Stuttgart. The Porsche 911 has again underlined its supremacy as the world’s most successful GT race car: At the second race of the Nürburgring Long Distance Championship, the new Porsche 911 GT3 R celebrated its second straight win. The innovative 911 GT3 R Hybrid, which features two electric motors supplementing the combustion engine in the rear, finished third. Seven Porsche 911 were amongst the top ten finishers.

In a repeat of the season-opening race, the yellow-green Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by Manthey Racing ran without any technical problems from start to finish. The result for the driver trio Timo Bernhard (Germany), Romain Dumas (France) and Marcel Tiemann (Monaco): Win number two of the season.

Works drivers Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler (both Germany) drove an entirely trouble free race in the new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. The hybrid vehicle impressed with outstanding efficiency and needed one less pit stop than most competitors. “The hybrid system clearly helped us to save fuel. Moreover, it’s a great feeling to have those extra 120 kW from the electric motors when you accelerate out of the corners,” describes Joerg Bergmeister.

Mamerow Racing’s Porsche 911 GT3 R with drivers Chris Mamerow and Sascha Bert (both Germany) also put in an excellent drive until they were sidelined by an accident while running second.

The standard Porsche 911 GT3 RS was taken through another test for the 24 hour race in May. “We made some changes to the set-up during the practice and race in preparation for the 24 hour race,” explains former DTM pilot Roland Asch (Germany). “When you’re in the middle of the race action, you almost forget you’re sitting in a road-going car. I’m very much looking forward to contesting the 24 hour race.”

Round three of the Nürburgring Long Distance Championship takes off on 24 April at midday with a duration of four hours.

1.) #114 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 997
2.) #99 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS
3.) #740 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 997 Hybrid

 

Great pics. Go Manthey! I hear those Audis R8 LMS are no joke

 

Thanks for sharing the great pics. Are they yours or from the press?

 

we raced a manthey car at sebring a few months back... car put 1.5s on us a lap... was stupid fast. Nice guys too!

 

Press pics. Sadly I couldn't be there to take some.

Added the Porsche press text.

 

Manthey is a standard and required stop on any visit to the Nurburgring. I love visiting there, seeing the insane cars.

Funny, sometimes the highlights aren't even the Porsches.

a few years ago, the famous blue McLaren F1 owned by "Flemke" was on display in the showroom, along with his black CGT. the F1 was extensively tuned by Manthey.

the weirdest thing i ever saw over there though were some C6 cars undergoing testing leading up to their launch. so next time someone talks smack about the POS... remember there's a bit of Manthey DNA in there

sorry to thread jack! anyway, just crazy results for the GT3 Hybrud! i wonder if Porsche expected it would do this well in actual competition? 3rd place outright vs the works Audi's and BMW's... that's nuts!

 

Wish Manthey would have some US presence as well.