Manthey’s ‘Grello’ Porsche out of Nurburgring 24 Hours after early crash
The #911 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R has retired from the 54th edition of the Nurburgring 24 Hours after just under four hours of running following an accident for Kevin Estre in the Brunnchen section of the track. With their fiercest rival out of the race, the #3 Winward Mercedes shared by Formula 1 star […]
Heinrich, Vanthoor set for role swap at Porsche Penske Motorsport for 2027
Porsche Penske Motorsport confirmed a change to its lineup plans for the 2027 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, with Laurin Heinrich taking over a full-time seat of one of the team’s factory Porsche 963s while Laurens Vanthoor will only contest the endurance rounds. Heinrich, 24, is fresh off a stellar performance last Sunday […]
Porsche Penske Motorsport running throwback Apple Computer livery at Laguna Seca
The upcoming IMSA round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will be headlined by several throwback liveries throughout the grid, and Porsche Penske Motorsport is no exception. Both of the program’s factory Porsche 963 machines will be running a throwback Apple Computer livery as part of celebrating 75 years of Porsche Motorsport and 50 years of Apple. Both […]
Porsche Penske ready to «absolutely» employ team orders again in wake of Sebring fallout
Team Penske President Jonathan Diuguid says that Porsche Penske Motorsport (PPM) will not shy away from continuing to use team orders moving forward despite the tense drama that unfolded at the end of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. PPM dominated with a 1-2 result in last month’s once-around-the-clock crown jewel of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar […]
Porsche’s Kevin Estre “frustrated and angry” with himself after qualifying last for WEC finale
Kevin Estre says he is “angry at himself” after he qualified last in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh, which is fighting for the Hypercar title in this Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain. Estre set a best time of 1m49.157s in the opening leg of qualifying for the Bahrain 8 Hours, which put the […]
Ferrari and Toyota are Le Mans favorites – but what about Porsche?
Last year, Porsche arrived at Le Mans as one of the favourites, riding the momentum of a strong start to its WEC campaign. But when it came down to it, the real fight was between Ferrari and Toyota. In 2025, the German manufacturer comes to La Sarthe in a very different situation, after a quiet […]
The near-supernatural racing talent of Porsche’s Kevin Estre
If you’re looking for a fun distraction that’s of course racing related, search “Kevin Estre onboard” on YouTube. There you’ll find a litany of videos ranging from the tens of thousands of views, to one with over 1.9 million. From the 2021 Nuburgring 24 Hours alone, there’s a wet qualifying lap where his near-supernatural car […]
Estre, Jani praise revisions to «fairer» Le Mans qualifying format
Le Mans 24 Hours pole winners Kevin Estre and Neel Jani have welcomed revisions to Hyperpole qualifying under which Hypercar entries will run on track alone at the French enduro. They have told Motorsport.com that the new procedure introduced for this year’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship in June will be both fairer […]
Ferrari AF Corse sneaks past Toyota for win
In a thrilling finish to Sunday’s Lone Star Le Mans six-hour race on the Circuit of The Americas, a customer AF Corse-run 499P driven by Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, and Robert Shwartzman at Austin took the win after a battle with Toyota. All mere hours after Charles Leclerc’s Italian Grand Prix victory at Monza earlier […]