Porsche has secured the support of two endurance aces for the two FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) races in Portimão and Le Mans. In car (#91), Frédéric Makowiecki reinforces the regular WEC drivers Gianmaria Bruni from Italy and Richard Lietz from Austria. The Frenchman has been part of the driver line-up to tackle the 24 … Continue reading
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 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
KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) battled for the lead in the early stages of the 2020 TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa, but its victory chances came undone with an issue during the ninth hour. After the factory crew of the #47 Porsche 911 GT3 R demonstrated its speed on the Ardennes circuit by topping Night Practice, Kevin … Continue reading
Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific customer KCMG will field the 2019 winning line-up of Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen in a factory-supported effort at the 2020 TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa. The Porsche trio led home a fantastic 1-2 for the 911 GT3 R last year, claiming the German marque’s first win at the … Continue reading
Porsche has decided to send only a reduced number of participants to tackle the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. This affects the factory-contracted racing drivers as well as members of Porsche Motorsport and Manthey-Racing who worked at the 24 Hours of Le Mans last weekend. The reason behind this decision is that three people have … Continue reading