Porsche came back to endurance racing on the world stage last year with high hopes. Alas, despite their best efforts, the team managed just one win and finished third amongst the other competitors in its class (Audi and Toyota). Looking forward to 2015 Porsche debuted the revamped 919 Hybrid last week ahead of the WEC season opener on April 12th …
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14 Of Porsche’s Most Significant Moments Of 2014
1. 919 Program Finds Success Competing head-to-head with sports prototype racing giants like Audi and Toyota is no mean feat, and Porsche can legitimately say that they put up a significant effort in 2014. Considering that this was the first year of the program, they should be quite happy with their results and proud of their accomplishments. …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT Le Mans Results In The WEC At Sao Paulo, Brazil
While it wasn't the dominating season many Porsche fans hoped for, Porsche Team Manthey did finish the year with a successful conclusion to the Sports Car World Endurance Championship. With a strong performance at the six-hour race in Sao Paulo, the French Porsche works drivers Frédéric Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet scored second in the fiercely …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s LMP1 Results, Pictures And Video In The WEC At Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Porsche Team claimed their first victory with the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the final race of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship in São Paulo. Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb drove the No. 14 919 Hybrid LMP1 car to the top of the podium in Brazil. As exciting as the win was, some of the celebration was toned down due to an incredibly …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Dempsey Continues With Porsche In 2015. This Time In Full WEC Series
Patrick has been a regular in the sports car racing seen for some time now. His "official" relationship with Porsche began in 2013 in the ALMS and continued in 2014 with a fifth place finish at Le Mans, a podium spot In the Tudor United SportsCar Championship at VIR and an appearance in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. Now he's back for …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT Team Results And Pictures In The WEC At Bahrain
In the number 91 Porsche Team Manthey 911 RSR, Porsche works drivers Jörg Bergmeister and Richard Lietz scored fourth place in the highly competitive GTE-Pro class at the penultimate round of the season in the Kingdom of Bahrain at the Persian Gulf. Their factory pilot colleagues, and Shanghai winners, Frédéric Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet saw the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s LMP1 Team Results, Pictures And Video In The WEC At Bahrain
For the first time ever, both Porsche 919 Hybrid crews were part of the podium ceremony: The trio of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb finished second overall in round seven of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain. Immediately behind them their sister car crossed the line. Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber were the third …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Shanghai Six Hour Success
After scoring their second LMP1 podium at last month's WEC race in Japan, the team was looking to capitalize on that momentum. Qualifying went very well, as Romain Dumas took the pole position from Toyota by the tiniest of fractions of a second. It would seem that every race that goes by, Porsche is getting just a little closer to that first …
Continue to the full articleCould McLaren F1 Driver Jenson Button Move To Porsche’s LMP1 Team In 2015?
When it comes to Formula 1, the "silly season" is arguably more exciting than the regular season. The current rumors have Sebastian Vettel leaving Red Bull for Ferrari, Fernando Alonso leaving Ferrari to return to McLaren with Honda engines, and Jenson Button being pushed out of his position at McLaren to make room for the Spaniard's arrival. …
Continue to the full articleTake A Lap In The 919 Hybrid At COTA
The last time we took a ride along in a 919 Hybrid was at night, during testing on the Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet. You may remember from that post how we commented that the cockpit seemed more like a spaceship than a racecar. In this ride-along, we take a lap with Timo Bernhard around the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, TX. What's …
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