Kévin Estre tonight joined an astonishing list of 16 works drivers under contract for the 2016 season in the LMP1 and GT categories.
Estre is yet another man who cut his teeth in Porsche’s one-make cup series including the titles of the Porsche Carrera Cup France and the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.
In 2015, he supported the Porsche Manthey squad in the 911 RSR at the WEC round at Spa and scored third place in the GTE-Pro class with Porsche Junior Sven Müller.
The 16 Porsche Factory Drivers for 2016 are:
Earl Bamber
Jorg Bergmeister
Timo Bernhard
Michael Christensen
Romain Dumas
Kevin Estre
Brendon Hartley
Wolf Henzler
Neel Jani
Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz
Patrick Long
Frederic Makowiecki
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Mark Webber
Porsche’s Youth Programme
Porsche has extended their youth development programme Porsche.
Germany’s Sven Müller (23) and the Italian Matteo Cairoli (19) will receive 200,000 Euro each to contest another season of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.
New on-board are two new young men:
Dennis Olsen (19) from Norway contests the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland as the first step in his training to become a professional racing driver.
Frenchman Mathieu Jaminet (21) managed to beat the other talented young candidates from one-make cup series worldwide. The vice-champion of the Carrera Cup France tackles the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as a Porsche Junior.
As in previous years, the former Porsche works driver Sascha Maassen coaches the four Porsche Juniors on and off the racetrack.
