Category: 2014 Season

Exciting start to the race weekend in Austin Stuttgart. The Porsche Team, with the two innovative Le Mans Prototypes Porsche 919 Hybrids, enjoyed a smooth first free practice session on Thursday at the beginning of the weekend of the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Austin, Texas (USA). While in the […]

It’s been a rather long break after Le Mans and I was looking forward to being back in the cockpit when we tested at Lausitz three weeks ago. We’ve learnt a lot about the car in the first three races and were able to improve the car in all areas over summer. We’ve introduced a […]

Strong performance by the two Porsche 919 Hybrids but no dream ending After a strong performance by both 919 Hybrids the Porsche Team was left empty handed after a dramatic final stage of the race. After more than 22 hours the LMP1 crew of car no. 20 (Timo Bernhard/Brendon Hartley/Mark Webber) suffered a powertrain problem […]

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 […]

The next item in the 2014 Mark Webber Endurance Supporters Range is out just in time for Mark’s return to Le Mans this weekend! In a bid to ensure the die-hard fans attending the world famous Le Mans 24hr race have the first chance to get their hands on these stylish new male and female […]

With the 24 hours of Le Mans just days away, it’s crunch time for Mark and the Porsche team. On June 14, Mark  will step back into a prototype sports car and head out onto the Circuit de La Sarthe – the place where he’s got some unfinished business. //ends  

Over the last two weeks we received hundreds of messages of support for Mark. Some of you have been incredibly creative and put a lot of effort into supporting Mark’s return to the 24 hour challenge in Le Mans with Porsche in less than a week. Mark has looked through the best eight entries and […]

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 […]

In Episode three Mark drives the 919 Hybrid for the first time in Portimao, Portugal.  1999 was the last time he drove in a closed cockpit racing car. Watch episode three here. //ends