Porsche success at Motul Petit Le Mans - 4 hours
Porsche clinch Manufacturer’s Championship and Porsche Penske Motorsport #7 takes an almost definitive lead on the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup with both Porsche 963 leading 1-2 after four hours.
Aitken, Keating, Heinrich, Andrews clinched pole
Jack Aitken, Ben Keating and Laurin Heinrich scored pole in today’s three qualifying sessions at Road Atlanta ahead Motul Petit Le Mans. Scott Andrews clinched GTD pole honors during the combined GTD/GTD Pro session.
100th win for the Penske team in sports car racing
The Porsche 963 driven by Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet won the action-packed thriller in California. This marked the 600th victory for a Porsche racing car in the IMSA series and the 100th triumph for the Penske team in sports car racing.
Estre/Lotterer/Vanthoor win first Qatar 1812
Kévin Estre, André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor crossed the finish line first at the wheel of the #6 Porsche 963. The Porsche 963 triumph is complete with #5 sister third and customer team Hertz Team Jota second.
Three Porsche 963 in top 5 at mid-race
André Lotterer in #5 Porsche 963 is leading at mid-race ahead of #93 Peugeot 9X8 with Jean-Eric Vergne at the time. Two Porsche 963 are following. Cadillac #2 is fifth.
First pole for new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Chevrolet’s new Corvette Z06 GT3.R secured its first pole position with Tom Van Rompuy and Porsche’s Manthey customer team first row for the new LMGT3 class with Alex Malykhin in the #92 Porsche 911 GT3 R
Porsche in pole for Qatar 1812
Matt Campbell took the first Porsche Penske Motorsport pole position in FIA WEC with the #5 Porsche 963, 0.413 sec. faster than Nick De Vries with Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7.
7 Porsche on the grid at Qatar
Five Porsche 963 and two 911 GT3 R on the grid at the season opener in Qatar.
Campbell and Cameron switch Porsche 963 cockpits
For the coming season, Dane Cameron and Matt Campbell will swap cockpits. In the World Endurance Championship, Campbell will share the #5 Porsche 963. In the North American IMSA Championship, Dane Cameron will share the #7 Porsche.
Porsche preview Long Beach
The Porsche Penske Motorsport switches from long distance to the shortest race of the season of just 100 minutes long. At Long Beach, the two Porsche 963 face their first street course. Four Porsche customer teams take on the competition in the GTD-Pro and GTD classes with five Porsche 911 GT3 R.
FIA WEC Season 2021: GTE @ 8 Hours of Bahrain
FIA WEC Season 2021: 8 Hours of Bahrain LMGTE race
Ferrari got the double by winning in both classes and clinching the PRO and AM titles. No discussion in GTE AM class where François Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera dominated the championship and the race. In GTE PRO class, Alessandro Pier Guidi took the win after taking Christensen out of track. Three days after, Ferrari was officially crowned 2021 FIA World Endurance GTE Manufacturer’s Champion and James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi have been named World Endurance GTE Driver’s Champions.
ELMS @ 4 Hours of Portimao 2021: LM GTE race, title and invitations to Le Mans 2022
Third victory of the season for Miguel Molina, Matteo Cressoni and Rino Mastronardi who dominated the race with their #80 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo and secured the title as well as an invitation to the next 24 Hours of Le Mans. The battle with Proton Porsche #93 was intense during the last hour.
ELMS @ 4 Hours of Portimao 2021: The LMP’s race, titles and invitations to Le Mans 2022
United Autosport #2 wins the race and the second invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.
G-Drive #25 as well as John Falb and Rui Andrade clinch the new Pro/AM championships.
DKR Engineering #4 cross checkered class first in LMP3 but got a 65” penalty still clinching the championship title as well as Laurent Horr.
ELMS @ 4 Hours of Portimao 2021: Qualifications results
Cool Racing in LMP2, United Autosports in LMP3 and TF Sport in LMGTE are the pole sitters in the 3 class for the 4 Hours of Portimao tomorrow.
ELMS @ Portimao decisive for 3 titles
The LMP2 Team title was wrapped up at Spa-Francorchamps last month by Orlen Team WRT and their drivers Louis Deletraz, Robert Kubica and Yiffei Ye took the Driver one. Still the second invitation at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans granted to the second of the class will be in play.
It is a different story in the other classes. Let us review the situation class by class.
ELMS @ 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2021: The LM GTE in the race
Francois Perrodo, Emmanuel Collard and Alessio Rovera with their #88 AF Corse took victory in the 4 Hours of Spa LM GTE class, 25 seconds ahead of the #80 Iron Lynx trio Miguel Molina, Rino Mastronardi and Matteo Cressoni.
Iron Lynx secured a double podium with Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey taking third.
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