Classic Porsche Racing Cars - Michael

Since 1951, Porsche have developed some of the most successful cars in motor racing history, mostly two-seaters but encompassing Grand Prix as well as endurance machines. During the 1950s, they were regular class winners, sometimes also nearing the front of the field, then they began to achieve outright victories on every continent and have since gone on to consolidate this success.;This model by model account of the evolution of Porsche racing cars describes every variant with a brief record of successes. Most have been derived from production cars, but some like the 917 and Can-Am machines were designed from the ground up as race winners. The book also looks at those who have designed and driven them, from the foundations laid by Professor Ferdinand Porsche in the 1920s and 1930s to work of designers such as Dr Ernst Fuhrmann and Ferdinand Piech, machanic Herbert Linge and the racing prowess of drivers such as Jo Siffert, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell.