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Motorsport
It’s hard to say what’s been our most emotional moment on the racetrack.
We have more than 60 years’ worth of them.
Motorsport.
To be able to call upon more than 60 years
of experience as you bat tle for every
hundredth of a second out on the track –
that ’s what Porsche Motorsport is all
about. Our driving force is our teams –
all those people, from driver to engineer,
who work tirelessly on racetracks throug
hout the world to take us forward. They
have been realising and living one shared
dream for generations: Ferry Porsche’s
dream of a car that could be both vic
torious on the track and practical on the
road. And from that dream, more than
30,000 victories have ensued to date. Victories achieved, for example, with
the Porsche 956 – one of the most suc
cessful race cars of all time. And with
those that continue to show that same
potential,
such as the 911 GT3 RSR and
the 911 GT3 Cup.
Both are race cars that have been suc
cessful in circuit and endurance races.
As successful, in fact, as the brand as
a whole. To date, Porsche Motorsport
has built more than 3,000 race cars,
over 1,000 of which are still in use today. They enter amateur and top
class racing
events, including the American GT races
and the one make championships, of
which there are more than 19, the Porsche
Carrera Cup Germany and the Porsche
Mobil 1 Supercup being just t wo. What
ever the race, there are always new goals
in mind. Take, for instance, the Le Mans
24 Hour race in 2014. That race will see
a prototype, designed completely from
scratch, line up at the start, aiming to
continue the series of 16 overall victories
enjoyed so far at Sarthe. For Porsche, what ’s even more important
than a place on the podium is the experi
ence acquired from racing. And the ideas
and visions that come out of that experi
ence. All knowledge gained on the race
track will get transferred as either design
or test principles to our road cars. Just
like the exhaust gas turbocharger and
double clutch transmission technology
did, for instance. This close relationship
be t ween the racetrack and the road is
unique. It allows every Porsche customer
to participate – directly or indirectly – in
the racing experience. It lets them get
a
feel for what drives us. Yesterday, today
and tomorrow: Spirit. Principles. Vision.
