Porsche 911 RSR (2017)

The 2017 version of the Porsche 911 RSR is a racing car developed by Porsche to compete in the LM GTE categories of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest sanctioned FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and GTLM class, of the International Motor Sports Association's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It serves as the replacement for the Porsche 911 RSR (991). The car was unveiled in November 2016 at the Los Angeles Auto Show.^[4]

Porsche 911 RSR (991) 2017

#92 Manthey Racing-operated Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR
Category	GT Endurance (IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTLM and FIA WEC GTE Pro and GTE Am)
Constructor	Porsche
Designer(s)	Grant Larson[1]
Predecessor	Porsche 911 RSR (991)
Successor	Porsche 911 RSR-19
Technical specifications[2][3]
Chassis	Carbon-fibre monocoque with safety roll cage
Length	4,557 mm (179 in)
Width	2,048 mm (81 in)
Height	1,040 mm (41 in)
Wheelbase	2,516 mm (99 in)
Engine	Porsche M97/80 3,996 cc (244 cu in) flat-6 naturally-aspirated, 9,500 rpm maximum revolutions mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Torque	360.3 lb⋅ft (489 N⋅m)
Transmission	6-speed sequential semi-automatic paddle shift
Power	510 PS (375 kW; 503 hp)
Weight	1,245 kg (2,745 lb)
Fuel	FIA World Endurance Championship: Shell V-Power (2017) later Total (2018-2019) IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship: VP Racing Fuels
Lubricants	Mobil 1
Brakes	ventilated steel discs
Tyres	Michelin Dunlop
Competition history
Notable entrants	Porsche GT Team Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche GT Team Team Project 1 Gulf Racing EbiMotors
Notable drivers	Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Wolf Henzler Gianmaria Bruni Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer Riccardo Pera Matteo Cairoli Giorgio Roda Khaled Al Qubaisi Gianluca Roda Satoshi Hoshino Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison Thomas Preining David Kolkmann David Heinemeier Hansson Laurents Hörr Larry ten Voorde Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Felipe Fraga Dylan Pereira Dennis Olsen Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sánchez Adrien de Leener Will Bamber Angelo Negro Bret Curtis Lucas Légeret Dominique Bastien Marco Holzer Jaxon Evans Andrew Watson Alessio Picariello Marvin Dienst Marc Lieb Fabio Babini Raymond Narac Bret Curtis Marco Frezza Sébastien Fortuna Edward-Lewis Brauner Horst Felbermayr Jr Marco Seefried Steffen Görig Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Michael Fassbender Felipe Fernández Laser
Debut	2017 24 Hours of Daytona (IMSA SportsCar Championship) 2017 6 Hours of Silverstone (FIA WEC)
First win	2017 Northeast Grand Prix
Last win	2020 8 Hours of Bahrain
Last event	2020 8 Hours of Bahrain
Races Wins Podiums Poles F/Laps 75 27 81 29 17
Teams' Championships	4 (2018 ELMS, 2018-19 FIA WEC (LMGTE Am), 2019 IMSA SCC, 2020 ELMS)
Constructors' Championships	2 (2018-19 FIA WEC, 2019 IMSA SCC)
Drivers' Championships	5 (2018 ELMS, 2018-19 FIA WEC, 2018-19 FIA WEC (LMGTE Am), 2019 IMSA SCC, 2020 ELMS)

The 911 RSR clinched its first victory at the Northeast Grand Prix in July 2017 on Lime Rock Park.^[5]

The 911 RSR was developed into a licensed LEGO Technic scale model, released for purchase by the public in 2019.

Development

In May 2016, the first images of the new car were shown in a press release, with the photographs issued only focusing on the front half of the car, igniting speculation that the car would be the first mid-engined 911 race car.^[6] Further reports by the German Auto magazine Auto motor und sport supported the speculation, claiming that Porsche had received a technical waiver from the FIA to move the engine forwards, and that Porsche had wanted to base its new GTE Class contender on the Porsche 918 Spyder, but it had been found to be too costly.^[7] In October 2016, the unmarked car was spotted testing at the Sebring International Raceway, in Florida.^[8] Spy photographs of the car showed a massive diffuser, compared with the current car being campaigned, and a series of air extractors located on the "window panel", suggesting it was mid-engined.^[9]

The car was then launched at the 2016 LA Auto Show.^[10] At the launch of the car, it was revealed that Porsche did not actually seek, and the car never required any waiver, as the car had been fully legal and within the 2017 GTE rules.^[11]

Competition History

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds											Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
2017	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy	911	All All 1-2 11	DAY 2	SEB 7	LBH 6	AUS 4	WGL 7	MOS 7	LIM 1	ELK 8	VIR 3	LGA 3	ATL 6	295	5th
			Laurens Vanthoor Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Wolf Henzler Gianmaria Bruni Earl Bamber	912	All 1-3 1-2, 4 6-11	DAY 6	SEB 8	LBH 3	AUS 8	WGL 6	MOS 6	LIM 2	ELK 2	VIR 7	LGA 7	ATL 5	287	6th
2018	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	911	All All 1-2, 11	DAY 8	SEB 1	LBH 6	MOH 6	WGL 3	MOS 4	LIM 5	ELK 5	VIR 8	LGA 8	ATL 1	299	7th
			Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Gianmaria Bruni Mathieu Jaminet	912	All All 1-2 11	DAY 6	SEB 3	LBH 7	MOH 1	WGL 4	MOS 6	LIM 3	ELK 4	VIR 5	LGA 2	ATL 6	308	5th
2019	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	911	All All 1-2, 11	DAY 5	SEB 1	LBH 5	MOH 3	WGL 1	MOS 3	LIM 4	ELK 7	VIR 1	LGA 8	ATL 6	317	2nd
			Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet	912	All All 1-2, 11	DAY 3	SEB 5	LBH 1	MOH 1	WGL 6	MOS 1	LIM 2	ELK 3	VIR 2	LGA 7	ATL 5	330	1st
Sources:[12][13][14]

Complete World Endurance Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rounds									Pts.	Pos.
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2017	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	91	SIL 3	SPA 5	LMS 3	NÜR 2	MEX 3	COA 6	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 4	145	3rd
			Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Dirk Werner	92	SIL Ret	SPA 6	LMS Ret	NÜR 3	MEX 5	COA 2	FUJ 3	SHA Ret	BHR Ret	67	8th
2018 - 2019	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	91	SPA 4	LMS 2	SIL DSQ	FUJ 5	SHA 2	SEB 1	SPA 8	LMS 2		131	3rd
			Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	92	SPA 2	LMS 1	SIL 3	FUJ 1	SHA 3	SEB 5	SPA 3	LMS 9		155	1st
	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	56	SPA 9	LMS 7	SIL 3	FUJ 1	SHA 2	SEB 3	SPA 5	LMS 1		151	1st
	Dempsey-Proton Racing		Matt Campbell Christian Ried Julien Andlauer Riccardo Pera	77	SPA 4	LMS 1	SIL 1	FUJ DSQ	SHA 1	SEB 1	SPA 1	LMS 4		110	2nd
			Matteo Cairoli Giorgio Roda Khaled Al Qubaisi Gianluca Roda Satoshi Hoshino Riccardo Pera	88	SPA 6	LMS Ret	SIL 8	FUJ DSQ	SHA 3	SEB 7	SPA 9	LMS Ret		26	9th
	Gulf Racing		Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison Thomas Preining	86	SPA 7	LMS 10	SIL 6	FUJ 4	SHA 9	SEB 4	SPA 7	LMS 8		79	6th
2019 - 2020	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli David Kolkmann David Heinemeier Hansson Laurents Hörr Larry ten Voorde Jörg Bergmeister	56	SIL 6	FUJ 7	SHA 5	BHR 9	COTA 3	SPA 4	LMN 4	BHR 1		118	3rd
			Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Felipe Fraga Larry ten Voorde Dylan Pereira	57	SIL 10	FUJ 3	SHA 2	BHR 1	COTA 11	SPA 6	LMN 8	BHR 6		101.5	5th
	Dempsey-Proton Racing		Riccardo Pera Christian Ried Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen	77	SIL 5	FUJ 5	SHA 11	BHR 6	COTA 5	SPA 2	LMN 2	BHR 7		107.5	4th
			Thomas Preining Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sánchez Satoshi Hoshino Adrien de Leener Will Bamber Angelo Negro Khaled Al Qubaisi Bret Curtis Lucas Légeret Dominique Bastien Marco Holzer Jaxon Evans	88	SIL 11	FUJ 9	SHA 6	BHR Ret	COTA 9	SPA 5	LMN NC	BHR 3		45.5	9th
	Gulf Racing		Ben Barker Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Alessio Picariello	86	SIL 4	FUJ 8	SHA 9	BHR 3	COTA 6	SPA 10	LMN 5	BHR 5		85	7th
Sources:[15][16][17]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rounds						Pts.	Pos.
					1	2	3	4	5	6
2018	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Marvin Dienst Christian Ried Dennis Olsen Marc Lieb	77	LEC 5	MNZ 2	RBR 4	SIL 4	SPA 5	POR 1	83	3rd
			Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Matteo Cairoli Gianmaria Bruni	88	LEC 2	MNZ 5	RBR 1	SIL 2	SPA 3	POR 3	95.5	1st
	EbiMotors		Fabio Babini Riccardo Pera Raymond Narac Bret Curtis	80	LEC 3	MNZ 3	RBR 3	SIL Ret	SPA 1	POR Ret	58.5	5th
	Gulf Racing UK		Ben Barker Alex Davison Michael Wainwright	86	LEC Ret	MNZ	RBR	SIL 5	SPA	POR	10	7th
2019	Team Project 1	LMGTE	Jörg Bergmeister Egidio Perfetti Giorgio Roda David Heinemeier Hansson	56	LEC 8	MNZ 4	BAR 5	SIL	SPA	POR	26	9th
	Dempsey-Proton Racing		Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera Christian Ried	77	LEC 3	MNZ 1	BAR 6	SIL 7	SPA 2	POR Ret	76	2nd
	EbiMotors		Fabio Babini Marco Frezza Sébastien Fortuna Edward-Lewis Brauner Gianluca Giraudi	80	LEC 6	MNZ 5	BAR 7	SIL	SPA	POR 3	39	7th
	Proton Competition		Thomas Preining Horst Felbermayr Jr Marco Seefried Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sanchez Adrien De Leener Steffen Görig	88	LEC 7	MNZ WD	BAR	SIL 1	SPA WD	POR Ret	32	8th
2020	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried	77	RIC 1	SPA 6	LEC 2	MNZ 2	POR 1		99	1st
			Michael Fassbender Felipe Fernández Laser Richard Lietz	93	RIC 7	SPA 4	LEC DNS	MNZ 5	POR 4		47	5th
	Gulf Racing UK		Ben Barker Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson	86	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR Ret		0	NC
Sources:[18][19][20]

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