, they announced the two winners: 21-year-old Australian Matt Campbell and 18-year-old Thomas Preining from Austria. Both will receive substantial support from Porsche for their 2017 motorsport season. Campbell will race in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup – the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures at the Final Round of the 2016 WEC in Bahrain
In the last of nine WEC rounds in 2016, and Mark Webber's final race as a professional driver, Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber finished, having started second on the grid with their Porsche 919 Hybrid. The new world champions, Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb finished sixth after contact with another car early in the race. …
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