Porsche repeats last year’s victory at the Nürburgring
The reigning world champions Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber repeated their last year’s win at the six-hour race at the Nürburgring. By doing so, Porsche, with the 919 Hybrid, extended their lead in the manufacturer standings of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb came fourth in the […]
Read moreBoth Porsche 919 Hybrids to start from the second row
The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start from the second row of the grid for the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The reigning world champions Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber claimed third on the grid for Sunday’s six-hour race at the Nürburgring. Next to them on the grid will be […]
Read moreFastest times for the Porsche 919 Hybrid with new aero package
Mixed start to the weekend for championship leader and title defender Porsche at the Nürburgring: In both free practice sessions at the fourth of nine rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship a Porsche 919 Hybrid topped the time sheets. Mark Webber achieved the overall fastest time of the day with a lap of 1:40.997 […]
Read moreMARK’S NÜRBURGRING MEMORIES
A happy hunting ground in the past, Mark shares his best memories of the Nürburgring. When I was doing Formula Ford in Australia I remember watching one particular race on TV. It was the 1995 European F1 GP at the Nürburgring where Michael Schumacher won on the last few laps against Jean Alesi. Jean was driving […]
Read moreOne-two result for Porsche 919 Hybrids – championship lead extended
The Porsche Team claimed a one-two result in front of a great crowd at the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the Nürburgring. The trio of Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber won the six-hour race in temperatures of more than 30 degrees Celsius. Right behind them the […]
Read moreBoth Porsche 919 Hybrids on front row for home race
On home soil the Porsche Team achieved the eighth pole position for the Porsche 919 Hybrid since its race debut last year. The current season has so far seen a 919 on pole for every round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). On the 5.137 kilometre long Nürburgring track drivers Romain Dumas (FR) and […]
Read moreMARK’S NÜRBURGRING TOP 5
The track in the Eifel mountains bears some great memories for Mark – here is what makes it so special for him: First podium with Red Bull Racing and first F1 win in 2009 The Nuerburgring will always bear great memories for me as I scored my first Red Bull Racing podium in 2007 and of […]
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