Motor Sport Magazine Specials

The authoritative voice of motor racing since 1924 covers the entire motor racing scene. In these Special Editions, the team digs into the archives to give exclusive insight, rare photographic footage, detailed race reports, and a unique take on the subject matter; from world-class drivers through to iconic car marques, and also how some of these real-life stories have been adapted for the big screen.

PORSCHE: RACE TO ROAD

Motor Sport Magazine Specials

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD • Across its history, Porsche has sought to conquer nearly every motor sport discipline there is. Usually it succeeded. Gavin Conway is your guide

The ultimate two-car garage • A Motor Sport reader has reunited two Porsche 356s with intertwined histories – one formerly owned by Jim Clark, the other Jenks. James Elson travels to Essex to hear their remarkable stories

EMPLOYEE NUMBER ONE • Herbert Linge was the first person taken on by Porsche in 1949. Heading its racing department while enjoying a successful career at the wheel made his name synonymous with the marque. Colin Goodwin charts his career

PETIT FOUR • Despite not being produced entirely as it was conceived, the Porsche 904 proved to be a versatile competition car

‘We won in ’70… but should have won in ’69 and ’71 instead’ • Of Richard Attwood’s nine Le Mans 24 Hours appearances, his Porsche drives from 1969-71 were peak La Sarthe. He tells Andrew Frankel of his fears of the 917 and his strategy for staying alive

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PORSCHE HEAVEN • These 962s and a 956 from a private Group C collection are steeped in motor-racing history, yet they have never been photographed together before. Andrew Frankel gets up close to the liveried leviathans that lit up Le Mans, IMSA and global endurance racing in the 1980s

Driving the ultimate factory Porsche 962C • The superlatives flow from Andrew Frankel as he recalls his trackday at a chilly Silverstone in the racer that finished second in the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours. And what a car it is…

LUNCH WITH … NORBERT SINGER • For 40 years he was the architect of Porsche’s sports car racing success all over the world. But one race always mattered more than any other

WHEN SINGER LED THE BAND • In 34 years as a technical chief at Porsche, Norbert Singer oversaw a host of successful sports-racing cars. His retirement from the company gave him an opportunity to look back with Gary Watkins at the models he masterminded…

STAND-IN DELIVERS • A product of expedience, 936 won Le Mans three times. Strange, then, it isn’t more revered…

IN PURSUIT OF A LEGEND 5:19.546 • When Porsche decided to challenge the most celebrated of all lap records – Stefan Bellof’s at the Nordschleife – Motor Sport had a ringside seat

PORSCHE’S CLASS ACT • As Le Mans success stories go, the 956/962’s is unusually long, stretching for 12 years. With input from designer Norbert Singer, Gary Watkins looks back at the moments that made the legend

WINGED WONDER • Porsche’s GT2 RS is perhaps the greatest 911 you can buy – just watch out for the sting in its tail, says Andrew Frankel

MORE SMILES FOR YOUR MILES • A car that wants to be driven? It’s rare-delight territory for Andrew Frankel who bids farewell to the Cayman GTS

DOWNFORCE MAJEURE • Lighter, more accurate and with improved aerodynamics, the 911 GT3 is fast in, fast out, fast everywhere, says Andrew Frankel

GREATEST DRIVERS • Porsche’s successes are a thing of legend. but each one demanded a driver’s skills. Who were Stuttgart’s finest?

RACING’S GREATEST PRANK? • A ‘hot’ Porsche 935 K3 was supposed to be taken for a leisurely drive at Laguna Seca – little did the driver know, it was only once he...