Pascal Zürlinden: “The Penske-Porsche association can wreak havoc”

Why partner with Team Penske?

No one has ever played two championships with the same team. And with this concept, we believe we have many more synergies, which we will learn faster. Team Penske is the ideal team to carry out such a project.

Is this similar to the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing project? Still, in Europe, the team had nothing of Ganassi…

Il s’agira d’une seule et même entité appelée Porsche Penske Motorsport, avec des mécaniciens et des ingénieurs en commun sur les deux programmes. Il s’agit d’une vraie fusion de nos deux entités.

Roger is quite a legend, isn't he?

In the industry, everyone calls him Captain and that's really it. He is a living legend, an ultra-passionate person totally obsessed with winning. That’s good, us too. So I think the Penske-Porsche combination can wreak havoc. Our shared sporting history began 50 years ago, with the 917/10 in Can/Am, then it continued in the 2000s with the RS-Spyder. But Penske Corporation also maintains a close relationship with us for everything relating to the sale of production vehicles.

Will the choice of drivers be made jointly?

Absolutely, otherwise it wouldn't be a collaboration. We decide everything together.

What can you tell us about the project?

We are on schedule and are planning a burn-in before Christmas.