In addition to the most popular in the United States and Canada racing series this weekend in the capital of Texas will take on races on endurance WEC stages of the World Cup, the Cup Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, as well as the racing series Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Spectators will witness five exciting races, which will be attended by 45 the Porsche racing cars, including models 911 the RSR, the 911 GT3 R, the 911 GT3 Cup, Cayman GT4 Clubsport, as well as the 919 Hybrid.
This race will be the third stage in the history of the championship IMSA, held at the «Circuit of the Americas.» The track «Formula 1» with a characteristic observation tower located in the hills near the center of Austin. Speedway is a part of modern entertainment complex, which also held competitions in other sports and concerts.
Austin place in the cockpit of the car the Porsche 911 RSR at number 911 again take the champion in the IMSA GT class Patrick Pilet (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain). Their teammates, factory pilots Porsche Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Frederic Makovická (France) will take to the start in the car under the number 912. Most recently, he managed to climb onto the podium for the fourth time this season, winning the third place in the race in Virginia. US customer teams will take part in the class at the GTD new cars Porsche 911 GT3 R. Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) will perform for the team of Park Place Motorsports, and former Porsche junior Alex Riberas (Spain) together with Mario Farnbaherom (Germany) will defend Seattle / Alex colors Job Racing.
In the championship IMSA SportsCar Championship participating race cars Porsche 911 RSR and Porsche 911 GT3 R. won victory in the classic endurance race in Le Mans, Sebring and Dayton, as well as numerous championship titles, 470-horsepower 911 RSR has become one of the most successful racing cars recent years. The Porsche 911 RSR is based on the seventh generation of the legendary sports car 911, and 2016 will be the last year of its use in factory racing program. The debut of his successor is expected in January 2017, during the race «24 Hours of Daytona.» 500-hp Porsche 911 GT3 R was created by the company to participate in various races in the series GT3 class all over the world on the basis of production series 911 GT3 RS. His first win of the new client on the car won the IMSA championship stage at Laguna Seca in California.
Step IMSA championship kicks off in Austin on Saturday, September 17 at 11:35 local time (18:35 CET) and will last more than 2 hours and 40 minutes. The live broadcast of the race for the spectators outside the United States will go on www.imsa.com site.
Dr. Frank-Steffen Vallizer, head of Porsche Motorsport: «For Porsche race in Austin has always been one of the key events of the season. The Texas state capital will be just four stages of different racing series of the highest level — the IMSA championship, for endurance race WEC World Cup racing series Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, as well as the Cup Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. This weekend many fans get a Porsche with nothing comparable experience — it's not every day is given an opportunity to see in a single race event virtually complete range of Porsche cars. After a short period of setbacks in Virginia, we were able to get back on the podium, and now we plan to build on this success in Texas. Circuit of the Americas — a fantastic, incredibly demanding track, and therefore to our pilots and teams will face the most difficult tasks, regardless of whether they act „in any championship.
Patrick Pilet (911 RSR at number 911): „Circuit of the Americas is one of my favorite circuits United States. However, the victory is not yet in my collection. In the past year, we are incredibly close stolen up here to the highest step of the podium, but two laps before the finish line were forced to go into the pits and lost the lead. I hope we can do better this year. Our chances are quite large, as Austin is traditionally one of the best tracks for us. „
Nick Tandy (911 RSR at number 911): «I always look forward to the race here with a special look. This is partly due to the complexity of the route — I especially like the fast first sector. However, in addition to my city it has a special atmosphere, and I am pleased to forward to the opportunity to come back here again. As for the race, then we have here to settle old scores. I hope that this year we can finally take home the victory, which lost last year for a few kilometers before the finish line. „
Earl Bamber (911 RSR at number 912): «In Austin, I relate very fond memories. In 2014, here I won the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in the past year, our 911 RSR proved to be great at this track. Austin — one of my favorite American cities. As the Circuit of the Americas also held on stage endurance race of the world championship WEC, there I will be able to see many old friends and comrades in the Porsche team. I'm looking forward to it. „
Frederick Makovická (911 RSR at number 912): «At last I had the opportunity to fight on the American track familiar to me. Circuit of the Americas has a very interesting configuration, and I am confident that we will be able to keep the pace of the leaders. We will need to make the most advantage of the 911 RSR in the grip — especially in the slow corners. The most important would be for us to find the optimal settings of the car balance during free practice. „
Joerg Bergmeister (911 GT3 R at number 73): «I missed the race in Virginia, and is now looking forward to the weekend in Austin. Americas track is very modern, but, despite this, the pilot is interesting and exciting. I hope that we will at least be able to repeat our result on the track in Elkhart Lake, where we finished second. „
Championship IMSA SportsCar Championship — is a racing series, conducted in the US and Canada, and was founded in 2014. The series was formed after the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the series of Grand-Am. Sport prototypes and sports cars competing in the series in four different classes: GTLM (GT Le Mans), GTD (GT Daytona), P (Prototype) and PC (Prototype Challenge). Porsche 911 RSR acts GTLM class, and the new Porsche 911 GT3 R — GTD in the classroom.
