The two 911 RSR fielded by the Porsche GT Team will bid farewell to the GTE-Pro class of the FIA World Endurance Championship at next weekend’s 8 Hours of Bahrain sporting tribute liveries.
Both cars will liveries featuring the colours carried by the factory Porsches across the decade of GTE Pro competition the Porsche Motorsport design language through to the Le Mans winning “Pink Pig” tribute.
On the windscreen, the shade bands will carry “goodbye”.
The 16 class victories achieved since 2013 are recognised on the rear fenders of the cars with the names of each driver from the decade of racing remembered on the roof together with the word “goodbye” in the national language of the world championship venues where the 911 RSR raced.
“Our racing cars will be truly eye-catching at the final round of the FIA WEC. I’m very much looking forward to seeing how the fans react,” said a delighted Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Porsche Motorsport. “The GTE-Pro class of the World Endurance Championship will be phased out at the end of the 2022 season. So, this will be the swan song event with the works team’s 911 RSR. For this very special occasion, our designers have created a foil wrap that, in my opinion, wonderfully represents the history and successes of the last decade. And the icing on the cake will come in Bahrain: We’re aiming to win the race as well as the manufacturer’s and driver’s titles.”
“The season finale in Bahrain evokes a lot of emotion for the whole team,” says Alexander Stehlig, Director Factory Motorsport FIA WEC, ahead of the final appearance of the 911 RSR works squad. “In recent, years, the mechanics, engineers and drivers have experienced many highlights in the GTE-Pro class. Our Porsche 911 RSR was always one of the most distinctive, popular and successful racing cars in the fiercely contested manufacturer team category. As this great programme comes to an end, we’d like to add another highlight – in both a sporting and optical sense. I think we’ve created the perfect design. It is the ideal combination of modern styles and historic colours.”
Bahrain will be the 62nd race for the factory cars since 2013, the GTE Pro efforts before that post were handled by Felbermayr Proton. The category will be shelved next year. The Porsche 911 RSR will continue to race in the FIA WEC.
