Jürg Felix: Old love does not rust 🎥

Austria Racing Pics Vorarlberg produced a small film especially for AutoSprintCH (many thanks!). It captures the rides of Jürg Felix from different angles.

Jürg Felix's joy was evident at the Arlberg race on July 11 and 12. His racing break was significantly longer than that of most of his racing colleagues present, whose season simply started a few months later.

After quite a few years, the 63-year-old from Thurgau made a comeback at the first race of the RRCV in Vorarlberg and enjoyed the atmosphere to the fullest accompanied by his equally enthusiastic Asian partner.

A virtue out of necessity
The Corona break forced him to cut back, too. So Felix used the time to finally get his Porsche, which had been sitting around in the garage for seven years, ready to race.

This is a 997 GT3 Cup from Rinaldi Racing from 2007 with RSR parts. Virtually everything is new, including the brakes and gearshift.

In the rear, a 4.2-liter engine with around 520 hp and 500 Newton meters measured on the test rig provides the propulsion. Whatever was mechanically possible on the car, Felix did himself. He had body parts and the massive diffuser made by Zimspeed in Germany, while Bosch took care of the special electronics.

Autocross laurels
His previous relationship with Porsche in Weissach helped him with parts procurement. In 1984 and 1985, Jürg Felix was European autocross champion in the touring car category with a rear-wheel-drive Porsche 911SC.

Thanks to the FIA predicate, he took part in the end-of-year celebrations at the time in the company of many greats from the world of racing. His name has been well known ever since, and not just at Porsche. And also because of his daredevilry: In Switzerland, he once rolled over in spectacular fashion at a rallycross in Lignières. Yet there was nothing at stake there.

Since then, Felix has never again raced a Porsche, instead switching to various other racing vehicles on the asphalt circuits and hillclimbs. The last time he drove his son's Formula BMW was seven years ago, after which it was over - until now.

Test run without pressure
Participating in the first round of the Drytech Race Cup in Vorarlberg was a casual function test for him - for himself and for the car. Everything went off without a hitch.

Jürg Felix: "The leap in performance is already enormous. I've learned an incredible amount and I'm really enjoying driving again. The goal was to get to know the car, so I didn't put any pressure on myself and didn't compare any running times with others. Unfortunately, that's why I missed out on class victory in the dry on Friday after being in front after three of the four runs."

2021 at Swiss hill climbs
Where and when Felix will bring the orange sports car back to the starting line, he leaves open. His long-term goal is to participate in Swiss races in Group E1 in 2021, where he will meet some equally well-equipped Porsche colleagues.

He can also imagine the Histo Cup in Austria or other circuit races for racing cars that are no longer too modern.

Jürg Felix no longer has any special ambitions - but he won't be giving his opponents any presents. They already learned that at the Arlberg race in 2020.

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