Porsche News

Tim Bridgman made it four victories from the last four races at Donington Park on Sunday (4 May) in rounds five and six of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB.

Tim Bridgman claimed a superb double victory in rounds three and four of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Rockingham on Sunday (13 April). In both races, Bridgman (Stansted, Essex) saw off the early challenge of Tim Harvey to take a stylish double win.

The second weekend in the 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup GB will take teams and drivers to the spectacular Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby in Northamptonshire this weekend (12/13 April).

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, is still going strong. In the first six months of the current financial year 2007/08 (August 1, 2007 to January 31, 2008), a pretax Group profit of 1.658 billion Euros was achieved. The prior year result on a comparable basis was 1.341 billion Euros.

The Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is the most powerful race car based on the Porsche 911 sports coupe, and last year it scored wins in the renowned 24-hour races at Le Mans in France and Spa in Belgium, as well as overall victory in the gruelling Nurburgring 24 hours in Germany.

Despite economic conditions becoming more difficult, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, is developing positively.

Porsche has announced it will be building a hybrid drive version of the new Panamera. This four-door Gran Turismo will share the proven components already previewed in the Cayenne Hybrid prototype, which will enter the market at the end of the decade.

Johannes van Overbeek (USA) is the winner of the 2007 Porsche Cup. This is the trophy Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has been awarding each year since 1970 to the most successful driver of a private Porsche racing car.

Porsche is looking back at a most successful year of business of its wholly owned subsidiary Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in 2006/07. Both revenues and sales as well as earnings reached new records.

Porsche is presenting a new version of the mid-engined Boxster roadster at the Bologna Motor Show in Italy on December 5 - 16. In its distinctive design, features and philosophy, the Boxster RS 60 Spyder echoes the classic motorsport era of the 1960s, and in particular the success of Porsche sports cars during that period.