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In anticipation of the upcoming world premiere of the all-electric Cayenne, Porsche, the reigning Teams’ and Manufacturers’ champions in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, presents its 99X Electric in a special design. During official Formula E pre-season testing in Valencia this week, the race cars driven by Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Müller feature the striking prototype camouflage livery from the new performance SUV. This design highlights the importance Porsche places on the transfer of technology between the racetrack and the road. The most notable commonality between the Cayenne and the 99X is that both recover large amounts of energy during braking and, with up to 600 kW of recuperation power, they feature highly efficient...

#porsche #porschecustomer #porsche911gt3r #911gt3r #porsche911 During the 2024 season, the Porsche 911 GT3 R set the benchmark in the world’s most distinguished endurance racing series. Fielded by the experienced customer teams Manthey and AO Racing, the 911 secured titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC (LMGT3 class) and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (GTD Pro category). The current 911 GT3 R celebrated its world premiere on 30 July 2022 at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium and has been campaigned in international competition since the 2023 season. The new LMGT3 class made its World Endurance Championship debut in the 2024 season. The two 911 GT3 R race cars fielded by Manthey successfully held their own against...

#porsche #porsche911 #911 #911t3r #porsche911gt3 #24hours #spafrancorchamps Porsche’s customer teams are on track for top results at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps after encountering difficult track conditions during the night. With more than two-thirds of the race over, Rutronik Racing’s 911 GT3 R was running in sixth place, with SSR Herberth’s Porsche in seventh. Porsche’s customer teams SSR Herberth and Rutronik Racing wrapped up the 24 Hours of Spa in positions eight and nine. After 478 laps on the 7.004-kilometre Grand Prix circuit, the best-placed 911 GT3 R was on the same lap as the victorious Aston Martin. The Dinamic GT team from Italy finished 27th overall and ranked second in the Silver Cup. Porsche Newsroom

#porsche #efuels #mobil1 #porschesupercup #supercup #motorsports #germancarforum The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup will start the new season with eFuels that are potentially near-carbon-neutral. The feedstock comes from the Haru Oni pilot plant. The up to 32 racing cars in the Supercup will be fuelled exclusively with eFuels at each of the eight racing events in Europe. With the flagship project, Porsche wants to guide the way to a motorsport that has the best possible net CO₂-neutral balance sheet and aims to take a pioneering role. In 2024, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup will run exclusively with potentially nearly synthetic eFuels for the first time. The raw fuel comes from the Haru Oni pilot plant in Chile and is produced...

#porsche #porschemotorsport #motorsport #hybrid #porschehybrid #germancarforum Porsche Penske Motorsport wrapped up round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC with both Porsche 963 racers again on the podium. At the Autodromo di Imola, Laurens Vanthoor, André Lotterer and Kévin Estre crossed the finish line in second place in difficult weather conditions towards the end of the six-hour race. Their teammates Frédéric Makowiecki, Michael Christensen and Matt Campbell claimed the third podium step after an inspired pursuit effort. The best customer Porsche 963 took the flag in eleventh position. In the LMGT3 category, Manthey PureRxcing followed up their class win at the season opener with another podium result. The six-hour...

#porsche #gt4 #porscheGT4electric #electric #gt4electric #ev #germancar #germancars #germancarforum Arctic exploration – in an all-electric racing Porsche A fact-finding mission to Finland, to get to know the Porsche GT4 e-Performance in a frozen Scandi wilderness. Drifting an experimental 800 kW (1,088 hp) all-electric race car between the pine trees of a remote Finnish forest is not everyone’s idea of market research. But then not everyone thinks like Oliver Schwab and Björn Förster. In late December 2023, about 170 kilometre north of the Arctic Circle in Levi, Finland, these two key figures behind the Porsche GT4 e-Performance development programme oversaw an unusual and unforgettable media event that would form another vital...

Porsche Penske Motorsport has set its sights on overall victory at the upcoming 24 Hours of Daytona. At the opening round of the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the works team competes with two Porsche 963 and a top driver line-up. The hybrid prototype from Weissach heads into the new season with several improvements. Two other Porsche 963 fielded by the customer teams JDC-Miller MotorSports and Proton Competition also take on the competition in the top GTP category. In the two GT classes, a total of five customer squads compete for honours with one Porsche 911 GT3 R each. The schedule (local time, CET -6 hours) Friday, 19 January 11:00 am to 12:30 pm: Test session 1 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm: Test session 2 Saturday, 20...

"Rennwurst" red-white-red at a Nürburgring Trackday After a perfect track day on the Nürburgring, a special treat awaits the participants of the Porsche Track Experience at “Box 1”. Hot tip: drive straight there in your race car! Just a few metres from the entrance to the Döttinger Höhe, the atmosphere is calm. While at the front of the track the tension is palpable, cars are coming off the last lap or going onto the track for the next one, drivers are getting in and out, discussing with their instructors or focused on the next stint. A little bit of a southern feel to the place. An Austrian dialect colours the conversations that can be caught in passing. Friendly laughter characterises the scenery between stacked racing tyres, camping...

With a second and a fifth place at the sixth of eight DTM weekends, Thomas Preining remains within striking distance of the top of the drivers’ championship. On Saturday, the Porsche works driver from Austria even briefly reclaimed the championship lead. Ayhancan Güven finished third and rounded off the double podium for Porsche. In Sunday’s race, four 911 GT3 R cars had to retire early following collisions caused by other competitors. While Porsche continues to lead the manufacturer’s championship, Manthey EMA lies just four points behind in second place and still has a chance to claim the team title. Porsche Newsroom

DTM newcomer Laurin Heinrich climbed the podium for the first time on the fourth race weekend of the season. In Sunday’s rainy race, the Team75 Motorsport driver clinched second place at the wheel of his Porsche 911 GT3 R on the Nürburgring sprint circuit. His Porsche colleague Thomas Preining also scored a podium spot with third place on Saturday. Witnessed by almost 50,000 spectators, Porsche extended its lead in the manufacturers’ classification after eight of 16 rounds. Thomas Preining ranks first in the drivers’ classification and Manthey EMA leads the team classification. Putting in a flawless drive in rainy conditions on Sunday, Laurin Heinrich advanced through the field from eleventh on the grid to second place. For the...

Works driver Thomas Preining has taken the lead in the DTM drivers’ standings at Zandvoort in the Netherlands. The Austrian netted a total of 29 points from both races at the wheel of his 911 GT3 R fielded by the Manthey EMA team. Porsche driver Ayhancan Güven (Team75 Motorsport) also finished in the points at the two events. With this, both have played a major role in propelling Porsche to the top of the leaderboard in the manufacturers’ standings. Porsche Newsroom

Seven Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by six customer teams will fight for overall victory at this year’s 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (20/21 May). The GT3 cars from Weissach go up against 27 vehicles from six rival manufacturers in the top SP9 class. The preview Of the expected 136 entries, the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer campaigns by far the largest contingent. A total of 44 racing vehicles from Zuffenhausen will compete in twelve different categories. With its professional customer squads, Porsche has its sights set on clinching its 14th overall victory at the storied 24-hour race in Germany’s Eifel region. The results and insights from the Qualifiers event and previous races of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS)...

To mark 75 years of motor racing at Goodwood, 75 years of Porsche sports cars and 60 years of the 911, a unique collection of historic racing cars hit the track at the 2023 Goodwood Members’ Meeting. The 80th staging of the Goodwood Members’ Meeting once again had Porsche at its heart. In the brand’s 75thyear, and with a nod to both the centenary of Le Mans and the 60th anniversary of the 911, last weekend’s annual motorsport event saw another spectacular line-up of historic Porsche sports cars lapping the famous racetrack in southeast England. A sunny spring Saturday Some welcome spring sunshine over West Sussex on Saturday morning had dried the circuit just in time for the first of two days of nose-to-tail racing and high-speed...

The Porsche Penske Motorsport works team heads to round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC with high hopes. After the opening round in Sebring (USA), the team will compete with the new Porsche 963 for the first time on a European racetrack in Portugal. The hybrid prototype, which was built in accordance with the LMDh regulations, contests the Hypercar class in the WEC. Porsche customer teams fight for victory in the GTE-Am category with six 911 RSR. Preview Next weekend, Portimão will host a round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC for the second time since 2021. The Autódromo Internacional do Algarve serves as the stage for the European debut of the new Porsche 963. After a solid performance at the 1,000 Miles...

5,000th Cup 911 features in the Porsche Supercup as the VIP car At the end of November 2022, the 5,000th one-make cup racing car based on the Porsche 911 rolled off the Porsche assembly line in Zuffenhausen. It all began in 1990 with the vehicles built for the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. Since then, the Cup 911 has evolved into one of the most widely produced racing vehicles in the world. The anniversary model will be campaigned in the 2023 season of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup: Porsche Motorsport runs the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with prominent guest drivers at selected races. The tradition of racing a VIP car in the Porsche Supercup is long. For the 2023 season, a very special Porsche 911 GT3 Cup will be helmed by famous guest...

From 27 to 29 April, the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland heads into the new season at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, with a capacity grid and a talented driver line-up. “This year’s grid includes 32 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars fielded by ten teams. These are the ideal prerequisites for a gripping championship and I can’t wait for the season opener with a huge contingent of Porsche racing cars,” says Alexander Pollich, CEO of Porsche Deutschland GmbH. Allied-Racing campaigns three vehicles, one of which will be driven by the current Porsche Junior Bastian Buus (Denmark). The squad is joined on the grid by CarTech Motorsport Bonk, Fach Auto Tech, GP Elite, HP Racing International with Huber and HRT Performance. Fielding seven racing...

As part of its world tour, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship makes a stopover for the first time in Brazil on 25 March. The São Paulo E-Prix in the country’s largest city marks the sixth round on the calendar of this year’s innovative electric racing series. As the leader of the team classification, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team competes in the metropolis of twelve million with two Porsche 99X Electric. Formula E continues its expansion drive: With the São Paulo E-Prix, the world’s first electric racing series now puts Brazil on its map. The São Paulo Street Circuit is the third new racetrack where the 22 drivers compete with their new Gen3 cars this season. Here too, fans will be treated to some action-packed racing...

The No. 6 Porsche 963 fielded by the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team takes on the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from position four on the grid. Frenchman Mathieu Jaminet turned a lap time of 1:46,426 minutes in qualifying for the 12 Hours of Sebring. His teammate Matt Campbell, however, had bad luck: In his No. 7 car, the Australian slid into the tyre wall in Turn 1, bringing his hunt for top times in Florida to an abrupt halt. Klaus Bachler experienced the same fate in the No. 7 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Pfaff Motorsports in the qualifying sessions of both GTD classes. The Qualifying Mathieu Jaminet’s lap time in qualifying for the new top GTP class was significantly faster than all other laps achieved...

Porsche Penske Motorsport faces a busy schedule in Sebring on the third weekend in March. The works team heads to the US state of Florida fielding two Porsche 963 in the season-opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and another two in the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The new hybrid prototypes from Weissach will contest the 1,000-mile FIA WEC race on Friday, 17 March. This is the first time they face their Hypercar rivals from Ferrari, Peugeot and Toyota, among others. The tradition-steeped IMSA race over twelve hours takes off the following day. In the GTE-Am (WEC), GTD-Pro and GTD (both IMSA) vehicle classes, Porsche customer teams campaign a fleet of 911 RSR and 911 GT3 R. Under...

After almost two years of planning and preparation, Porsche Penske Motorsport‘s FIA World Endurance Championship campaign will formally begin this weekend as the highly-anticipated Hypercar class makes its debut in The Prologue pre-season test in Sebring, Florida. Porsche Penske Motorsport’s pair of FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Porsche 963s will officially hit the track for the first time this weekend as The Prologue – the pre-season test – gets underway at Sebring International Raceway in Florida, USA and the newly-formed team is prepared to put months of planning into practice. The 44-strong team that represents 10 nationalities will travel from Porsche Penske Motorsport’s European base in Mannheim, Germany to begin its...

The Porsche Penske Motorsport works team tackles the 24 Hours of Le Mans with three Porsche 963. Together with the two hypercar vehicles from the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the squad will also compete with a hybrid prototype from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. For the major event on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the endurance classic, the factory team enlists personnel from both series. The customer squad Hertz Team JOTA has entered a fourth Porsche 963 to tackle the race on 10/11 June. Porsche is determined to maximise its chances of scoring its 20th overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. To this end, the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team has entered a third Porsche 963 in the...