In a double header with TUSCC at COTA, the WEC Porsches converged on Texas for a little bit of domination. Everything is bigger in Texas, so Porsche brought their A-game in the LMP1 category, as well as the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes. With Porsche on pole in three of the four WEC classes, it was easy to tell that Saturday was going to be a big day …
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What Does Mark Webber Do When He’s Not Racing A Porsche LMP1?
If you thought the life of a Porsche LMP1 driver was limited to action at the track for a few weekends a year, you'd be sadly mistaken. Here, thanks to the WEC's YouTube channel, we get a behind the scenes look at what Mark Webber did with his time between round one at Silverstone, and round two at Spa just a week ago. Driving, training, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Issues New Real Racing 3 Challenge To Race 911 RSR At Spa
Just a week ago, Porsche attacked the 6 Hours of Spa in the second round of the World Endurance Championship. To commemorate their pair of 911 RSR podium placings at that race, Porsche has teamed up with EA Games and Real Racing 3. Are you the fastest smart phone armchair racer out there? If you can prove it by setting the fastest lap at Spa in a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results, Pictures and Video From The WEC 6 Hours Of Spa
For the second round of the World Endurance Championship, Porsche started the weekend feeling great. Having shown reasonably well At Silverstone last month, the Belgian round this weekend was looking good. Adding a third 919 Hybrid only added bullets to their gun, with a total of 5 Porsche factory racing cars on hand to battle for two different …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results, Photos And Video From The 6 Hours Of Silverstone WEC Season Opener
This year's 6 Hours of Silverstone was an absolute stunner. Probably one of the best races that I've seen in quite a long time. There were epic on-track battles, dicey strategy decisions, and a whole lot of competitive cars on track. As season openers go, this one was excellent, and paints a picture of a promising WEC season in 2015. Porsche …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Introduces Second Gen 919 Hybrid LMP1 With New Red/White/Black Le Mans-Only Liveries
Today in France, a new generation of Porsche LMP1 was launched, turning its first public laps at the Paul Ricard test circuit for the "Le Mans Prologue" pre-season test. In what is a shock to absolutely nobody, Porsche's new car is a significant change from last year's car. They have increased to the highest "8 Megajoule" category of LMP1, allowing …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Signs Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Jeromy Moore As New LMP1 Performance Engineer
Dear reader, you may not be familiar with Jeromy Moore, Porsche's newest LMP1 team acquisition, but you should be. He is, undoubtedly, one of the most successful driver engineers in the history of Australia's V8 Supercars series. For over a decade Moore has been working in V8 Supercars, and most recently with the Triple Eight Race Engineering team …
Continue to the full article14 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 articleThe Logistics Nightmare Of Shipping Porsche’s 919 Hybrid LMP1 All Over The World
Porsche's inaugural attack on the FIA's World Endurance Championship in 2014 came with a host of challengers, most notably in the form of Audi and Toyota, not to mention the challenges of pace and reliability inherent in any endurance racing championship. Throughout the season, however, there was one challenge faced by the team that had nothing to …
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 …
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