Testing in motorsports can be related to “practice” in other sports. However, there is one main difference in motorsports: “practice” is extremely expensive and therefore, to save us from ourselves, limited by rules. That places a huge importance on being efficient with your testing program. For every test we do we have a detailed plan that lays …
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The 7 Most Commonly Used Terms By Porsche 911 Race Car Drivers
About the author: Bryan Sellers has been a Falken Tire factory driver for seven years. As one of the elite American sports car racers, the Braselton, Georgia-resident has driven the No. 17 Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR (and its predecessor the 911 GT3 RSR) to GT class victories at Mid-Ohio (American Le Mans Series, 2011), Baltimore (ALMS, 2011, …
Continue to the full articleThis Is The All New 911 GT3 R
Lighter, more economical, faster: the new 911 GT3 R from Porsche AG on Vimeo. Today at the Nurburgring, ahead of the 2015 running of the 24 Hour sports car race there, Porsche brought a future competitor out to show to the world. The brand-new, hotly-anticipated, 991-generation GT3 R. The GT3 R is homologated compliant to the FIA GT3 …
Continue to the full articleDriving The BF Goodrich g-force Comp 2 A/S
A few weeks ago, I was invited to represent Hooniverse.com at the launch of a brand new 'performance all season' tire from BF Goodrich in Phoenix, AZ. In the interest of full disclosure, BFG payed for me to fly to Phoenix, put me up in a very nice room at a very nice hotel, and gave me as much food and drink as I could ever want (BFG is owned by …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn
The 2000 Le Mans race was not a high water mark for Porsche. The factory sent no prototypes, so there was only a clamor of GT2 and GT3 911s to carry the banner. Audi, without much competition at the top, finished 1-2-3, and there were no Porsches at all in the top 10. Not the best year to pick to make the pilgrimage across the pond to see the 24 …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Dempsey’s Porsche Has A New Livery For The 2015 FIA WEC Season
The opening round of the 2015 FIA WEC season is just days away and we've already seen Porsche's new LMP1 livery designed especially for Le Mans. With just a little more than 3-days to go, Porsche is teasing another new livery, this time for Patrick Dempsey's 911 RSR. As most of you know, Dempsey confirmed he would run a full season in the …
Continue to the full articleWalter Röhrl Takes Us On Track In The Cayman GT4
Since the Cayman GT4s "official" introduction a few weeks ago, we've been learning more and more about its track capabilities. One of our best sources of information came from Chris Harris when he compiled his full, on-track review in this video. However, that's not to say there isn't more to learn or more to see. Today's video, while admiteddly …
Continue to the full articleThis Is How The Frozen Tracks At Porsche’s Camp4 Canada Are Created
One of the coolest parts of going to Porsche's Camp4 Canada was learning all about how the circuits used for the driving experience are crafted. It's a delicate art, trying to balance how much snow and ice are underneath the cars. The people who run and maintain the tracks, Mécaglisse, are artists, and they take great pride in their art. Here are a …
Continue to the full articleRussia’s Frozen Lake Baikal Is An Epic Backdrop For Porsche’s Newest Adventure #PlugIntoSiberia
For the next 12 days a group of 12 journalists will travel a total of 7000 kilometers across Siberia from Irkutsk (near Russia's Lake Baikal) to Ekaterinburg (in the Ural Mountains) on a trip known as "Plug Into Siberia". The average temperatures in Siberia during the coming weeks will hover at around minus 20 degrees. This is permafrost country …
Continue to the full articleThe Evolution Of The Porsche Front End
It's actually pretty amazing how many crowdfunding projects there are related to Porsche. A week doesn't go by where we don't get pitched by someone. This week was no different. I opened my email yesterday and found the following: Hello Paula, I just launched an Automobile Icons screenprint project that I thought your FlatSixes readers …
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