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Porsche finishes on podium at Spa and claims early world championship title
Porsche is the new world champion of FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). With positions three and eight for the two Porsche 911 RSR at Spa, the team from Weissach secured an early title at the penultimate round of the 2018/2019 Super Season. The two leaders of the drivers’ championship, Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen … Continue reading
Fourth grid row for Porsche at Spa-Francorchamps
In qualifying for round seven of the FIA World Sports Car Championship (WEC) at Spa-Francorchamps, the two Porsche 911 RSR fielded by the Porsche GT Team landed on grid positions seven and eight. The world championship leaders Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen (Denmark) lapped the 7.004-kilometre racetrack near the German border in an average … Continue reading
First match point in Belgium: Porsche sets sights on World Endurance Championship
Porsche reaches a match point at round seven of the FIA Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium). The factory squad from Weissach could take home the manufacturers’ title at the penultimate round of the 2018/2019 WEC Super Season. Two of the ca. 510 hp Porsche 911 RSR will go up against vehicles … Continue reading
Porsche GT Team kicks of the sports car world championship with a podium
After a gripping race at Spa-Francorchamps, the Porsche GT Team has started into the FIA Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC) season with second and fourth place. Frenchman Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen from Denmark scored second in the #92 car and narrowly missed out on clinching the maiden WEC victory for the new Porsche … Continue reading
Porsche GT Team starts Spa WEC season-opener from second grid row
Porsche heads into the opening round of the Sports Car FIA World Endurance Championship on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday from the second grid row. In a breathtakingly close qualifying, Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) and Richard Lietz (Austria) set the third quickest time with their 911 RSR, just 87-thousandths of a second off pole position. … Continue reading
Carrera Cup champions kick off World Endurance season at Spa
Australians Matt Campbell and Alex Davison will this weekend begin their 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship campaigns as part of the six-strong Porsche 911 RSR line-up at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on May 5, 2018. Both former champions of Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia, the duo will be part of the FIA WEC … Continue reading
