Le Mans: the Porsche Success Story - Episode 5

1998 was a landmark year for Porsche. The company celebrated its golden jubilee with its 16th overall win at Le Mans, but did so just a few months after the death of the great Ferry Porsche. The triumphant car, the 911 GT1 ’98, was special in many ways, as legendary race engineer, Norbert Singer, explains. State of the art at the time, it featured a Porsche first - a carbon fibre monocoque frame.
In this Porsche Moments at Le Mans episode, Timo Bernhard, a 2017 Le Mans champion, gets a tour of the 911 GT1 ’98 with Norbert as his guide. Timo then takes the car out on the Weissach testing ground to drive the legend itself.
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[@stefanosassi]

one of the most beautiful race car ever existed. love it

[@chamilaamarasinghe3187]

*beautiful 🙃

[@loki7641]

Nein ... der ästhetischste Porsche in 50 Jahren !!!

[@guycha0s380]

Better than any Ferrari junk

[@Tom_Hadler]

Norbert Singer worked on the 917, the 956 & 962, the 911-GT1 98...all gorgeous, and all successful. What a legend.

[@usurpareltrono]

Norbert Singer is such a legend, the true Mr. Le Mans ;)

[@craiglizt8074]

Yes indeed! He has such a profound effect on Porsche's overall success.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Such a beautiful car. This car definitely deserved 30 minute episode. Looking forward to the next episode. Keep up the good work.

[@Kyle900t]

Porsche has such a rich history! It's really amazing that the company takes the time to make these videos. Especialy when you have the legends themselves who were there at the time to help tell the story. Cheers.

[@kresimirmilisa5560]

One of porsches best racing cars with 917 and 962c.

[@neoguaren]

Simply my favorite race car of all time ♥ Bring back the GT1 class !

[@theexhaustnote]

One of my Favorite Race cars in the world, such an amazing piece of art.

[@lakshyaautomotive]

I will never forget this car 🚗

[@911Turbo24]

One of the most iconic Porsches and Le Mans cars ever

[@MegaRetr]

One of my Favorite Race cars in the world

[@Crasher1982]

Norbert Singer is an automotive engineering genius. 😍

[@NLBassist]

This series is so good and a big compliment to Timo and his knowledge

[@user-iw2nh7gl1g]

Yes, what a beautiful endurance race car the 911 gt 1 was. Hard to believe this car is 25 yrs. Old . The design so forward thinking the car still looks relevant and modern today!

[@handle690]

These videos are such a treat! Thank you Porsche!

[@hl9125]

Ein wunderschönes Auto und eine absolute Legende. Dazu eine tolle Zeit. Da kriegt man Tränen in den Augen.

[@loki7641]

Ja wenn ich das Auto sehe , sehe ich Bob Wolleck in Gedanken darin sitzen !

[@duyporsche1]

I need more RAW onboard footage of this car please

[@motorsportfan86]

My favorite 911 car of all time

[@HarryMollyNut]

THANKYOU PORSCHE FOR DEVELOPING E FUEL, I CANT LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT FLAT 6 & V12 ENGINES. BLESS YOU.

[@silentqueue2344]

Saw it (and other lovely machines that will go unnamed) at the season finale at Laguna Seca. Really lovely to see such a swoopy car caress the Corkscrew.

[@No_Po_Racing]

😁👍🏻 Danke für den tollen Upload Beste Grüße 🏁🏁🏁

[@SpartanStan156]

911 GT1... I remember how scared driving this car was for me, 7-year old, in NFS: Porsche Unleashed))) And then it was my favorite car in that game)))

[@awannagannaful]

0:48 Herr Singer designed his abdomen and attire combination to match the aerodynamics concept of his favorite 60's cars: curvaceous, minimalist and forever timeless :)

[@ssoffshore5111]

While I always absolutely loved the lines of the 962, this might have been their most beautiful. And livery was their best IMO! Such an amazing car! I still remember watching it dominate at so many tracks...

[@PatrickBautista_RR3Gamer]

I remembered this car when I played Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed as a teen. It has the feel of a Le Mans Prototype car but with the performance of an RSR. That car in the game was a Strassenversion with a road-legal steering wheel.

[@shredvenom]

Porsche is the best car company ever, for all round everything. I hope they do a GT1 road car reboot, even though I could never afford one lol Porsche... Excellence is expected !!!

[@thefreedomguyuk]

"Those headlights are awfully ugly!!" Said nobody ever.... Kind regards, A 986/996 fan ❤❤

[@Rob-vv5yn]

Thank for a wonderful series

[@danknox9986]

Love the headlights! Truly a special car and a special victory.

[@JH-zt6es]

Perfect car .. I missed one name of the designers ... Wiet Huidekoper ... he was the carbonman ...

[@gafrers]

Stunning

[@Aleks-yl5hf]

Oh Gott, ich liebe die Straßenversion des GT1

[@TheRealOwenMonkey]

For people who are English, Oh god, I love the street version of the GT1

[@AFPCL_Gameplay]

Awesome Porsche guys!!! 👌🆙🔝

[@SmallBlogV8]

The 'hey' in that opening song is sampled from _Firestarter_ (or the same sample they used if it was one there too) so a good subtle '90s reference!

[@user-nj7rq1jj7q]

Porsche - The Best

[@halitkin]

Legend 🙏

[@puciohenzap891]

I want these centerlock BBS's on all my cars...and my bicycle.

[@SportsCarAdvisors]

wonderful!

[@zonda6012]

I didn't know Porsche vs. Toyota was a thing 2 decades ago!

[@noorazfaruddin467]

GT1 was much better than Hypercar and GT3 class of today.

[@eduardogtracerlm]

Esse é um dos meus GT1 favoritos

[@enriclibert545]

Good videos about Porsche sports car👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻

[@user-wf8yo4pw9m]

Legend

[@ronsanchez3775]

the dream car that i would love having i have a gt3rs porsche

[@Khanage911]

Sweet

[@decepticon4162]

Porsche is the best 👌❤

[@lintezi5427]

Good porshe story. I love watch porshe channel

[@hps5089]

My dream car after watching LE MANS the movie

[@fvingerhoed]

that was a beautiful race car

[@johndavid1861]

What was the story with this style of strange Livery ??

[@michaelmcdonald9847]

One of the most beautiful race car specs ever

[@the.flat.six.]

I was paying more attention to the Porsche 911 GT1 than the subtitles.

[@DapperHesher]

I feel like I just got sonically attacked my early 2000s coworker who talked about nothing but going to raves.

[@sabercruiser.7053]

Suuper

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Does anyone know how the panels are constructed?

[@NorwegianCarGuy]

Is the 3.6l Mezger engines in the 996/997.1 Turbo and GT cars just a bored up version of this 3.2l?

[@farnum3297]

Yes, tuned down for street use. Best engine ever made. THE Mezger.

[@cestusfr]

Her Singer still has that beautiful smile.

[@PelzFrosch]

Zwei absolute Legenden! 'Danke! Wieso dürfen wir nichts vom Motor hören? Gemein...

[@jorisrosenkranz811]

Norbert der alte Roboter

[@michaelmcdonald9847]

GT1 is missed, and GTE/GTLM will be missed as well. It is crucial that we have a new hyper GT class at some point soon. Maybe Super GT could become a worldwide thing.

[@hanskarton]

6 Gang H Getriebe oder sequentiell? 🤔

[@LEJapproach]

Laut englischer Wikipedia sequenziell.

[@u_b7842]

Sup Porsche

[@mastershake9551]

Whos is laughting about the headlights now ? 😁

[@Inazuma68]

Wir wollen doch den Motor hören….. 🙈

[@2006chunming]

The success story was that Toyota broke down at the last minute.

[@modernworldiscrap]

9 9 6

[@mac3490]

Porsche is like Apple, in the motoring world.

[@markusjuenemann]

The music is much to loud compared to the speech! In all Episodes so far... Horrible!