Category: On the track news

Car #18 / PORSCHE TEAM (DEU) / Porsche 919 Hybrid Hybrid / Romain Dumas (FRA) / Neel Jani (CHE) / Marc Lieb (DEU) Free Practice 1 – 6 Hours of COTA at Circuit Of The Americas – Austin – Texas – USA

The Porsche 919 Hybrid continued to prove its outstanding qualifying performance when taking the fifth pole position in the fifth round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship. It is also the fifth consecutive front row grid lock out for the innovative Le Mans Prototypes from Stuttgart. The number 18 car of drivers Romain Dumas […]

The Porsche Team had a promising first day of practice before the fifth of the eight rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Austin, Texas (US). In both the two 90-minute free practice sessions on the spectacular 5.513 kilometre long Grand Prix circuit a Porsche 919 Hybrid has topped the time sheets. After […]

Porsche Team: Mark Webber

Austin is a favourite for drivers and fans on and off the track – here are some of Mark’s highlights: Modern Day Circuit COTA has a little bit of everything. It’s a very demanding track for the car and driver and a modern, fast flowing circuit with a lot of different speed ranges. You have long […]

Andreas Seidl, Teamchef Porsche Team, Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard (l-r)

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 […]

during the German Formula One Grand Prix at Nurburgring on July 12, 2009 in Nurburg, Germany.

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 […]

Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche Team: Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb

A two-day test at the Nürburgring was a taster of the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) to be held on August 30. The Porsche Team was running a Porsche 919 Hybrid on Monday and Tuesday, sharing the 5.137 kilometre circuit with an impressive field of 19 other WEC cars. It was […]

Imagine the focus and concentration required from a Formula One driver on race day: the intense pressure in the car, the in-depth team briefings and the media scrutiny. Once it’s all done and dusted, all they want to do is put their feet up, right? Unfortunately for Mark that wasn’t the case. After finishing fifth […]

Mission accomplished: Porsche has achieved its 17th overall Le Mans victory at the 83rd running of the famous 24-Hour race in a perfect way with a one-two finish. Drivers Earl Bamber (NZ), Nico Hülkenberg (GER) and Nick Tandy (GB) won the coveted trophy in their innovative Porsche 919 Hybrid exactly 45 years after Porsche’s first […]

It’s one of the hardest motorsport events in the world and a huge test for man and machine. Here’s what makes Le Mans special for Mark: Racing at night It’s hard to describe the feeling of driving the car at Le Mans at night. It’s such a long lap, you’ve got so many things going […]

The official pre-test on Sunday in Le Mans was as busy as it was positive for the Porsche Team with its three 919 Hybrids. This day provides the only opportunity to test on the 13.629 kilometre long Circuit de la Sarthe. More than nine kilometres of the track consist of what are normally public roads. […]