The uncompromising mid-engine sports car: The Boxster GTS stands for a pure driving experience May 2014 Porsche Club News 1/14 Boxster GTS: Combined fuel consumption 9.0–8.2 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 210–190 g/km Porsche Club News 1/14 Editorial Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Porsche Club Members, Start your engines! A new season lies be- fore us. For you, our Porsche Club Mem- ber, preparations are starting for the up- coming gatherings and events. For us, the Porsche company, a challenging racing season with the ultimate highlight in Le Mans is approaching. With the 919 Hybrid, Porsche is once again setting its sights on the 2014 Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC). The high–tech race car, which was devel- oped in Weissach, is starting in the top cat- egory for all eight races. The focus here, Dr. Kjell Gruner Marketing Manager of course, is on the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Our icon the Porsche 911 will also be on stage: The 911 RSR joins all WEC races with a factory-team. cars to the chequered flag. In addition, the the international Porsche Clubs cooper- performance of the Porsche 919 Hybrid ate, and how tight the bonds are between A new development team of 200 employ- was highly impressive; it was the quickest the worldwide Club Community and the ees was formed in Weissach to design the car at Spa-Francorchamps for long periods Porsche company. vehicle. It took just two years for this team, of the race. The next step on the road to headed by Friedrich Enzinger, to get an in- Le Mans will be renewed testing and opti- We also accompanied members of the novative hybrid technological pioneer misation of the prototypes. Porsche Club Singapore for an ice driving ready for the starting line. The target for programme with the Porsche Driving Expe- the first racing year is as ambitious as the Porsche AG has created a special setting rience at the new, exclusive Porsche vehicle itself: Porsche, technically speak- for the races in Le Mans: at Porsche Driving Center in Levi. The Center, which ing, wants to finish the races successfully Curves, Porsche enthusiasts, employees opened in january, focuses on the needs of and on a competitive basis. and Club members can experience the leg- the Porsche winter programmes, and could end of Le Mans up close. We will fly the now be discovered by the first customers. The WEC comprises eight races. The first Porsche flag there together: Mission 2014. The Porsche Driving Experience put to- round was held in Silverstone, with the sec- Our Return. gether a package specifically geared to- ond round taking place at Spa-Francor- wards Porsche Club Singapore. This al- champs on the weekend of 02-03 May The participants of the European Porsche lowed the Club members to not only en- 2014. 919 driver Neel Jani drove the fast- Club Committee (EPCC) have experienced hance their driving skills; they also est lap in qualifying with a time of some sporty moments as well: in 2013, experienced a special Club excursion into 2:00.334. This meant the prototype with the EPCC met at the Porsche Driving Cen- the snow-swept world of the Arctic Circle – the number 14 driven by Romain Dumas, tre in Silverstone – a get-together that in- not something they see every day! Neel Jani and Marc Lieb started from pole cluded an extensive driver training course. position. This achievement, completed At EPCC meetings, European Club mem- Dear Club members, I wish you much joy under difficult circumstances, shows the bers and Presidents exchange views on and success with the preparations for your great potential of the 919 Hybrid. Ulti- Club development-related issues. We upcoming Club events. mately, prototype no. 14 came in fourth in would like to offer you a look behind the Spa-Francorchamps in spite of an electron- scenes with a profile on Peter Vestergren ics problem. Its sister vehicle, competing – one of our many Club President volun- with the start number 20, was able to ad- teers – who in recent years has been re- vance to 3rd place, but dropped back sponsible for the development of Porsche through the field due to technical prob- Club Sverige in his homeland of Sweden. Best regards from Stuttgart, lems. However, the Porsche team achieved Peter Vestergren’s activities at the inter- Yours, its major goal – getting both LMP1 race national Club level show just how closely Dr. Kjell Gruner 2 Porsche Club News 1/14 A note to our contributors To make sure that your contributions to the Porsche Club News can be published in a proper quality, we ask you to let us have it by E-mail and in the following format. We prefer you to save images in TIFF format; otherwise, JPEG format may be used (at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and an actual size of at least 13 cm width, as RGB or CMYK). Make sure that images do not exhibit pixelation, and do not save images as indexed colours (Web colour scale). Please attach text contributions as a Word file. We regret that we cannot process Powerpoint presentations or Word files containing embedded images to a printable quality. Thank you for your support. Editor: Sandra Mayr, Porsche Community Management Layout and design: WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Büro Linientreu Büro für Gestaltung, Stuttgart ON the road to LE Mans Publication dates: 4 times a year Spa – a track of hills and valleys through the Ardennes: The Spa-Francorchamps race track has Photographic evidence: everything a racing driver can wish for: fast corners, narrow chicanes, long stretches driven at Authors of the contributions full throttle. Its most famous corners can be found in the “Eau Rouge” valley. The track, which Porsche AG today is 7.004 kilometres long, lies in a triangle formed by the towns of Stavelot, Spa and Malm- edy with the start-finish area in Francorchamps. The considerable altitude differences of around Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche 100 metres and the fabulous landscape of the Ardennes give the track its special character. Aktiengesellschaft Porscheplatz 1 Now to the race itself: After reaching the podium in the first race of the season in Silverstone, D-70435 Stuttgart the new Porsche 919 Hybrid took fourth place in Spa-Francorchamps. Romain Dumas, Neel Germany Jani and Marc Lieb took turns in the cockpit of the innovative sport prototype. They started www.porsche.com from pole position at the second round of the WEC and were in the lead for long sections of the race. At the end they only just missed out on a podium place. Your team at Porsche Community Management: Prior to this Neel Jani drove the best time in qualifying of 2:00.334 minutes – the second fast- Sandra Mayr est lap of the weekend. “I knew it would be tricky defending first place after the start. I really E-mail: [email protected] had to fight in La Source and going through Eau Rouge wasn’t without its risks either,” said Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 53 Neel Jani. “I think we were OK in qualifying in Silverstone, unfortunately our car had to drop out Claudia Schäffner of the race. Here in Spa we were very good in qualifying and were in the lead for a long time E-mail: [email protected] during the race and were very quick overall. This shows how great our progress has been.” Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 51 Andreas Seidl, LMP1 team principal added: “The weekend had many positive moments. But we Mathias Menner also saw that we still need to improve in a few areas. Nevertheless, we were very much on the E-mail: [email protected] same level as our competitors during the race. Overall, we have learned a great deal, the team Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 47 concentrated on the tasks at hand and once again did a great job. This was an important step Benjamin Marjanac on the road to Le Mans.” E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 49 Closing Dates: Porsche Club News on the web: Club E-mail: [email protected] PC News 2/2014: 30/04/2014 The latest Porsche Club News and the archived Fax: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 54 PC News 3/2014: 01/08/2014 back issues from issue 1/99 on are available on the Internet at: PC News 4/2014: 24/10/2014 www.porsche.com © 2014 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG Created in Germany 3 Porsche Club News 1/14 Contents 01 News from the Porsche AG 07 Première – The Porsche 911 Targa 18 Macan Plant in Leipzig – Grand opening 20 Back in Le Mans – The 919 Hybrid 26 Première – Double act: The Boxster GTS and Cayman GTS 02 Information Exchange 31 Porsche Parade Europe 2014 – Welcome to Luxembourg! 32 Porsche Sport Driving School – To mark its 40 birthday: The 40 Years Anniversary Drive 33 Porsche Travel Club– Porsche Tour: Ennstal-Classic 35 Porsche Tequipment – Macan accessories for an intensive life 37 Porsche-Museum – Special exhibition: “24 Hours for Eternity: Le Mans” 41 Porsche Classic – Product highlights 03 Reports 43 Porsche-Diesel-Club-Europa e.V. – The Porsche Junior Project “Chance” gives people a chance 50 European Porsche Club Commitee – Report from the EPCC and interview with Peter Vestergen, Porsche Club Sverige 54 Porsche Club Singapore – What a wild ride! 04 Eine Runde mit 47 xx, xx 4 Home, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.