Porsche customer team Manthey faces tough Le Mans with one retirement and a 13th-place finish
Manthey's two Porsche 911 GT3 R entries struggled at Le Mans, with car #92 recovering to 13th after early repairs and car #91 retiring due to a crash.
- 3
- 13th
- 4
What Happened
Car #92, fielded by The Bend Manthey, lost three laps early due to a broken tie-rod and finished 13th in the LMGT3 class, earning four championship points. The sister car #91 (Manthey DK Engineering) led early but suffered a puncture and later a crash by Ayhancan Güven due to a technical fault, ending their race.
Manthey Racing Managing Director Nicolas Raeder acknowledged the disappointment: “Defeats are part of motorsport... These are the character-building moments that help us progress as a team.”
The Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil support races saw Jeff Giassi and Pietro Fantin win, with Hollywood actor Michael Fassbender finishing 25th and 14th as a guest driver.
Why this matters
Le Mans is the world's most famous endurance race, and Manthey's performance shows the fine line between success and failure even for top teams.
Terms in This Story
- LMGT3
- A class for production-based GT3 cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
- tie-rod
- A component of a car's steering system that connects the steering rack to the wheel hub.
- safety car
- A vehicle that leads race cars at reduced speed during caution periods to ensure track safety.
- podium
- The top three finishers in a race, who are awarded trophies on a raised platform.
Summarised from the linked release; details can be imperfect — always verify against the original source.