Category: On the track news

Porsche 919 Hybrid on Pole in Shanghai Stuttgart. The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start the six-hour race at Shanghai, China from pole position and third on the grid. After Spa – where round two of the World Championship was held in spring – this is the second pole position for the new and innovative Porsche […]

Difficult track conditions in China Changing conditions at the Shanghai International Circuit brought special challenges for the Porsche Team with the two 919 Hybrid Le Mans prototypes in the first two free practice sessions before the six-hour race on Sunday. Nevertheless, the team managed to improve the cars’ balance during the day. After a rainy […]

Off the back of our great result in Fuji I am looking forward to getting back into the car in China. I know the track in Shanghai very well from my days in F1 and it’s a great circuit. The course has different winding turns and two long straights. The first corner is very unique […]

Podium finish and fourth place for the Porsche 919 Hybrid Stuttgart. The Porsche Team celebrated its second podium finish of the season for the Porsche 919 Hybrid, while the sister car finished fourth in the six-hour race at Fuji, Japan. The fifth out of eight rounds of the FIA Endurance World Championship was a straightforward […]

Smooth start to the Fuji race weekend, German race for 2015 announced Stuttgart. The Porsche Team with the two 919 Hybrid Le Mans prototypes enjoyed a trouble free first day at the picturesque, but challenging, Fuji Raceway, which is located about a hundred kilometres southwest of Japan’s capital of Tokyo. Both 90-minutes free practice sessions […]

F1, Super GT, motor bike races and endurance racing – Japan is definitely a motor sport crazy county. I’ve got good memories of watching the Suzuka 8 Hours motorcycle race on TV when I grew up, as a lot of Australians ride in that race. I’ve raced sports cars before in Japan but that was […]

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 […]

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 […]

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