Porsche’s New ‘Endurance’ Doc Co-stars 911 RSR & 911 GT3 R
Porsche Motorsport tackles world’s toughest endurance races for GT vehicles in new doc showcasing extraordinary 2019 challenge.
It’s been a few weeks since we all had to shift gears and get into a whole new lane of life as we remain hopeful the world will be back on track very soon. And now that we’ve gotten somewhat accustomed to spending our time indoors, if you’re like us, you may have already exhausted your home theatre list of car movies and docs. Fortunately, Porsche has just released a fast and furiously cool racing documentary, Endurance, that co-stars the Porsche 911 RSR and 911 GT3 R.
Even better, you can catch the 90-minute doc now on YouTube–and above–before it goes behind a paywall on Amazon Prime on April 3. Using spectacular exclusive coverage, Endurance outlines the background, challenges and tireless efforts of the Porsche Motorsport team and takes a behind-the-scenes look at the racing team’s most adventurous recent competitions.
Endurance: Life in the Fast Lane Just Got a Lot More Interesting
The 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 15 and 16, 2019 and the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife just one week later put drivers, engineers, and team managers under stresses seldom experienced in such a concentrated form.
British director James Routh, famous for his award-winning Formula 1 documentary Drive to Survive, accompanied the team, technicians, and drivers for 25 days. From Le Mans preparations to test drives in Italy and a private test day after the endurance race in Germany’s Eifel region, Porsche offers impressive behind-the-scene glimpses.
The awesome driving scenes are enhanced by candid impressions from Pascal Zurlinden, Director Factory Motorsport. Porsche works drivers Kévin Estre (France), Michael Christensen (Denmark), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Matt Campbell (Australia) give spectators an inside look at the unique stresses of the largest racing events of the year. The seasoned motor racing engineer Luca Massé (Italy) also describes the everyday challenges of a Porsche race engineer.
Endurance showcases what hardcore professional racing really involves: deprivation, stress, emotion and boundless dedication and passion. The main protagonists are not just the vehicles – in this case the Porsche 911 RSR and the 911 GT3 R, both based on the high-performance 911 GT3 RS production vehicle – but also the people. Dealing with tense situations and setbacks on the racetrack are as unfiltered and realistically portrayed as the comments from the family of a young racing driver are on the dangers and life at the limit.
Photos: Porsche
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