Porsche has released a short highlights package from their winning effort at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They’re a company that has achieved great things at La Sarthe. There’s the 16 outright wins, of course, but by winning the GTE Pro and Am categories this year they racked up the 99th and 100th wins […]
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Mark Webber: factory Porsche driver. It has a nice ring to it, don’t you think. Sure, it’s not the most surprising news—over a year since it was first mentioned—but it’s now official that Mark Webber has been signed to drive for Porsche in the World Endurance Championship, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, from […]
A new report suggests Porsche is set to announce as soon as this evening it has signed Mark Webber to race in its new LMP1 program at Le Mans in 2014. More to follow. [Source: motoring.com.au | Pic: Red Bull/Getty Images]
Porsche insist no contract has been signed to tie Mark Webber to the company’s new chase for outright success at Le Mans which starts next year. “Mark Webber has not signed a five year contract with Porsche,” claimed a company executive speaking to German newspaper Die Welt. “Porsche has a squad of ten highly successful […]
Just a few weeks after telling us we’d need to wait until 2014 to see a new Porsche 911 RSR, Stuttgart has announced they’ll be racing two new factory-backed 991-based 911 RSR machines in the 2013 World Endurance Championship. Of course, this also includes the 2013 Le Mans 24 hour race (22–23 June). It will […]
Dutchman Jeroen Bleekemolen didn’t get enough of Mount Panorama at the Bathurst 12 Hour earlier this year so he decided to come back and take the Porsche RS Spyder for a spin during the Super Cheap Auto 1000 festivities. We spent a fair amount of our time drooling over the car at the Australian International […]
The Manthey Racing 911 GT3 RSR, winner of this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race, took centre stage at the company’s Frankfurt Motor Show. In this video Porsche discusses the link between its motorsport and road car programs. Also covered are Porsche’s future racing plans, including the return to the LMP1 category at Le Mans and […]
The chase for outright success in the LMP1 category at Le Mans has been a strictly Audi or Peugeot affair in recent years. But recent word from Porsche tells us that will change in 2014. Now, it seems Jaguar’s Indian owners Ratan Tata want in as well. It’s understood Jaguar is keeping a watching brief on […]
The beginning of 2014 is unfamiliar for Mark Webber in that he’s still got a few weeks left of being able to slam down a few Tim Tams before he needs to be at his racing weight. He explains that and more in Q&A interview on his official website: Your new season with Porsche will […]
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Next year the FIA World Endurance Championship is going to be all about Porsche. True, we can probably expect Audi and Toyota to take favouritism as the two most likely to the battle for the title. But when you consider Porsche has had the relative luxury of developing its 2014 LMP1 racecar without the demands […]
Porsche has used its dedicated Mission 2014 microsite to bring us more photos of its LMP1 racecar. And we’re sharing them with you to help celebrate Mark Webber’s birthday. We think he’ll quite like his new present, even if he has to wait a while yet to open its swirly camouflage wrapping.
It’s Mark Webber’s birthday today. The old fella turns 37. In time for his celebrations, Porsche has released a new teaser for its return to LMP1 racing at Le Mans. For Mark, and for Porsche, it’s almost time to forget history and time to get busy writing a new chapter.