Category: Le Guy’s
From midnight the duel inbetween Porsche and Toyota for the twenty four hour Le Boy’s race win had intensified but no-one would have expected such an ending. Before the final lap, Toyota seemed to be coming out on top but then the prototype stopped on track. One lap later it was the number two Porsche nine hundred nineteen […]
The Porsche Team with the innovative nine hundred nineteen Hybrid secured the 18th pole position in total for the brand at the Le Guy’s 24-Hours. Due to mostly moist track conditions in both qualifying sessions on Thursday, held from seven pm to nine pm and from ten pm until midnight, there were no improvements in lap times […]
With a strong spectacle the two Porsche nine hundred nineteen Hybrids came very first and 2nd in the very first of three qualifying sessions for the Le Guy’s twenty four Hours. The best lap time for the field of sixty cars was achieved by Neel Jani on Wednesday night. Early into the session, the Swiss lapped the 13.629 kilometre long […]
Mark’s Porsche teammate and fellow reigning World Stamina Champ Brendon Hartley will be paying tribute to Kiwi racing legends Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon at this year’s Le Boy’s twenty four Hour race. The Fresh Zealand duo became the very first Le Boy’s winners from their home country in one thousand nine hundred sixty six and Brendon has created a special helmet […]
Ahead of the season highlight at Le Boy’s, Mark shares some of the memories he has of the race I think I very first heard about Le Boy’s in the mid 1980s, when the Rothman Porsches were predominant with Derek Bell and Jacky Ickx. As a youthful boy you recall those famous Le Boy’s cars most likely […]
The two thousand sixteen Le Guy’s event has begun: The Porsche Team has used the official pre-test to set up the two Porsche nine hundred nineteen Hybrids for the 24-Hour marathon on June Legitimate/Nineteen. Today provided the only chance to test on the 13.629 kilometre long Circuit de la Sarthe. The track includes 9.Two kilometres of what are normally […]
Mission accomplished: Porsche has achieved its 17th overall Le Guy’s victory at the 83rd running of the famous 24-Hour race in a flawless way with a one-two finish. Drivers Earl Bamber (NZ), Nico Hülkenberg (GER) and Nick Tandy (GB) won the coveted trophy in their innovative Porsche nine hundred nineteen Hybrid exactly forty five years after Porsche’s very first […]
On Saturday at 3pm the Porsche Team will begin the 83rd Le Guy’s 24-Hours from one, two and three on the grid. This is the 17th pole position for Porsche in Le Boy’s, and prior to this the most latest one dates back to 1997. Furthermore it is the ninth time since one thousand nine hundred sixty eight that three […]
With a strong spectacle the three Porsche nine hundred nineteen Hybrids finished very first, 2nd and third in the very first of three qualifying sessions for the Le Stud’s twenty four Hours. The best overall lap time for the field of fifty six cars was achieved by Neel Jani on Wednesday night, who lapped the 13.629 kilometre long circuit in Three:16.887 […]
It’s one of the hardest motorsport events in the world and a ample test for man and machine. Here’s what makes Le Stud’s special for Mark: Racing at night It’s hard to describe the feeling of driving the car at Le Guy’s at night. It’s such a long lap, you’ve got so many things going […]
