Day: December 8, 2019

Wright Motorsports returns to IMSA

Jens Jensen

Wright Motorsports returns to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2020. The North American Porsche team returns to the GTD category with a Porsche 911 GT3 R. Patrick Long and Ryan Hardwick will share the car for the full season, but they will need at least one more driver at the endurance rounds, counting towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, with the Daytona 24 Hours, Sebring 12 Hours, Watkins Glen 6 Hours and Petit Le Mans 10 Hours on the schedule. Wright Motorsports raced in the big IMSA series in 2018,…

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Porsche retirements and new hires etc

Jens Jensen

Porsche held their annual season-ending party in Stuttgart, where the 2019 season was closed down, and looking forward to 2020. When you say Porsche – at least for the last twenty years – you often think about Jörg Bergmeister and Timo Bernhard. These two will go into retirement now, but will still be present at Porsche, becoming brand ambassadors. Bergmeister will be helping out on new road car development, while Bernhard will continue running his own KÜS Team75 Bernhard team in ADAC GT Masters. 43-year-old Bergmeister and 38-year-old Bernhard have…

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