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..
The 911 RSR clinched its first victory at the Northeast Grand Prix in July 2017 on Lime Rock Park..
The 911 RSR was developed into a licensed LEGO Technic scale model, released for purchase by the public in 2019.
Development 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. 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. In October 2016, the unmarked car was spotted testing at the Sebring International Raceway, in Florida. 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.
The car was then launched at the 2016 LA Auto Show. 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.
Competition history
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
+Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results Year Entrant Class Drivers Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2017 Porsche GT Team GTLM Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy911AllAll1-211 DAY2 SEB7 LBH6 AUS4 WGL7 MOS7 LIM1 ELK8 VIR8 LGA3 ATL62955th Laurens Vanthoor Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Wolf Henzler Gianmaria Bruni Earl Bamber912All1-31-2, 46-11 DAY6 SEB8 LBH3 AUS8 WGL6 MOS6 LIM2 ELK2 VIR7 LGA7 ATL52876th 2018 Porsche GT Team GTLM Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki911AllAll1-2, 11 DAY8 SEB1 LBH6 MOH6 WGL3 MOS4 LIM5 ELK5 VIR8 LGA8 ATL12997th Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Gianmaria Bruni Mathieu Jaminet912AllAll1-211 DAY6 SEB3 LBH7 MOH1 WGL4 MOS6 LIM3 ELK4 VIR5 LGA2 ATL63085th 2019 Porsche GT Team GTLM Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki911AllAll1-2, 11 DAY5 SEB1 LBH5 MOH3 WGL1 MOS3 LIM4 ELK7 VIR1 LGA8 ATL63172nd Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet912AllAll1-2, 11 DAY3 SEB5 LBH1 MOH1 WGL6 MOS1 LIM2 ELK3 VIR2 LGA7 ATL53301stSources:
Complete World Endurance Championship results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. +Complete FIA World Endurance Championship resultsYearEntrantClassDriversRounds1234567892017 Porsche GT TeamLMGTE Pro Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet91SIL3SPA5LMS3NÜR2MEX3COA6FUJ2SHA2BHR41453rd Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Dirk Werner92SILRetSPA6LMSRetNÜR3MEX5COA2FUJ3SHARetBHRRet678th 2018 - 2019 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki91SPA4LMS2SILDSQFUJ5SHA2SEB1SPA8LMS21313rd Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor 92SPA2LMS1SIL3FUJ1SHA3SEB5SPA3LMS91551st Team Project 1LMGTE Am Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti56SPA9LMS7SIL3FUJ1SHA2SEB3SPA5LMS11511st Dempsey-Proton Racing Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer Riccardo Pera77SPA4LMS1SIL1FUJDSQSHA1SEB1SPA1LMS41102nd Matteo Cairoli Giorgio Roda Khaled Al Qubaisi Gianluca Roda Satoshi Hoshino Riccardo Pera88SPA6LMSRetSIL8FUJDSQSHA3SEB7SPA9LMSRet 26 9th Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison Thomas Preining86SPA7LMS10SIL6FUJ4SHA9SEB4SPA7LMS8 79 6th2019 - 2020 Team Project 1LMGTE Am Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli David Kolkmann David Heinemeier Hansson Laurents Hörr Larry ten Voorde Jörg Bergmeister56SIL6FUJ7SHA5BHR9COTA3SPA4LMN4BHR11183rd Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Felipe Fraga Larry ten Voorde Dylan Pereira57SIL10FUJ3SHA2BHR1COTA11SPA6LMN8BHR6101.55th Dempsey-Proton Racing Riccardo Pera Christian Ried Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen77SIL5FUJ5SHA11BHR6COTA5SPA2LMN2BHR7107.54th Thomas Preining Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sánchez Satoshi Hoshino Adrien de Leener Will Bamber Angelo Negro Khaled Al Qubaisi Bret Curtis Lucas Légeret Dominique Bastien Marco Holzer Jaxon Evans88SIL11FUJ9SHA6BHRRetCOTA9SPA5LMNNCBHR345.59th Gulf Racing Ben Barker Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Alessio Picariello86SIL4FUJ8SHA9BHR3COTA6SPA10LMN5BHR5857thSources:
Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. +Complete European Le Mans Series resultsYearEntrantClassDriversRounds1234562018 Proton CompetitionLMGTE Marvin Dienst Christian Ried Dennis Olsen Marc Lieb77LEC5MNZ2RBR4SIL4SPA5POR1833rd Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Matteo Cairoli Gianmaria Bruni88LEC2MNZ5RBR1SIL2SPA3POR395.51st EbiMotors Fabio Babini Riccardo Pera Raymond Narac Bret Curtis80LEC3MNZ3RBR3SILRetSPA1PORRet58.55th Gulf Racing UK Ben Barker Alex Davison Michael Wainwright86LECRetMNZRBRSIL5SPAPOR107th2019 Team Project 1LMGTE Jörg Bergmeister Egidio Perfetti Giorgio Roda David Heinemeier Hansson56LEC8MNZ4BAR5SILSPAPOR269th Dempsey-Proton Racing Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera Christian Ried77LEC3MNZ1BAR6SIL7SPA2PORRet762nd EbiMotors Fabio Babini Marco Frezza Sébastien Fortuna Edward-Lewis Brauner Gianluca Giraudi80LEC6MNZ5BAR7SILSPAPOR3397th Proton Competition Thomas Preining Horst Felbermayr Jr Marco Seefried Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sanchez Adrien De Leener Steffen Görig88LEC7MNZWDBARSIL1SPAWDPORRet328th2020 Proton CompetitionLMGTE Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried77RIC1SPA6LEC2MNZ2POR1991st Michael Fassbender Felipe Fernández Laser Richard Lietz93RIC7SPA4LECDNSMNZ5POR4475th Gulf Racing UK Ben Barker Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson86RICSPALECMNZPORRet0NCSources:
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