Last update: August 22, currently 20 models in this collection
Porsche had won Le Mans 1998 with the GT1/98, their last car based on the legacy 962 technology. The flat-6 engine is still being used in the 911 models, but the prototypes got new engines and some even got hybrid technology.
Porsche RS Spyder
2005 ALMS Laguna Seca, Porsche RS Spyder. Porsche had no official race car for years. In 2005 they presented the RS Spyder, a LMP2 prototype for privateer teams with a new 3.4 liter V8 engine. Penske had to develop it during the 2006 season in the American Le Mans Series. It made its debut in Laguna Seca 2005 and immediatly won its class.
2007 Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta, Porsche RS Spyder evo. Penske had developed the LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder very well. On twisty tracks it could even challenge the mighty LMP1 Audi’s. In 2007, the evolution version appeared that also came available for Dyson Racing.
- 2005 #6 Sascha Maassen (D) / Lucas Luhr (D) – 5th / 1st LMP2 | MINICHAMPS WAP 020 60916
- 2007 #6 Sascha Maassen (
D) / Ryan Briscoe (
AUS) / Emmanuel Collard (F) – 7th | MINICHAMPS WAP 020 60917
- 2007 #16 Butch Leitzinger (
USA) / Andy Wallace (
GB) / Andy Lally (USA) – 6th | MINICHAMPS MC 400 076616
- 2007 #20 Chris Dyson (USA
) / Guy Smith (
GB) – 3rd | MINICHAMPS MC 400 076620
2008 Le Mans 24h & Le Mans Series, Porsche RS Spyder evo. After the Porsche RS Spyder had won races and championships in the USA, it finally also came to Europe. Dutchman Peter van Merksteijn managed to get one and took class victory at its debut at Le Mans. Danish Team Essex won the Le Mans Series race at Monza, but got beaten by the Dutch team most of the season. Swiss based Horag Racing were very sorry not to be invited for the Le Mans 24 hours race and only competed in the Le Mans Series.
- #34 Peter van Merksteijn (NL) / Jos Verstappen (NL) / Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL) – 10th / 1st LMP2 | MINICHAMPS MC 400 086834
- #31 John Nielsen (DK) / Casper Elgaard (DK) – LMS Monza 1st | SPARK SAM003
- #27 Jan Lammers (
NL) / Fredy Lienhardt (
CH) / Didier Theys (B) – LMS 2 x 2nd | SPARK SAM004
2009 Le Mans 24h, Porsche RS Spyder evo. Dutchman Peter van Merksteijn won almost every race with it in 2008 and sold the car to Japanese Team Goh. Goh had already won Le Mans in 2004 with the Audi R8, but crashed out of the race this year. Team Essex took victory in LMP2.
- #5 Seiji Ara (
J) / Keisuke Kunimoto (
J) / Sascha Maassen (D) – DNF | SPARK S1958
- #31 Casper Elgaard (DK) / Kristian Poulsen (DK) / Emmanuel Collard (F) – 10th / 1st LMP2 | SPARK S1967
Porsche 918 RS Spyder
2014 Porsche 918 RS Spyder ‘Weissach Package’. The 918 Spyder is a plug-in hybrid powered by a mid-mounted naturally aspirated 4.6 liter V8 engine based on the RS Spyder Le Mans car, with two electric motors. The production version was unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The 918 Spyder was produced in a limited series and it was developed in Weissach and assembled in Zuffenhausen for the 2014 model year.
| MINICHAMPS Porsche WAP 020 0130E
Porsche 919 hybrid
2014 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 919 hybrid. In 2014 Porsche returned at the highest level. The new developed 919 hybrid uses a V4 turbo engine with kinetic energy recovery as well as a warmth recovery system on the turbo comparable as being used by F1 teams in 2014. When the leading Toyota retired and the Audi’s had technical problems Porsche took the lead. But the race was a few hours too long, the 919’s struck trouble. In the end the #14 car finished only 11th and the #20 car was not classified at all.
- #14 Neel Jani (CH
) / Romain Dumas (
F) / Marc Lieb (D) – 11th | SPARK S4208
- #20 Timo Bernhard (D) / Mark Webber (AUS) / Brendon Hartley (NZ) – DNF | IXO SP919-4302
2015 Spa-Francorchamps 1000km, Porsche 919 hybrid. In 2015, Porsche went full attack on Le Mans and the World Championship. At Spa-Francorchamps, 3 cars were present all in the same livery as last year’s Le Mans. The Porsches finished 2nd, 3rd and 6th.
- #17 Timo Bernhard (D) / Mark Webber (AUS) / Brendon Hartley (NZ) – 3rd | IXO SP919-4307
2015 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 919 hybrid. Porsche arrived at Le Mans with the same three teams that raced at Spa, but in different colors. The 919 already showed its speed potential in 2014 but was not yet reliable enough. The second season however was a huge success, Porsche took victory at Le Mans and in the FIA world championship.
- #17 Mark Webber (
AUS) / Brendon Hartley (
NZ) / Timo Bernhard (D) – 2nd | SPARK Porsche Collection MAP 020 878 15
- #18 Neel Jani (
CH) / Romain Dumas (
F) / Marc Lieb (D) – 5th | SPARK Porsche Collection MAP 020 879 15
- #19 Nico Hülkenberg (
D) / Nick Tandy (GB
) / Earl Bamber (NZ) – 1st | SPARK Porsche Collection MAP 020 315 15
2016 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 919 hybrid. Porsche took victory at Le Mans and in the FIA world championship in 2015. At Le Mans 2016 the battle was very hard between Toyota and Porsche. This #1 was in the lead group for quite some time until a broken waterpump made an end to all ambitions. Repair took quite some time and in the night the car returned to the track in 52rd position. It finished in the end in 13th position which was the best possible result. The sister car #2 won Le Mans in the last lap because the leading Toyota failed to complete the final lap …
2017 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 919 hybrid. In 2017, Audi has left Le Mans and the battle would again be between Porsche and Toyota. But most om these retired and also the #2 Porsche hit trouble and barely secured the win in front of 6 LMP2 teams.
- 2016 #1 Timo Bernhard (D) / Earl Bamber (NZ) / Mark Webber (AUS) – 13th | SPARK S5100
- 2017 #2 Timo Bernhard (D) / Earl Bamber (NZ) / Brendon Hartley (NZ) – 1st | SPARK 43LM17
Porsche 963 LMDh
2023 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 963. The Porsche 963 is an LMDh sports prototype racing car designed by Porsche and built by Multimatic, to compete in the Hypercar and GTP classes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship. The hybrid car uses a twin turbo version of the V8 that powered the RS Spyder and 918 RS.
Penske is the Porsche works team and entered 3 cars. Two regular entries from the FIA WEC and a third car that races in IMSA. Jota is one of the customer teams that also races the 963 in the FIA WEC Hypercar category.
- Penske #75 Mathieu Jaminet (FRA) / Felipe Nasr (BRA) / Nick Tandy (GB) – DNF | SPARK WAP 020 0024 0R0 LM
- JOTA #38 Antonio Felix Da Costa (POR) / Will Stevens (GB) / Yifei Ye (CHN) – 40th / 13th HY | SPARK WAP 020 5030 R963
I’m sure more Porsche 963 will be added in the future.
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