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Old 14 Oct 2013, 18:21 (Ref:3317838)   #1
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List of Porsche Factory/Major Drivers
Hello all.

With Porsche having such a huge motorsport presence across the globe, I'd like to assemble a list of all the Porsche factory drivers as well as any drivers who are heavily affiliated with Porsche. This might help us see who could become future Porsche factory drivers and where Porsche is sending its best drivers.

To start off, the 11 factory drivers (http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsand...t/workdrivers/):

Joerg Bergmeister
Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Wolf Henzler
Marco Holzer
Neel Jani
Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz
Patrick Long
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy

Mark Webber will probably become #12 starting next year
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Old 14 Oct 2013, 18:48 (Ref:3317855)   #2
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In the Porsche Junior:

Alex Riberas
Klaus Bachler
Michael Christensen
Connor de Filippi

As drivers affiliated in the past:

Lucas Luhr
Sascha Maassen
Mike Rockenfeller
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Old 14 Oct 2013, 19:46 (Ref:3317870)   #3
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So after factory pilots and the Junior squad - is there also a third layer of drivers who are under the wing of Porsche - if not officially.

A guy like Jean-Karl Vernay who is racing in Supercup and has been placed with IMSA Matmut this year.

I'm not sure if fellow Supercup drivers Sean Edwards and Kuba Giermaziak have been placed in the ALMS GTC on a similar deal...
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Old 14 Oct 2013, 19:53 (Ref:3317875)   #4
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http://www.racer.com/porsche-testing...rticle/315909/

According to this article by RACER, Brendon Hartley and Marc Lieb may fill in the final two spots for the Porsche LMP1 program next year, alongside Mark Webber, Neel Jani, Timo Bernhard, and Romain Dumas. So that means we can add Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley to the factory driver lineup.
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Old 14 Oct 2013, 20:03 (Ref:3317885)   #5
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Can't add Hartley until he's confirmed - even though it looks likely.

Looks like a lot of factory drivers will have Red Bull overalls next year too but again, not confirmed.
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Old 14 Oct 2013, 20:10 (Ref:3317890)   #6
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Can't add Hartley until he's confirmed - even though it looks likely.

Looks like a lot of factory drivers will have Red Bull overalls next year too but again, not confirmed.
No one likes monopolies, really, but I have a feeling that this car would look good in a Red Bull livery. Also, I wonder if it is important that Neel Jani also drove for Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2006...
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Seems like the forum meltdown deleted a few posts - but a day after mentioning him on this thread it's tragic to know that Sean Edwards is no longer with us. Such a waste.
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Old 15 Oct 2013, 15:48 (Ref:3318041)   #8
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Colin Braun seems to be auditioning for it.
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Old 15 Oct 2013, 17:06 (Ref:3318089)   #9
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Seems like the forum meltdown deleted a few posts - but a day after mentioning him on this thread it's tragic to know that Sean Edwards is no longer with us. Such a waste.
Oh no... this is just too sad!!

What a waste of life and potential - he had so much of it. R.I.P.
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Old 10 Nov 2013, 10:09 (Ref:3329577)   #11
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Just been reading that Kiwi Earl Bamber has been awarded the 2013 Porsche Motorsport International Cup Scholarship after winning the shootout at Oschersleben.

That gives him some major funding towards his 2014 SuperCup campaign. Jean-Karl Vernay won the inaugural scholarship last year - so it will be interesting to see how the winners of this progress in years to come.

http://www.endurance-info.com/en/ear...il-1-supercup/

The shootout contenders this year were:
Earl Bamber - Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Maxime Jousse - Porsche Carrera Cup France
Alberto Cerqui - Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
Ryo Ogawa - Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
Daniel Lloyd and Jonas Gelzinis - Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Johan Kristoffersson - Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
Christofer Berckhan Ramirez - GT3 Cup Challenge Central Europe
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Old 14 Dec 2013, 22:27 (Ref:3344130)   #12
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Fred Makowiecki is now a Porsche Factory GT Driver according to @MarcOuayoun (Porsche France_DG) on Twitter.
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Old 14 Dec 2013, 22:30 (Ref:3344132)   #13
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Fred Makowiecki is now a Porsche Factory GT Driver according to @MarcOuayoun (Porsche France_DG) on Twitter.
And judging from the pictures from the official unveiling of the 919 Hybrid designation, we can officially add Brendon Hartley to the LMP1 factory driver roster.
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Old 14 Dec 2013, 23:08 (Ref:3344148)   #14
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Fred Makowiecki is now a Porsche Factory GT Driver according to @MarcOuayoun (Porsche France_DG) on Twitter.
Wow that's a surprise, I thought he quit SGT for Aston Martin but that's their loss and Porsches gain. Mako is brilliant !
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Old 14 Dec 2013, 23:20 (Ref:3344152)   #15
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So here's the updated list

Joerg Bergmeister
Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Wolf Henzler
Marco Holzer
Neel Jani
Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz
Patrick Long
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Mark Webber
Michael Christensen
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Fred Makowiecki
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Old 14 Dec 2013, 23:47 (Ref:3344157)   #16
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Would be a huge surprise if that's confirmed, has he any experience in their GT 2 or 3 cars?
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Old 15 Dec 2013, 00:12 (Ref:3344162)   #17
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Yep, confirmed http://www.porsche.com/uk/aboutporsc...257C4000549C61
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Ragginger is consistently one of the quickest Porsche drivers around, can someone help me to understand why he's not a works driver and wasn't kept on after his junior stint with the factory?
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Old 15 Dec 2013, 04:44 (Ref:3344204)   #19
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Ragginger is consistently one of the quickest Porsche drivers around, can someone help me to understand why he's not a works driver and wasn't kept on after his junior stint with the factory?
To my understanding, only 1 junior driver could earn factory seat by the end of each year. In 2010 Marco Holzer finished 1st in FIA GT3, 24h Dubai, so even Raggi took 24h Spa(the sole FIA GT2 event)title that year, still he couldn't rank better at Porsche's points system. Similar situation happens this year for Klaus Bachler
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Earl Bamber makes the step up to full Factory Pilot status in GTE.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/b...actory-driver/

No word on where he'll race yet but not surprising news at all.
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Porsche lineup for 24h Daytona 2015: Fred Mako J Bergmeister and Earl Bamber will be teammates. As well NickTandy Patrick Pilet and Marc Lieb
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At the rate Bamber's FIA driver medal rating is increasing at he will be rated as a divine being by the new year.
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Nice to see Marc in a GTE Porsche again.
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He was rated Silver in the first version of the 2014 driver rankings but reclassified as Gold about 2 months later.
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