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New 2013 Porsche 911 RSR

New Porsche 911 RSR concludes successfully test drives. Development of the new Porsche 911 RSR model based on 991 of the present generation is coming to an end. In the Speedway Sebring International Raceway in Florida, USA, the GTE race car from Weissach completed another successful test on Thursday.

The successor of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR will be flown exclusively by the factory team Manthey Porsche AG at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship (WEC).

The vehicle will hold its racing debut on April 14 at the opening of the season at Silverstone WEC. In Sebring, the Porsche works drivers Richard Lietz (Austria) and Patrick Pilet (France) shared the wheel. Lietz compete in the WEC and Le Mans with the pilot Marc Lieb (Germany) in a Porsche 911 RSR with starting number 92. Patrick Pilet joins forces with Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) in the vehicle number 91. In the first two rounds of the WEC in Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans, will have the support of their colleague’s works drivers Romain Dumas (France / # 92) and Timo Bernhard (Germany / # 91). Are we extremely satisfied with the results of the tests so far? Said Hartmut Kristen, Head of Porsche Motorsport division of Porsche motorsport.

Is our goal is to be well prepared for the challenges of strong GTE class in the WEC and Le Mans. The Sebring circuit is well suited for a new vehicle subject to stringent tests. For this reason, a test in Sebring is a very good test for one of the toughest races, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Until the opening of the season at Silverstone, will make the latest evidence on other race tracks for the new Porsche 911 RSR are truly prepared for the World Endurance Championship season .