Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Brochure & Specs page 59

For the 911, over 45 years of experience count.
And so does every tenth of a second.
Motorsport.
Prototypes are pure-bred racing centre of gravity, good traction
cars not based on a road-regis- and high agility. The result is an
tered production sportscar. One impressive success story. Out
example is the RS Spyder, which of the 40 races in which it had
was built for the LMP2 (Le Mans competed by the end of 2008,
Prototype 2) class. In 2008, its the RS Spyder mastered a total
3.4-litre V8 racing engine with of 30 classes and even secured
direct fuel injection (DFI) gener- 11 overall victories. This success
ated 503 hp. The entire vehicle helped the prototype to win
concept is founded on a low manufacturers', team and drivers'
Porsche RS Spyder
championships in the American
Le Mans Series (ALMS) and
Le Mans Series (LMS). Also,
overall victory in the 12 Hours
of Sebring plus a class victory
in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
GT racing.
Porsche builds the race-ready
vehicles and supports customer
GT (Gran Turismo) vehicles are teams through development
also pure-bred race cars. and technical service and by
However, these must be based supplying works drivers.
on a road-legal sportscar, only
parts of which may be modified. With success in the 2008 season
including an overall win in the
In 2009, Porsche is taking its 24 Hours of Nürburgring and
place on the starting grid in the the class win in the 12 Hours of
refined 911 GT3 RSR. Following Sebring, the 911 GT3 RSR was
another air restrictor reduction, able to add to the numerous
its 4.0-litre boxer engine gener- successes of the past.
ates approximately 450 hp and
a maximum torque of 430 Nm.
The 911 |
Motorsport
GT-Sport
In summary, whether it's at the
Le Mans 24 Hours, in the ALMS/
LMS, at the FIA-GT or at inter-
national GT championships,
Porsche customer teams lining up
in the 911 GT3 RSR regularly race
to victory and win championship
after championship.
More information can be found at
www.porsche.com/motorsport.