The race for the victory at the Spa 24 this weekend came down to a last-minute tire gamble as the rain came bucketing down with under an hour to go. Once the dust settled, it was a knock-down drag-out battle between Ferrari and Audi for the win, unfortunately Porsche was nowhere to be seen. There was a Vanthoor in the fight for the win, but …
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Porsche takes endurance win on Ferrari’s home turf in FIA WEC 6 Hours of Monza
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 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche participated In Formula One engine meeting alongside Audi
While Porsche supplied turbocharged V6 engines to Formula One teams in the 1980s, most famously McLaren during its peak, and later built an ill-fated V12 for the Footwork team, the German sports car maker has been absent from F1 since 1991. During the most recent Austrian Grand Prix, however, Porsche took part in a meeting to determine …
Continue to the full articleBBI is bringing the turbocharged Porsche heat to Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
To truly understand how big an undertaking this year's Pikes Peak effort is from BBi Autosport, you have to go back a few years. BBi and team boss Betim Berisha first got hooked on the hill when the SoCal Porsche speed shop helped develop a wild turbocharged 997 GT3 Cup car for PPIHC legend Jeff Zwart back in 2014 and 2015. Fast forward a handful …
Continue to the full articleCheck out all 36 Porsche customer teams filling the Nürburgring 24 grid
The Frikadelli Racing Porsche team will start the ADAC Total 24 hours Rennen Nürburgring from pole position after absolutely dominating the Qualifications race a few weeks ago, but it's not just the SP9 class at the top of the time sheets where the Porsche brand is represented. Throughout the field there will be 38 different Porsche teams …
Continue to the full articleA Look Back at the Porsche 911 GT, McLaren F1, and Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR
When McLaren won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans with the F1 GTR entered in the GT1 class, Porsche decided to challenge it a year later with the 911 GT1. Porsche succeeded in beating the McLaren F1; however, that was short-lived because Mercedes-Benz’s CLK GTR essentially killed the class. Carfection has gathered all three legendary street-legal race …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Bets It All In Monaco Formula E And Loses Big
While Porsche joined the Formula E series last season, the Monaco E-Prix was not on the calendar during the 2019-20 season, so Porsche's 99X Electric has never raced there. This was a new opportunity for the German team to learn another new track, and unfortunately lady luck was not on their side. After podium results in Rome and Valencia, Porsche …
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 Falls Short Of Podium Dreams In Daytona Endurance Classic
The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry. Privateer entries from multiple different Porsche-driving squads showed up to the 24 Hours of Daytona intent on winning the whole shooting match, but the cruel hands of fate had other ends in mind. From the drop of the green flag, Porsche's bad luck reared its ugly head, taking the GTLM-classified …
Continue to the full articleThis One-Off Track-Spec Carrera GT-R Can be Yours for a Cool $1M
If you're willing to part with a little more than $1,000,000, you can help write an abandoned chapter in Porsche's racing history. The stillborn racing project that begat the Carrera GT, dubbed the 9R3 LMP900, brought along with it a whole host of tech that might've made it a standout. The crown jewel was its screaming V10—a motor …
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