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Blancpain GT Series
Winning weeks for the 911 RSR, 911 GT3 R and 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport
The customer racing vehicles from Porsche have given an impressive demonstration of their huge potential at numerous races in recent weeks. The partners of Porsche Motorsport achieved successes most notably with the new 911 GT3 R at the season-opening round of the Blancpain GT Series and the GT World Challenge Asia. On the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, the … Continue reading
Faultless start for the Porsche 911 GT3 R at the 24 Hours of Spa
Don’t take any unnecessary risks, keep the car on the track and steadily make up ground to the frontrunners – all four 911 GT3 R are following this motto at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. After a disciplined start phase, the 63-strong field are still running close together. The two-time outright Le Mans winner Earl … Continue reading
Blancpain GT class podium for the Porsche 911 GT3 R at Silverstone
The Porsche customer team Herberth Motorsport scored a podium spot at round two of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Silverstone (UK). On Sunday, the all-German line-up of Jürgen Häring, Edward-Lewis Brauner and Wolfgang Triller secured third in the Am-class. Manthey-Racing narrowly missed out on a top ten placing. The three Porsche works drivers … Continue reading
Strong, swift, spectacular: The new Porsche 911 GT3 R
Porsche has designed a new customer racer for GT3 series worldwide for 2019 based on the 911 GT3 RS production sports car: the 911 GT3 R. During the development of the up to 404 kW (550 hp)* racing nine-eleven, special attention was paid to particularly efficient aerodynamics, further optimised safety as well as lowering the … Continue reading
Difficult start to the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup season for the Porsche 911 GT3 R at Monza
The Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the Manthey-Racing team finished round one of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Monza without earning points. A technical defect in the early stages of the three-hour race made it impossible for the three Porsche works drivers Romain Dumas (France), Frédéric Makowiecki (France) and Dirk Werner (Germany) … Continue reading
Wright Motorsports to Enter 2018 IMSA WeatherTech Competition with Patrick Long and Christina Nielsen
Wright Motorsports will be returning to endurance competition in 2018 with a full-season IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entry. Sharing the seat of a GT Daytona (GTD) class Porsche 911 GT3 R will be reigning two-time GTD champion, Christina
