#1 RACE NEWS Le Mans 2020

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24 Heures du Mans | 17-19 September 2020 

RACE NEWS

Porsche Carrera Cup 

Deutschland 

EDITORIAL 

Porsche Carrera Cup 

France 

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Dylan Pereira 

FÖRCH Racing 

Loek Hartog 

Bas Koeten Racing 

Carlos Rivas 

Black Falcon Team Textar 

Jesse van Kuijk 

Team GP Elite 

Georgi Donczew 

Overdrive Racing by Huber 

Diego Bertonelli 

FACH AUTO TECH 

Matthias Jeserich 

T3/HRT Motorsport 

Dominique Bastien 


Kay van Berlo 

Nebulus Racing by Huber 

Jukka Honkavuori 

MRS GT-Racing 

Dan Skocdopole 


Daan van Kuijk 

GP Elite 

Lucas Groneveld 

GP Elite 

124 tba 

Team GP Elite 

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Larry ten Voorde 


Laurin Heinrich 


Felix Neuhofer 


Stefan Rehkopf 


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MRS GT-Racing 

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Rudy van Buren 

CarTech Motorsport by Nigrin 

Holger Harmsen 


Leon Köhler 


Julian Hanses 

FÖRCH Racing 

Joey Mawson 


Yours sincerely, 

Hurui Issak 

Project Manager Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland 

International Drivers 

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Dear Motorsport Friends, 

The Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland is finally 

back. I’m looking forward to the upcoming season 

with all the teams and drivers. 2020 will 

undoubtedly be a special year in the history of 

the one-make cup. On the one hand, due to the 

delayed start to the season, because of the 

coronavirus pandemic. On the other hand, it will 

also be special because it kicks off with a highlight: 

our joint race with the Porsche Carrera Cup 

France at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans. At 

no other place in the world has as much history 

been made as here – particularly by Porsche. I 

will be all the more delighted to see more than 

50 drivers do battle in their Porsche 911 GT3 

Cup cars this weekend. I am intrigued to see 

who will earn the right to call themselves a Le 

Mans winner in the Carrera Cup. 

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Porsche and Michelin have a close and 

successful partnership dating back to 

2002 – from providing tyres for production 

models to all forms of motorsport 

activities. In both the Porsche works programme 

and the majority of Porsche 

one-make cups around the world, drivers, 

teams and organisers put their faith in the 

high-performance tyres from France. 

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Michaël Fassbender 

Porsche Motorsport 

Dear Motorsport Friends, 

2020 is a special year, and not just because of the 

pandemic. For us in France, it’s an important anniversary 

as we celebrate 30 years of our Porsche 

Carrera Cup France. From a brand point of view, 

2020 also marks the 50th anniversary of 

Porsche’s first overall victory in Le Mans with the 

famous Porsche 917. And for both France and 

Germany, it is the final year with the 911 GT3 Cup 

991 II. To celebrate this occasion, Porsche 

Deutschland and Porsche France have decided to 

organise a unique joint event: the Porsche Carrera 

Cup Le Mans. Our teams will be fortunate enough 

to drive at the iconic circuit, which is of great significance 

to Porsche. The drivers will be giving it 

their all out on track as they demonstrate their 

skills at the wheel and spread the Porsche GT 

spirit, even in this 2020 edition. 

OVER 50 

COMPETITORS – 

ONE CAR 

The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is the standard car 

in both the German and the French Carrera 

Cup competitions. A four-litre, six-cylinder 

Boxer engine in the rear of the GT race car provides 

the necessary power. 

991 

Alessio Picariello 

Pierre Martinet by Alméras 

993 

Yours sincerely, 

Christille Cudennec 

Motorsport Manager Porsche France 

The start of the 2020 season heralds a new 

era for the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. 

For the first time, the national onemake 

cup will feature an electric safety 

car: the Porsche Taycan Turbo. With 680 

hp, the fully-electric car has no problem 

keeping up with the Cup cars and leading 

them in any dangerous situations during 

the race. It promises to be an exciting season, 

with the opening round together with 

the French Carrera Cup in Le Mans, an 

exciting field, and the first fully-electric 

Porsche in the national one-make cup. 

Max van Splunteren 


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Ayhancan Güven 

Martinet by Alméras 

Mathieu Blaise 

Racing Technology 

Adam Eteki 

CLRT 

Jérôme Boullery 


Sylvain Noël 


Stéphane Girardot 

IMSA Performance 

Victor Weyrich 


Florian Latorre 

CLRT 

Marvin Klein 

Martinet by Alméras 

Emil Caumes 

CLRT 

Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 

BWT Lechner Racing 

Evan Spenle 

Sébastien Loeb Racing 

Thomas Fretin 


Franck Leherpeur 


Nicolas Misslin 


Maxence Maurice 


Victor Blugeon 


Tugdual Rabreau 

CLRT 

Richard Wagner 


Stéphane Denoual 


Jaxon Evans 


Benoit Fretin 


Jean-Philippe Gambaro 


François Lansard 

CLRT 

Christophe Lapierre 

Sébastien Loeb Racing 

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Three years ago, 61 drivers from 15 nations went head to head in the Porsche 

Carrera Cup Le Mans. This year, there will once again be an overall winner and classifications 

in national competitions. The 45-minute race forms the opening round 

of this season’s Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. The French Carrera Cup kicked 

off the new season last weekend in Magny-Cours. 

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DYLAN PEREIRA 

Dylan Pereira has been racing in Porsche one-make cups since 2016. Now in his fifth year, the 

man from Luxembourg has set his sights high: his goal is to win the title in the Porsche Carrera 

Cup Deutschland. To achieve this, the 23-year-old is putting his faith in Förch Racing, a team with 

a wealth of experience in the national one-make cup. In an interview, Pereira discusses the 

opening round in Le Mans, Esports, and his first laps in a kart. 

” When I was four 

years old, my father sat 

me in a kart for the first 

time – since that day, 

I have been passionate 

about racing.” 

Dylan, the new season of the Porsche Carrera 

Cup Deutschland kicks off in Le Mans 

this weekend. How much are you looking 

forward to it? 

Hugely! I have always said that when I go to 

Le Mans, it will not be as a spectator, but to 

go racing. This weekend, that is finally going 

to happen. Every driver and motorsport fan 

knows this track’s tradition, and I would 

obviously like to challenge for the win. 

The German Carrera Cup lines up alongside 

the Porsche Carrera Cup France. 

I think there will be some really intense battles 

up front. The field in the French Carrera 

Cup includes the likes of Jaxon Evans, 

Ayhancan Güven and Marvin Klein. They are 

all really good guys, who I have come up 

against in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. 

The coronavirus pandemic meant there 

were no motorsport events for a long time. 

How did you spend that time? 

At the start of the year, I was involved in the 

Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East – 

I did some coaching and drove in a few 

races. After that, the many restrictions 

meant there was no real motorsport – but 

virtual racing was possible. I have been passionate 

about Esports for a long time. During 

the motorsport-free period, I spent more 

time sim racing and took part in a lot of 

online races. 

Among other things, you lined up in the 

virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans. 

Exactly. I drove a virtual Porsche 911 RSR 

for Porsche customer team Project 1. That 

was a great experience. We’ll have to wait 

and see how much that will help me in the 

real race in Le Mans. I have certainly memorised 

the circuit in my head. Generally speaking, 

you can use the simulator sessions to 

try out different lines for the real races. 

How did you get into motorsport? 

My father, Guillaume, used to race karts. 

When I was four years old, he sat me in a kart 

for the first time – since that day, I have 

been passionate about racing. Every weekend, 

we used to go driving at one circuit or 

another. Come sun, rain or snow. And if it did 

actually snow, my father used to drive in 

front of me in the car to clear the track. 

You are not only a racing driver, but also a 

soldier athlete. What does that mean? 

I have been a soldier athlete in the Luxembourg 

army since 2017. To make it to the 

Olympic Games the Comité Olympique et 

Sportif Luxembourgeois helps the best athletes 

in the country. However, they have also 

accepted racing drivers for a number of 

years now. 

In the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, 

you have a former cup driver as your team 

principal at Förch Racing, in the form of 

Robert Lukas. Is that an advantage? 

It is always helpful for a driver when the 

team principal has also spent some time in 

a racing car. Robert Lukas can empathise 

with a driver and knows what advice a driver 

needs. In Julian Hanses, I also have a 

young team-mate who I already know from 

the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle 

East. We get on really well. 

What are your goals for this season? 

My goal is to win as many races as possible 

and ultimately to claim the title. Larry ten 

Voorde will obviously be a big rival, but I 

can see other drivers also putting themselves 

in contention. For example, Joey Mawson 

and Diego Bertonelli, who also attended 

the trials to be the new Porsche Junior 

last year. 

Pereira continued to put pedal to the 

metal in the virtual world while real 

motorsport took an enforced break. He 

finished third and fifth in the Carrera Cup 

Race at Home competition, which was 

held on the RaceRoom platform. Laurin 

Heinrich won both races. A total prize 

purse of € 15,000 was up for grabs. 



A total of eight teams line up in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland in 

2020. In the French Cup, the drivers are spread across six teams. 

The Nebulus Racing by Huber, Overdrive Racing by 

Huber, and Förch Racing teams have been regulars 

in the German one-make cup for many years. 

Black Falcon Team Textar and CarTech Motorsport 

by Nigrin are also experienced Porsche customer 

teams. New to the German Carrera Cup are the GP 

Elite and T3/HRT Motorsport teams. MRS GT-Racing 

and Fach Auto Tech can call on a wealth of experience 

in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup – as can Martinet 

by Alméras and Lechner Racing, who line up in 

the Porsche Carrera Cup France in Le Mans. 

The French one-make cup also features the CLRT, 

IMSA, Racing Technology and Sébastien Loeb 

Racing teams. 

TEAM TALK! 


CARRERA CUPS AT LE MANS 

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The Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland has featured on the programme for the 24 Hours of Le 

Mans twice in the past: in 2000 and 2006. The Porsche Carrera Cup France last lined up at the 

endurance classic in 2017, when it joined forces with the British Carrera Cup. 

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1. In 1970, Porsche claimed its first overall victory with the 580-hp 917 KH. 

2. Porsche took a hat-trick of victories in Le Mans with the 919 Hybrid between 

2015 and 2017. 

3. With 108 class wins and 19 overall victories to its name, Porsche is the most 

successful manufacturer in Le Mans. 

4. In 2018, Porsche claimed class wins number 106 and 107. 

5. Fritz Enzinger, Brendon Hartley, Timo Bernhard and Earl Bamber (l-r) celebrated 

victory in 2017. 

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LEGENDS OF LE MANS 

1. The field for the Porsche Carrera Cup Le Mans in 2017 featured 61 drivers. 

2. 29 Carrera Cup Deutschland drivers went head to head in Le Mans in 2006. 

3. The 2006 Carrera Cup podium was occupied by Richard Westbrook, Uwe 

Alzen and Dirk Werner (l-r). 

4. Uwe Alzen led from start to finish to take victory in the German Carrera Cup 

in Le Mans in 2006. 

5. Alessio Rovera won the French Carrera Cup race in 2017. 

Porsche took its first overall victory in Le Mans 50 years ago. With 19 overall victories, countless 

class successes and incredible emotions, Porsche has enjoyed a close association with the biggest 

and most iconic motorsport event in the world for many years. 


CIRCUIT DES 

24 HEURES DU MANS 

VENUE 

Le Mans 

OPENED 1923 

LENGTH 13.626 kilometres 

CORNERS 38 

SCHEDULE 

Friday, 18 September 

Free Practice 1: 13.00-13.45 CEST 


Free Practice 2: 15.45-16.30 CEST 


Qualifying: 17.45-18.45 CEST 

Saturday, 19 September 

Race: 9.15-10.00 CEST 

@CarreraCupDeutschland | @PorscheCarreraCupFrance @CarreraCupDE @carreracupdeutschland Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland | Porsche France 

FROM CUP DRIVER 

TO WORLD CHAMPION 

For many racing drivers, a title in a Porsche 

one-make cup represented a milestone in 

their motorsport career. This was the case 

for Kévin Estre. The Frenchman, now 31 

years old, won the Porsche Carrera Cup 

France in 2011. Two years later, he added 

the title in the German Carrera Cup. On the 

back of this, he turned professional and 

was promoted to the rank of Porsche works 

driver. Last year’s 87th edition of the 24 

Hours of Le Mans was a real highlight of 

Estre’s career: alongside fellow Porsche 

works driver Michael Christensen, he wrapped 

up victory in the Drivers’ Championship 

in the FIA World Endurance Championship 

at the endurance classic. 

Imprint: Porsche Deutschland GmbH Porschestraße 1, 74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany www.porsche.com Realisation: 9pm media GmbH & Co. KG

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