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BWT LECHNER RACING SIGNS CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA CHAMPION FOR THE PORSCHE SUPERCUP
Reigning Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Harri Jones, will join the championship-winning BWT Lechner Racing Team for the upcoming Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season. The Queensland based 23-year-old will make the next step up the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid and move to Salzburg, Austria to be based with the reigning Drivers and Teams Champions. … Continue reading
PORSCHE MOTORSPORT EXPANDS FACTORY COMMITMENT IN 2023 WITH A RETURN TO THE TOP CLASS AT LE MANS
Porsche tackles the 2023 motorsport season with ambitious goals, extensive works commitments and new options for customer racing. In the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the North American IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team pursues overall wins with two 963 hybrid prototypes fielded in each series. In the ABB FIA … Continue reading
HARRY KING WRAPS UP PORSCHE SUPERCUP CHAMPIONSHIP WITH FOURTH PODIUM
Rising star Harry King enjoyed a fine end to his first full campaign in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup with a starring role in the season finale at Monza, which resulted in a fourth podium finish of the year. The BWT Lechner Racing driver headed to the famous Italian circuit – scene of the best … Continue reading
HARRY KING FASTEST IN PORSCHE SUPERCUP QUALIFYING AT MONZA, POLE POSITION FOR MARVIN KLEIN
Harry King turned the fastest lap in a Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup qualifying session for the first time in Monza, Italy. However, due to a penalty incurred at the previous race in Zandvoort, the UK driver will tackle the last race of the 2022 season from the fourth grid spot. Instead, pole position goes to … Continue reading
THE PORSCHE JUNIOR PROGRAMME IS A SPRINGBOARD INTO PROFESSIONAL MOTORSPORT
Since 1997, Porsche has supported talented youngsters on their path to becoming professional drivers through an exemplary youth development programme. Timo Bernhard, Marc Lieb and Earl Bamber are three examples of successful racing drivers who – over and above their world championship titles and Le Mans victories – have one thing in common: All three … Continue reading
HARRY KING JOINS BWT LECHNER FOR 2022 PORSCHE SUPERCUP PROGRAMME
Harry King will join the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup on a full-time basis in 2022 after agreeing a deal with series front-runners BWT Lechner Racing. The 21-year-old from Holyport in Berkshire made his debut in the F1 support series last year, contesting a part programme with the Parker Revs Motorsport team alongside his racing commitments … Continue reading
PORSCHE ANNOUNCES 2022 MOTORSPORT PLANS
Porsche is set to start the 2022 motorsport season with ambitious goals and extensive programmes. The prime focus will be on the two works entries in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship. The expansion of customer sport activities and intensive preparation for the new LMDh programme have now … Continue reading
LAURIN HEINRICH NAMED AS PORSCHE JUNIOR
Laurin Heinrich is the new Porsche Junior for the 2022 season. In a selection process in Aragon (Spain), the 20-year-old German from the Würzburg region beat eleven candidates from the worldwide Porsche Carrera Cups. The talented youngster receives a sponsorship package from Porsche Motorsport that includes 225,000 Euros towards the upcoming Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup … Continue reading
THE PORSCHE SUPERCUP CONTESTS ITS 300th RACE AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS
This weekend, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup celebrates a milestone at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium: As support to the Belgian Grand Prix (27 to 29 August 2021), the international one-make cup founded in 1993 holds its 300th race. A 32-strong field of ca. 375 kW (510 PS) 992-generation 911 GT3 Cup cars is expected to contest … Continue reading
TWO MAJOR WORKS PROJECTS AND ENTICING CUSTOMER SPORT AT PORSCHE
Porsche will be well represented on major international stages of the motor racing scene in the 2021 season. The management announced the plans for the coming year on the occasion of tonight’s first virtual Night of Champions. In 2020, the traditional event, which in recent years has been held at Weissach in the first half … Continue reading
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