Why a Le Mans winner is heading into an “unknown world”
Comparing Porsche's 919 Hybrid LMP1 to a NASCAR stock car is motorsport's equivalent of apples and oranges, but this weekend one of Weissach's top works aces will pit his skills against the regulars and revive the tradition of the 'road-course ringer'…
Motorsport.com's Prime content
The best content from Motorsport.com Prime, our subscription service. Subscribe here to get access to all the features.
It's not often that a wide-eyed rookie starting 30th in a second-tier NASCAR Xfinity race will draw so much as a passing comment beyond hardened followers of the series looking to uncover future Cup Series stars. It's certainly uncommon for such a description to fit a Porsche factory driver and two-time Le Mans 24 Hour winner.
Race winners #2 Porsche LMP Team Porsche 919 Hybrid: Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley
Share Or Save This Story
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.