Earl Bamber says the chemistry between he and co-driver Laurens Vanthoor, along with a strong car from Porsche, helped produce a “really fantastic season” that ended with their first-ever IMSA GT Le Mans drivers’ championship. Bamber, Vanthoor and the team’s Michelin Endurance Cup driver Mathieu Jaminet took the No. 912 Coca-Cola-sponsored Porsche 911 RSR to […]
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With its seventh win of the season, Porsche has secured the 2019 IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship GTLM Manufacturers’ title. The German marque did so in dominating fashion with a weekend sweep at Virginia International Raceway that saw a Porsche 911 RSR lead Free Practice 1, 2, and 3, score pole position in Qualifying and claim […]
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Richard Westbrook made an aggressive move on Earl Bamber, darting past with six minutes remaining in Saturday’s Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park, then pulling away to give the Ford GT its first victory of the season and snapping Porsche’s streak of five consecutive victories in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition. Westbrook’s co-driver Ryan […]
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Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor gave Porsche its fifth straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans class victory in Sunday’s race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR took the lead during the first of two green flag pit-stop rounds and rode out a pair of late Full Course Yellow […]
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Porsche GT Team is set to race at Le Mans next month with special liveries for its FIA WEC-entered #91 and #92 911 RSRs, the pair sporting a gold trim rather than red and world champion logos on their roofs. The factory Porsches from IMSA entered in GTE Pro will also run in special liveries: […]
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Porsche has claimed its third straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win in GT Le Mans, with Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor taking top class honors in Sunday’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. Quick pit work and a rapid in and out lap by Bamber put the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR out ahead of […]
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Earl Bamber held on to take GT Le Mans class honors in Saturday’s Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach, in a hard-fought street fight. The Kiwi, with a damaged No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR, came out 4.473 seconds ahead of a smoking No. 3 Corvette C7.R of Jan Magnussen, who limped home […]
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Brendon Hartley says he feels “completely drained” after a packed double-header schedule at Sebring International Raceway that saw the Kiwi score overall podiums in both races. The two-time FIA World Endurance Champion, in his endurance racing return, finished third overall in both Friday’s 1000 Miles of Sebring and Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, […]
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The Action Express Cadillac squad held sway at the top of the Sebring 12 Hours leaderboard as the IMSA SportsCar Championship enduro hit the halfway mark. The team’s Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by Pipo Derani held the lead behind the safety car at the six-hour mark. Derani, who is teamed with Felipe Nasr and […]
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Brendon Hartley will take the place of the now-retired Christian Fittipaldi at Action Express Racing at Sebring, with the ex-Porsche LMP1 star and Formula One driver set to join Joao Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R for next month’s enduro. The Kiwi was confirmed as the third driver […]
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