Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia drivers have thrown their support behind the Friedreich Ataxia Research Association’s #LendUsSomeMuscle campaign to raise awareness for the debilitating, degenerative neuro-muscular disorder Friedreich Ataxia. Several of the Porsche drivers sported #LendUsSomeMuscle tattoos as part of the awareness campaign. What is FA? Friedreich Ataxia exactly? Well, FA is a debilitating, […]
READ MOREPorsche wins Nurburgring 24 Hour
After an enthralling final phase, Porsche has won the Nürburgring 24 Hours race in the Eifel. In pouring rain, the #912 Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the Manthey-Racing team took the lead 70 minutes before the end of the race and held onto it to the flag. This marks Porsche’s first victory since 2011 […]
READ MORECampbell ready for ‘dream’ enduro at Green Hell
Australian Porsche racer Matt Campbell will compete in a ‘dream’ endurance event this weekend when joining a 43-strong Porsche line-up for the 2018 Nurburgring 24 Hour at the 24.38km Nürburgring-Nordschleife. In a year where it celebrates “70 Years of Porsche Sports Cars”, Porsche will have the greatest representation among the 150-car field with 43 911 […]
READ MOREDream team at Nürburgring-Nordschleife
Just before the Nürburgring 24 Hour race is green flagged on May 12, Porsche presents a legendary couple to the crowd of 200,000 expected spectators: Timo Bernhard and Hans-Joachim Stuck will take the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo and the Porsche 956 C respectively on a show run around the famous Nordschleife (literally ‘Northern Loop’). The […]
READ MORECampbell optimistic after promising Spa opener
After a gripping race at Spa-Francorchamps, the Porsche GT Team has started the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season with second and fourth place, while Matt Campbell and Alex Davison finished fourth and seventh in the GTE-Am class at the Belgian circuit. Frenchman Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen from Denmark scored second in the #92 […]
READ MORE#Flashback: Campbell’s rise through Porsche ranks
This weekend marks the start of a new chapter in the career of young Australian racer, Matt Campbell: After five seasons in Porsche one-make series, the Warwick-raised 23-year-old graduates to the pinnacle of sports car racing – the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’. The significance of this step is not lost on the other side of […]
READ MORECampbell, Davison start WEC Super Season at Spa
Australians Matt Campbell and Alex Davison will this weekend begin their 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship campaigns as part of the six-strong Porsche 911 RSR line-up at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on May 5, 2018. Both former champions of Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia, the duo will be part of the FIA WEC […]
READ MOREGrove set for ‘bucket list’ Porsche race
Le Mans, Spa-Francorchamps, Fuji Speedway, Sepang International Circuit … Monte Carlo: Porsche driver Stephen Grove continues to use international Porsche one-make series to race at motorsport’s most iconic and exclusive events, including this month’s Formula 1 2018 Monaco Grand Prix. Using an identical Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car which is raced in Porsche Wilson Security […]
READ MOREWood, Grove triumph in enduro thriller
DALE Wood withstood 25-laps of sustained pressure at the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit to seal his maiden Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia round victory, while Stephen Grove became the third winner from three rounds in the TAG Heuer Pro-Am class. Starting from pole thanks to his victory in race one, Wood erupted into […]
READ MOREWood, Twigg take thrilling Enduro Cup opener
DALE Wood has won a thrilling opener to the Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia Enduro Cup at the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit, while a late-race pass saw Max Twigg take the TAG Heuer Pro-Am class victory. Wood won the longest ever Carrera Cup Australia single-driver race contested, having held out a quartet of […]
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