Four Porsche 911 GT3 R tackle highlight of the GT3 season : the Spa 24H

July 23, 2018 Tim Havermans 911 GT3R, Dirk Werner, Earl Bamber, Frédéric Makowiecki, Laurens Vanthoor, Mark Lieb, Romain Dumas, Spa, Timo Bernhard

Manthey-Racing, Romain Dumas (F), Frederic Makowiecki (F), Dirk Werner (D), Monza 2018, Herberth Motorsport, JŸrgen Haering (D), Edward-Lewis Brauner (D), Wolfgang Triller (D), Monza 2018

The Porsche drivers at the 24H of Spa

The cockpits of the two 911 GT3 R entered in the pro-driver category are shared exclusively by works drivers: Competing for Manthey-Racing are the regular drivers in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Romain Dumas, Frédéric Makowiecki (both France) and Dirk Werner (Germany). The car run by KÜS Team75 Bernhard is shared by the two former Le Mans overall winners Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) as well as the Le Mans class winner Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium). The two American drivers Tim Pappas and Marc Miller join forces with Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands) to contest the Pro-Am class for Black Swan Racing. They will be supported by Marc Lieb, who was part of the team at the first race of the Intercontinental GT Challenge at Bathurst, Australia, in February. Herberth Motorsport’s 911 GT3 R is piloted by Jürgen Häring, Edward-Lewis Brauner, Wolfgang Triller and Alfred Renauer. The four Germans will tackle the amateur category for gentleman drivers. With Dumas, Lieb and Vanthoor, there are three drivers in the Porsche squad that have already scored overall victory at Spa.

Porsche 911 GT3 R, Manthey-Racing (911): Romain Dumas, Frederic Makowiecki, Dirk Werner
Bathurst, New South Wales : 12h Bathurst on February, 2, 2018, (Photo by Hoch Zwei / Juergen Tap)

The Porsche 911 GT3 R

The 911 GT3 R was designed by Porsche for worldwide GT3 series. Mounted with the ultra-modern, four-litre flat-six engine with direct fuel injection, the 368 kW (500 hp) customer sports racer celebrated its race debut in January 2016 at the Daytona 24-hour race. Since then, it has notched up victories in numerous international racing series, such as the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the World Challenge, the ADAC GT Masters, as well as the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. For 2018, Porsche offers its customer teams an evo-kit.

The schedule

The 24 Hours of Spa takes off on 28 July at 16.30 hrs CEST and will be broadcast live on the websites of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. On television, Eurosport televises live reports and highlights of the event in Belgium. In addition, the German TV station Sport1 will show highlights and background reports from Spa in the “Porsche GT Magazin” on Sunday at 22.00 hours.