For the second consecutive year Porsche has taken everything the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) has to offer: victory in Le Mans, winning the manufacturers’ world championship in Shanghai and this past weekend, the drivers’ world championship at the finale in Bahrain. At the six-hour race in Bahrain the Porsche trio of Romain Dumas, …
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Romain Dumas Explains What It Takes To Convert A GT3 RS To A Rallye Ready 911 RGT
In the most recent episode of Mobil 1: The Grid, famed Porsche factory driver Romain Dumas gives a quick walk-around explanation of his 997 GT3 RS 4.0 that has been modified to rally car specification for the WRC's "RGT" category. Dumas himself piloted the car at the Rallye Monte Carlo just a couple of weeks ago, where he finished second in class, …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche Battle At Pikes Peak
By this point, it seems almost like privateer racers have harnessed more technology and speed in the race to the top of the mountain than we did in the race to the moon in the late sixties. This year, the battle for overall honors was down to a battle between electric power and fossil fuels. In the Time Attack Class, it was Porsche versus Porsche …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart, Romain Dumas, Vincent Beltois and Others Explain What It Takes To Conquer Pikes Peak In A Porsche
According to Ray Shaffer, General Manager of Brumos Porsche, "Pikes Peak is to Porsche of Colorado Springs what Daytona is to Brumos." With that in mind, it's only fitting that Porsche of Colorado would host a discussion featuring the like of Jeff Zwart, Romain Dumas and Vincent Beltoise (this year's Time Attack Winner in a Porsche) to discuss …
Continue to the full articleWhy Would You Drift A Porsche Panamera S E-hybrid On Ice?
That's the question we asked ourselves when we saw the video below. Then it hit us. You do it because you can! Let's face it, if you have the opportunity to take a Panamera (or any Porsche for that matter) out on the ice-covered track of Camp4 Canada you would do the same thing. The biggest difference is you're not Porsche factory driver Romain …
Continue to the full articleLook Who’s Driving for Porsche at Le Mans in 2014
Shortly after strongly denying rumors that Mark Webber is moving away from F1 and signing onto endurance racing, Porsche today announced the first two drivers in their 2014 Le Mans 24 Hour line-up. The first two "pilots" to contest the top class of the sports car World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the Le Mans 24 hour race are Le Mans overall …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Drivers to “Work” for Audi in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Porsche works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) contest the Le Mans 24 hour race (12th and 13th June) for Audi. As long distance specialists, the pair provides reinforcement to the driver line-up of the Ingolstadt manufacturer at the wheel of an Audi R15 TDI. In a Porsche RS Spyder, Bernhard and Dumas won all titles in the …
Continue to the full articleAvoidable Contact and Faulty Equipment Costs Porsche Podium and an Early Title in the Rolex Grand-Am
A sticky helmet radio cable might have cost Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) a podium finish – and perhaps their first victory of the season – at the Utah 250 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series race at Miller Motorsports Park Saturday. A rare mistake by Dirk Werner (Germany) prevented him and Farnbacher …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Recipe for Success in Grand-Am
I don't want to jinx things, but I feel comfortable in my prediction that Porsche will take the checkered flag in some way, shape or form this coming Saturday during the second Grand-Am race of the season at VIR. Where does this confidence come from? Simple, Porsche's not so secret recipe for success (lots of cars, the best drivers in the world …
Continue to the full articleTorture Testing the the 2008 Porsche Cayenne Transsyberia
You may remember this post from last month about Porsche making improvements to the Cayenne Transsyberia. True to Porsche racing history and like any good motorsports team they are now working on field testing those improvements. What caught the eye about this particular press release was the opportunity presented at the end to journalists. …
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