Porsche debuted their new mid-engine 911 RSR at Daytona last year, and suffered a few teething problems amidst a strong showing. They qualified mid-pack, and finished just off the tail of the class-winning Ford GT. With a full year of development under their belt, Porsche has potential to do even better this year. In GTD, Porsche won the class last year with a very exciting race to the finish. With some seriously factory-supported cars in their corner this year, Porsche has thepotential to repeat.
For long endurance races like this one, Twitter can be an invaluable source of information. Not only can Twitter provide an up-to-the-minute view of what’s happening in the race, it can connect you with intimate details and insight from the drivers and teams themselves. In fact, we know of no other way to stay as closely and accurately informed about what’s happening in the Porsche world before, during and after the race (even if you were at the event itself) than through the “Twittersphere”. You just need to know who to follow.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION
- The official Hashtag is #Rolex24
- The official account is @Rolex24Hours
- The WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s official account is @IMSA
- Daytona International Speedway’s official account is @DISUpdates
- Porsche @Porsche
- Porsche GT Team @PorscheNARacing
- Porsche Motorsport – GT Cars @PorscheRaces
GREAT RESOURCES
- Our Porsche Fan’s Guide to the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona
- John Dagys
- Marshall Pruett
- Shea Adam
- Radio Le Mans
- John Hindhaugh
- Graham Goodwin
- SportsCar 365 Live
Porsche Drivers on Twitter
The GTLM Class
Porsche Motorsport North America #911 @PorscheNARacing
- Patrick Pilet @PatrickPilet
- Nick Tandy @NickTandyR
- Fred Mako @FredMako1
Porsche Motorsport North America #912 @PorscheNARacing
- Laurens Vanthoor @VanthoorLaurens
- Earl Bamber @EarlBamber
- Gianmaria Bruni @GianmariaBruni
The GTD Class
Wright Motorsports #58 @WrightRac1ng
- Patrick Long @pLmotorsport
- Christina Nielsen @ChristinaRacing
- Robert Renauer – Not Active On Twitter
- Mathieu Jaminet @Mathjaminet
Manthey Racing #59 @manthey_racing
- Steve Smith – Not Active On Twitter
- Randy Walls – Not Active On Twitter
- Harald Proczyk – Not Active On Twitter
- Sven Mueller @Sven_Mueller14
- Matteo Cairoli @Cairoli96
Park Place Motorsports #73 @ParkPlaceRacing
- Patrick Lindsey @plindsey73
- Joerg Bergmeister @JBergmeister
- Norbert Siedler @NorbertSiedler
- Tim Pappas @tpap54
Don’t forget to follow @FLATSIXES if you’re not already!
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