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Porsche Supercup Champion Larry ten Voorde: “I didn’t have a plan B” Larry ten Voorde has won the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup title for the second time in a row. In an interview, the Dutchman from the GP Elite team talks about the meaning of motorsport in his homeland, his laborious path into professional motor racing and his friendship with Max Verstappen. Porsche Newsroom

Thomas Laudenbach takes over as head of Porsche Motorsport Thomas Laudenbach will assume the role of managing Porsche Motorsport on October 1, 2021. The accomplished German engineer takes over from Fritz Enzinger, who has led the racing department of the sports car manufacturer to countless successes since 2011. Porsche Newsroom

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup wraps up the season with doubleheader finale The Royal Park of Monza will host the “Finale Grande” of the 2021 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup next weekend. On the Formula 1 racetrack in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, the battle for the title will be decided between series leader Larry ten Voorde from the Dutch team GP Elite and his pursuers. Porsche Newsroom

PMSC: Laurin Heinrich and Leon Köhler secure positions one and two at Zandvoort It was a weekend for the newcomers in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup: Rookie Laurin Heinrich won round six on the Circuit Zandvoort ahead of Leon Köhler. Porsche Newsroom

In the last episode of Porsche Moments, host Timo Bernhard meets Fritz Enzinger again. The third Le Mans overall victory in succession was almost impossible to believe for Porsche in 2017. Early on the Saturday evening, the 919 Hybrid with starting number 2 had to be repaired for more than an hour before it could continue the race. After changing the electric machine, the vehicle was in 56th place, and a finish in the leading positions seemed unthinkable at the time. But giving up was not an option. Hours later, the sports car manufacturer made it onto the podium and was able to look back on 108 class victories and 19 overall victories at Le Mans. 70 years after the first class victory, the Porsche Heritage and Museum department is...

Sim racers to battle it out in new Porsche Gran Turismo Cup Asia Pacific Sim racers will get the chance to compete in a new eSports challenge after Porsche Japan, Porsche Asia-Pacific, Porsche Korea and Porsche Taiwan teamed up to launch the Porsche Gran Turismo Cup Asia Pacific. Porsche Newsroom

Podium finish for the Porsche 911 RSR at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche has secured a podium spot in the fiercely contested GTE-Pro class at the 89th edition of the Le Mans 24-hour race. The works drivers Kévin Estre and Neel Jani together with Michael Christensen achieved third place in the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR. Porsche Newsroom

“We definitely had our chances this season” The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team wrapped up season 7 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with a good performance at the Berlin E-Prix last weekend. Amiel Lindesay, Head of Operations Formula E, sums up the season in our interview. Porsche Newsroom

While the extreme and strenuous workload in the cockpits is shared by three drivers at Le Mans, the cars have to endure the tortures of the world’s toughest long-distance race alone. At La Sarthe, the people and, above all, the machines race at their absolute limits. This is how the 911 RSR will master the 24-hour challenge. The 24 Hours of Le Mans. 20 September, 2020. It’s 14:07 on the Sunday. Works driver Laurens Vanthoor pulls into the pit lane in the Porsche 911 RSR and for the final time the Manthey team refills the fuel tank of the No. 92 car. The windscreen is cleaned once more;, the driver’s water bottle is replaced. After just a few seconds, the car is lowered and the six-cylinder boxer roars back to life, snarling up through...

Solid conclusion to the season for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has narrowly missed out on scoring its third podium finish this season at the Berlin E-Prix. At the wheel of his Porsche 99X Electric, André Lotterer (GER) concluded the final race of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship on the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in fourth place on Sunday. Porsche Newsroom

The Porsche works team has set a high benchmark for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and with two factory 911 RSR racers heading to La Sarthe this year, Porsche hopes to lay the foundation for yet another title win in France. Porsche Newsroom

The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team is setting its course for the future and will continue to rely on its regular drivers, André Lotterer (GER) and Pascal Wehrlein (GER), in the 2021/2022 season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. “We’ve made enormous progress as a team this season,” says Amiel Lindesay, Head of Operations Formula E, in the leadup to the Berlin E-Prix on August 14th and 15th. “Andre and Pascal have made a significant contribution to this positive development. We’re pleased that we are continuing our successful path together in season 8.” André Lotterer has been competing for Porsche in the Formula E since the 2019/2020 season. The 39-year-old seasoned specialist, who became World Endurance Champion in 2012...

The Porsche customer team KCMG has concluded the Spa 24 Hours in positions five and twelve. The 911 GT3 R driven by the two Belgians Maxime Martin and Laurens Vanthoor as well as last year’s winner from Britain Nick Tandy crossed the finish line after 554 laps in front of the sister car shared by Josh Burdon (Australia), Alexandre Imperatori (Switzerland) and Edoardo Liberati (Italy). The endurance classic in the Ardennes is regarded as one of the largest GT3 races in the world. This year, 58 vehicles from nine different manufacturers tackled the 7.004-kilometre rollercoaster circuit in four classes. Porsche Newsroom

The winner of round four of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup was announced not before long after the race had finished. Although the French guest driver Marvin Klein had crossed the finish line first on the Hungaroring, a subsequent technical scrutineering showed that the amount of fuel in the tank of the CLRT team’s 911 GT3 Cup was below the mandatory remainder of two kilograms. As a result, the Stewards of the Meeting disqualified Klein from the race. Thus, victory went to the runner-up, in this case, the current leader of the standings Larry ten Voorde (Team GP Elite) from the Netherlands. Had the field not completed four laps behind the safety car at a relatively slow speed, Klein may not have made it over the finish line anyway – a...

In the new episode of Porsche Moments, host Timo Bernhard meets Walter Röhrl, Hans-Joachim Stuck, and Norbert Singer. Since 1951 at least one Porsche has appeared in the starting line-up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, every single year. The sports car manufacturer can look back on numerous records and highlights at the race track on the River Sarthe, including 108 class wins and 19 overall victories. This summer, 70 years after its first class victory, Porsche is focusing on a special subject – “The success story of Porsche at Le Mans” – and over the course of six episodes, the new Porsche Moments series takes an in-depth look at the most prestigious endurance race in the world. In the first episode, host and Le-Mans winner Timo...

Formula E visits the world’s great metropolitan cities: After the skyscrapers of New York City, the historic docklands of East London now form the fascinating backdrop for races 12 and 13 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship on 24/25 July. Pascal Wehrlein (GER) achieved fifth place on Sunday at the wheel of his Porsche 99X Electric, after his teammate André Lotterer (GER) placed fourth the day before. The race on the city circuit in East London’s Docklands was the last before the final round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Berlin, where two races will be contested on 14 and 15 August. After narrowly missing out on the Super Pole qualifying, Pascal Wehrlein began the race from the seventh grid spot in his Porsche...

The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will compete on the storied Monza racetrack for the first time this coming weekend (16-18 July). For the Porsche 911 RSR’s outing on Italy’s high-speed circuit, the focus will be predominantly on maximum speed and braking performance. “Driving at Monza is always something very special. I can hardly wait to finally put my foot to the floor of the 911 RSR,” says works driver Gianmaria Bruni, who shares the cockpit of the No. 91 car with Austria’s Richard Lietz. The anticipation among the team is huge. Hardly any other racetrack gets to the very heart of motor racing like Monza: pushing vehicles at top speed to the absolute limit. “When I enter the paddock at Monza, I always get goose bumps. The...

The Porsche works team is well prepared as it travels to round three of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Monza. The race For the works driver duo, this was the second win from the third race so far this season after their triumph at the opening round in Belgium. Gianmaria Bruni from Italy and the Austrian Richard Lietz concluded the gripping six-hour race on the home turf of their main rival Ferrari in third place. As the best customer team, Project 1 scored fourth place in the GTE-Am category with the No. 56 Porsche 911 RSR. Porsche Newsroom

Larry ten Voorde has made a perfect start into the second half of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season: At the Circuit Zandvoort, the Dutchman celebrated a win on home turf and extended his championship lead. “My start was good but Loek Hartog got off the line better. My pace then increased lap by lap. I was certain that I’d get the chance to overtake. When I did, I used it,” said Güven (Turkey/Phoenix Racing). Joining him on the podium were Loek Hartog (Netherlands/Black Falcon Team Textar) and Leon Köhler (Germany/Nebulus Racing by Huber). Saturday’s winner Larry ten Voorde (Netherlands/Team GP Elite) remains at the top of the leaderboard with fifth place. A 29-strong field of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup tackled the ADAC GT Masters...

Premiere for the fastest production Cayenne of all time: the new Cayenne Turbo GT has been presented to the general public for the first time at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where it has completed the 1.86-kilometre hillclimb. Since its debut in 2002, the Porsche Cayenne has set the benchmark, underlining the sport in sport utility vehicle and combining outstanding chassis dynamics with versatile everyday usability. Porsche celebrated the success of its SUV model range and the launch of the Turbo GT with a small Cayenne parade on Thursday at Goodwood. Joining the demonstration drives up the Hill was a 2008 Cayenne Transsyberia, 2008 Cayenne Turbo S and 2014 Cayenne GTS, all from the Porsche Museum collection. Porsche Newsroom

Porsche expands its start-up portfolio to change the motorsport viewing experience and raise the perception of car racing to new dimensions. Porsche Ventures, the venture capital division of the sports car manufacturer, has taken a minority stake in Griiip. The start-up has developed a cloud-based data platform that enables the transmission of motorsport data directly from the racing car, and then both analyses and visualises it in the cloud. Griiip introduces a new dimension of user engagement, data analysis and viewing experience aimed at bringing the excitement of motorsport to every level of end-user – drivers, teams and fans. Porsche Newsroom