Porsche: 5000 911s in seven generations
START NUMBER 911 The participation of a VIP vehicle has a long tradition in the Porsche Supercup. In the 2023 season, the specially painted 911 GT3 Cup will be the 5000th vehicle for the one-make cup based on the Porsche 911.
Porsche has produced seven generations of one-make cup race cars since 1990. Engine output has increased from 265 to 510 hp. At the end of November last year, the 5,000th one-make cup race car rolled off the production line in Zuffenhausen. Porsche Motorsport makes the 510-hp 911 GT3 Cup available to prominent guest starters at selected races.
Porsche Cups on all continents
What began in 1990 in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland with the first nine-cylinder Cup has become a success story with a total of 34 one-make cups sanctioned by Porsche worldwide. From the Weissach development center, the Cup idea has conquered almost every continent over the decades. Porsche Carrera Cups are currently held in Europe, America, Asia and Australia. At the top since 1993 is the international Porsche Supercup, which will compete in eight European Formula 1 rounds in 2023.
From series to GT race car
From the very beginning, series production technology was also to prove itself on the race track, and all Cup vehicles were built centrally by Porsche. The 911 Carrera RS of the 964 generation initially served as the base vehicle, which was modified for use in the one-make cup with little more than safety equipment, sports suspension and a racing exhaust system. Above all, the introduction of increasingly comprehensive safety regulations and the internationalization of the one-make cup concept meant that the Cup 911 was transformed more and more into a thoroughbred race car from generation to generation.
Production on the same belt
The production GT3 and GT3 Cup still share many technical components. For example, the free-suction six-cylinder boxer engine, which with its unchanged output of 510 hp ensures that no overhaul is necessary during an entire Supercup or Carrera Cup season. The visual distinguishing feature is the widened body of the 911 Turbo with adjustable spoiler lip at the front and rear wing with gooseneck suspension.
The race cars developed by Porsche Motorsport in Weissach come off the production line side by side with 911 series models at the main plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
