USC – Porsche aims for second place in GTLM

For the opening round of United Sportscar Championship 2015, Porsche North America will once again field two 911 RSRs with a clear objective: victory. Last year, number 911, then entrusted to the trio Nick Tandy? Patrick Pilet and Richard Lietz had dominated the category GTLM. Tandy and Pilet will be accompanied this year by Marc lieb, driver of the German brand in the World ChampionshipEndurance on the 919 Hybrid. The second 911 RSR will be driven by the trio Jörg Bergmeister? Earl Bamber and Frédéric Makowiecki.

“Our lap times during pre-season testing at Daytona underlined that we are definitely in the mix, says Makowiecki. If we want to maintain this performance over the entire distance, we need to work well as a team. Then we will have a chance to win. »

The German cars will notably have to face the official Corvette C7.R (where we will notably find the French simon pagenaud), to Ferrari 458 Italy of Risi Competizione or AF Corse, To theAston Martin V8 Vantage from the team AMR or even the Z4s of Team RLL. A third Porsche, entered by Team Falken Tire will also be present in GTLM for Wolf Henzler, Patrick Long and Bryan Sellers. The 24 Hours of Daytona will take place from January 24 to 25.