Planet Porsche
2019
ARN Racing confirms new Porsche 911 GT3 R for Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia 2019
Porsche’s new-for-2019 911 GT3 R will compete in Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia next season following confirmation of ARN Racing’s entry. The Japanese squad has run a Ferrari 488 GT3 for the past two seasons, initially on a race-by-race basis before committing full-time in 2018, but has taken the opportunity to upgrade following the Porsche’s … Continue reading
Nick Boulle Joins Park Place Motorsports as Endurance Driver
Nick Boulle is turning laps in Park Place Motorsports’ new Porsche 911 GT3 R for testing at Daytona International Raceway as the official endurance driver for 2019. He brings years of experience on the world’s greatest endurance race courses including Le Mans, Spa Franchorchamp and Daytona. His greatest notoriety may be when he became the … Continue reading
The Patrick Plan: Park Place Motorsports in 2019
Park Place Motorsports rejoins IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2019 with a full season GT Daytona class entry featuring Team Principal Patrick Lindsey and Porsche Factory Driver Patrick Long. Lindsey and Long previously ran together in 2013 under the newly formed Park Place Motorsports banner. Then running the No. 73 in the Grand-Am Rolex GT … Continue reading
Porsche tackles Le Mans again with four works cars
Porsche has paid tribute to the worldwide achievements of its teams and drivers over the 2018 season at its Night of Champions motorsport gala in Weissach. On this occasion, the Board announced the intense continuation of its worldwide GT activities as well as a number of innovations. Commitment to Le Mans At the 87th edition … Continue reading
Flying Lizard Win Fourth Straight 25 Hours of Thunderhill
Sunday afternoon at Thunderhill Raceway Park, Flying Lizard Motorsports celebrated its fourth consecutive overall victory at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, also winning in both classes with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and an Audi R8 LMS GT4. Johannes van Overbeek, Justin Marks, Andy Wilzoch, Charlie Hayes, and Wolf Henzler drove the Porsche to victory … Continue reading
2018: A vintage year for Kévin Estre
Kévin Estre is a Porsche works driver in the grand touring category, at the summit of the endurance pyramid since 2016. This year, the man from Lyon scored what is the greatest victory in his career so far at the wheel of the 911 RSR in the emblematic Pink Pig livery. He went on to … Continue reading
