Porsche 911 RSR (2017)
The 2017 version of the Porsche 911 RSR is a racing car developed by Porsche to compete in the LM GTE categories of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest sanctioned FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and GTLM class, of the International Motor Sports Association's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It serves as the replacement for the Porsche 911 RSR (991). The car was unveiled in November 2016 at the Los Angeles Auto Show.[4]
The 911 RSR clinched its first victory at the Northeast Grand Prix in July 2017 on Lime Rock Park.[5]
The 911 RSR was developed into a licensed LEGO Technic scale model, released for purchase by the public in 2019.
Development
[edit]In May 2016, the first images of the new car were shown in a press release, with the photographs issued only focusing on the front half of the car, igniting speculation that the car would be the first mid-engined 911 race car.[6] Further reports by the German Auto magazine Auto motor und sport supported the speculation, claiming that Porsche had received a technical waiver from the FIA to move the engine forwards, and that Porsche had wanted to base its new GTE Class contender on the Porsche 918 Spyder, but it had been found to be too costly.[7] In October 2016, the unmarked car was spotted testing at the Sebring International Raceway, in Florida.[8] Spy photographs of the car showed a massive diffuser, compared with the current car being campaigned, and a series of air extractors located on the "window panel", suggesting it was mid-engined.[9]
The car was then launched at the 2016 LA Auto Show.[10] At the launch of the car, it was revealed that Porsche did not actually seek, and the car never required any waiver, as the car had been fully legal and within the 2017 GTE rules.[11]
Competition History
[edit]Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2017 |  Porsche GT Team
|
GTLM |  Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy
|
911 | All All 1-2 11 |
DAY 2 |
SEB 7 |
LBH 6 |
AUS 4 |
WGL 7 |
MOS 7 |
LIM 1 |
ELK 8 |
VIR 3 |
LGA 3 |
ATL 6 |
295 | 5th |
 Laurens Vanthoor Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Wolf Henzler Gianmaria Bruni Earl Bamber
|
912 | All 1-3 1-2, 4 |
DAY 6 |
SEB 8 |
LBH 3 |
AUS 8 |
WGL 6 |
MOS 6 |
LIM 2 |
ELK 2 |
VIR 7 |
LGA 7 |
ATL 5 |
287 | 6th | |||
| 2018 | Porsche GT Team
|
GTLM | Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki
|
911 | All All 1-2, 11 |
DAY 8 |
SEB 1 |
LBH 6 |
MOH 6 |
WGL 3 |
MOS 4 |
LIM 5 |
ELK 5 |
VIR 8 |
LGA 8 |
ATL 1 |
299 | 7th |
| Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Gianmaria Bruni Mathieu Jaminet
|
912 | All All 1-2 11 |
DAY 6 |
SEB 3 |
LBH 7 |
MOH 1 |
WGL 4 |
MOS 6 |
LIM 3 |
ELK 4 |
VIR 5 |
LGA 2 |
ATL 6 |
308 | 5th | |||
| 2019 | Porsche GT Team
|
GTLM | Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki
|
911 | All All 1-2, 11 |
DAY 5 |
SEB 1 |
LBH 5 |
MOH 3 |
WGL 1 |
MOS 3 |
LIM 4 |
ELK 7 |
VIR 1 |
LGA 8 |
ATL 6 |
317 | 2nd |
| Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet
|
912 | All All 1-2, 11 |
DAY 3 |
SEB 5 |
LBH 1 |
MOH 1 |
WGL 6 |
MOS 1 |
LIM 2 |
ELK 3 |
VIR 2 |
LGA 7 |
ATL 5 |
330 | 1st | |||
| Sources:[12][13][14] | ||||||||||||||||||
Complete World Endurance Championship results
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
| 2017 | Porsche GT Team
|
LMGTE Pro | Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet
|
91 | SIL 3 |
SPA 5 |
LMS 3 |
NÜR 2 |
MEX 3 |
COA 6 |
FUJ 2 |
SHA 2 |
BHR 4 |
145 | 3rd |
 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Dirk Werner
|
92 | SIL Ret |
SPA 6 |
LMS Ret |
NÜR 3 |
MEX 5 |
COA 2 |
FUJ 3 |
SHA Ret |
BHR Ret |
67 | 8th | |||
| 2018 - 2019 | Porsche GT Team
|
LMGTE Pro | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki
|
91 | SPA 4 |
LMS 2 |
SIL DSQ |
FUJ 5 |
SHA 2 |
SEB 1 |
SPA 8 |
LMS 2 |
131 | 3rd | |
| Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor
|
92 | SPA 2 |
LMS 1 |
SIL 3 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 3 |
SEB 5 |
SPA 3 |
LMS 9 |
155 | 1st | ||||
| Team Project 1
|
LMGTE Am | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti
|
56 | SPA 9 |
LMS 7 |
SIL 3 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 2 |
SEB 3 |
SPA 5 |
LMS 1 |
151 | 1st | ||
| Dempsey-Proton Racing
|
 Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer Riccardo Pera
|
77 | SPA 4 |
LMS 1 |
SIL 1 |
FUJ DSQ |
SHA 1 |
SEB 1 |
SPA 1 |
LMS 4 |
110 | 2nd | |||
Matteo Cairoli Giorgio Roda Khaled Al Qubaisi Gianluca Roda Satoshi Hoshino Riccardo Pera
|
88 | SPA 6 |
LMS Ret |
SIL 8 |
FUJ DSQ |
SHA 3 |
SEB 7 |
SPA 9 |
LMS Ret |
26 | 9th | ||||
| Gulf Racing
|
Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison Thomas Preining
|
86 | SPA 7 |
LMS 10 |
SIL 6 |
FUJ 4 |
SHA 9 |
SEB 4 |
SPA 7 |
LMS 8 |
79 | 6th | |||
| 2019 - 2020 | Team Project 1
|
LMGTE Am | Egidio Perfetti
|
56 | SIL 6 |
FUJ 7 |
SHA 5 |
BHR 9 |
COTA 3 |
SPA 4 |
LMN 4 |
BHR 1 |
118 | 3rd | |
 Jeroen Bleekemolen |
57 | SIL 10 |
FUJ 3 |
SHA 2 |
BHR 1 |
COTA 11 |
SPA 6 |
LMN 8 |
BHR 6 |
101.5 | 5th | ||||
| Dempsey-Proton Racing
|
Riccardo Pera Christian Ried Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen
|
77 | SIL 5 |
FUJ 5 |
SHA 11 |
BHR 6 |
COTA 5 |
SPA 2 |
LMN 2 |
BHR 7 |
107.5 | 4th | |||
Thomas Preining Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sánchez
|
88 | SIL 11 |
FUJ 9 |
SHA 6 |
BHR Ret |
COTA 9 |
SPA 5 |
LMN NC |
BHR 3 |
45.5 | 9th | ||||
| Gulf Racing
|
Ben Barker Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Alessio Picariello
|
86 | SIL 4 |
FUJ 8 |
SHA 9 |
BHR 3 |
COTA 6 |
SPA 10 |
LMN 5 |
BHR 5 |
85 | 7th | |||
| Sources:[15][16][17] | |||||||||||||||
Complete European Le Mans Series results
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 2018 | Proton Competition
|
LMGTE | Marvin Dienst Christian Ried |
77 | LEC 5 |
MNZ 2 |
RBR 4 |
SIL 4 |
SPA 5 |
POR 1 |
83 | 3rd |
| Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Matteo Cairoli Gianmaria Bruni
|
88 | LEC 2 |
MNZ 5 |
RBR 1 |
SIL 2 |
SPA 3 |
POR 3 |
95.5 | 1st | |||
| EbiMotors
|
Fabio Babini Riccardo Pera Raymond Narac Bret Curtis
|
80 | LEC 3 |
MNZ 3 |
RBR 3 |
SIL Ret |
SPA 1 |
POR Ret |
58.5 | 5th | ||
| Gulf Racing UK
|
Ben Barker Alex Davison Michael Wainwright
|
86 | LEC Ret |
MNZ | RBR | SIL 5 |
SPA | POR | 10 | 7th | ||
| 2019 | Team Project 1
|
LMGTE | Jörg Bergmeister Egidio Perfetti Giorgio Roda David Heinemeier Hansson
|
56 | LEC 8 |
MNZ 4 |
BAR 5 |
SIL | SPA | POR | 26 | 9th |
| Dempsey-Proton Racing
|
Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera Christian Ried
|
77 | LEC 3 |
MNZ 1 |
BAR 6 |
SIL 7 |
SPA 2 |
POR Ret |
76 | 2nd | ||
| EbiMotors
|
Fabio Babini Marco Frezza Sébastien Fortuna Edward-Lewis Brauner Gianluca Giraudi
|
80 | LEC 6 |
MNZ 5 |
BAR 7 |
SIL | SPA | POR 3 |
39 | 7th | ||
| Proton Competition
|
Thomas Preining Horst Felbermayr Jr Marco Seefried Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sanchez Adrien De Leener Steffen Görig
|
88 | LEC 7 |
MNZ WD |
BAR | SIL 1 |
SPA WD |
POR Ret |
32 | 8th | ||
| 2020 | Proton Competition
|
LMGTE | Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried
|
77 | RIC 1 |
SPA 6 |
LEC 2 |
MNZ 2 |
POR 1 |
99 | 1st | |
 Michael Fassbender Felipe Fernández Laser Richard Lietz
|
93 | RIC 7 |
SPA 4 |
LEC DNS |
MNZ 5 |
POR 4 |
47 | 5th | ||||
| Gulf Racing UK
|
Ben Barker Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson
|
86 | RIC | SPA | LEC | MNZ | POR Ret |
0 | NC | |||
| Sources:[18][19][20] | ||||||||||||
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