WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai – Race
Third podium finish for the Porsche 919 Hybrid in its first season For the third time the Porsche 919 Hybrid has finished an FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race on the podium. Round six in Shanghai saw Romain Dumas/Neel Jani/Marc Lieb start from pole position and finish the six-hour race in third place. The sister […]
Read moreWEC 6 Hours of Shanghai – Saturday Qualifying
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 […]
Read moreWEC 6 Hours of Shanghai – Friday Practice
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 […]
Read moreWEC 6 Hours of Fuji – Sunday Race
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 […]
Read moreWEC 6 Hours of Fuji – Friday Practice
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 […]
Read moreWEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas – Saturday Race
After a long time in the lead the Porsche 919 Hybrids came fourth and fifth in Austin Stuttgart. After a strong qualifying performance and a long time in the lead in the race the two Porsche 919 Hybrids only finished fourth and fifth in the six-hour race on Saturday. Car number 14, driven by Romain […]
Read moreWEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas – Friday Qualifying
Porsche 919 Hybrid in front row Stuttgart. The two Porsche Team 919 Hybrid cars will start from second and third on the grid for tomorrow’s six-hour race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas (USA). Neel Jani (Switzerland) and Romain Dumas (France) shared driving duties in the number 14 car, and with an average […]
Read moreWEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas – Thursday Practice
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 […]
Read moreRacing into the dark
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 […]
Read moreWEC 24 Hours of Le Mans – Race
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 […]
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