Le Mans: the Porsche Success Story – Episode 2

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Published 2021-06-30
When a fabled motorsport event and one of the greatest car marques meet, special things happen. At Le Mans, Porsche has created moments that will last forever. In the second of six stories from Porsche Museum, as told by real legends, we head to 1971. This was the year that the Porsche 917 KH (kurzheck or ‘short-tail’) roared to a notable victory.

Timo Bernhard, Le Mans winner and endurance champion, gets the lowdown on a remarkable racing car with Norbert Singer, who served as Porsche race engineer from 1969 to 2004. Norbert tells us how Porsche engineering ingenuity helped the 917 KH, arguably the greatest Porsche racing car ever, break a landmark record that lasted for nearly four decades.
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All Comments (21)
  • @mick4659
    NO car in this universe reach the beauty of the 917 K. This car is timeless.
  • @Patmofar
    The greatest generation of engineers, Norbert Singer, Hans Mezger, who designed and built the greatest car ever made which was driven by the greatest drivers, Dr. Helmut Marko and Jonkheer Gijs van Lennep who set a distance record in it in 1971 which stood for over four decades. The great Pedro Rodriguez won the 1970 Brands Hatch 1000km by an astonishing five laps in a 917K despite being penalised by one lap for missing a yellow flag during the race.
  • @roland2879
    Norbert Singer, one of Porsche's biological memories at Le Mans. What a treat to listen to him talk about this wonderful adventure, I never tire of it.
  • @thedriftmc
    My favourite Porsche of all time. I sincerely hope the new Le Mans Hypercar IS being modelled on this.
  • @rapier84
    Norbert Singer is a legend, the 917, 936, 935/78 and GT1. So many great cars!
  • @thm1597
    Norbert Singer - eine lebende Legende! Bitte mehr Interviews mit Timo!
  • @Mark.G475
    I love these back ground stories. I still have my Toy Corgi car 917 in blue and one in red from the early 1970s. Mark in Milwaukee 🍻🇺🇸
  • @loki7641
    Ein einmaliges Gefühl , dabei gewesen zu sein ... 1970 erster Gesamt - Sieg ... 2017 letzter Sieg - Danke Timo Gruss aus Canada !
  • @elcasho
    I've never paused so many times to look at each photo and each subtitle. But I loved every minute of it!
  • @denisdilberovic8104
    What design and what a sound of 917...Porsche your next hypercar must look similar and sound like 917....art on the wheels 👍
  • @hgdmagirus
    Einfach nur klasse die Interiews von Timo und seinen Gästen, insbesondere Norbert Singer, Walter Röhl und Striezel. Bitte gerne mehr davon.
  • @jitinvp3358
    This is so inspirational! Still dream of working in motorsports with Porsche
  • @mogelkaiser1876
    Can we talk about that theres just a 911 gt1, a 919 and the first ever 917 are just chilling in the background? 🥵😳
  • @Andrew-vx2ls
    Great unpretentious interview of a legend by Timo. Thank you. The museum is also well worth visiting folks.