Porsche Motorsport expands factory commitment extensively in 2023 19.12.2022: Extensive 2023 programme for Porsche Motorsport with a return to the top class at Le Mans Porsche 963 targets overall victories at the greatest endurance races Porsche heads into a new Formula E era with the 99X Electric Gen3

Extensive 2023 programme for Porsche Motorsport with a return to the top class at Le Mans



    Porsche 963 targets overall victories at the greatest endurance races

    Porsche heads into a new Formula E era with the 99X Electric Gen3

    Top-tier customer sport programme with the new Porsche 911 GT3 R

    All-electric GT4 e-Performance contests GP Ice Race

    Bastian Buus receives comprehensive support as the new Porsche Junior

    Ralf Bohn wins the 2022 Porsche Cup as the most successful private driver ​

 



Porsche tackles the 2023 motorsport season with ambitious goals, extensive works commitments and new options for customer racing. In the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the North American IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team pursues overall wins with two 963 hybrid prototypes fielded in each series.



In the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has set its sights on claiming the title with the new 99X Electric Gen3. Many Porsche customer teams will race the 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 R on GT stages worldwide. Porsche announced its 2023 motorsport programme on Saturday evening at the “Night of Champions” in Weissach.

 

Porsche sets a course for the upcoming motor racing season with three newly-developed racing cars and a vision of a future electrically-powered one-make cup vehicle.


The Porsche 963 hybrid prototype, the Formula E Porsche 99X Electric racer and the GT4 e-Performance experimental car rely on electric or fully-electric drive concepts. The 2023 agenda is rounded off by a long-term expansion of customer racing activities, among others, with the new 911 GT3 R, and also an extensive factory commitment in the esports sector.



“Motorsport has always been extremely important for Porsche and an integral part of the brand’s DNA. We use it as a development platform for future technologies and to showcase the potential of our sports cars. We want to continue pursuing this,” declares Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board for Research and Development.

 

“Sustainability and electrification are hugely important for a sports car manufacturer like Porsche. Our motorsport activities reflect this,” added Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Porsche Motorsport. “The new GT4 e-Performance is an example. The highly innovative prototype represents our vision of a 100% electrically-powered customer sport racing vehicle.


 We’re competing in Formula E with the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, and the new 963 features hybrid technology. During the 2023 season, the 911 GT3 Cup vehicles in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup are scheduled to switch to eFuels from the pilot facility of our partner HIF Global in Chile. This shows that we’re making big progress towards sustainability in motor racing, as. There’s more to come.”

 



Catherine Van Geel- photo Porsche