The Twelve Hours of Sebring is scheduled for its 73rd edition on March 15. In preparation for this endurance event, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team conducted a thorough testing session in February as part of the IMSA official tests. During this two-day session, factory driver Matt Campbell achieved the fastest lap while driving the No. 6 Porsche …
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AO Racing introduces a killer T-Rex GTD livery ahead of Sebring 12 Hour
While AO Racing ran a special Preston Henn's Swap Shop livery at the 24 Hours of Daytona back in January, commemorating the Swap Shop 935 winning the race outright in 1983, the team have retired that livery for the full season, and are instead going to be racing with a wonderfully comical T-Rex livery. The car has henceforth been dubbed "Rexy" and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche adds female driver development program to its motorsport pyramid
Porsche's recent motorsport history is has been pretty woman-inclusive, hiring driving talent like IMSA champion Christina Nielsen to drive 911s and open-wheel legend Simona de Silvestro as test and development driver for the massively successful Formula E program. Women love Porsches just as much as men do, and everybody loves racing once they …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s new 963 suffers failures in IMSA season-opening Daytona 24, but provides promise
Whenever Porsche launches a new race car, it is typically over prepared and over developed, if occasionally a little off the pace. That seems to have been the case with the new 992-generation GT3 R, which faced a difficult balance of performance in its first race but raced well and didn't have any major failures. The prototype 963, however, saw a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche narrowly misses out on Daytona 24 pole position in 963’s debut
The number 7 Penske-Porsche with Felipe Nasr onboard narrowly missed out on nabbing the 963 program's first pole position on Sunday during IMSA's Roar Before the 24 event, which featured Rolex 24 qualifying. Acura's Tom Blomqvist put in a stunning closing lap to pip Nasr to pole by just eight hundredths of a second when the checkered flag fell; …
Continue to the full articleThree totally new Porsche race cars set to make their competition debut in a one-week period
I don't recall a time in history when a single manufacturer introduced three all-new competition cars to the motorsport in the span of one week, but Porsche is set to do just that, starting this Friday. The brand new Gen 3 Porsche 99X Electric Formula E competitor bows to the world in Mexico City for free practice 1 on Friday the 13th before racing …
Continue to the full articleWright, MDK, AO, and Kelly Moss confirm new Porsche GTD programs for IMSA in 2023
When Porsche launches a new GT3-spec racing weapon people in the paddock typically sit up and take notice. That was certainly the case when the new 992-generation 911 GT3 R made its launch last year ahead of a competition debut in 2023. While only two teams—Wright and Pfaff—entered Porsches in IMSA for 2022, there will now be a confirmed six of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche announces factory driver lineup for 2023, including the return of Nick Tandy
Porsche has three major international factory racing programs to keep supplied with drivers across the 2023 season, including two cars in FIA WEC, two cars in IMSA, and a pair again in Formula E. While Formula E drivers keep their own cars separate, the endurance racing programs require at least three drivers per car for the 10-, 12-, and 24-hour …
Continue to the full articlePfaff is ready for 2023 with a new Porsche 911 GT3 R and a new driver lineup
The Plaid Porsche team is back at it again, trying to get its third IMSA title in as many years in 2023 with its new freshly-delivered 992-generation GT3 R. The defending GTD Pro champions are back for another round of fighting the best in the GT game, and they've got a new crew of drivers to take on the world. Last year the team made use of Matt …
Continue to the full articlePorsche wants young American racing drivers on the team
Porsche is racing top-class prototypes in America for the first time since the late 1990s, as it will field a two-car factory-backed 963 effort with Penske Racing (as well as two customer-fielded cars) in IMSA's new GTP category. With a clear sign that American racing fans are growing in number and the health of the IMSA series gets stronger every …
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