Category: Porsche News

Porsche 919 Hybrid on front row for 24-Hours The Porsche Team’s two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start second and fourth in the 24-Hours of Le Mans. The field for the top class prototypes produced a tough battle for pole position – with constant fights in traffic on the legendary 13,629 kilometre long track. For car […]

Successful first qualifying for the Porsche 919 Hybrid It came as a surprise to the Porsche Team when the two innovative 919 Hybrids came first and second in the first qualifying session for the Le Mans 24-Hours on Wednesday night. Brendon Hartley from New Zealand achieved the fastest overall lap time of 3mins 23.157secs, which […]

For the first time in 15 years I went down Mulsanne last weekend. Coming over the crest of the hump I thought of the very different experience I had there in 1999 but it actually, and thankfully, felt like another lifetime. So much has changed in my world since then and I’ve been through plenty […]

Porsche 919 Hybrid finishes fourth in Spa Stuttgart. Following the podium finish at the season opener in Silverstone, the new Porsche 919 Hybrid came fourth at the second round of the World Endurance Championship (WEC). Drivers Romain Dumas (France), Neel Jani (Switzerland) and Marc Lieb (Germany) had started with the car no. 14 from pole position for the […]

First pole position for the no. 14 Porsche 919 Hybrid Stuttgart . Wet, dry, humid: Porsche starts first on the grid for what is only the second race after returning to the top category of the Sports Car World Championship WEC. The thrilling qualifying for the six hours of Spa took place on a drying track. […]

Porsche 919 Hybrid race debut was a success The eagerly awaited race debut of the innovative Porsche 919 Hybrid in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) was a success. The highly complex Le Mans Prototype took a podium at its first attempt in the action packed six hour race at Silverstone. Timo Bernhard (GER), Brendon Hartley […]

Tight qualifying – Porsche 919 Hybrid up to speed Solid qualifying performance from the newly formed Porsche Team with the two Porsche 919 Hybrids in the World Endurance Championship (WEC): After three free practice sessions with no problems, the first qualifying was also trouble free. Drivers Romain Dumas (FR) and Neel Jani (CH) achieved an […]

New Porsche Team gets into its rhythm at Silverstone The newly formed Porsche Team with the two Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototypes had a good first day of practice at the Silverstone Circuit, where the first round of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) is taking place as a six-hour race on Sunday, the first […]

“I always look forward to racing at Silverstone and this weekend will be no exception when I return as a Porsche works driver LMP1. I’ve raced there every year since I’ve been in Europe (with the exception of 1999).  It’s well known that I’ve enjoyed two wins there in my Formula One career in 2010 and 2012 and while […]