Besides the obvious of winning races and setting fast laps one of the major things that differentiates one Porsche from another on the track is its livery; the colors and distinctive markings a team chooses to brand themselves with. When it comes to the more complex liveries, like that of the Team Falken Porsche, I always assumed they were wrapped …
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CORE Autosport Launches Porsche GT Campaign with Patrick Long
Back-to-back American Le Mans Series PC class champions CORE autosport will take on an additional challenge in 2013 with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE class assault headlined by Porsche factory star, Patrick Long and three-time Le Mans class winner, Tom Kimber-Smith. The new entry will be in addition to the team’s confirmed return to the PC class …
Continue to the full articleA Conversation with Vic Elford at the Larz Anderson Porsche Club Concours
Last March, clutching my Amelia Island program with the dreamy race car driver on the cover, I hung onto every word at the Great Endurance Drivers seminar. In August, at the RM auction in Monterey, I was blown away at the $10M hammer price for the camera car, the Ford GT40 Gulf, used for the high-speed close-up action driving in Steve McQueen’s …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Names Nick Tandy as Tenth Factory Driver
Nick Tandy, the 2012 Porsche Cup winner, has earned a contract as a Porsche factory driver. The 28-year-old from Great Britain is now the tenth Porsche works driver joining Joerg Bergmeister, Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Wolf Henzler, Marco Holzer, Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz, Patrick Long and Patrick Pilet. With his inclusion in the factory team, …
Continue to the full articleInside the Flying Lizard 911 RSR at Petit Le Mans: Video
We've been fans of GoPro cameras for years. In fact, we made our very first video with a camera GoPro sent us back in 2008. Admittedly, our video is a bit shaky and the picture quality leaves a bit to be desired. However, that was our fault, not GoPro's. If you want to see just how good videos can be with today's GoPro Hero 3 camera …
Continue to the full articlePricing, Pictures and Video of the new 2013 911 GT3 Cup
The first Porsche race car based on the seventh generation Porsche 911 (type 991) was introduced this weekend at the "Night of Champions" dinner in Weissach. Powered by a 3.8 liter six cylinder flat engine the new 911 GT3 Cup makes 460 hp at 7550 RPMs. In conjunction with the 10 extra horses over the previous model, the new GT3 Cup …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Announces Factory Drivers for 2013
Update: Porsche Factory Drivers for 2014 This past Saturday was the annual "Night of Champions" celebration marking the end of another Porsche racing season. Similar to last year, the event took place at the Casino at Porsche's R&D complex in Weissach. While the event is centered squarely on celebrating Porsche's successful racing season …
Continue to the full articlePorsche to Field Two 911 RSR at Le Mans in 2013
As the Porsche world waits for the new LMP1 Porsche to make its debut some time in 2013, Porsche today announced they will field two 911 RSRs run by a factory works team. As a "works" team, this will be the first factory team Porsche has fielded at Le Mans since their overall victory in 1998. Racing in the GTE category the two new 911 RSRs …
Continue to the full articleAmerica’s Connor de Phillippi one of two Juniors Added to Porsche’s Program for 2013
Alex Riberas Bou (18) from Spain and America’s Connor de Phillippi (19) are the new Porsche juniors for the 2013 racing season. The two will contest the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland in 2013. They join Austrian Klaus Bachler (21) and Michael Christensen (22) from Denmark who will once again receive support from Porsche in 2013 as Porsche …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsports Around the World: 2012 Volume 8
Maybe you’re not able to, or maybe you simply don’t have the time to read each little news blurb about Porsche Motorsports. If that’s the case, then Porsche Motorsport Newsletter here on PorschePurist is the best way to stay up to date. Filled with interesting facts and figures about past and upcoming races, along with changes to team and crew, …
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