Kévin Estre is a Porsche works driver in the grand touring category, at the summit of the endurance pyramid since 2016. This year, the man from Lyon scored what is the greatest victory in his career so far at the wheel of the 911 RSR in the emblematic Pink Pig livery. He went on to stand on the topmost step of the podium in LM GTE Pro at the Le Mans 24 Hours with Laurens Vanthoor and his regular teammate Michael Christensen. The French-Danish pairing have finished in the top 3 in the first five rounds of the world endurance championship (FIA WEC) and have built up a good lead in the provisional classification.
Porsche continues its successful sponsorship initiative for talented youngsters in 2019: Jaxon Evans from New Zealand will tackle next season’s Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. All rounds of the high-calibre one-make cup are run as support to Formula 1. In a selection process, the 22-year-old beat ten other international candidates and is now ready to take the next step in his career. For Julien Andlauer (France), 2019 marks his second year as a Porsche Junior.
Ocon has lost his Racing Point Force India seat to Lance Stroll as part of the changes triggered by Stroll’s father Lawrence leading the consortium that rescued the team.
On 15th December, the opening race in Ad Diriyah (KSA) sees the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team get its first season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship underway. BMW works driver António Félix da Costa (POR) has known the series from Season 1. Now, together with BMW i Andretti Motorsport, he opens a new chapter. In an interview he talks about the impressive development of Formula E and the new challenges with the BMW iFE.18 in Season 5.
The battle for the 2018 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup GT3 championship title goes down to the wire this weekend with a double-header season finale at Malaysia’s 5.54km Sepang International Circuit. Four drivers remain in contention for the title – points leader Bhurit Bhirombhakdi of Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing, ProMax Team’s Andrew Haryanto, The Bend Motorsport Park’s Yasser Shahin and Sun Jingzu of Absolute Racing, with the winner receiving a one-of-a-kind production Audi R8.
The final race of the season takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Jump in the cockpit with our F1 Esports star Mads Sørensen and experience the thrill of this track!
The GT racing season will end in spectacular fashion on 30 November-1 December when the inaugural Bapco Bahrain GT Festival brings the curtain down on a thrilling year of competition.