The penultimate round of Porsche's final season in top flight prototype racing is done and gone. This report will take you through the highs and lows, ups and downs of Porsche's time in China this weekend. The 6 hour race was not without incident, but ultimately everything shook out decently in Porsche's favor. While they didn't win any of the …
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2017 24 HOURS OF LE MANS ON TWITTER FOR PORSCHE FANS
While it didn't look like it was going to happen, thanks in part to a devastating mechanical failure by Toyota, Porsche won the big race overall last year. Even as attendees at the event, we could not have kept astride of the goings on without social media. Aside from the usual television and radio broadcasts, today we have even greater access to …
Continue to the full articleA Fan’s Guide to the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans: The Porsche Perspective
The end of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans was a bit of a shock. Though Porsche achieved victory, Toyota's mechanical failure late in the race was heartbreaking, even to a Porsche fan. The 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans field presents a very different picture to 2016, with the LMP1 field down to just six cars from nine. The two Audi entries are gone, as are …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results, Pictures and Video in the WEC Round 2 at Spa
It was a busy weekend in the world of Porsche motorsport with races in the WEC, IMSA and Supercup. Round 2 of the World Endurance Challenge was contested at Spa Francochamps with Porsche competing in both LMP1 and GTE-Pro. If Porsche's full report is too much for you, we have a TL;DR summation in the form of a video below. Otherwise, for those …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures From Lone Star Le Mans At COTA
This weekend at COTA was possibly the hottest and muggiest time at the track I've ever experienced. We saw the thermometer rise well above 90 degrees, but the real killer was the 65% humidity. Many drivers, and even spectators, were struggling with the heat, and the mantra of the weekend was "stay hydrated"! The on-track action was just as hot, …
Continue to the full articleA Porsche Fan’s Guide To The 2016 24 Hours Of Le Mans
Porsche is running four factory-backed cars at Le Mans next weekend (2 in LMP1 and 2 in LMGTE-Pro), and they'll be joined by five additional privateer-run efforts(1 in LMGTE-Pro and 4 LMGTE-Am). Porsche fans like you or I should be excited at the prospects Porsche has this year to win the whole shooting match once again. Coming off one of the most …
Continue to the full article24 Hours of Le Mans On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Porsche won this big race overall last year, and we could not have kept astride of the goings on of the race without social media. Aside from the usual television and radio broadcasts, today we have even greater access to online streaming, live in-car video, and most importantly, Twitter. For long endurance races like this one, Twitter can be an …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT Results From The Le Mans Pre-Test
The official pre-test on Sunday marks the start of the final stage of preparations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Porsche Motorsport factory team is campaigning two 911 RSR at the 84th running of the prestigious long distance classic with the overall Le Mans winners Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy in the GTE Pro class. The squad used this test to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures, Video, and Results From The 2016 Six Hours Of Silverstone
Kicking off the 2016 running of the World Endurance Championship with the 6 hour race at Silverstone, Porsche has begun their championship defense in decent form. The race, after a lot of ups and downs, would end with the #2 Porsche LMP1 winning the weekend and maximum points. Porsche's weekend was less than the best in regards to the two GTE …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Video, Pictures, and Results From The 6 Hours Of Shanghai
This race had shades of the Fuji 6-hour just a few weeks ago. It started under yellow (luckily a bit shorter this time), was plagued by rain early, and drying conditions later, and saw a Porsche LMP1 1-2 victory. This being their fifth overall victory in as many races, and fourth 1-2 victory of the season, Porsche is absolutely on fire this year. …
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