Big wreck at Nordschleife

A total of 10 cars were involved a big wreck at the Nordschleife yesterday, Sunday. The demanding track was open for tourist laps, where private drivers without race cars and without racing licence have the possibility to drive on the track. The accident started when a sportscar lost some fluids on the track and made it very slick. There isn’t as many flag marshalls out as on a normal racing event, so the drivers arrived at very high speed, into the Fuchröhre section of the track, about 6 kilometres into…

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Matt Campbell takes maiden win in PMSC

Round 4 of this year’s Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup was run at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Matt Campbell started from Pole Position, ahead of Mattia Drudi and Michael Ammermüller. Top 3 got a good start and kept their positions through the first corners. On the second lap of the race we had Piotr Parys and Giovanni Berton spin in the middle of the field, but luckily nobody hit them. Daniele Di Amato, Philip Morin, and Zaid Ashkanani had a close fight, which saw the three drivers going side…

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Michael Ammermüller wins in Monaco

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup had their prestigious race in Monaco this morning. The race at the front of the field wasn’t the most interesting ever, since German Michael Ammermüller had a good start and lead race from Pole to chequered flag. Behind him, we saw Brit Dan Cammish overtake Norwegian Dennis Olsen at the start, and after that they kept the positions until the finish. Behind them, however, there were more action. Dylan Pereira broke his rear wing right after the start, when he hit one of the signs hanging…

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Michael Ammermüller takes second victory of the weekend

Michael Ammermüller managed to double up on the wins this weekend, when second round of Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup was run at Circuit de Catalunya. Dennis Olsen once again took second place, while Pole man from both yesterday and today, Matt Campbell finished third. Campbell got a much better start today, without it being perfect, and that was what Ammermüller took full advantage of into turn 1. Olsen had to fight his way past the Australian later in the race. On lap 1 we saw a collision between Josh Webster…

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Ammermüller wins the opening round of Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup

Michael Ammermüller got the perfect start to the season, when Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup started their season in Barcelona. It was Australian Matt Campbell who started on Pole Position, but made a big mess of the start, so he was passed left and right towards turn 1. Campbell managed to crawl back to 5th which is a bit of a shame, when you are starting from first position. Norwegian Dennis Olsen managed to grab second after a good overtaking on Dan Cammish from Great Britain. Giovanni Berton had a short…

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Mikkel O. Pedersen signs Porsche Supercup contract

Mikkel O. Pedersen has signed a contract with Team MRS for a full season in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. He will participate in a brand new factory build Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car in the big international series. The young driver from Struer in Denmark has had a small taste of the series, with one start in 2015 in Austin, and then a few more races during 2016. The small team from Struer ran their own car with some help from MRS, but had to realize halfway through the season…

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Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup ready with their 2017 calendar

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is ready with their 2017 calendar. The support series for Formula 1 since 1993 have ten races on their calendar for next season, and it even includes a brand new venue. The season starts with a collective test at Circuit De Catalunya April 17th-18th before the real season starts three weeks later at the same track, with a double round opening the season. The season finale will be held in Mexico, who replaces COTA as the non-European round. The calendar is as follows: April 17th-18th –…

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Porsche in a major shake-up for 2017

Porsche has done a major shake-up for the 2017 programmes. It was already clear around two months ago, that there would be changes at Porsche in 2017. The 2015 World Champion, Mark Webber, announced that he would stop as an active driver after this season. Furthermore there were rumours around the paddock about other changes, but nothing concrete. It has, however, been clear for a long time that Porsche would return to GTE-Pro as a factory team with their new 911 car. Only a few days after the season finale…

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Sven Müller wins Mobil 1 Porsche Supercup 2016 Championship

Sven Müller wins the Mobil 1 Porsche Supercup 2016 Championship The title was secured at the final round of the year at the COTA track in Austin, Texas. With a controlled ride, we saw the 24 year old driver secure the 2nd title in 2 weeks, after winning Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland last weekend. Mathieu Jaminet won both races of the weekend, with Matteo Cairoli catching P2 ahead of Jeffrey Schmidt today. Müller finished 2nd yesterday ahead of Robert Lukas. Cairoli lost the chances for the title yesterday when he…

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Sven Müller wins in the English rain

German Sven Müller won the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Silverstone, after a fantastic drive from 3rd starting position. All the cars were on slicks on the formation lap, but then the rain came and the start was aborted. Everybody got the chance to change to rain tyres and then the race was started 10 minutes later behind safety car. That lasted for 2 laps before the field was released. The poleman Mathieu Jaminet kept the lead for the first laps ahead of Matteo Cairoli, but first Müller overtook Cairoli…

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Sven Müller wins chaotic Supercup race

Sven Müller won a very chaotic Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race. On a drying Red Bull Ring he made a super start from 3rd start position and took the lead already in turn one. The poleman Matteo Cairoli made a big mess of the start, and only came out of turn 1 as 4th – a position that he would stay in for the remaining 16 laps for the race. Mathieu Jaminet and Jeffrey Schmidttook the other 2 positions at the podium, and there wasn’t much drama at the front…

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Porsche Supercup rained away in Monaco

The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race in Monaco completely rained away. It had been raining during the night, and after a break in the rain, it started again just as the cars left the grid. Already before that, it was decided to start the race behind the Safety Car. When the race went green it only lasted a few laps before the SC boards had to go out again. Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen was unlucky to slide off the track at Sainte Devote corner due to the rain. His car was…

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Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup celebrates anniversary in Monaco

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup will celebrate their anniversary in Monaco. It will be race number 250 in the series that started in 1993. Several well known drivers have been through the class – both racing drivers and VIP’s. If we take a look at previous champions, we will notice names as Uwe Alzen, Emmanuel Collad, Jörg Bergmeister, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Richard Westbrook, Rene Rast and Nicki Thiim. And of course Mr. Supercup – Patrick Huisman – the 4 times champion. The series has been using many different versions of the current…

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Matteo Cairoli wins season opener in Barcelona

Matteo Cairoli won the opening race in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Circuit de Catalunya. The support race to Formula 1 saw a lot of battles and some losers as well. One of the title favourites, Christian Engelhart, was unlucky to be in a collision with Jeffrey Schmidt, that saw Engelhart ending up in the gravel and resulting in a safety car. After the safety car we saw a big battle between Paul Rees, Mikkel O. Pedersen and many others. There was a lot of positions changed and a bit…

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Matteo Cairoli takes Pole Position in season opener

It was the Italian driver Matteo Cairoli who took Pole Position for the season opener in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Circuit de Catalunya. He leads the field of 23 cars, where Mathieu Jaminet, Sven Müller and Michael Ammermüller qualified for the following positions. One of the championship favourites, Christian Engelhart, was lacking some speed today and only qualified 7th. His MRS Cup teammate Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen impressed everybody by qualifying 9th in the ultra competitive field. The young Danish rookie has just had a small taste last year at…

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