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Porsche: Vettel outing at Le Mans still a future possibility despite 2024 absence

Vettel emerged as a late contender to drive Porsche Penske Motorsport's third 963 LMDh at La Sarthe following a successful test at Aragon in March in which he completed around 600km.

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WEC Spa: Porsche pips Ferrari to lead FP2 as Lexus stand-in heads GT3

On just his third lap of the session, Estre produced a 2m04.162s in his #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh, putting him just 0.121s clear of the works #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in which Fuoco had topped Thursday's earlier FP1.

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Bourdais: No tires strategy “only way” to win Long Beach

After starting third, Bourdais spent most of the early portion of the IMSA’s 100-minute classic in the runner-up spot pursuing pole-sitter Pipo Derani in the Action Express Racing-prepped No. 31 Cadillac.

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Rast: "More time" needed for BMW to emulate Porsche WEC win with LMDh

The triple DTM champion believes that the victory achieved by Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the Qatar 1812km season-opener gives BMW "hope" in the first year of its WEC programme with the M Hybrid V8 run by WRT.

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Rast: "More time" needed for BMW to emulate Porsche's WEC win with LMDh

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New compound to thwart Porsche’s inspired Long Beach ‘no tires’ call

Porsche Penske Motorsport claimed its first IMSA GTP victory with its 963 with Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet, after a lack of pace in practice and qualifying led it to running the same set of tires for the entire 100-minute, sprint-format race.

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Why Porsche doesn't expect another WEC domination at Imola

Porsche pretty much dominated at the World Endurance Championship season-opener in Qatar back in March. The German manufacturer’s 963 LMDh led all bar 52 of the 355 laps on the way to blocking out the podium positions. But there’s every reason to expect that it is going to have more…

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Porsche Penske Motorsport is recruiting a Race Mechanic as part of their WEC team.

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Vettel still unsure about 2024 Le Mans debut after Porsche test

Vettel covered 581km at the wheel of Porsche Penske Motorsport's WEC challenger at Aragon earlier this week.

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Sebring 12 Hours: Derani claims pole to lead 1-2 for Cadillac

The Brazilian skillfully navigated the 17-turn, 3.74-mile circuit and jumped to the top of the leaderboard with a flying lap of 1m48.152s to claim pole in the #31 Cadillac V-Series.R prepared by Action Express Racing.

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Sebring 12h: Derani claims pole to lead 1-2 for Cadillac

The Brazilian skillfully navigated the 17-turn, 3.74-mile circuit and jumped to the top of the leaderboard with a flying lap of 1m48.152s to claim pole in the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R prepared by Action Express Racing.

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WEC Qatar: Porsche claims maiden Hypercar win in dominant fashion

Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer took top honours in the Qatar 1812Km despite Estre having to make an unscheduled pitstop with fewer than 10 laps to go due to a missing number panel on the left-hand side of the factory #6 Penske 963 LMDh.

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"Too early" to know if LMDh car can win in WEC after first pole - Porsche

Porsche Penske Motorsport boss Jonathan Diuguid made the claim after Matt Campbell continued the German manufacturer’s run of form through the pre-season Prologue test and then free practice by taking pole position for this weekend’s Qatar 1812Km season-opener.

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"Too early" to know if LMDh car can win in WEC after first pole - Penske

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The Hypercar graining challenge that could decide the WEC’s Qatar opener

Graining. It’s a buzzword in the paddock at the Qatar World Endurance Championship event so far, at least when it comes to the Hypercar class. It refers to a particularly extreme form of tyre wear that is more than subtly different to more linear degradation seen over the course of…

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Porsche says one-team approach "an advantage" to WEC and IMSA efforts

Thomas Laudenbach, the German manufacturer’s motorsport boss, explained that having Porsche Penske Motorsport masterminding the two factory campaigns has played a key role in the upturn in the fortunes of the 963 LMDh programme that began in the second half of last year and have continued into 2024.

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Porsche the ‘strongest it has ever been’ in Qatar WEC round, says Estre

Porsche has led every session so far in the lead-up to this Saturday’s Qatar 1812km season-opener, with either the factory Penske team or the customer Jota squad topping the charts across Prologue and Free Practice 1.

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WEC Qatar Prologue: Porsche leads Peugeot in third session

Frederic Makowiecki posted a lap of 1m41.223s in the #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport-entered 963 LMDh with fewer than 30 minutes left on the clock, dislodging the #94 Peugeot 9X8 that had led the way since the early part of the session.

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The 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full

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Le Mans 24 Hours entry list published, 23 Hypercars for 2024

Cadillac will for a second year in a row take in the double-points WEC round on 15/16 June with both of its V-Series.R LMDhs from the IMSA SportsCar Championship run respectively by the Action Express and Ganassi teams, while Porsche Penske Motorsport will again cross the Atlantic with one of…

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Newgarden: Daytona 24 Hours win ‘doesn’t hurt’ my Le Mans target

Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Newgarden triumphed alongside Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr in America's biggest sportscar race last weekend in only his second start in Porsche Penske Motorsport's 963 LMDh prototype.

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Porsche had enough fuel to go full distance in curtailed Daytona 24 Hours

An officiating error by IMSA led to the chequered flag being shown one lap early, but the mistake almost certainly had no bearing on the result as Felipe Nasr, Matt Campbell, Dane Cameron and Josef Newgarden took victory for Porsche Penske Motorsport even though the car was short-fuelled at its…

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Porsche had enough fuel to finish prematurely ended Daytona 24 Hours

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IMSA admits to “officiating error” in premature Daytona 24 Hours chequered flag

The race featured a thrilling dice for victory between the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Felipe Nasr and the #31 Cadillac V-Series.R of Tom Blomqvist for Action Express Racing.

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IMSA admits to “officiating error” in premature Daytona 24 Hours checker

The race featured a thrilling dice for victory between the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Felipe Nasr and the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R of Tom Blomqvist for Action Express Racing.

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