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During the 1970s, Martini became famous in connection with Porsche in motorsport, sponsoring the works Porsche 917 that won the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Martini Porsche cars won Le Mans once more in 1976 and 1977 with Porsche 936, as well as in many other events in the 1970s for the factory Porsche team, with the RSR Turbo, 935 and 936.
The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4.5 to 5.0 litres, the 917 was introduced in 1969 and initially proved unwieldy on the race track but continuous development improved the handling and it ...
After a problematic practice session, Penske's Mark Donohue was the fastest of the Ferraris, [27] in fourth just ahead of the second Martini Porsche and Vaccarella in the Spanish Ferrari. The "Pink Pig" Martini 917/20 special was a strong 7th with a 3:21.1.
Porsche 917K Porsche 4.5L F12 G: 343 2 S 5.0 3 Martini International Racing Team Gérard Larrousse Willi Kauhsen: Porsche 917L Porsche 4.5L F12 G: 338 3 P 3.0: 27: Martini International Racing Team: Helmut Marko Rudi Lins: Porsche 908/2LH Porsche 3.0L F8 D: 335 4 S 5.0 11 North American Racing Team: Ronnie Bucknum Sam Posey: Ferrari 512S ...
Martini Racing: 1971, 1976–1977 Peugeot Sport: 1992–1993, 2009 10 ... Pedro Rodríguez with a Porsche 917 in 1971: Smallest winning margin: 20 meters:
Gijs van Lennep in his Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo during the 1000 km of Nürburgring in 1974. Van Lennep drove for the Porsche sportscar team beginning in 1967. He shared the number 22 Martini Racing Porsche 917K with Helmut Marko, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1971. They set a distance record, covering 5,335 km (3,315 mi), which remained ...
Racing in the World Sportscar Championship for Martini Racing against the mighty JWA Gulf team, he was clocked at over 380 km/h in the Porsche 917LH in practice for the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans. He went on to win the 1971 12 Hours of Sebring in a Porsche 917 K, as well as several 1000km Nürburgring races.
With big engines again eligible in Group 6, they looked back to a decade earlier when the Porsche 917 was the fastest car on the track. They reasoned that with the current advances in engineering they could make it even better. They loaned an ex-Pedro Rodriguez model from the Midlands Motor Museum in England and fashioned a copy. Along with the ...