Porsche will rejoice its privateer Le Mans 24 Hours successes with a particular livery for subsequent month’s Suzuka 1000Km based mostly on the colors of the well-known New Man Joest 956.
The color scheme with which Joest Racing gained Le Mans in 1984 and ‘85 will characteristic on a Porsche 911 GT3-R to be pushed by reigning World Endurance Championship title winners Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor within the Suzuka spherical of the Intercontinental GT Problem at Suzuka on 14 September.
The 2 manufacturing facility drivers can be joined within the Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific-backed entry run by Chinese language-based Absolute Racing by Patrick PIlet.
The Frenchman races for Absolute within the GT World Problem Asia and stays on Porsche’s books as a so-called contracted driver.
The trio are renewing a line-up for Suzuka, the fourth occasion of this yr’s IGTC, from the 2024 Spa 24 Hours spherical once they had been teamed collectively in a Porsche fielded by Taiwanese entrant HubAuto.
Absolute Racing Suzuka 1000km Livery
Photograph by: Absolute Racing
Absolute Racing crew principal Fabian Fior, whose squad was on the rostrum the final time the IGTC visited Suzuka in 2019, stated: “We’re delighted to return to Asia’s premier GT3 endurance race.
“Competing with a trio of world-class drivers in collaboration with PMAP in an iconic Porsche buyer racing livery gives the crew with large motivation.
“This entry brings not solely pleasure, but in addition a transparent sense of duty.”
Estre added: “I’m excited to drive this automobile with its iconic livery.
“Let’s intention to put in writing one other chapter in Porsche’s historical past with this putting design.”
The New Man livery on the Absolute automobile can be considered one of three retro color schemes on PMAP-supported Porsches at Suzuka.
It has already been revealed {that a} automobile entered by the Chinese language Phantom World Racing crew will race within the ‘pink pig’ colors first run on a Porsche 917/20 at Le Mans in 1971, with an additional announcement due on Friday.
Phantom World Racing, 1000km Suzuka livery
Photograph by: Porsche Motorsport
Joest Racing’s lead entry backed by the New Man clothes model gained Le Mans in 1984 with Klaus Ludwig and Henri Pescarolo upholding Porsche honour when the manufacturing facility boycotted the race because of a late change within the gasoline allocation guidelines that had been a key a part of the Group C class.
A yr later, the identical chassis, 956 #117, now pushed by Ludwig, Paolo Barilla and ‘John Winter’ (actual title Louis Krages), beat the returning Porsche manufacturing facility, which had simply swapped to the brand new 962C long-wheelbase model of its Group C design.
A 30-car entry has been assembled for the Suzuka occasion, which can run to a most period of six and a half hours.
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