Category: On the track news

As Mark reaches the milestone of completing his first year as a Porsche driver, we asked him for his thoughts on the success of his debut WEC season, how the sport compares to F1, the challenges of adjusting to sports car racing and how he plans to spend his Christmas break! Last December you got your first […]

After clinching pole position for the last race of the season, Mark had a very heavy accident in Sunday’s six-hour race in Sao Paulo. With less than half an hour to go Mark, who shares the Le Mans Prototype with Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Brendon Hartley (New Zealand), crashed heavily into the barriers at the […]

Both Porsche 919 Hybrids to start from front row at the season’s finale For the first time in its debut season the two Porsche 919 Hybrids man- aged to lock out the front row of the grid. At the eighth and final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in São Paulo (Brazil) car […]

Porsche 919 Hybrids fastest in free practice before season’s finale Stuttgart. The Porsche Team with its two Le Mans Prototypes enjoyed a strong first day of practice at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Porsche 919 Hybrids covered 219 laps in total on day one on the 4.309 kilometre long track, with car […]

Interlagos is without a doubt a legendary circuit. It has always been one of my most favourite tracks because of the history with the drivers they’ve had; Senna, Piquet and Fittipaldi did a huge amount for the sport. The Brazilian’s love motorsport and are very passionate about it, it’s got a great atmosphere and there’s […]

Porsche 919 Hybrids finish second and third on podium for the first time For the first time both Porsche 919 Hybrid crews were part of the podium ceremony: The trio of Romain Dumas (France), Neel Jani (Switzerland) and Marc Lieb (Germany) finished second in round seven of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain. Immediately […]

Porsche secures its third pole position with the 919 Hybrid in Bahrain For the third time in its debut season a Porsche 919 Hybrid took pole position in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). As also happened two weeks ago in Shanghai, in Bahrain Neel Jani set the fastest lap time ever by a Le […]

Strong practice performance for the Porsche 919 Hybrid in Bahrain The Porsche Team with its two Le Mans Prototypes enjoyed a very positive first day of practice at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Porsche 919 Hybrids covered 162 laps and set the best time of the day. In the first of the two 90-minute free […]

Bahrain hasn’t been a track I had much success on in F1, I have never found out the secrets of that place. I covered off most tracks in my trophy cabinet and it would be nice to add to that this weekend. We tested in Bahrain already with the Porsche at the start of the […]

Third podium finish for the Porsche 919 Hybrid in its first season For the third time the Porsche 919 Hybrid has finished an FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race on the podium. Round six in Shanghai saw Romain Dumas/Neel Jani/Marc Lieb start from pole position and finish the six-hour race in third place. The sister […]