The Porsche 911 RSR-19 is a racing car developed by Porsche to compete in the LM GTE category of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest sanctioned FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and the GTLM class, of the International Motor Sports Association's IMSA WeatherTech 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. [2] [3] 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. [4]
The Porsche 911 RSR-19 was revealed to have been in development since 2017. [5] 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, [6] with initial rumors saying that the car would be turbocharged. [7] In March 2019, a 30 hour endurance test was held at the Circuit Paul Ricard, in France. [8] 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. [9]
Compared to its predecessor, it has a significant number of changes, with 95% of the bodywork being new. [5] 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. [4]
(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
2019 - 2020 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki | 91 | SIL 1 | FUJ 6 | SHA 3 | BHR 5 | COTA 8 | SPA 5 | LMN 9 | BHR 2 | 111 | 7th |
Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor | 92 | SIL 2 | FUJ 2 | SHA 2 | BHR 7 | COTA 2 | SPA 1 | LMN 11 | BHR 1 | 148 | 3rd | |||
2021 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki | 91 | SPA 4 | POR 4 | MNZ 3 | LMN 4 | BHR 2 | BHR 4 | 111 | 3rd | ||
Kévin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen | 92 | SPA 1 | POR 3 | MNZ 1 | LMN 3 | BHR 1 | BHR 2 | 166 | 2nd | |||||
Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Dennis Olsen Anders Buchardt Axcil Jefferies Maxwell Root Robby Foley | 46 | SPA WD | POR | MNZ 11 | LMN Ret | BHR | BHR | 0.5 | 24th | |||
Matteo Cairoli Egidio Perfetti Riccardo Pera | 56 | SPA DNS | POR 2 | MNZ 4 | LMN Ret | BHR 3 | BHR 3 | 78 | 4th | |||||
Dempsey-Proton Racing | Matt Campbell Jaxon Evans Christian Ried | 77 | SPA Ret | POR Ret | MNZ 5 | LMN 4 | BHR 2 | BHR 2 | 79 | 3rd | ||||
Marco Seefried Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Julien Andlauer Dominique Bastien Lance Arnold Khaled Al Qubaisi Adrien De Leener Axcil Jefferies | 88 | SPA 5 | POR 9 | MNZ 6 | LMN 8 | BHR 12 | BHR Ret | 21 | 16th | |||||
GR Racing | Ben Barker Tom Gamble Michael Wainwright | 86 | SPA Ret | POR 8 | MNZ 8 | LMN 9 | BHR 6 | BHR 9 | 23 | 15th | ||||
2022 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki | 91 | SEB 3 | SPA 5 | LMN 1 | MON 5 | FUJ 4 | BAH 4 | 125 | 4th | ||
Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor | 92 | SEB 1 | SPA 2 | LMN 4 | MON 4 | FUJ 3 | BAH 3 | 132 | 2nd | |||||
Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Matteo Cairoli Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. Pedersen | 46 | SEB Ret | SPA 5 | LMN Ret | MON 3 | FUJ 6 | BAH 1 | 71 | 7th | |||
Ben Barnicoat Ollie Millroy Brendan Iribe Takeshi Kimura P. J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette | 56 | SEB 3 | SPA Ret | LMN Ret | MON 10 | FUJ 8 | BAH 2 | 55 | 9th | |||||
Dempsey-Proton Racing | Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell | 77 | SEB 4 | SPA 1 | LMN 14 | MON 1 | FUJ Ret | BAH 8 | 83 | 6th | ||||
Fred Poordad Patrick Lindsey Julien Andlauer Jan Heylen Maxwell Root | 88 | SEB 10 | SPA 9 | LMN 5 | MON 6 | FUJ 9 | BAH 12 | 38 | 12th | |||||
GR Racing | Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright | 86 | SEB | SPA 6 | LMN 4 | MON 12 | FUJ 12 | BAH 6 | 50 | 10th | ||||
2023 | Project 1 – AO | LMGTE Am | Matteo Cairoli Gunnar Jeannette Guilherme Oliveira Miguel Ramos Efrin Castro | 56 | SEB 12 | POR 6 | SPA WD | LMN 7 | MZA 8 | FUJ 5 | BHR 10 | 36 | 11th | |
Iron Lynx | Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni | 60 | SEB 6 | POR 12 | SPA 11 | LMN Ret | MZA 2 | FUJ 11 | BHR Ret | 30 | 13 | |||
Iron Dames | Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting | 85 | SEB 8 | POR 3 | SPA 5 | LMN 4 | MZA 5 | FUJ 4 | BHR 1 | 118 | 2nd | |||
Dempsey-Proton Racing | Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen | 77 | SEB 2 | POR 7 | SPA 9 | LMN Ret | MZA 1 | FUJ 6 | BHR 6 | 80 | 4th | |||
Proton Competition | Harry Tincknell Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jonas Ried Don Yount | 88 | SEB WD | POR 9 | SPA 4 | LMN Ret | MZA | FUJ | BHR | 14 | 14th | |||
GR Racing | Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright | 86 | SEB 7 | POR 11 | SPA 12 | LMN 3 | MZA 3 | FUJ 8 | BHR 8 | 64 | 6th |
(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.
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||
2020 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy Matt Campbell Earl Bamber | 911 | 1–6, 8–11 1–6, 8–11 1, 9 11 | DAY 1 3 | DAY 2 3 | SEB 1 6 | ELK 4 | VIR 3 | ATL 1 4 | MOH | CLT 5 | ATL 2 1 | LGA 3 | SEB 2 1 | 297 | 5th | |
Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet Neel Jani | 912 | 1–6, 8–11 1–6, 8–11 1, 9 11 | DAY 1 2 | DAY 2 2 | SEB 1 3 | ELK 5 | VIR 5 | ATL 1 6 | MOH | CLT 6 | ATL 2 5 | LGA 1 | SEB 2 2 | 289 | 6th | ||||
2021 | WeatherTech Racing | GTLM | Cooper MacNeil Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Kévin Estre Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz | 79 | 1-2,5-12 2, 5–6, 8–9, 12 2, 5, 7, 10, 12 1, 11 1 1 | DAY 1 3 | DAY 2 6 | SEB 1 | BEL | WGL 1 5 | WGL 2 3 | LIM 3 | ELK 1 | LGA 3 | LBH 3 | VIR 3 | ATL 1 | 3356 | 3rd |
Frédéric Makowiecki Kévin Estre Michael Christensen | 97 | 12 12 12 | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | SEB | BEL | WGL 1 | WGL 2 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL 2 | 348 | 11th |
(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
2021 | WeatherTech Racing | LMGTE | Christian Ried Gianmaria Bruni Jaxon Evans Cooper MacNeil Matt Campbell | 77 | CAT 2 | RBR 6 | LEC 4 | MNZ 9 | SPA 7 | POR 5 | 57 | 5th |
Proton Competition | Michael Fassbender Richard Lietz Felipe Fernández Laser Jaxon Evans | 93 | CAT 6 | RBR 4 | LEC 8 | MNZ 7 | SPA 4 | POR 2 | 61 | 4th | ||
2022 | Absolute Racing | LMGTE | Andrew Haryanto Alessio Picariello Martin Rump | 18 | LEC 8 | IMO Ret | MNZ 4 | CAT 5 | SPA 3 | POR 6 | 49 | 6th |
Proton Competition | Gianmaria Bruni Lorenzo Ferrari Christian Ried | 77 | LEC 2 | IMO Ret | MNZ 2 | CAT 1 | SPA 5 | POR 5 | 82 | 1st | ||
Michael Fassbender Richard Lietz Zacharie Robichon | 93 | LEC 3 | IMO 7 | MNZ Ret | CAT 8 | SPA 7 | POR 8 | 35 | 11th | |||
2023 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Ryan Hardwick Alessio Picariello Zacharie Robichon | 16 | CAT 1 | LEC 9 | ARA 2 | SPA 3 | ALG 2 | POR 1 | 105 | 1st |
Julien Andlauer Giammarco Levorato Christian Ried | 77 | CAT Ret | LEC 1 | ARA 4 | SPA 8 | ALG 1 | POR 2 | 85 | 2nd | |||
Michael Fassbender Richard Lietz Martin Rump | 93 | CAT 8 | LEC 10 | ARA 3 | SPA Ret | ALG 9 | POR 11 | 22 | 11th | |||
Iron Lynx | Matteo Cairoli Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni | 60 | CAT 4 | LEC 2 | ARA 7 | SPA 1 | ALG 3 | POR 8 | 80 | 3rd |
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