This weekend marked the final race ever for factory-supported 911 GT3Rs, and the first win for Porsche at the Bathurst 12 Hour. In winning the Bathurst 12, Porsche is on track for an incredible Intercontinental GT Challenge season. Factory racer Dirk Werner partnered with a pair of Porsche Young Professionals to take the win, Aussie Matt Campbell …
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Porsche’s Results and Pictures in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Lime Rock
For the third time in three weeks (first Bowmanville, then the Nurburgring, and now Lime Rock) the new Porsche 911 RSR started from pole position. During qualifying for round seven of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Lime Rock Park Gianmaria Bruni secured the best spot on the grid. For Porsche this is the second pole position in the IMSA …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
It looked like Porsche would achieve their first victory with the new 911 RSR this past weekend at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. In qualifying for round six of the IMSA SportsCar Championship Dirk Werner (Germany) posted the very first pole position with the 510 hp 911 RSR. During the race, his teammate Patrick Pilet (France) turned the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Watkins Glen
This was not a race for the faint-hearted. Right up until shortly before the end of Sunday’s six-hour race in Watkins Glen, the battle for victory in the GTLM class was still raging. The new #912 Porsche 911 RSR was well-positioned in third place, just seconds behind the leader. However, the result of race five of this season’s IMSA SportsCar …
Continue to the full articleFLATSIXES.com’s Great Driver Series: Dirk Werner
The Porsche Purist team sat down with Farnbacher Loles driver Dirk Werner last summer at Mid-Ohio, one of the foremost race tracks in the Midwest (and, arguably, the U.S.) It was a hot day, yet Werner was still fresh after coming off his practice session in the #87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche. We had first met Dirk informally at Watkins Glen, …
Continue to the full article5 of 10 Porsche Factory Drivers Have a Home for 2010. What About the Rest?
Friday proved to be a busy day for the Porsche PR department. If you missed all the news here's a quick recap: In the American Le Mans series, Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) will defend their championship title with Flying Lizard Motorsports in the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Alongside their teammates, Darren Law and Seth …
Continue to the full articleGT Class “Hat Trick” for Porsche
In this weekend's Grand Prix of Miami Porsche scored the Acxiom GT Team Championship and the Rolex Grand-Am GT Manufacturer’s title while Leh Keen (Charleston, SC) and Dirk Werner (Germany) drove the #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to clinch the Acxiom GT Drivers Championship and complete the "Hat Trick". Meanwhile, Hurley Haywood …
Continue to the full articleAvoidable Contact and Faulty Equipment Costs Porsche Podium and an Early Title in the Rolex Grand-Am
A sticky helmet radio cable might have cost Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) a podium finish – and perhaps their first victory of the season – at the Utah 250 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series race at Miller Motorsports Park Saturday. A rare mistake by Dirk Werner (Germany) prevented him and Farnbacher …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Wins in ALMS! Left Bruised and Bleeding in Grand-Am.
It was an exciting, busy and frustrating few days for Porsche Motorsport fans this weekend here in the States. The ALMS North East Grand Prix at Lime Rock on Saturday and the Grand-Am Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsport Park on Sunday combined to provide more than five hours of live action racing. The apparently unstoppable and dynamic duo of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Prepares for Grand-Am Series, round 8, in Birmingham, Alabama
After four wins this season, the Porsche pilots Dirk Werner (Germany) and Leh Keen (USA) travel to the eighth round of the American Grand-Am Series in the Barber Motorsports Park as clear leaders. With the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fielded by Farnbacher Loles Racing, they are determined to continue their success streak in the GT class on Sunday on the …
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