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Matteo Cairoli
SEVEN PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS FIGHT FOR CLASS WINS AT DAYTONA
Porsche customer teams head to the opening round of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with big ambitions. A total of seven Porsche 911 GT3 R will line up on the grid to contest the tradition-steeped 24 Hours of Daytona. At the official test runs, the so-called “Roar Before the 24” last weekend, the teams … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING TO RUN TWO CARS AT THE ROLEX 24
WeatherTech Racing will be competing with two cars in the new IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Pro Class in next month’s season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, Jan. 27-30. Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) will be spending time behind the wheel of the No. 97 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 and No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 GT3 … Continue reading
MATTEO CAIROLI SET FOR DOUBLE WEEKEND COMMITMENT IN THE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE AND NLS
Matteo Cairoli is set for a busy weekend as he will face a double commitment at Nürburgring and Barcelona. At the Montmeló track in Spain, the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup heads to the fifth and last round of the season. A season that kicked-off at Monza where Cairoli claimed a brilliant victory sharing the Dinamic Motorsport’s Porsche 911 GT3 R car with Christian Engelhart … Continue reading
MATTEO CAIROLI AIMING FOR HOME SUCCESS AT MONZA
Matteo Cairoli will head to Monza this coming weekend, 17th/18th July, for the third race of the FIA WEC season where he is determined to take the top of the LMGTE Am standings. Having begun the year very impressively taking the GT World Challenge victory at the same home track last April and claiming a legendary success at the 24H Nürburgring, the 25-year-old … Continue reading
PORSCHE 911 GT3 R WINS THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS IN MANTHEY’S ANNIVERSARY YEAR
The Manthey customer team has clinched its seventh outright victory at the Nürburgring 24-hour race. At the 49th edition of the endurance classic, works drivers Kévin Estre from France, Michael Christensen from Denmark and the Italian Matteo Cairoli crossed the finish line in first place at the wheel of the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 … Continue reading
WEC SERIES LEADER PORSCHE STRIVES FOR ANOTHER PODIUM FINISH WITH THE NEW 911 RSR
Porsche aims to defend its lead in the manufacturers’ classification of the FIA World Endurance Championship at round three of the season. The factory squad tackles the four-hour race in Shanghai (China) with two of the latest generation ca. 515 hp Porsche 911 RSR. After clinching a one-two at the season-opener in Silverstone (Great Britain) … Continue reading
24 HOURS OF DAYTONA: STRONG PORSCHE CONTINGENT AT ANNIVERSARY RACE IN FLORIDA
Porsche celebrates a very special anniversary at the 24-hour race at the Daytona International Speedway: It is 50 years since Vic Elford, Jochen Neerpasch, Rolf Stommelen, Jo Siffert and Hans Herrmann, at the wheel of the 907LH (Longtail), claimed the first of 22 overall victories for Porsche at the world-famous endurance race in Florida. As … Continue reading
PORSCHE EXPANDS ITS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Porsche is expanding its successful and sustainable youth development programme in international motorsport. In 2018, four Young Professionals will be sponsored on the international GT racing scene. Two Porsche Juniors will receive training to become a professional racing driver in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, which features on the same bill as Formula 1. Norway’s … Continue reading
PORSCHE GT TEAM IS READY FOR THE LE MANS ENDURANCE CLASSIC
The countdown for the Le Mans 24 Hours is on: At the official pretest on the 13.629-kilometre Circuit des 24 Heures, the Porsche GT Team has entered the critical phase in preparing for the world’s toughest automobile race. Sixty cars and 180 drivers will take up the prestigious pursuit around the clock on 17 June, … Continue reading
PROMOTION FOR SUCCESSFUL PORSCHE JUNIORS
Again in the 2016 season, the Porsche one make race series have lived up to their reputation as a talent hotbed for international GT motorsport. All four Porsche juniors will climb the career ladder next year. Germany’s Sven Müller (24) becomes a Porsche works driver. Porsche supports the Italian Matteo Cairoli (20) and Mathieu Jaminet … Continue reading
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