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In the year of its 75th anniversary, the Porsche brand will be represented with a large contingent in the DTM. In the 2023 season, the customer squads Team75 Bernhard, Manthey EMA and Toksport WRT contest the 16 races with two Porsche 911 GT3 R each. After last year’s success with three race wins and four additional podium results, the new generation GT3 race car from Weissach will now be fielded for the first time this year. Porsche’s customer squads entrust the cockpits to proven drivers and highly skilled youngsters. With six racing cars, Porsche has doubled its contingent compared to last year. The 2023 DTM, now run for the first time under the umbrella of ADAC, includes a total of 16 races contested at eight venues between May...

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is gathering momentum: With the Hyderabad E-Prix on 11 February, the innovative electric racing series celebrates its maiden outing in India. After a successful start to the season with two victories in Diriyah, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team heads to this premiere feeling very confident. Preview The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team will run two Weissach-developed Porsche 99X Electric racers at the new circuit in the capital of the state of Telangana. Pascal Wehrlein travels to Hyderabad as the leader of the drivers‘ championship in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. He looks forward to this new challenge as much as his teammate António Félix da Costa: For the Portuguese driver...

The recommissioning has been carried out over the past few months by the Porsche Heritage and Museum team together with their colleagues from Porsche Classic. A car that can survive 14,000 kilometres in the deserts and savannahs of Africa can go anywhere in the world. The Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar mastered the gruelling rally from France to West Africa in 1986. The 959, in which Jacky Ickx and Claude Brasseur finished second behind the winning French team of René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne – in an identical car – is now ready to by driven once again. The recommissioning has been carried out over the past few months by the Porsche Heritage and Museum team together with their colleagues from Porsche Classic. The multi-part documentary...

Porsche fans should mark this event on their calendars. On the 10th and 11th of June 2023, the one-make cup will be contested as part of the “Festival of Dreams” programme. The event takes place at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Porsche sports cars. This milestone will include celebrations in the Porsche Experience Centre at the Hockenheim venue. Visitors can expect an action-packed programme for the whole family. In addition to the doubleheader Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland event, the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux and ADAC GT Masters races will add extra racing flair. “Motor racing and the iconic 911 sports car are firmly established in Porsche’s history. Since its 1990 debut...

Porsche’s goal to create the world’s top performing sports cars has always come through efficiency; driven by what daring thinkers have crafted for the circuit then transferring it to the road. The first to announce its participation in the new international prototype racing platform known as LMDh (Le Mans Daytona Hybrid), Porsche was also the first to make its debut on a test track. Its testing kilometres assisted the development of the standardised hybrid technology that will be shared across all competitors, and it was the first to complete a 36-hour-long pre-season test. Passion to perform and improve The passion to perform and improve its roadgoing counterparts has pushed the most successful sports car racing manufacturer to...

After its outstanding start to the season with the new Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team travels to the Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia feeling confident. Fans will be treated to two spectacular night races, with rounds two and three of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship contested on the historic city circuit on 27 and 28 January. Preview The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team fields two of its new Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 on the 2.495-kilometre racetrack not far from the Riyadh capital. In the cockpits are Pascal Wehrlein (GER #94), who kicked off season 9 in Mexico with second place after a strong performance, as well as António Félix da Costa (POR #13). Wehrlein will contest his 50th Formula E race...

After almost twelve months of preparation with the new hybrid 963 prototype, things are about to get serious for Porsche Penske Motorsport: On 20 January, the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season kicks off with the so-called “ROAR Before the 24”. Preview This three-day test at the Daytona International Speedway in the US state of Florida is used to set up the cars and to qualify for the 24-hour race. The endurance classic will be held from 28 to 29 January at the same venue. The new Porsche 911 GT3 R will also be showcased on an international stage at this event. Seven of the GT3 vehicles, based on the 992 generation of the 911, will tackle the American endurance classic. After more than 30,000 test kilometres, the two...

The Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team will field two LMP2 racing prototypes at the virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans this Saturday. The factory squad is determined to clinch its first overall win at the season highlight of the Le Mans Virtual Series and aims to grab its chances in the fight for the championship title. The preview Porsche has notched up 19 overall victories at the real 24 Hours of Le Mans. This makes the sports car manufacturer by far the most successful brand at the world’s most famous endurance race. This coming weekend, the fledgling Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team (PCERT) works team aims to build on this success story in the digital world. At the first edition of this virtual 24-hour race in 2020, the international...

Porsche offers three exclusive wraps with rally designs of the 1970s for the 911 Dakar. The rally history of the Porsche 911 well away from paved roads began before the first victory in the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1984. Early forays in the East African Safari Rally in the 1970s remain a strong memory. While the styling of the optional Rallye Design Package for the 911 Dakar draws heavily on the winning car of 1984, Porsche offers three exclusive wraps for the 911 Dakar that reprise the look of the 1971, 1974, and 1978 entrants in the East African Safari Rally. Rallye 1971: fifth place for Polish 911 team This event took participants more than 5,000 km through savanna, desert scrubland and the highlands of Kenya and is regarded as one...

With the Mexico City E-Prix on 14 January, Porsche heads into season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship fielding the new Porsche 99X Electric Gen3. The opening round at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City marks a turning point for Formula E: the new third-generation (Gen3) cars make their debut in the innovative electric racing series and represent a significant step toward even greater efficiency and sustainability. Preview At the start of the new season, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team returns to the venue of its greatest success. Last year, the squad achieved a brilliant one-two result on the demanding Grand Prix circuit, part of which runs through the legendary Foro Sol baseball stadium. Pascal Wehrlein...

Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring – Porsche returns to the top league of endurance sports in 2023, with all eyes on the 963 in the Porsche Penske Motorsport team’s red and white. For team patron Roger Penske, the goal is clear: he wants to fulfill his longtime dream of winning Le Mans. With workshops of the great North American racing teams lining its streets, Mooresville in the US state of North Carolina feels much like an oversized pit lane. One of the most successful of these workshops has its own street – at 200 Penske Way, the two Porsche 963s are being prepared for factory competitions in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). They’re in good company with the Penske team...

Porsche tackles the 2023 motorsport season with ambitious goals, extensive works commitments and new options for customer racing. In the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team pursues overall wins with two 963 hybrid prototypes fielded in each series. In the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has set its sights on claiming the title with the new 99X Electric Gen3. Many Porsche customer teams will race the 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 R on GT stages worldwide. Porsche announced its 2023 motorsport programme on Saturday evening at the “Night of Champions” in Weissach. Porsche sets a course...

The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team is well prepared for the new season. With the Weissach-developed Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, the squad took part in the official pre-season Formula E tests this week at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. It was a successful final shakedown before the start of the season on 14 January in Mexico. At the 3.376-kilometre circuit on the southeast coast of Spain, the team put the final touches on the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 for season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. At the tests spread over four days, Pascal Wehrlein (GER) covered 955 kilometres. His new teammate António Félix da Costa (POR), the 2019/2020 Formula E champion, completed 871 kilometres. Fielding the new...

Porsche heads into season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with the new Porsche 99X Electric Gen3. Specialists from Porsche Motorsport explain what makes the third-generation racers so special and what differentiates them from their predecessors. The eleven teams and 22 drivers contesting the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will conduct pre-season tests in Valencia to collectively prepare for the first round of season 9 in Mexico on 14 January 2023. The official joint tests will be held from 12 to 16 December on the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, where the new Gen3 racing cars take centre stage this year. The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team will put the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 racer – which was refined in the Porsche...

Next year marks the 34th season for the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland with an attractive race calendar featuring eight events in four countries. A total of 16 rounds with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup are on the schedule. For the first time since 2017, most of the Porsche Carrera Cup races will be contested as part of the DTM platform. In addition to six race weekends run as part of the German GT3 series support programme, the calendar includes a doubleheader event at the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC on the legendary Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The 2023 season kicks off there from 27 to 29 April. NITRO will again air all races live on German free-TV. In addition to the races in Belgium’s Ardennes region, the...

Porsche and Formula 1® have extended their collaboration for eight years, longer than ever before covered in a single contract, meaning the support series will have been on the FIA Formula One World Championship™ calendar for almost four decades. In 2023, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup will be part of eight European Formula 1® races. The 31st Supercup season kicks off in May as a support race to the FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2023, with the finale held at the FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2023 in September. The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup will continue as a support series to the FIA Formula One World Championship™, as it has done each season without exception since 1993. Both partners have extended the...

After a two-year break, Nick Tandy returns to the Porsche Motorsport works squad. In 2023, the 38-year-old UK driver will compete for overall victories in the 963 fielded by Porsche Penske Motorsport. Frenchman Frédéric Makowiecki, who has been deeply involved in the development of the LMDh racing car since day one, completes the driver lineup for the coming season. Porsche Newsroom

Porsche is determined to win both the manufacturer’s and drivers’ titles in the GTE-Pro class at the final round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship. Due to the longer race duration of eight hours in Bahrain, victory will be rewarded with 38 points instead of the usual 25 points. This makes the world championship calculation easy: If one of the two factory-run Porsche 911 RSR wins the race and the second car crosses the finish line, Porsche will take home the manufacturer’s crown. If the No. 92 car achieves pole position and finishes the final race in first place, Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen (Denmark) will secure the drivers’ title for the second time since 2018/2019. Gianmaria Bruni still has a chance of...

With the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, Porsche heads into a new era of Formula E. The electric racing car, which underwent an evolution in the Porsche Development Centre in Weissach, celebrated its world premiere in the Porsche Experience Center in Franciacorta, Italy. It will be fielded by the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship from the 2023 season. The Mexico City E-Prix on 14 January 2023 will be the first race for the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3. The arrival of the third vehicle generation at the start of next season heralds a new era for the world’s first electric racing series. The new Gen3 cars such as the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 are the fastest, lightest, most powerful and efficient...

The two 911 RSR fielded by the Porsche GT Team will bid farewell to the GTE-Pro class of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC sporting a very special livery. At the final round of the season in Bahrain, the two nine-elevens will be decked out in striking colours from ten years of competition with the GT racing car – from the classic Porsche Motorsport design through to the beloved “Pink Pig”. The eight-hour race will be contested on the track in Sakhir on 12 November. Set against the white base coat, the two 911 RSR fielded by Manthey will feature vivid red, blue, pink, black, gold and grey stripes on the front, sides and rear wing. On the windscreen, the word “goodbye” is emblazoned in bold lettering. The 16 class victories...

A unique pair of experimental 911 sports cars climbed the sheer slopes of Ojos del Salado, Chile, the highest volcano in the world. For approaching 60 years, the Porsche 911 has been pushed to extremes on both the track and on the open road. Now, a fresh chapter is being written; a unique pair of experimental 911 sports cars are being tested where there are no roads, where the air is thin, where the temperature is far below freezing and even plant life can’t survive. A team, led by endurance racer and adventurer Romain Dumas, has set out to explore the limits of the 911 and have opted for one of the toughest places on earth in which to begin the adventure – on the sheer slopes of Ojos del Salado, Chile, the highest volcano in the...