Laurens Vanthoor joins McLaren’s 2027 WEC programme on Porsche loan deal
Laurens Vanthoor will race for McLaren’s new Hypercar team in the 2027 World Endurance Championship while remaining under contract with Porsche through the end of that season. The Belgian was named as the second driver for the McLaren MCL-HY project on Friday, just days after its first signing Mikkel Jensen shook down the car for […]
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 nips Cadillac late to top of final Rolex 24 practice
Laurens Vanthoor pulled out a late flying lap to elevate Porsche Penske Motorsport on top in the the 64th Running of the Rolex 24 on Friday morning. Driving the No. 6 Porsche 963, Vanthoor threw down a quick lap of 1 minute, 36.475 seconds on Daytona’s 3.56-mile speedway road course. The leading pace was 0.066s […]
Laurens Vanthoor eyes IMSA future but admits he has unfinished business at Le Mans
Laurens Vanthoor has expressed interest in joining IMSA after Porsche’s exit from the World Endurance Championship, but admits he’s reluctant to miss another shot at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Porsche’s shock decision to withdraw its factory team from the Hypercar class after just three seasons has created uncertainty regarding the future of its LMDh […]
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 […]
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 […]