Porsche 911 RSR wins in Monza.

18-07-2021 21:33 -

Porsche won the race of the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship in Monza. Kévin Estre from France and Neel Jani from Switzerland drove the number 92 Porsche 911 RSR on the Italian high-speed track to first place in the hard-fought GTE Pro class. For the works driver duo it was already the second win of the season in the third race after the triumph at the season opener in Belgium. The Italian Gianmaria Bruni and the Austrian Richard Lietz finished the exciting 6-hour race in the home of the main competitor Ferrari in third place. As the best customer team, Project 1 came fourth in the GTE-Am category with the number 56 911 RSR.

At high temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius, the spectators, who were allowed to watch a limited number of a FIA WEC race on site for the first time after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, worked up a sweat several times. This was not only due to the high values ​​on the thermometer, but rather an extremely exciting and close competition in the GTE Pro class between Porsche and Ferrari. At the start, pole setter Kévin Estre was able to fend off all attacks by the red competition and, despite occasional caution phases, maintain the lead with a small margin until the end of his double stint. Then Neel Jani was involved in numerous duels, lost the lead in between, but regained it impressively. In the last third of the race, Estre brought the second win of the season for Porsche to the finish thanks to flawless driving performance and perfect tactics and work by the team.