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Porsche aims to defend its lead in the world championship in the Algarve
The Porsche works team travels to the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) leading the points. Since the upcoming eight-hour race in Portimão on 13 June is new on the series’ calendar, teams and drivers face special challenges. The Porsche GT Team has prepared intensively for the upcoming task in Portugal’s Algarve … Continue reading
Matteo Cairoli aims to complete a perfect week as the FIA WEC heads to Portimão
Still celebrating an epic victory at the 24H Nürburgring last Sunday, Matteo Cairoli is now set for the 8 Hours of Portimão sharing driving duties in the Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR with team-mates Riccardo Pera and Egidio Perfetti. The Algarve race marks this weekend – 11/13 June – the second round of the FIA WEC Championship season where the Italian racing driver aims to bounce back following a … Continue reading
Spectacular, thrilling, surprising – 25 facts about Manthey-Racing
Record winner at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, successful operations team for Porsche Motorsport in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), reputable supplier of performance kits for road cars: The name Manthey stands for top performance on the racetrack and the road. In 2021, the company based in Meuspath in the Eifel celebrates its … Continue reading
Porsche and Multimatic are partners in new hybrid racing class
Porsche Motorsport is teaming up with Multimatic to build its LMDh racing cars. As of 2023, the racing prototypes fitted with a hybrid powertrain system will compete in the newly created top class of the world’s two most important sports car championships: the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC and the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar … Continue reading
Porsche and Team Penske to collaborate in motorsports
Porsche Motorsport and Team Penske have agreed to collaborate closely in fielding the new LMDh vehicle commencing in 2023. The successful US team will work together with the experts from Weissach to run factory entries in the FIA WEC World Endurance Championship and the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC). Under the name of … Continue reading
Emphatic win for Porsche at the WEC season opener in the Ardennes
Porsche has won the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Spa-Francorchamps. Works driver Kévin Estre from France and Neel Jani from Switzerland drove a commanding race in the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR to claim victory in the hotly contested GTE-Pro class. For Estre, who had already dazzled at Friday’s qualifying … Continue reading
