For the first two days of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on July 7-9, the Porsche GT Team established itself as the team to beat in the GT Le Mans class.
Porsche has decided to support Porsche teams during all four rounds of the 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge. After the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, teams of the German sportscar manufacturer will also be competing in the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours and the Sepang 12 Hours. One of its works drivers, Laurens Vanthoor, is the defending Intercontinental GT Challenge driver champion.
With a spark of momentum from their win, Heylen bridged a strong gap in his third place starting position and handed it off to Schein, who carried the No. 16 Porsche to the third place podium slot in Race Two. Heylen and Schein will head into Rounds 6 and 7 leading the championship points in the SprintX GT-Pro/Am category.
The 24-hour classic in France is the highlight of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC, which kicked off the 2017 season on Saturday with the Prologue on the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. ...
Porsche Lauzon, located in Laval near Montreal, is proud to team up with Patrick Dussault for the whole season of the 2017 Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada, behind the wheel of a Generation 2 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup lined up by the well-known GT Racing team and Lauzon Auto Sport in the Platinum category!
The preparations for the new WEC season are well underway. And it wouldn’t be WEC season without new autograph cards for the LMP1 drivers. A glimpse behind the scenes of the photoshoot. ...
At the 12 Hours of Sebring the new Porsche 911 RSR was on course for a podium result until shortly before the finish. A tyre defect and a drive-through penalty put an end to Patrick Pilet’s spectacular charge. ...
Landy is a Porsche standout already, having placed second last year in the Gold category on the strength of running 16 races, where he amassed 10 wins, 14 podiums and five pole positions to finish the season second in the points standings. In 2017 Landy will be moving up to the ultra-competitive Platinum Class in his No. 49 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car.
“Moving up to the Platinum Championship this year was always a goal of mine and I know it is going to be a challenge,” Landy said. “With a brand new Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car for 2017, the most important part of the off-season for me has been getting as much time in the new car as possible so we can start the year off in the right way.
The Porsche 911 GT3 delivers motorsport-like performance, a systematic lightweight construction and an unfiltered driving experience. The new generation of the radical 911 celebrates its world première at the Geneva Motor Show. ...
By: Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin News August 12 2015 Daytona Beach, Florida – Scott Hargrove knows it’s the longest of shots for him to repeat as Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin Platinum Cup champion this season. He missed the first two round of the […]