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Kévin Estre: looking back at 2020, looking forward to 2021 and dreaming of 2023
Victory in LM GTE Pro in the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, a world championship title in 2019 and the arrival of a baby boy, Tommy, in 2020! After his programme as a works Porsche Motorsport driver has recently been announced, Kévin Estre looks back at the year just ending and ahead to 2021 with … Continue reading
Porsche aims to fight for FIA WEC and IMSA overall victories with an LMDh prototype
The Executive Board at Porsche AG has given the green light to the development of an LMDh prototype. After a lengthy evaluation phase, Porsche Motorsport received the order to build a vehicle based on future regulations. From 2023, the LMDh cars will make up a new top class in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) … Continue reading
Two major works projects and enticing customer sport at Porsche
Porsche will be well represented on major international stages of the motor racing scene in the 2021 season. The management announced the plans for the coming year on the occasion of tonight’s first virtual Night of Champions. In 2020, the traditional event, which in recent years has been held at Weissach in the first half … Continue reading
One-two for Porsche at the WEC season finale
The Porsche GT Team has wrapped up the 2019/2020 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC with positions one and two in the GTE-Pro category. Frenchman Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen from Denmark took up the eight-hour race on the Bahrain International Circuit from pole position and crossed the finish line in first place. … Continue reading
Porsche starts the WEC finale in Bahrain from pole position
The Porsche GT Team has secured a very strong starting position in the qualifying for the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC in Bahrain: The two ca. 515 hp Porsche 911 RSR take up the eight-hour race on Saturday from pole position and the second grid row of the GTE Pro category. … Continue reading
Porsche targets third win this year for the 911 RSR at the WEC season finale
Porsche aims to conclude the debut season of the new Porsche 911 RSR with a win. At the eight-hour race in Bahrain, which marks the final round of the 2019/2020 FIA WEC season, the factory squad will again field two ca. 515 hp vehicles in the GTE-Pro class. In the GTE-Am class, three customer squads … Continue reading
