Porsche 956 / 962 - The sport prototypes Icon

  The Porsche 956 and its modified version, the 962, is one of the most successful racing cars ever in motorsports History. 

The 956 introduced the double-clutch (PDK - Doppelkupplung ) for the first time in racing. It used a progressive injection system on its 2.6-litre turbo engine  producing 620 hp.

The car also generated a huge downforce through its underbody tunnel making it one of the best “ground effect” cars ever built.

It was so dominating that most of long established private teams in WEC, INTERSERIE & SUPERCUP (Germany), Japan sports cars championship and IMSA (USA) bought theire own 956 and 962 "customer" chassis ensuring them countless wins.

   Let's start this selection of Porsche 956 videos with the excellent Chris Harris test:

 

 

 

 PORSCHE 956 – VINTAGE POSTER PRINT

by SmartArt Digital Prints  

 

Available on The GPBox store

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And here the famous NEW MAN sponsored Le Mans 1985 winner car :

 

Let's take a ride ! On-board lap around the Green hell, the Nordschleife, driven by one of the most successfull endurance drivers, Derek Bell:

No 956 videos collection would be complete without the 1st Mr Le Mans, Jacky Ickx, who was there since the born of the Porsche 956 :

"Legend Panels"

ICKX-BELL 1 – PORSCHE 956 

 One-off Hand painted by Atr-Lab

 Artwork made on dibond with acrylic

 Paint size: 140 x 35cm (55 x 14in), the perfect size to be as close as the original

Only one left at The GPBox

 

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One of the lap records around the Nürburgring Nordschleife that lasted for a very long time was made at the wheel of a works Rothmans Porsche 956, driven in 1983 by the ultra-fast german champion Stefan Bellof who died also at the wheel of a 956 two years later at SPA 1000 km race. That lap record, 6:11'13" was only broken in 2018 by another Porsche sport prototype and also Le Mans winner, the 919

Stefan Bellof 6:11:13 lap record T-shirt. Porsche 956 Group C. 1983 Nürburgring 1000 km

The BOSS sponsored Obermaier Porsche is probably the most elegant Porsche 956 ever, reproduced at 1/18 scale by TSM models (there's no video of the real car unfotunatly)...

 

The 1983 Porsche Boss 956 original design above is also available on many other home and personal goods like this phonecase here on Fine Art America
 

Here I've made a video showing various artists paintings, featuring the Porsche 956 and 962