Will Porsche maintain its level of performance at the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo?
After a magnificent podium finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche will want to keep up the momentum. This would give them the best possible start to the second half of the season.
The German team had made people dream at Le Mans. The only structure to truly compete with the Scuderia, Porsche came very close to victory. In Sarthe, the performance level of the 963s allowed the company to make a significant leap forward in the championship.
A month later, it will be necessary to achieve a similar feat to maintain a certain status obtained during the most important race of the year, but especially to maintain this position in the standings to save the furniture from a season that started very badly.
« We hope that the competition will be fair and balanced throughout the entire six hours of the race », wishes Thomas Laudenbach, vice president of Porsche Motorsport. « Last year, we made it to the podium with both our cars. If we reach our full potential next weekend and execute everything perfectly, a similar result should be within reach – that’s what we’re aiming for. It would be fantastic for the title fight in the second half of the season to be as exciting as last year. »
Not surprisingly, the duo Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell will not participate in the race in Brazil. The French-Australian duo will focus on the IMSA. The American championship takes place at Motorsport Park the same weekend as the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo.
I hope that we can finally be more competitive in Brazil than in the first four races of the season. A podium would do us a world of good. The track has been redone since last year, which will affect grip and tire wear – hopefully, this will work to our advantage, analyzes Julien Andlauer of the Porsche #5.
