An overview of all the Le Mans winning Porsche’s
Posted on 16-06-2016 at 17:22 by jaapiyo – 32 Comments”
Saturday afternoon begins, according to Steve, McQueen life again, because then the wait is over and the 24 hours of Le Mans start. At Porsche, the counter is now at 17 overall victories. These were the cars that the champagne tasted.
It all started with the legend. The 917, in Kurzheck variant. The Langheck was actually specially developed for Le Mans with the thought that the longer body would be quicker on the long straight of Mulsanne. Thanks to more downforce turned on all the way round the Kurzheck, however, is faster and easier to handle, even though the latter is probably more said about the tricky nature of the Langheck. The 917 managed two times to win. In 1970 with the Salzburg livery and in 1971, with our Gijs and the best friend of Max behind the wheel, in the colours of Martini.
Then it was the turn of the 936. Compared to the 917, which also tend to speed the competition aftroefde, had the 936 largely on the reliability. Le Mans was (and is) the ideal place for Porsche to show that they are fast cars could be built that also could remain. Partly by the exploits of Jacky Ickx and again our Gijs won the Porsche with the 936 in 1976, 1977 and again with the 936/81 in 1981.
In between, however, there was a victory achieved in 1979 with a Porsche 935 K3. This by the team of Kremer-run Porker with, among others, Klaus Ludwig behind the wheel you could find somewhere still recognize it as a 911 (930) Turbo. Actor Paul Newman, say the predecessor of Patrick Dempsey (who, this year, however, not to participate), was in this race second with another 935 run by the American team of Dick Barbour Racing.
In the ’80s dominated the 956 and 962 then for six years the race, until Jan Lammers with his Jaaaaag hegemony managed to break through in 1988. That it be not too monotonous was changed Porsche actually especially the livery once. The Rothmans livery was in 1984 and 1985, two years traded for a yellow/black/white livery of clothing brand Newman.
After a number of lean years in which Peugeot and Jaguar, two wins managed to achieve, Sauber-Mercedes one time and won the Mazda 787B with wankel Engine to victory whined, in 1991, was set by Porsche in 1994, the bag of tricks pulled out. Jochen Dauer’s Dauer Racing continued that year, something that is practically a 962 was in the GT class. Therefore, if the 962 include a larger tank. The cars were run with the help of Joest. So did the old 962 mid – ’90s, with even a victory to score.
In 1996 and 1997, knew the brand from Stuttgart, then to win the WSC Spyder. A car that was built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing and is actually a Jaguar was/should have been.
In 1998, the legendary 911 GT1, the French circuit is unsafe. The GT1 increased, but not at Le Mans in 1998 because the race was won.
In the years that followed did Porsche not really more of a throw back to the victory. With the GT’s they were successful, but yes, that suit you have any real headlines. After years of Audi dominance, it started a few years to itch again and returned the ‘rekordmeister’ back at Le Mans. In the first year they were fast but took Audi’s reliability is still the race. Last year it was touch and holds Hulkenberg with his buddies the crown again for Porsche.
The this year they work again?