The battle between Porsche and Ferrari is heating up in the FIA WEC this year ahead of a run at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. After a six hour fight just 100 miles from the Ferrari factory, Porsche has won the most recent GTE Pro class outing at Monza. Factory ace racers Kevin Estre and Neel Jani paired for an exciting victory in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR …
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Porsche And Penske Team Up For IMSA And WEC Effort
Team Penske has been kicking butt in racing for decades, and for a lot of that time the team has been powered by Porsche. Way back in the 1960s Roger Penske himself was racing various four-cam Porsche prototype sports racing roadsters. By the 1970s, Penske and hired driver Mark Donohue were a global force, and their Porsche 917/30 became known as …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Takes Dramatic FIA WEC Season Opening 6 Hours Of Spa Victory
Spa-Francorchamps is a legendary track at which Porsche has earned truckloads of history and race victory trophies. Adding to that total this weekend, Works drivers Kevin Estre and Neel Jani paired to take a commanding victory in the number 92 Porsche 911 RSR at the first round of the FIA WEC's 2021 season. The GTE Pro class is packed with heavy …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 911 RSR Fastest In FIA WEC Pre-Season Testing At Spa
It's time for Porsche's factory endurance racing efforts to begin anew in 2021, as the company again partners with Manthey Racing for a two-car assault on the FIA WEC. Ahead of the season kicking off this weekend at the 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, the series ran a two-day four-session test to get an idea of BOP and speed for the newly-updated …
Continue to the full articleYour Favorite Porsche Drivers Tell The Story Behind Their Helmet Designs
Porsche has entered two 911 RSRs in the 2021 running of the FIA WEC series, both of which will be piloted by experienced racers including Neel Jani who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in 2016. Each driver has their own uniquely designed helmets that were inspired by multiple factors. A driver's helmet is an extension of their personality. …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Is Going Back To Le Mans With A New LMDh Race Car
For the first time since Porsche's RS Spyder LMP2 effort in the 2000s, the Stuttgart brand will be fielding an endurance sports car racer in top-flight championships on both sides of the Atlantic simultaneously. With new LMDh prototype regulations scheduled to hit in IMSA and the FIA WEC at the same time, for the 2023 season, Porsche will be …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Finishes FIA WEC Season With Twin Victories In The 8 Hours Of Bahrain
Any race event that ends with four Porsche 911 RSRs on the podium in two different classes is a very good race event indeed. The 8 Hours of Bahrain was the final race of the FIA WEC 2019/20 season, and Porsche absolutely dominated proceedings by delivering a pair of factory-backed GTE Pro machines to a 1-2 finish after eight hours of tough running. …
Continue to the full articleA FAN’S GUIDE TO THE 2020 24 HOURS OF LE MANS: THE PORSCHE PERSPECTIVE
A few months ago Porsche announced that it would be pulling two of its entries from the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020, thanks to budgetary cutbacks in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. The two IMSA team entered cars have been pulled, and only the two full-season WEC 911 RSRs will run in the 24 this year. This will be Porsche's smallest …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Finds Victory In Belgian WEC Round In The Rain
Porsche's GT team rolled into the sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps ready to take on the world, or at least the best from Ferrari and Aston Martin. After winning the opening round of the championship at the 4 hours of Silverstone last September, Porsche has been shut out of the top step of the …
Continue to the full articlePrepare For This Weekend’s WEC Race With An Onboard Lap Of Bahrain
Porsche has gotten off to a great start this season in the World Endurance Championship GTE Pro category, having taken two wins from three races thus far, as well as three additional podium place finishes. It's fair to say that after the first three of eight rounds Porsche has a mighty shot at securing another world championship this year. Of …
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