After two days of testing running at Sebring International this weekend ahead of the FIA WEC's season opening 1000 Miles of Sebring next weekkend, it is clear that Porsche is in the top half of the Hypercar class with its freshly-debuted 963 hybrid LMDh prototype. Toyota, which has been running a pair of GR010 Hybrid Hypercars—developed in part …
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Twelve Porsches make Le Mans 24 entry list
It's finally Le Mans Entry List Day, and we get to see just how serious Porsche is about trying to win the big race this year. As it turns out, they're taking it pretty seriously. The big news today is that Porsche will have a full three-car factory-backed entry in the Hypercar class with a trio of Penske-run Porsche 963s. Also confirmed today was …
Continue to the full articlePorsche teammates finish well in India Formula E race while Andretti struggles
Porsche had a very interesting weekend at the Hyderabad E-Prix over in India, starting with some serious adversity and overcoming that to score some good points. On the first lap of free practice 1, championship leader Pascal Wehrlein spun hard into the wall when his Porsche 99x Electric race car throttle jammed wide open into a braking zone. As a …
Continue to the full articleManthey Racing score podium in send-off for Grello 991 GT3 R at Bathurst 12 Hour
It was go-time down in Australia for the Manthey Racing team and the final official outing of the 991.2-generation 911 GT3 R this weekend as the Grello Porsche came home in second place, just 0.9 seconds off the winning Mercedes-AMG GT3. Matt Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet, and Thomas Preining came together to put on a show. The Manthey Racing car spent …
Continue to the full articleRed Bull Racing partners with Ford after deal with Porsche disintegrates
After being seemingly minutes away from signing a deal with Porsche for engine manufacture and supply from 2026 onward, Red Bull rescinded that deal and walked away from the table in September of 2022. Just a few months after the fact, Red Bull Racing has confirmed that it will partner with Ford instead. Why on earth would a successful racing team …
Continue to the full articlePorsche restores the original 911 Dakar
Back in 1986 Porsche driver Jacky Ickx and co-driver Claude Brasseur took this 959 from France to West Africa to finish second overall in the Paris-Dakar rally, completing a Porsche 1-2 victory behind teammates Rene Metge and Dominique Lemoyne. With the re-introduction of a gelande-ready Porsche 911, the new 992-generation Dakar, Porsche is more …
Continue to the full articlePascal Wehrlein takes second Formula E win of the weekend in Diriyah
For the third time in three races, Porsche has powered the top two finishers in a Formula E E-Prix. And for the second time this weekend it has been Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein standing on the top step followed closely by Andretti's Jake Dennis. This time Wehrlein was able to put together a lap in qualifying to get himself into the duels and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche powers Andretti’s Jake Dennis to Formula E season-opening victory
Andretti Autosport is in the news a lot recently. The iconic American open wheel name announced last week that it was tendering a bid to enter the Formula One grid with backing from Cadillac. An unorthodox choice to be sure, but one that brings a lot of promise. The rest of the teams on the grid aren't so sure, spurning the potential pair up as …
Continue to the full articlePorsche will face off against Toyota, Ferrari, Cadillac, Peugeot, Glickenhaus, and Vanwall in FIA WEC competition this season
On Wednesday the FIA World Endurance Championship unveiled its full-season entry list, and it miraculously includes a whopping four Porsche 963 LMDh cars in the Hypercar class, plus a further six 2019-spec 911 RSRs in the GTE Am category. More than a quarter of all the cars on the grid this season will be sporting the Porsche crest. I'd say that …
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 …
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