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In 1970 the Porsche supported works teams were the Gulf sponsored JWA team, Porsche Salzburg that took Porsche’s first Le Mans victory and Hans-Dieter Dechent’s Martini Racing International. The Martini cars had some wild liveries in 1970. The well known silver and white with the blue and red striping appeared in 1971.
Hippie liveries in 1970
1970 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 917L. Martini Racing International was one of the two teams that entered a long tail Porsche 917 for Le Mans. The car was white, designer Anatole Lapine painted the purple swirls on it just in time for qualifying, before the race the bright green was added. The exceptional high topspeed of 380 km/h couldn’t be used in the pouring rain.
#3 Gérard Larrousse (F) / Willi Kauhsen (D) – 2nd
Martini Porsche 917L – 4.9 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 600 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminium space frame, chassisnr. 917 #043
- MINICHAMPS MC 400 706193 Q-car 2470 pcs (diecast) & MC 400 706103 race car 9999 pcs (diecast)
1970 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 908/02 LH. This long tail version of the Porsche 908/02 “founder” may not have been in hippie style but it was very competitive. The Martini car with its Austrian drivers finished 3rd overall and won the 3-liter prototype categorie.
#27 Helmut Marko (A) / Rudi Lins (A) – 3rd / 1st prototype
Martini Porsche 908/02 LH “flunder” – 3.0 Porsche 908 flat-8, approx. 350 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 600 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. #908/02 005
- CENTAURI (ATLAS) #unknown (diecast)
1970 Watkins Glen 6h, Porsche 917K. The hippie 917 also competed in Watkins Glen where it finished 9th. Remarkable is that the Le Mans car ran on Goodyear tires while this one – in the same season – is fitted with Firestones. Martini Racing competed in many races this year with the #021 chassis, most of these in the Interseries with Gijs van Lennep as driver.
#35 Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Gérard Larrousse (F) – 9th
Martini Porsche 917K – 4.5 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 570 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminium space frame, chassisnr. 917 #021
- BRUMM R271 (diecast)
1970 Kyalami 6h, Porsche 917K. The Springbok Series was South African racing series which always attracted some topteams and drivers from Europe. It’s the end of the European season and often lovely weather. The Martini car in bright yellow and red finished second behind the new Ferrari’s 512M that made a successful debut.
#2 Jo Siffert (CH) / Kurt Ahrens jr. (D) – 2nd
Martini Porsche 917K – 4.5 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 570 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminium space frame, chassisnr. 917 #021
- BRUMM R270 (diecast)
1971 World Championship
1971 Buenos Aires 1000km, Porsche 917K. The Temporada, Buenos Aires’ 1000 km race was the first race of the1971 championship. Battle went on between the Gulf Porsches and the 3-liter Alfa Romeos. The Martini Porsches used the now famous silver and stripe colors for the first time but did not score. The #36 car from Van Lennep and Marko retired with a broken engine after only two laps. The team expected it would probably happen before the race started, so expectations were not that high. #38 lead the race for a while but was disqualified because of unauthorized assistance outside the pit lane.
#36 Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Helmut Marko (A) – DNF
#38 Vic Elford (GB) / Gérard Larrousse (F) – DSQ
Martini Racing Porsche 917K – 4.5 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 570 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminium space frame, chassisnrs. 917 #019 & #023
- BRUMM R 571 & R572 (diecast)
1971 Sebring 12h, Porsche 917K. Elford and Larrousse lead the race in Argentina, before they got disqualified. In Sebring they managed to get to the end without problems and won the 12-hour race. Alfa Romeos were second and third.
#3 Vic Elford (GB) / Gérard Larrousse (F) – 1st
Martini Racing Porsche 917K – 4.5 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 570 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminium space frame, chassisnr. 917 #020
- AUTOART 67170 (diecast)
1971 Monza 1000km, Porsche 917K. The fifth race of the world championship was at Monza. Elford and Larrousse took pole position, sadly they already had a bad start and to retire after problems with the throttle linkage. Van Lennep and Marko retired 16 laps later with exact the same problem. The race was a double victory for the rival JWA Gulf team. The Monza cars have the typical fins at the rear that are not on the Sebring version.
#3 Vic Elford (GB) / Gérard Larrousse (F) – DNF
#4 Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Helmut Marko (A) – DNF
Martini Racing Porsche 917K – 4.5 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 570 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminium space frame, chassisnrs. 917 #020 & #019
- BRUMM R252 & R252B (diecast)
1971 Targa Florio, Porsche 908/03. Martini Racing also used the 908/03 at the Targa Florio and Nürburgring. But the new Alfa 33/3 was capable of beating them on their own terrain. Elford crashed and had to retire the Martini Porsche.
#8 Vic Elford (GB) / Gérard Larrousse (F) – DNF
Martini Porsche 908/03 – 3.0 Porsche 908 flat-8, approx 350 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 545 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnrs. #908/03 008
- BEST 9334 (diecast)
1971 Nürburgring 1000km, Porsche 908/03. The 908/03 was a special short version used by the Porsche factory teams on tracks where handling was more important than power such as Targa Florio or Nürburgring. Ferrari had pole but retired and the Alfa’s were just not quick enough this time. Porsches finished 1-2-3. The #4 car was white during qualifying, it raced in the silver Martini livery.
#3 Vic Elford (GB) / Gérard Larrousse (F) – 1st
#4 Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Helmut Marko (A) – 3rd
Martini Porsche 908/03 – 3.0 Porsche 908 flat-8, approx 350 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 545 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnrs. #908/03 008 & 010
- BEST 9071, 9072 & 9316 (retail)
1971 Nürburgring 1000km, Porsche 908/02. Besides the two short wheelbase 908/03, Martini Porsche also brought a 908/02 “flunder” to the Nürburgring for locals Von Bayern and Von Hohenzollern. The car was wrecked in practice and didn’t make it to the start of the race.
#5 Prinz Leopold von Bayern “Poldi” (D) / Ferfried von Hohenzollern (D) – DNS
Martini Porsche 908/02 “flunder” – 3.0 Porsche 908 flat-8, approx 350 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 600 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnrs. #908/02 009
- BEST 9639 (diecast)
1971 Le Mans 3h, Porsche 917/20. The 917/20 had to combine the advantages of the 917K (handling) with those of the 917L (straight line speed). It participated in white during the non-championship Le Mans 3 hour race which was held 2 months prior to the 24 hours.
#20 Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Willi Kauhsen (D) – DNF / ignition
Martini Racing Porsche 917/20 – Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 600 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminum space frame, chassisnr. 917/20 #001
- TOKOLOSHE TOK05 (resin, handmade)
1971 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 917K. The Porsche 917’s were this year’s favourites for the Le Mans victory. But it weren’t the very fast longtails that won. This new 917K with a magnesium chassis came first and set a distance record that existed until 2010.
#22 Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Helmut Marko (A) – 1st
Martini Racing Porsche 917K – 4.9 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 600 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 800 kg. Magnesium space frame, chassisnrs. 917 #044
- BRUMM R220 (diecast)
1971 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 917L. Martini Racing entered 3 cars for the race, all three having other body work. The #21 was a 917L (for long tail) which were somewhat different from last years car; the front end looked a bit like that from the 917/20 “pig”. Three of these cars entered the race (1 Martini, 2 Gulf) but all failed to finish. This one suffered a broken cooling fan and overheating problems.
- MINICHAMPS WAP 020 043 97 (diecast)
1971 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 917/20. Count Rossi refused to paint it in the Martini livery or even put its name on it. Someone called the car a pig and Porsche designer Anatole Lapine’s idea for the new livery was born. The Porsche 917/20 was not as successful as hoped for, but its chassis would be the basis for the all conquering CanAm 917 turbos.
#23 Reinhold Joest (D) / Willi Kauhsen (D) – DNF
Porsche 917/20 – 4.9 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 600 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminum space frame, chassisnr. 917/20 #001
- MINICHAMPS MC430 716923 ‘limited edition’ of 10.001 pcs (diecast)
1970 Zeltweg 1000km, Porsche 917K. Le Mans winner Helmut Marko drove his home race together with Gérard Larrousse, unfortunately they had to retire after their Porsche was too much damaged as result of a puncture.
#27 Helmut Marko (A) / Gérard Larrousse (F) – DNF
Martini Racing Porsche 917K – 4.9 liter Porsche 912.10 V12 180º, approx. 600 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 810 kg. Aluminium space frame, chassisnr. 917 #030
- BRUMM R520 (diecast)
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1974 Interserie, Porsche 917/30 turbo. Herbert Müller managed to lay his hands on the works Porsche 917/30 that Vic Elford drove to victory once in 1973. Herbert won the Interserie championship in 1974. He only had to deal with the Kauhsen Porsche and Kelleners McLaren, the rest of the field were little 2-liter sportscars.
#0 Herbert Müller (CH) – 1st
Porsche 917/30 turbo – 5.0 liter Porsche 912.51 V12 180º twin turbo, approx. 1100 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 770kg. Aluminum space frame chassisnr. #917/30 001
- MINICHAMPS MC437 736100 limited 300 pcs (resin model produced by SPARK)
2009 historic racing, Porsche 908/03 turbo. Chassis 908/03 #011 crashed during the 1970 Targa Florio. It was rebuilt with original parts by Sigi Brunn, he replaced the 8-cylinder engine by a 2.1-liter turbo and raced in endurance races and the DRM championship. Later it was purchased by fortuned amateur racer Jean-Marc Luco who painted it in Martini colors and raced it in historic events.
#1 Jean-Marc Luco (CH)
Porsche 908/03 turbo – 2.1 liter flat-6 turbo, approx. 600 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 740 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 908/03 #011a
- BEST 9378, the model is a Joest car from the presentation salon Stuttgart 1980 (diecast)
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