The 997 GT3 RSR made its debut at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans. RSR at the 2009 1000 km of Spa with revised cooling air opening Almost 200 racing cars of this type were produced. In addition, the vehicle received a sequential six-speed gearbox.īy 2006, the racing versions of the Porsche 996 GT3 had achieved seven class wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as five class wins and one overall victory in the Spa 24 Hours. The engine output rose from 415 to 455 hp. The successor model 996 GT3 RSR, which can be recognized by its teardrop-shaped headlights, made its debut in 2004. In 2003, Stéphane Ortelli, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas won the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race for the first time in the history of the FIA GT Championship in an NGT vehicle. Jörg Bergmeister and Timo Bernhard prevailed against the much more powerful prototypes in the 2003 24-hour race in Daytona. The vehicle was not only very successful in its class, it also achieved overall victories. In 2001, the modified version, now called the 996 GT3 RS, was used. In the same year, the factory-supported Phoenix Racing won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. In the 2000 FIA GT Championship, the 996 GT3 R was the dominant vehicle in the new N-GT class and won every run.
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The 996 GT3 R then took part in the American Le Mans Series and from 1999 to 2001 was also able to achieve almost all class wins in the "small" GT racing car class. The Manthey-Porsche of Uwe Alzen, Patrick Huisman and Luca Riccitelli won the class ahead of the Champion-Porsche of Dirk Müller, Bob Wollek and Bernd Mayländer. The Manthey-Racing and Champion Racing teams fielded the new racing car as unofficial representatives of the plant. The 996 GT3 R made its debut at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans. īased on the Porsche 996 GT3, the racing version known as the 996 GT3 R was created in 1999. The motorsport cars are built together with all other motorsport cars from Porsche in the manufactory of the Motorsport Center in Weissach. Since 2006, Porsche has been represented in the newly formed GT3 class with the Porsche 911 GT3 R, which, in contrast to the factory sport of the GTE class, is geared towards customer racing and is based on the one-make cup vehicle of the Carrera and Supercup. In addition, the Porsche 911 also served as the basis for the higher classes with the Porsche 911 GT1 and Porsche 911 GT2.
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Over the years, Porsche was continuously represented in this class with different series of the 911. When the FIA's GT2 European Championship failed and the participants in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans dwindled, the ACO renamed the GT2 class GTE in 2011 and divided it into GTE-Pro for professionals and GTE-AM for amateurs. After the alignment of the GT rules between FIA and ACO in 2005, this class was renamed GT2 class. After the discontinuation of the GT1 class, the planned GT3 class was from 1999 at the ACO as a GT class below the GTS, as well advertised by the FIA from 2000 as N-GT.
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These regulations lead back to the concept of a GT3 class below the then Group GT1 and GT2 from 1998. They are based on the currently highest class in GT racing worldwide, the GTE class from ACO. The Porsche 911 RSR and its predecessor GT3 RSR, GT3 RS and GT3 R are a line of GT racing cars produced by Porsche that are used in motorsport for endurance races.