Porsche has not had this level of representation in the GT ranks at Le Mans in years. A full grid of ten cars from the German marque will take on the best comers from Ferrari, Ford, BMW, Corvette, and Aston Martin. Without an LMP1 effort to focus on, Porsche have diverted their resources to winning the LM GTE Pro class, with four factory-entered mid-engine 911 RSRs. In last year’s equipment, as is tradition, the GTE Am category features six cars from four different teams (Proton Competition are running three cars themselves). Both categories feature heavily stacked lineups and incredibly talented drivers. Both categories are really anyone’s game, and you’ll have to watch to find out if Porsche can do it again. The US-based #93 IMSA team won the 12 hours of Sebring with their 911 RSR, so maybe they’re on an endurance roll! Then again, the #94 IMSA team won the most recent IMSA round at Mid Ohio.
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 #LM24
- The FIA World Endurance Championship’s official account is @FIAWEC
- The 24 Hours of Le Mans’ official account is @24hoursoflemans
- Porsche @Porsche
- Porsche GT Team @PorscheNARacing
- Porsche Motorsport – GT Cars @PorscheRaces
GREAT RESOURCES
- Our Porsche Fan’s Guide to the 2018 Twenty-Four Hours of Le Mans
- John Dagys
- Marshall Pruett
- Shea Adam
- Radio Le Mans
- John Hindhaugh
- Graham Goodwin
- SportsCar 365 Live
PORSCHE DRIVERS ON TWITTER
The GTE Pro Class
Porsche Motorsport Team Manthey #91 @manthey_racing
- Gianmaria Bruni @GianmariaBruni
- Richard Lietz @RichardLietz
- Frederic Makowiecki @manthey_racing
- Michael Christensen @ChristensenMK
- Kevin Estre @kevinestre
- Laurens Vanthoor @VanthoorLaurens
Porsche Motorsport North America #93 @PorscheNARacing
- Patrick Pilet @PatrickPilet
- Nick Tandy @NickTandyR
- Earl Bamber @earlbamber
Porsche Motorsport North America #94 @PorscheNARacing
- Timo Bernhard @Timo_Bernhard
- Romain Dumas @RomainDumas
- Sven Mueller @Sven_Mueller14
The GTE Am Class
Team Project 1 @Project1_93
- Joerg Bergmeister @JBergmeister
- Patrick Lindsey @plindsey73
- Egidio Perfetti @EgidioEgidioap
Dempsey-Proton Racing #77 @ProtonRacing
- Matteo Cairoli @Cairoli96
- Giorgio Roda – Not On Twitter
- Khaled Al Qubaisi @khaledqubaisi
Ebimotors #80 @ebimotors
- Fabio Babini – Not On Twitter
- Christina Nielsen @ChristinaRacing
- Erik Maris – Not On Twitter
Gulf Racing #86 @Gulf_Racing
- Michael Wainwright – Not On Twitter
- Ben Barker @BenBarkerMsport
- Alex Davison @alexdavison79
Dempsey-Proton Racing #88 @ProtonRacing
- Matt Campbell @mattcampbell22_
- Christian Ried – Not On Twitter
- Julien Andlauer @JAndlauer
Proton Competition #99 @ProtonRacing
- Patrick Long @pLmotorsport
- Spencer Pumpelly @SpencerPumpelly
- Tim Pappas @tpap54
Don’t forget to follow @FLATSIXES if you’re not already!
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