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Eleven young upcoming racing drivers dream of taking the next step in their motor racing careers – to be accepted into the Porsche Motorsport Junior Programme. In their bid for this, the talented youngsters took part in a three-day selection process in the southern French town of Le Castellet.
The Porsche GT Team has won the final round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy and Frédéric Makowiecki won the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta.
The Porsche GT Team has secured another podium result at the penultimate race of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season. After a gripping race at Laguna Seca, Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor crossed the finish line in second.
Championship winning Porsche race cars, the engineers who designed them, and the men who drove them to victories around the world will be reunited around the track for Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI (RRVI) at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California, September 27-30.
Intercontinental GT Challenge: Craft-Bamboo Racing and Manthey-Racing finished the ten-hour race in Suzuka on positions eleven and twelve with the Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Wright Motorsports celebrated their second podium result of this year‘s IMSA SportsCar Championship with Porsche works driver Patrick Long and Porsche Selected Driver Christina Nielsen. At round nine of the GTLM class, Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor secured fifth place in the Porsche 911 RSR with the starting number 912.
At round eight of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on Sunday, the Porsche GT Team secured positions four and five on the Road America racetrack. In the GTD class, Porsche works driver Patrick Long and Porsche Selected Driver Christina Nielsen from Denmark celebrated their first win together in the Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Over a long stretch of the 24 Hours of Spa, the best Porsche 911 GT3 R was on a clear course for a podium result. However, a repeatedly lapped vehicle failed to see the #117 nine-eleven fielded by KÜS Team75 Bernhard and brought an abrupt end to the strong performance of the drivers Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Laurens Vanthoor with five hours and 38 minutes to the flag.
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