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 …
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Porsche 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 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Supercup extends contract as F1 support series through 2030
Porsche Supercup first joined the Formula One schedule as a support series way back in 1993. As of this morning, Porsche and F1 have come together on a new contract to extend the joint participation through at least 2030, giving the world another eight additional seasons of Porsche-on-Porsche action at some of the greatest tracks in the …
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 …
Continue to the full articleProton Competition confirm dual Porsche 963 IMSA and WEC efforts
The German team founded in 1996, currently known as Proton Competition, has been a long-time customer of Porsche motorsport products. The team has been running GT 911s since the 996 era, and fields racing cars in endurance events all around the world. Over the last decade the company has also been running the European arm of actor Patrick Dempsey's …
Continue to the full articleMercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff believes Porsche and Red Bull could still make something work
The Porsche and Red Bull tie up in Formula One is getting to be a little bit will-they-won't-they sitcom romance vibe, because despite both Red Bull and Porsche issuing press releases that the two companies were absolutely never going to join forces, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff still thinks there is a chance. And not only that, he believes the …
Continue to the full articleGet ready to say goodbye to the 991-generation GT3 R, one of Porsche’s most successful racers ever
The 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3R racer has continued the legacy of Porsche's phenomenal lineage of street-car-based grand touring machines in proper winning fashion. While 911 race cars have certainly experienced a series of dominant finishes in the past, it has typically been a story of strength in numbers and reliability in the face of adversity. With …
Continue to the full articleTwo-day Porsche 963 test at Daytona gives Team Penske time to adjust
Porsche's first race with the new 963 prototype is coming up faster than you might think, as January's Rolex 24 at Daytona is just four months away. To get a jump on things Porsche and Team Penske have been running in the new car at the World Center of Racing, spending two days at the track pounding out laps to acclimate car and driver and crew. …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche/Red Bull Formula One deal is officially dead
This week Porsche issued a short, and somewhat terse, statement confirming that talks between Stuttgart and the championship-leading F1 squad have fallen apart basically at the zero hour. This surprise news comes on the heels of at least a month of both companies essentially just signatures away from making the deal done. It's hard to say exactly …
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