This Porsche 911 GT1's Runway Blast Is A Rare Treat
Some YouTube videos are worth digging out a pair of good headphones for, and this one definitely ticks that box. Yes, you’re looking at a Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion being thrashed down a runway, lighting up its rear tyres off the line multiple times.
Just 25 examples of the Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion were made to satisfy homologation rules of the time, so even though it’s far from the most celebrated sports racing car of yesteryear, each of them are extremely valuable. On the occasions road-going GT1s come up for auction, they cost multiple millions and have barely any miles on the clock.
That’s what makes it great to see this one being thrashed, with its 536bhp, 443lb ft turbocharged flat-six given a good workout. The icing on the cake is we even get to see the GT1 race a Carrera GT!
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I really hope Porsche make another GT1, possibly to return to Le Mans. I reckon they can get 800hp+. Remember even the GT2 was considerably faster around the Ring than the 918.
If they did a 992 GT1 or a 918 version!!!
Wow, you guys are really out of content. I saw this days ago on Road and Track
so I guess road and track is out of content too
So then go back to road and track and stay off CT. :)
Many thanks. 👌
dude is this the airport very close to the gotthard tunnel? i think i recognize it because of the red poles at the end. i drove past there last thursday when we drove back from italy to the netherlands… and i missed this :(
the WANG
I might be able to go to this event next year