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 …
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Porsche 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. …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Finishes FIA WEC Season In Style by Winning Drivers’ Title!
For the second consecutive year Porsche has taken everything the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) has to offer: victory in Le Mans, winning the manufacturers’ world championship in Shanghai and this past weekend, the drivers’ world championship at the finale in Bahrain. At the six-hour race in Bahrain the Porsche trio of Romain Dumas, …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Audi Wins Race Sliding On Roof After Being Overtaken By Porsche
Laurens Vanthoor, and his Audi R8 LMS, were leading the FIA GT World Cup race at Macau after starting from pole position when a crash at Fisherman's Bend, by BMW driver Ricky Capo, brought out a safety car and a red flag while workers repaired damage to the safety fence caused by that crash. As the race restarted, with very little time remaining …
Continue to the full article“Racing is a Drug” – Mark Webber Reflects on Retirement
Mark Webber's career has seen eight (8) FIA World Endurance Championship victories and a 2015 title win with Porsche. In addition, Mark claims 9 Formula One wins with Red Bull Racing as part of his record. After today's race in Bahrain, Mark will formerly retire from racing before moving ahead with the next part of his career. Mark took a minute …
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