Category Archives: Porsche

• Nasr/Andlauer/Heinrich triumph ahead of Estre/Vanthoor/Campbell
• Both factory Porsche 963 fly Mobil 1 livery at 12-hour classic
• Porsche 911 GT3 R locks out first and second in the GTD-Pro class
• Wright Motorsports’ 911 on the GTD podium

Porsche achieved another milestone at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring: the Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963s clinched a one-two finish, repeating last year’s result and handing the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer its 20th outright victory at the endurance classic. Daytona winners Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich earned the top spot in Florida in a gripping battle against fellow Porsche drivers Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Matt Campbell. In the GTD Pro class, customer teams Manthey and AO Racing brought home first and second place with the 911 GT3 R. The last time Porsche earned gold and silver in two different IMSA classes was in 2008.Sebring, Fla. 

Sebring treated fans to some action-packed racing: 75 minutes after the round two of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship went green, the No. 6 Porsche 963 swept into the lead for the first time. Shortly afterward, the sister car moved to the front of the 55-car field, where it remained for half of the race.

After the last of nine safety car periods, a nail-biting sprint unfolded over the last 16 minutes: with defending champion Felipe Nasr from Brazil ultimately outpacing Frenchman Kévin Estre, the 2024 World Endurance Champion. In a repeat of last year’s success, the factory team’s No. 7 car scored victory in the first two rounds of the season at Daytona and Sebring and extended its lead in the overall standings. The sports car manufacturer also retains its spot at the top of the Michelin Endurance Cup leaderboard, which includes the five longest races of the year.

“We had the right packages with the Porsche 963 in the top GTP class and the 911 GT3 R in the leading GT category,” Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Porsche Motorsport, said. “We were fast, the drivers kept their cool, and the teams worked flawlessly – we couldn’t have asked for more. Congratulations to our customer teams, the works squad, and all our partners. We’re delighted with this successful start to the season and these major achievements as we celebrate 75 years of Porsche Motorsport.”

“Like last year, we’ve come away from Daytona and Sebring as winners of the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ – I take my hat off to the entire team,” Urs Kuratle, Director Factory Motorsport LMDh, said. “Our team did an outstanding job, particularly during the prep phase, and arrived in Sebring fully dialed in from the very first practice session. From simulation to testing to the race itself, everything came together. I’m proud of everyone who contributed to this success.”

Customer teams add to success 
At the 12 Hours of Sebring, Porsche once again demonstrated its dominance in customer racing. In the top GTP class, JDC-Miller MotorSports put in a strong performance with the Porsche 963, at times on track for a podium finish. However, as temperatures dropped at night, the American customer outfit was unable to maintain the pace of the frontrunners and ultimately finished ninth overall.

In the GTD Pro class, the Porsche 911 GT3 R, which received significant upgrades for the 2026 season, secured a one-two finish. The German customer team Manthey celebrated its first IMSA victory with the 416 kW (565 PS) “Grello” fan-favorite, followed closely over the line by the identical model campaigned by the American team AO Racing. In the GTD class, Wright Motorsports clinched a podium finish with the 911 GT3 R in the very final moments of the race.

Further information
Photos and videos: Porsche at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
Full results: Alkamelsystems
All information on the crew: Team Penske
The big race in numbers: Sebring statistics
30-year partnership: Porsche race cars in Mobil 1 design

Driver comments 
Laurin Heinrich (Porsche 963 #7): “Winning Sebring on the heels of Daytona is an incredible experience. A one-two finish for Porsche and Penske – unbelievable. Our team has once again showcased just how strong we are. Our race was flawless and we came out on top. For me, it’s a perfect day.”

Kévin Estre (Porsche 963 #6): “After a few hours, it became clear that the race win would come down to our Porsche and the 963 driven by our teammates. Both cars spent time at the front, and in the end, we just came up short – very disappointing.”

Thomas Preining (Porsche 911 GT3 R #911): “I’m impressed with how quickly we have found our stride as a new team in IMSA. Our team has made tremendous progress. Thanks to everyone who has supported us along the way. Today’s race was challenging and very strategic. The last two hours were like a DTM sprint: flat out, full commitment, and battling wheel-to-wheel.”

Nick Tandy (Porsche 911 GT3 R #77): “A fantastic race. Our Porsche ran really well, and the team did an immaculate job. We had a bit of bad luck during a yellow phase, but we made the most of it with a bold strategy – and it paid off. Congratulations to the Manthey team on the win. We’re thrilled to take the points for our podium finish and are delighted with this strong result. After the disappointment in Daytona, this feels great.”

Porsche will cease its factory involvement with the 911 RSR in the GTLM class of the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) at the end of 2020. The current season will not be affected.

With this step, Porsche Motorsport makes a significant contribution to overcoming the economic effects that the coronavirus crisis has had on the sports car manufacturer. As the reigning champions in the GTLM manufacturers, team and drivers classification, Porsche currently ranks second in the championship with its American partner squad Core autosport after the season-opening 24 Hours of Daytona.

After taking an essential break for health safety reasons, the IMSA championship plans to resume its racing activities on the first weekend in July. The restart will be held at Daytona.

Porsche Motorsport would like to bid farewell to the series by defending its title.

Fritz Enzinger, Vice President Porsche Motorsport

The support of customer teams in the GTD class of the IWSC, as well as the Michelin Pilot Challenge (GT4) and the GT3 Cup Challenge USA, will continue unchanged in cooperation with Porsche Motorsport North America and Porsche Cars North America.

“The decision to halt our factory involvement in the IMSA series was not an easy one for us,” emphasises Fritz Enzinger, Vice President Porsche Motorsport. “With a view to the current corporate situation in connection with the Coronavirus pandemic, it is only logical for Porsche Motorsport to make a contribution to coping with the economic fallout. We’ve openly discussed our exit with all involved. At this point, we’d like to convey our sincere thanks to Jim France and the colleagues at IMSA for their understanding. Porsche belongs in endurance racing. We will work hard to ensure that this is only a temporary Auf Wiedersehen.”

Pascal Zurlinden (Director Factory Motorsport): “For us sportspeople, such endings are always painful. For our operational team Core autosport and everyone involved, I’m very sorry that we were unable to make this decision with more lead time. At the same time, I’d like to thank everyone affected by this for their professional handling of this situation.”

Steffen Höllwarth (Head of Operations IMSA Championship at Porsche Motorsport): “We hope that this season’s races will still be contested so that we don’t leave the IMSA stage soundlessl. Of course, such decisions impact the mood, but we’re all professionals and we’re now focusing on the remaining races of the current season.”

Porsche: Holger EckhardtSpokesperson GT Sports Cars / Motorsport Press

Stuttgart, 27. August 2019

“We mourn with the family the loss of Ferdinand K. Piëch, the extraordinary manager and engineer, the strategist and simply the car-enthusiast, who he was all his life.”

With these words Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE (“Porsche SE“), Stuttgart, and speaker of the Porsche family, responded to the news of the death of  Porsche SE’s long-time former member of the Supervisory Board and past shareholder, Ferdinand K. Piëch.

At the same time Dr. Porsche emphasized, that over decades the life path of Ferdinand K. Piëch was closely interwoven with his own:

“My cousin and I shared many memories. At the centre stage was the struggle for the legacy of our grandfather Ferdinand Porsche which we have carried forward successfully.”

Dr. Hans Michel Piëch, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche SE and speaker of the Piëch family said:

“The life’s work of my brother goes above and beyond the companies he worked for. He shaped the German car industry more than any other. And he was closely related to the employees of the Volkswagen Group, in both good times and in bad. Our thoughts are with his wife Ursula and his children. We mourn with them as we mourn with the employees of the Volkswagen Group and all car-enthusiasts, whose lives Ferdinand K. Piëch enriched with his passion.”

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Ferdinand Piëch, Porsche family contrarian has died at the age of 82

The German press is reporting today that Volkswagen Group magnate and Porsche family contrarian Ferdinand Piëch has died at the age of 82. Seen as one of the fathers of quattro, Piëch led Audi from 1988 to 1993, the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002, then chairman of the Volkswagen Supervisory Board.

Reports suggest that Dr. Piëch collapsed Sunday in a restaurant in Rosenheim (Bavaria). He was rushed to a hospital where he eventually passed.

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Looking for something for that special Porsche person?

Please check out Steve Anderson Illustrations art work.

♥️In regards to Steve ♥️

We also want to take the time to honor and remember Steve. He was one of our friends and is well known in the transportation art industry here in Southern California.

Unfortunately, we lost him last month from a heart attack at a early age of 51. His wife deeply wants to keep his legacy alive and still provide/market his prints/published work. He has a wonderful family of 5 children.

Please take the time and get to know his fabulous art work known worldwide.

Here’s the link to the new website:

https://steveandersonillustrations.com/collections/all

More information regarding our friend Steve Anderson Illustrations

http://cardesignnews.com/articles/news/2018/05/remembering-steve-anderson

Well known Photographer Frank Kayser now has limited fine art, plexi and framed Porsche Werks Teams/Motorsport prints available ( yes, limited ! )

Check out his new printa.gallery shop which Frank has been a planning for years.

Link to Printa.gallery: http://printa.gallery/produktkategorie/porsche-werkseinsatz/

New book “Porsche Werksteam” its available in the USA and Canada. It took 4 years – Frank Kayser and his crew followed the werks teams during that time during the major 24h and international races.

Product description

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• 24-hour races are the supreme discipline in motorsports. Every year, more than 200,000 fans meet in Le Mans for the race over the weekend. This book goes behind the scenes to document every detail and emotion

• The photographer and author spent three years following the Porsche team

Endurance races are the supreme discipline in motorsports. Several times per year, the best race drivers worldwide are on the tracks for 24 hours.

The 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and in Daytona are the toughest tests for man and material. Le Mans as the third run is the icon among the legendary races. In recent years, Porsche set standards in the endurance race world championship – with perfection and passion.

Star photographer Frank Kayser and his team observed the delicate and deeply exhausting work of the Porsche team for three years. The world-famous photographer was allowed where other press photographers were not: in the pit, in the pit lane during the change of tyres and drivers, in the closed off areas of the racers’ quarters.

His photos show the stress, the top performance, the eternal night, and the success of perfection.

With photography by Kayser, detailing a world previously unseen by outsiders, and a passionate text by journalist Heike Hientzsch sketching the participants’ emotions, this book illustrates the true nature of endurance races – the tension, exhaustion, and the dedication.

About this item

Product information

Publisher

Delius Klasing Verlag GMbH

Publication date

February 13, 2018

Language

English

Product Dimensions

11.7 x 1.1 x 11.8 inches

Shipping Weight

5.16 pounds

Book length

272

ISBN-10

3667111037

ISBN-13

978-3667111036

Best Sellers Rank

771599

Photo credit: Visions of Power Press

The Book Everyone’s Been Waiting For!

Source Link:

https://hurleybook.com/

After three years of research, countless interviews, and looking through thousands of photos it’s finally here: Hurley Haywood’s life story.

Photo credit: Visions of Power Press

From his upbringing in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, to his chance meeting with Peter Gregg, Hurley Haywood was destined to drive anything he could get his hands on. Life-long relationships with Porsche and the Brumos dealership provided the kinds of opportunities of which most racing drivers only dream.

Photo credit: Visions of Power Press

With three overall victories at Le Mans, five at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and two at the 12 Hours of Sebring, Haywood is the world’s most successful endurance sports-car racer. In addition, Haywood won several championships and dozens of other races during a career spanning more than 43 years.

Photo credit: Visions of Power Press

Now, in this book of 420 pages with over 650 photos, Haywood tells it all. From the beginning.

ORDER NOW!

Hurley’s 2018 Book Signing Tour:

March 2, Porsche Experience Center, Los Angeles California: The world debut of HURLEY: From the Beginning!

March 3, LAX Hilton, LA Literature and Toy Meet: Tables 284 and 285 in the Pacific Room.

March 9-11, Amelia Island Concours: East Coast Debut of HURLEY: From the Beginning!

April 22, TBA Los Angeles, CA: Luftgekühlt V

August 21-26, Location TBA: Monterey Car Week

September 27-30, Laguna Seca: Rennsport Reunion VI

Stay tuned as they add more signings. At this time, no signed books will be available via on-line ordering.

Credits to:

Visions of Power Press

https://hurleybook.com/

Need a gift 🎁 idea for the end of 2017, or beginning of the new year 2018?

Offering a fabulous Porsche book called, “It’smyworld,Porsche” from our good friend Stephane Coradi, a great book for Porsche enthusiasts alike, 119 pages, 400 Photos, beautiful graphics and the history of the Porsche world.

Info at 06 22 36 60 32.

Or Visit the website to place your order: http://www.itsmyworld.fr

Can ship to USA and other parts of the world.

For more copies, please contact Stephane Coradi at:

contact@itsmyworld.fr

IT’S MY WORLD

THE PORSCHE WORLD UNDER A GRAPHIC ANGLE

119 PAGES – 400 ILLUSTRATIONS – 5 PERSONALIZABLE PAGES

PORSCHE …

Engineers, drivers, cars, victories!

Of course…

But also FUN! The eyes of children who shine, years to dream, to offer different objects …

And then the acquisition! The satisfaction of finally leading this myth, to photograph it from every angle, the joy of the outputs.

The Porsches won in unlimited sets: this book follows the same graphic variety of the planet Porsche.

And if you want to include your own memories (buying photos, selfies with pilots, rallies, driving courses, etc.)

You can – or not – use pages and stickers for this purpose …

It’s my world, it’s YOUR world!

Preface by Jürgen Barth

IT’S MY WORLD,

CUSTOMIZE YOUR BOOK

Your Porsche is beautiful, it shares your life.

It’s my world, the book that welcomes you to the Porsche world from a graphic angle.

THE PROJECT

It’s my world is the book that welcomes you to Porsche history.

It presents itself as a dictionary of the Porsche world, on the angle of graphics and the art of living, adding a double reading thanks to winks explained elsewhere.

But it also includes five blank pages and adhesive labels that allow you to find your place in this dream world.

It showcases a multitude of artists, original objects and particularly neat photos.

It’s my world is designed and manufactured in the South West. The first 356 copies are numbered by hand. Fetish numbers have been reserved and offered to contributors and drivers, see when ordering.

ORDER THE BOOK

Buy the book online with Paypal.

Are you a professional or a Porsche club member and you want to customize your editions (jackets, bookmarks with your logos, anything is possible!)

For your members or your customers, contact Stephane at:

contact@itsmyworld.fr

As sexy as a 911

– book, audio-visual library and design piece all in one

The highly anticipated volume PORSCHE SOUNDS is going to be published very soon and could make the perfect gift for Father´s Day.

With a wealth of stunning photos, this lavishly illustrated must-read has been produced in conjunction with the Director of the Porsche AG Historical Archives, Dieter Landenberger.

The coffee-table hardback showcases the milestones and the most breath-taking moments in Porsche’s history.

Also the topic emotion doesn’t come short:

Audiophile automotive enthusiasts will enjoy the accompanying CD with the original 30 engine sounds of some of the most notable and interesting Porsche vehicles.

So for fun here’s a little taste of what to expect.

Let’s see if you can identify the following five Porsche sounds?

(answers at bottom of page)

Porsche, the legend.

From the 356 Roadster to the striking 550 A Spyder,
from the much sought-after 911 Carrera RS to the 911 Targa up to the
latest 919 Hybrid.

 With stunning photos and inspiring text this lavishly
illustrated tome provides an insight into the fascinating history of premium motor engineering and outstanding design.

In addition, the book casts a glance at Porsche´s legendary triumphs in motor sport.

Porsche 919 Hybrid (19), Porsche Team: Nico Huelkenberg, Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy Porsche 919 Hybrid (17), Porsche Team: Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley

As sexy as a 911 – book, audio-visual library
and design piece all in one.

PORSCHE SOUNDS
By Dieter Landenberger (Porsche AG)
Size: 11 x 11 in ∙ Hardcover, cloth binding
252 pages, 300 photographs (color and b/w)
Text: English/ German
Incl. 1 CD with original engine sounds
Price: $ 60.00
ISBN 9783943573190

• The complete Porsche history with many hitherto unpublished photographs
• Includes a CD with 30 original engine sounds of the most notable Porsche vehicles
• Published in collaboration with the Historical Archives of Porsche AG

The Author
Dieter Landenberger is a studied art historian and director of the Historical
Archives of Porsche AG. He has published several Porsche books.

Here’s the answers to identifying the Porsche sounds

1. Porsche RS Spyder

2. Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0

3. Porsche 911 Carrera RS

4. Porsche 901

5. Porsche 356 Carrera

Nürburgring 24-hour race
Porsche customer teams managed to secure a number of successes at the Nürburgring 24-hour race, witnessed by 205,000 spectators: In six categories, sports cars from Zuffenhausen claimed the number one spot on the podium. 

In the overall classification, the best 911 GT3 R finished on position 6. With a record number of 44 cars, the sports car manufacturer made up the lion’s share of the grid for the first time at Germany’s largest motorsport event. 

Manthey Racing won the SP7 class with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR. The Black Falcon TMD Friction squad beat the opposition in the SP10 and V6 classes with the Porsche Cayman GT4 and the Porsche Carrera. 

The Care for Climate team associated with the German rapper “Smudo” (Die Fantastischen Vier) won the AT class with the Porsche Cayman GT4. Teichmann Racing proved unbeatable in the Cup 3 class with the Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport, as did the Porsche Cayman of PROsport Performance in the V5 category. 

The #150 Cayman GT4 Clubsport also performed well in the SP-X class, finishing 2nd after a mostly trouble-free race, only beaten to first place by the pole-setting SCG003C. 

The best Porsche 911 GT3 R in the overall classification was the vehicle with the starting number 31. 

Taking up the race from 29th on the grid, Michael Christensen, Klaus Bachler, Lucas Luhr and Norbert Siedler driving for Frikadelli Racing Team made their way up the field to finish the Eifel marathon on 6th position. Their teammates in the #30 car put in a spirited drive to bring the Porsche home in 17th position after 24 hours. 

Four other Porsche 911 GT3 R didn’t make it to the chequered flag at the 45th running of the long-distance classic. 

Manthey Racing’s 500 hp nine-elevens with the starting number 59 and 12 were sidelined with technical troubles. The #911 had to be pushed back to the garage after being shunted from the race. The same fate met Falken Motorsports’ Porsche 911 GT3 R (#44). 

160 vehicles with more than 600 drivers took up the 45th edition of the Eifel marathon.

Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Vice President of Motorsport and GT cars:

“Porsche was very successful in the classes, which underlines that Porsche’s customer and clubsport were important in all classes here at the Nürburgring. On the other hand, when we look at the top class it’s rather disheartening. We had a lot of bad luck and we lost the cars due to accidents. There were also technical problems with two customer vehicles which forced us to finally pull four of the six GT3 cars out. However, the two other vehicles tackled the 24-hour race without problems. A top ten result is okay, but it’s not why we’d travelled to the Nürburgring.” 

Michael Christensen (911 GT3 R #31): 

“I’m satisfied with this result. The mechanics, engineers and drivers worked well together. Over the entire 24 hours we didn’t touch any other vehicle, and that’s pretty unusual for the Green Hell. At least the shower at the end played in our hands. We changed to wet weather tires and so Lucas was able to make it up to P6.”

Patrick Pilet (911 GT3 R #911): 

“This is a tough result for the entire team, we’ve all worked very hard over the past weeks. We fought hard and tried everything, but unfortunately we couldn’t fix the car after the incident with another contender. That’s how it is in the Green Hell, anything can happen here. We have to look to the future and return even stronger next year.”

Laurens Vanthoor (911 GT3 R #44): 

“This retirement is disappointing. We worked our way up the field without taking too many risks. Our pace was good, but ultimately the Nürburgring won and we lost.”

Overall race result

1. De Phillippi/Mies/Winkelhock/van der Linde (US/D/D/D), Audi R8 LMS, 158 Runden

2. Palttala/Catsburg/Sims/Westbrook (BE/NL/GB/GB), BMW M6 GT3, 158 Runden

3. Frijns/Fässler/Müller/Rast (NL/CH/CH/AT), Audi R8 LMS, 158 Runden

6. Bachler/Christensen/Luhr/Siedler (AT/DK/D/AT), Porsche 911 GT3 R, 157 Runden 

17. Abbelen/Schmitz/Ziegler/Müller (D/D/D/D), Porsche 911 GT3 R, 152 Runden 

Porsche class winners

AT: Care For Climate, von Löwis/„Smudo“/Schellhaas/Duffner (D/D/D/D), Porsche Cayman GT4

Cup 3: Teichmann Racing, Markus Oestreich/Moritz Oestreich/Jürgen von Gartzen/Sebastian von Gartzen, (D/D/D/D), Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport

V5: PROsport Performance, Schöning/Böckmann/Nett/Muytjens (D/D/D/D), Porsche Cayman

V6: Black Falcon Team TMD Friction, Al Faisal/Bolz/Leib/Schoeller, (SA/D/D/D), Porsche Carrera

SP10: Black Falcon Team TMD Friction, Gómez/Lethmate/Kaya/Piana (USA/D/TR/IT), Porsche Cayman GT4

SP7: Manthey Racing, Aus/Oeverhaus/Jahn/Bollrath, (D/D/D/D), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR
Source: Communications Porsche AG

Motorsport Press

They’re back!

The Casual Driving Shoes by Hunziker™ are making their long awaited return and are now also available in women’s sizes.

New for this run are the Steve McQueen models: The “1969” which takes its styling cues from Steve McQueen’s personal slate grey 1969 Porsche 911S. The “Mini” is fashioned after Steve McQueen’s two-tone brown Mini Cooper. The “Sebring” is an homage to Steve McQueen’s driving suit. All three models are Steve McQueen™ Official Licensed Merchandise.

Hunziker™ also teamed up with Chad McQueen to create the “Track Day” McQueen Racing shoe. It features brushed black suede with subtle 3-D checkered flag leather inserts and is finished with McQueen Racing blue accents.

Due to popular demand, the Gulf Racing “Heritage” model, the British Racing Green shoes and the iconic 917 Longtail in Martini Racing colors are making a comeback.

Another new feature is the customizable and removable race number disc. To find out more and learn everything about the new Hunziker™ shoes, click here.

All Casual Driving Shoes by Hunziker™ are made of genuine leather or genuine suede leather. They feature a sole with just the right thickness for enhanced pedal feel. The rolled heel allows for smooth pedal application while the raised abrasion guard help execute the perfect heel-and-toe downshift.
The soft Dura-Foam insole with enhanced arch support provides all-day comfort. Combining these features with the signature Hunziker™ design style results in a casual driving shoe that looks just as good as it performs.
The Casual Driving Shoes by Hunziker™ are now available, pre-order here.

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Porsche 911 RSR also 2016 in the USA
Porsche 911 RSR, Porsche North America: Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy

Stuttgart. Porsche returns to contest the highest league of US sports car racing in 2016.

The Porsche North America works squad will campaign two 911 RSR at the eleven rounds

of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (2015 silent The Tudor United Sportscar Championship),

the most important sports car race series in the USA and Canada.

Porsche 911 RSR ie 2016 in the USA Porsche 911 RSR, Porsche North America: Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy, Porsche North America: Joerg Bergmeister, Earl Bamber

The season gets underway with the 24 Hours of Daytona on 30/31 January.

In the 2014 Tudor United Sportscar Championship, Porsche Claimed all three GT titles for the first time.

Porsche 911 RSR ie 2016 in the USA Porsche 911 RSR, Porsche North America: Joerg Bergmeister, Earl Bamber

Scoring overall victory at Petit Le Mans, the first in the history of this championship for a GT vehicle against

Significantly more powerful and lighter sports prototypes, the German manufacturer succeeded in its

title defense at the final round of the 2015 season last Saturday on the storied Road Atlanta racetrack.

Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Head of Porsche Motorsport

“The USA is the most important sports car market for Porsche,” says Porsche Head of Motorsport Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser.

“We take on the challenge of defending the titles we won this year in the 2016 season and continue to trust the excellent work done by our Race Team Porsche North America.”