The Porsche 911 RSR-19 is a racing car developed by Porsche to compete in the LM GTE category of the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series, and the GTLM category of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. It serves as the direct replacement for the Porsche 911 RSR (2017). The car made its racing debut at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone. The car was unveiled at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed, at the timing gantry of the Hillclimb circuit, just moments before its first public run, with Gianmaria Bruni at the wheel.
Development The Porsche 911 RSR-19 was revealed to have been in development since 2017. In September 2018, spy shots of the new car were seen, published in the German Auto Motor und Sport automobile magazine, taken at the test track of the Porsche Development Center in Weissach, with initial rumors saying that the car would be turbocharged. In March 2019, a 30-hour endurance test was held at the Circuit Paul Ricard, in France. In May 2019, ahead of the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the prototypes was spotted at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, being pitted against its predecessor.
Compared to its predecessor, it has a significant number of changes, with 95% of the bodywork being new. Power comes from an upsized, rear-mid mounted six-cylinder naturally-aspirated 4.2 litre (4.194 litre) engine, the largest ever boxer configured engine in a works 911 racing model, paired with a faster sequential six-speed constant-mesh gearbox. The exhaust has also been relocated to the side, allowing for a larger diffuser to be installed, increasing the base downforce of the car.
Competition history
Complete World Endurance Championship results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. YearEntrantClassDriversRounds123456782019 - 2020 Porsche GT TeamLMGTE Pro Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki91SIL1FUJ6SHA3BHR5COTA8SPA5LMN9BHR21117th Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor92SIL2FUJ2SHA2BHR7COTA2SPA1LMN11BHR11483rd2021 Porsche GT TeamLMGTE Pro Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki91SPA4POR4MNZ3LMN4BHR2BHR41113rd Kévin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen92SPA1POR3MNZ1LMN3BHR1BHR21662nd Team Project 1LMGTE Am Dennis Olsen Anders Buchardt Axcil Jefferies Maxwell Root Robby Foley46SPAWDPORMNZ11LMNRetBHRBHR0.524th Matteo Cairoli Egidio Perfetti Riccardo Pera56SPADNSPOR2MNZ4LMNRetBHR3BHR3784th Dempsey-Proton Racing Matt Campbell Jaxon Evans Christian Ried77SPARetPORRetMNZ5LMN4BHR2BHR2793rd Marco Seefried Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Julien Andlauer Dominique Bastien Lance Arnold Khaled Al Qubaisi Adrien De Leener Axcil Jefferies88SPA5POR9MNZ6LMN8BHR12BHRRet2116th GR Racing Ben Barker Tom Gamble Michael Wainwright86SPARetPOR8MNZ 8LMN9BHR6BHR92315th2022 Porsche GT TeamLMGTE Pro Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki91SEB3SPA5LMN1MON5FUJ4BAH41254th Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor92SEB 1SPA2LMN 4MON4FUJ 3BAH31322nd Team Project 1LMGTE Am Matteo Cairoli Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. Pedersen46SEBRetSPA5LMNRetMON3FUJ6BAH1717th Ben Barnicoat Ollie Millroy Brendan Iribe Takeshi Kimura P. J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette56SEB3SPARetLMNRetMON10FUJ 8BAH2559th Dempsey-Proton Racing Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell77SEB4SPA1LMN14MON1FUJRetBAH8836th Fred Poordad Patrick Lindsey Julien Andlauer Jan Heylen Maxwell Root88SEB10SPA9LMN5MON6FUJ9BAH123812th GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright86SEBSPA6LMN4MON12FUJ12BAH65010th2023 Project 1 – AOLMGTE Am Matteo Cairoli Gunnar Jeannette Guilherme Oliveira Miguel Ramos Efrin Castro56SEB12POR6SPAWDLMN7MZA8FUJ5BHR103611th Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni60SEB6POR12SPA11LMNRetMZA2FUJ11BHRRet3013 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting85SEB8POR3SPA5LMN4MZA5FUJ4BHR11182nd Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen77SEB2POR7SPA9LMNRetMZA1FUJ6BHR6804th Proton Competition Harry Tincknell Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jonas Ried Don Yount88SEBWDPOR9SPA4LMNRetMZAFUJBHR1414th GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright86SEB7POR11SPA12LMN3MZA3FUJ8BHR8646thSources:
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. (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 12 2020 Porsche GT Team GTLM Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy Matt Campbell Earl Bamber9111–6, 8–111–6, 8–111, 911DAY 1 DAY 2 SEB 1 ELK VIR ATL 1 MOH CLT ATL 2 LGA SEB 2 297 5th Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet Neel Jani9121–6, 8–111–6, 8–111, 911DAY 1 DAY 2 SEB 1 ELK VIR ATL 1 MOH CLT ATL 2 LGA SEB 2 289 6th 2021 WeatherTech Racing GTLM Cooper MacNeil Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Kévin Estre Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz791-2,5-122, 5–6, 8–9, 122, 5, 7, 10, 121, 1111DAY 1 DAY 2 SEBBEL WGL 1WGL 2LIMELKLGALBHVIR ATL33563rd Frédéric Makowiecki Kévin Estre Michael Christensen97121212DAY 1 DAY 2 SEBBEL WGL 1WGL 2LIMELKLGALBHVIR ATL 348 11thSources:
Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. YearEntrantClassDriversRounds1234562021 WeatherTech RacingLMGTE Christian Ried Gianmaria Bruni Jaxon Evans Cooper MacNeil Matt Campbell77CAT 2RBR 6LEC 4MNZ 9SPA 7POR 5575th Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Richard Lietz Felipe Fernández Laser Jaxon Evans93CAT 6RBR 4LEC 8MNZ 7SPA 4POR 2614th2022 Absolute RacingLMGTE Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Martin Rump18LEC 8IMO RetMNZ 4CAT 5SPA 3POR 6496th Proton Competition Gianmaria Bruni Lorenzo Ferrari Christian Ried77LEC 2IMO RetMNZ 2CAT 1SPA 5POR 5821st Michael Fassbender Richard Lietz Zacharie Robichon93LEC 3IMO 7MNZ RetCAT 8SPA 7POR 83511th2023 Proton CompetitionLMGTE Ryan Hardwick Alessio Picariello Zacharie Robichon16CAT 1LEC 9ARA 2SPA 3ALG 2POR 11051st Julien Andlauer Giammarco Levorato Christian Ried77CAT RetLEC 1ARA 4SPA 8ALG 1POR 2852nd Michael Fassbender Richard Lietz Martin Rump93CAT 8LEC 10ARA 3SPA RetALG 9POR 112211th Iron Lynx Matteo Cairoli Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni60CAT 4LEC 2ARA 7SPA 1ALG 3POR 8803rdSources:
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