Showing posts with label Manthey GT3 RSR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manthey GT3 RSR. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

PRODUCT: New Limited-Edition Manthey Racing Watch


















Christmas is coming – so why not ask your loved ones for one of these lovely new watches from Green Hell 911 dominators, Manthey Racing? 
It's a fresh designed, limited chronograph of Manthey-Racing described as "a sporty and elegant timekeeper from the 24 h record winner team."
This is the second time the Nürburgring-based Porsche racing team has created an exclusive timekeeper with stopwatch function. And the last watch – put forward in 2011 – was sold out within a few weeks. And with only 300 units of this version being sold, expect the same again… so be quick if you want one!
Manthey say: "On the racetrack the relation between speed and time is a special one – it decides on victory or defeat at long last. Furthermore it is extremely important for the strategy, particularly in long-distance racing. Much attention was given to the esthetic design as one already imposes at first sight. A case made of brushed stainless steel, a genuine leather bracelet with in coloured ornamental stitchings as well as two engraves – the Manthey chronograph is impressive because of function as well as look."
And boss and Ring racing legend, Olaf Manthey adds: "This is where it comes full circle. On the racetrack the performance counts on the relation to timing. And only those who know how to unite
speed and reliability will have the lead at the end.”
The brushed stainless steel, mineral glass and black dial watch is capable of 10 bars underwater pressure, to 100m depth and features a high-quality CITIZEN quartz movement made in Japan. There are also four indicators for counting seconds, minutes and hours as well as the date display. And the stop function is controlled through two buttons which are upper and below the crown. While a shining mass on the indicators allows reading the time without problems in the dark. It also comes with a two year warranty and, naturally the Manthey Racing logo.
The exclusive watch comes in an exclusive present box with Manthey-Racing logo and is being sold at a price of €169, excluding shipment charges. It can be ordered via the Manthey online shop. 

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

NEWS: New Porsche RSR 4th in Racing Debut @ Silverstone 6 Hour

















Porsche's new 470bhp, 4.0-litre Type 991 911 RSR narrowly missed out on a podium – finishing fourth – in its factory debut at the Silverstone Six Hours, round one of the 2013 World Endurance Championship. The new car was being run and driven by multiple Nurburgring 24-Hour winners, Porsche AG Team Manthey, with Porsche works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Romain Dumas (France) in the GTE-Pro class. And a second factory 911 RSR also ran, with factory driver colleagues Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), Patrick Pilet (France) and Timo Bernhard (Germany) – taking sixth place.
Wolfgang Hatz, Member of the Executive Board, Research and Development, Porsche AG, commented afterwards: "That was the first race for the new car and the new team. The organisation of the squad worked well. Of course, there are areas where we have room for improvement, but it’s like a football team, we first have to get everything running smoothly. Technically, everything worked on the 911 RSR apart from a one small thing which we will have fixed by the next race. As far as the performance is concerned, we still have room for improvement. Naturally, we also have to work on the car; it has a little too much oversteer. But all in all, I regard it as a positive weekend. It wouldn’t have been good if the car had experienced lots of problems, but that was not the case. We saw that the 911 RSR can turn consistently quick lap times over the race distance. Now if we do our homework, I think we’ll finish further up the field at the next races."
Hartmut Kristen, Head of Porsche Motorsport, said: "Both new 911 RSR cars reached the flag on their race debut, and there were no major technical problems. With a new team, of course, there is still some fine-tuning to be done, that’s normal. We are looking forward to the next race and hope that the car will make another step forward there."
Marc Lieb (#92) said: "We gained many important insights in the race. The car underlined its potential. Now we just need to work a little more on that."
Richard Lietz (#92) said: "We were looking good in the fast corners, but we need to sort out the oversteer exiting the slow corners. But our engineers should be able to correct this by the next race. If so, the podium is within reach."
Romain Dumas (#92) said: "An interesting race. We learned a lot. On the straights we are a little slower than our opponents which makes overtaking very difficult. Still, there are many positive things we can take from this race."
Joerg Bergmeister (#91) said: "That wasn’t our dream result. But we’ve learned a lot this weekend. The conditions were not the easiest, because we had no time to practice on the dry track for setting up the car."
Patrick Pilet (#91) said: "It’s bad luck that we lost more than two laps, but the mechanics did a good job. In any case, we’ve found a good basis to work on and we are optimistic for the rest of the season."
Timo Bernhard (#91) said: "Heading towards Le Mans, that was a very valuable race for us. Our performance wasn’t too bad. Without the front axle problem a podium place would have been within reach."
Meanwhile, in the GTE-Am class, Christian Ried (Germany) and his Italian team-mates Gianluca Roda and Paolo Ruberti scored fifth place in last year’s Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (‘Type 997’) fielded by the customer team Felbermayr-Proton. Round two of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) takes place on 4 May in Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium).
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

VIDEO: Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR



See just why we at Road Magazine are so excited to hear our friends and the infamous Manthey Racing GT3 RSR will be racing across Europe at eight perfect circuits in the GT Open this year (see post below). This external and in-car footage from the 2008 ADAC Nurburgring 24-Hour shows just what an absolute circuit devouring weapon it is... just listen to that engine and transmission working in perfect harmony: 911 Heaven! No wonder they have won this most gruelling of endurance races five times... and we'll have big money on them winning in the rest of Europe too. Anyone care to disagree?

NEWS: Manthey 911 GT3 RSR Aiming To Dominate GT Open

















The all-conquering Nürburgring 24-Hour-and-VLN-winning Manthey Racing GT3 RSR is heading off into Europe – aiming to dominate the International GT Open series. Porsche works driver, Marco Holzer and 2011 German Carrera Cup champion, Nick Tandy will pilot the Nürburgring legend in eight races, on eight classic circuits across mainland Europe. The famous yellow and green 911 was collected from Weissach last week and left the workshop (pictured) for the first time today, on it's way to Barcelona for the first track test. The Manthey monster will race at:
Portugal at Portimao 28.04.2012
Germany at Nurburgring 26.05.2012
Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps 23.06.2012
England at Brands Hatch 14.07.2012
France at Paul Ricard 21.07.2012
Hungary at Hungaroring 08.09.2012
Italy at Monza 28.09.2012
Spain at Barcelona 03.11.2012
Watch out GT Open drivers and teams...! And the very best of luck to Olaf and all at Manthey Racing, for their venture into European GT racing. We are sure you will dominate... as you have on the Green Hell. Thanks to our pal Jochen for the images. Find him at:
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