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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Report: The upcoming Porsche 911 GT2 RS will be hybrid
Porsche's world-bending turbocharged RennSport model first showed its face in dealerships a bit over a decade ago, back in 2010. Of course, the first of the GT division's turbocharged models came way back in the heady 1990s with the 993-generation GT2, and that was furthered by the all-conquering widow-making 996-generation GT2. By the time the 997 …
Continue to the full articleTwelve 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 articleHave you got your tickets for Rennsport Reunion 7 yet?
In celebration of Porsche's 75th anniversary, Porsche Cars North America is gearing up for the 7th rendition of Rennsport Reunion, once again held at the iconic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The four-day event from September 28 to October 1 of this year will be the biggest yet, and the theme is "Icons of Porsche". Isn't every Porsche an icon? At …
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 articleThis period-raced 911 S could be your Sports Purpose
Coming up for auction early next month at the Amelia Island weekend is this 1968 Porsche 911 S Coupe. Once the FIA relegated the 911 R to Group 6 Prototype classification, Porsche decided to offer many of the parts from that project as after-sales add-ons in a 60-page Sports Purpose Handbook. This allowed customer racers to add factory racing parts …
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 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 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 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 …
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