These cars were racing up until about six weeks ago,” says Lee Maxted-Page of Porsche sales specialists Maxted-Page Limited, and competitively too, because the 911 RSR is still a consistent front-runner and race winner even as it’s retired by Porsche. The RSR lineage goes back decades at Porsche, but the arrival of the 991 RSR – unveiled in 2013 – is arguably one of the most successful models.
Revealed on the 50th anniversary of Porsche’s iconic 911, that significant milestone was highlighted by the launch RSR’s livery which, when viewed from above, featured the numbers ‘50’ and ‘911’. Inevitably, it’s gone through some necessary revisions in that time to keep it in front of the chasing pack, but essentially the RSR that bows out today owes everything to the car that was launched back in 2013.
Within a few weeks of the 911 RSR greeting its public, the works Porsche AG Team Manthey would run the new car at the FIA WEC race at Silverstone. There it qualified 4th and 5th in class. Both cars completed the six-hour event, with the number 92 car driven by Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz and Romain Dumas finishing in 4th place, and the 91 car with Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Pilet and Timo Bernhard taking 7th. An impressive start (and driver roster), but it would be the Le Mans 24 Hours – the jewel in the endurance racing calendar’s crown and arguably Porsche’s favourite race – where the 911 RSR would quickly assert its authority. There, the number 92 and 91 cars would
