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During the 2024 season, the Porsche 911 GT3 R set the benchmark in the world’s most distinguished endurance racing series. Fielded by the experienced customer teams Manthey and AO Racing, the 911 secured titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC (LMGT3 class) and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (GTD Pro category). The current 911 GT3 R celebrated its world premiere on 30 July 2022 at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium and has been campaigned in international competition since the 2023 season.
The new LMGT3 class made its World Endurance Championship debut in the 2024 season. The two 911 GT3 R race cars fielded by Manthey successfully held their own against fierce competition from nine sports car brands. They clinched the manufacturers’ title for Porsche, as well as first and second place overall for the two Manthey crews and their drivers. Austrian Klaus Bachler, Joel Sturm from Germany and Alex Malykhin from Great Britain scored class victories in Qatar and São Paulo. In the other six races of the season, the trio in Manthey PureRxcing’s No. 92 car finished on the LMGT3 podium four times and took home an early title at the penultimate event of the year.
In Manthey EMA’s 911 GT3 R, Richard Lietz from Austria, Morris Schuring from the Netherlands and Australian Yasser Shahin celebrated class victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps. The No. 91 crew wrapped up the debut season of the new LMGT3 class in the FIA WEC in second place.
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