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FOUR PORSCHE GT3 R TO TACKLE THE 24 HOURS PF SPA

RNW Staff — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:15:03 +0000

Four Porsche 911 GT3 R race cars will contest the 70th running of the 24 Hours of Spa. Regarded as one of Europe’s major long-distance classics alongside the 24-hour races of Le Mans and the Nürburgring, Spa marks round two of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and the fourth race of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Porsche supports four customer teams with works drivers and engineers at the race on 28-29 July. Tackling the event are the two Porsche teams from the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Manthey-Racing and Herberth Motorsport, as well as the KÜS Team75 Bernhard and Black Swan Racing squads. Six current works drivers as well as the former factory driver and the current head of Porsche Customer Racing, Marc Lieb, form the driver crews in the four ca. 500 hp customer racers. For the marathon race in Belgium, 68 cars from 13 marques are entered. In addition to the 64 vehicles that comply with the FIA GT3 regulations, four other vehicles are registered, including three Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING SECURES TWO LE MANS WINNERS FOR SUZUKA 10 HOUR LINE-UP

RNW Staff — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:40:24 +0000

Craft-Bamboo Racing has secured two recent 24 Hours of Le Mans winners for their Suzuka 10 Hour driver line-up. This announcement comes only five days after Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre took victory in the GTE Pro class at the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans in the world’s most iconic Porsche, the ‘Pink Pig’. Completing the trio will be young Porsche driver, Mathieu Jaminet, who is best known for his domination of the Porsche Carrera Cup France. Both the team and drivers are solely focused on claiming victory in the ten-hour endurance event which will run from the 24th-26thof August as part of the SRO’s Intercontinental GT Challenge.

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FALKEN MOTORSPORTS ENTERS BOTH PORSCHE AND BMW IN A FURTHER FOUR VLN ENDURANCE RACES

RNW Staff — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:01:01 +0000

Falken Motorsports has confirmed it will enter both its BMW and Porsche in a further four of the seven remaining VLN races in the 2018 season. After Falken’s BMW and Porsche both finished the Nürburgring 24 Hours Race in the top 20 last month, the drivers have now set their sights on achieving more success in the German endurance race series.

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STRONG, SWIFT, SPECTACULAR: THE NEW PORSCHE 911 GT3 R

Charles Côté — Fri, 11 May 2018 08:17:32 +0000

Porsche has designed a new customer racer for GT3 series worldwide for 2019 based on the 911 GT3 RS production sports car: the 911 GT3 R. During the development of the up to 404 kW (550 hp)* racing nine-eleven, special attention was paid to particularly efficient aerodynamics, further optimised safety as well as lowering the cost of servicing and spare parts.

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FORTY THREE PORSCHES TAKE ON GERMANY’S BIGGEST RACE

Charles Côté — Mon, 07 May 2018 11:08:47 +0000

Porsche will be represented by a large fleet of vehicles at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring: 43 Porsche 911 and Porsche Cayman race cars will tackle Germany’s biggest automobile race on the 24.38-kilometre combination of the Grand Prix circuit and the Nürburgring-Nordschleife on 12-13 May.

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DIFFICULT START TO THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ENDURANCE CUP SEASON FOR THE PORSCHE 911 GT3 R AT MONZA

David Martin-Janiak — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:04:13 +0000

The Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the Manthey-Racing team finished round one of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Monza without earning points. A technical defect in the early stages of the three-hour race made it impossible for the three Porsche works drivers Romain Dumas (France), Frédéric Makowiecki (France) and Dirk Werner (Germany) … Continue reading → ...

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PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS READY TO TACKLE THE ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON

David Martin-Janiak — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:23:32 +0000

The time of tests and preparation is over: From 13 to 15 April, the Porsche customer teams KÜS Team75 Bernhard, Precote Herberth Motorsport and IronForce by Ring Police will take off into the new ADAC GT Masters season at Oschersleben. Four Porsche 911 GT3 R racers will be fielded on the 3.696-kilometre circuit in Saxony-Anhalt. … Continue reading → ...

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DARRYL O’YOUNG PARTNERS AIDAN READ IN THE #991 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R TO COMPLETE THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA LINE-UP FOR CRAFT-BAMBOO

Charles Côté — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:14:30 +0000

Darryl O’Young will partner Aidan Read in the #991 Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, completing the team’s two car lineup that is focused on bringing home the Blancpain GT Series Asia championship title. O’Young has been a staple GT driver for Craft-Bamboo since 2014 and has contributed greatly to their success in various championships and events.

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IRONFORCE BY RING POLICE ALL SET FOR THE ADAC GT MASTERS

David Martin-Janiak — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:29:33 +0000

IronForce by RING POLICE are ready for the ADAC GT Masters. With just three days to go before the official pre-season tests in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, the team presented the striking design of the Porsche 911 GT3 R, with which Lucas Luhr (38, DEU) and Jan-Erik Slooten (33, DEU) will race for the first … Continue reading → ...

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FALKEN CELEBRATES ITS 20th MOTORSPORT SEASON ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE

Charles Côté — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:42:16 +0000

Falken Tyre’s 20th motorsport season contesting on the gruelling Nürburgring Nordschleife. Yet again, the Falken Motorsports team will battle it out on the notoriously challenging German circuit in the VLN Endurance Championship and world-famous ADAC Zurich 24-Hour Race, competing with a new driver line-up for 2018 and two GT3 cars, the Porsche 911 GT3 and BMW M6 GT3.

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