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MARK’S MEMORIES LE MANS

on June 13, 2016 2016 Season, Le Mans, Mark Webber News, On the track news with 4 comments
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Ahead of the season highlight at Le Mans, Mark shares some of the memories he has of the race I think I first heard about Le Mans in the mid 1980s, when the Rothman Porsches were dominating with Derek Bell and Jacky Ickx. As a young boy you remember those famous Le Mans cars probably […]

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Porsche 919 Hybrid going over 320 km/h on a country road

on June 5, 2016 2016 Season, Le Mans, On the track news, Porsche News with 0 comments
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The 2016 Le Mans event has begun: The Porsche Team has used the official pre-test to set up the two Porsche 919 Hybrids for the 24-Hour marathon on June 18/19. Today provided the only opportunity to test on the 13.629 kilometre long Circuit de la Sarthe. The track includes 9.2 kilometres of what are normally […]

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Both Porsche 919 Hybrids on front row in Spa

on May 6, 2016 2016 Season, On the track news, Spa with 1 comment
Porsche Team: Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley, Timo Bernhard (l-r)

The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start from the front row for the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The reigning world champions Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber claimed pole position with their number 1 car for Saturday’s six-hour race. Next to them on the grid in Spa-Francorchamps is the sister-car […]

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Debut for Le Mans package in Spa

on May 5, 2016 2016 Season, On the track news, Porsche News, Spa, WEC Races with 0 comments
Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche Team: Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber

Round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Spa-Francorchamps: For the first time the two Porsche 919 Hybrids have run with the aerodynamic package which is designed for the Le Mans 24 Hours. The most eye catching part of the specification for the season’s highlight on June 18/19 are the new headlights. Just as […]

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MARK’S MEMORIES – SPA

on May 3, 2016 2016 Season, On the track news, Spa with 1 comment
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Spa is not only one of Mark’s favourite circuits, he also has great memories of watching one particular race growing up and notching up his first, big international win there: Spa is a favourite for many drivers and has provided for some exciting racing in the past. I remember watching one particular race over and […]

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Action packed opening round at Silverstone

on April 17, 2016 2016 Season, On the track news, Porsche News, Silverstone with 0 comments
Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche Team: Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber

After a thrilling six hour race in Silverstone Neel Jani (CH) finished second in the Porsche 919 Hybrid he shares with Romain Dumas (FR) and Marc Lieb (DE). The race win went to Audi at the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). All three manufacturers that are involved with class 1 Le […]

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Second row on the grid for the two Porsche 919 Hybrids

on April 16, 2016 2016 Season, Silverstone, WEC Races with 0 comments
Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche Team: Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber

The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start third and fourth on the grid for the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Silverstone on Sunday. The reigning World Champions, Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber, qualified third ahead of their teammates Romain Dumas (FR), Neel Jani (CH) and Marc […]

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Porsche 919 Hybrid benefits from efficiency and aerodynamics

on April 15, 2016 2016 Season, On the track news, Silverstone, WEC Races with 0 comments
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The Porsche Team with its two 919 Hybrid cars set the fastest lap times on the first day of free practice for the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Silverstone (GB), and were also faster than the times from these sessions in 2015. For the first time the team is going […]

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MARK’S MEMORIES – SILVERSTONE

on April 12, 2016 2016 Season, Silverstone, WEC Races with 2 comments
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Ahead of the first race of the 2016 season, Mark shares some of the memories he has of Silverstone. Out of all F1 races I watched growing up in Australia, the 1987 Silverstone GP is one I particularly remember. I was about 11 and it was a classic race between Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet in […]

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Good start to the season for the Porsche 919 Hybrid

on March 26, 2016 2016 Season, On the track news with 1 comment
Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche Team: Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber

The FIA World Endurance Championship has kicked off the 2016 season with the official Prologue. The two-day test at the 5.791 kilometre long Circuit Paul Ricard in Southern France was the first meeting of a major part of the WEC grid. For the title defender, the 2016 Porsche 919 Hybrid, which was unveiled just before […]

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