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Victory and three championship titles for Porsche at season final

Stuttgart. Porsche celebrated a triumph at the final round of the American Grand-Am Series. Joao Barbosa (Portugal) and Hurley Haywood (USA) won the race in the heat of Florida on the Homestead Miami Speedway with the Porsche Riley fielded by Brumos Racing. With their Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Dirk Werner (Germany) and Leh Keen (USA) clearly secured the drivers’ championship title in the GT class. Thanks to their four wins this season, Porsche also won both the manufacturer and the team classification.

Read more: Grand-Am Series, round 12 in Miami, USA

100th Porsche victory crowns championship season

Stuttgart. Porsche celebrated the 100th win in the American Le Mans Series at Laguna Seca: With the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by Flying Lizard Motorsports, Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) won the highly dramatic season final in California and secured the GT2 class championship. Porsche also claimed the manufacturers title, and team championship honours went to Flying Lizard Motorsports.

Read more: American Le Mans Series, round 10 in Laguna Seca, USA

Bleekemolen crowns championship with victory at final

Stuttgart. With a win at the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi, Jeroen Bleekemolen from the Netherlands crowned his championship campaign in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup. Driving for Konrad Motorsport, the title defender beat his arch rival René Rast (Germany) after a gripping duel and was handed the winner’s trophy by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Dr. Wolfgang Porsche. The distinction for second place was undertaken by Wolfgang Dürheimer, Board Member for Research and Development.

After 14 laps on the new Formula 1 circuit in the UAE, Bleekemolen took a pole-to-flag victory to celebrate his fifth win of the season. Moreover, the Dutchman set a new record in the Supercup: At all 13 rounds of the series, he secured a podium result. However, with the number of race wins, René Rast was a nose ahead: The vice-champion from VELTINS MRS Racing dominated six times.

Read more: Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, round 13 at the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi

Most Powerful Street-Legal Porsche of all Times

Stuttgart. The time: seven minutes, 18 seconds on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. The power: 620 hp. The weight: 1,370 kilograms or 3,021 lb in road trim with all fluids on board. The car: the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The GT2 RS is making its world debut at the Moscow Auto Show on August 25th.

Read more: 620 Highly Efficient Turbo-Horsepower