Following the F1 season finale, Fernando Alonso car swapped with seven-time NASCAR world champion Jimmie Johnson at the Bahrain International Circuit. Each driver jumped into the cockpit of their counterparts: Jimmie in a McLaren F1, and Fernando in a NASCAR.
The two legendary world champions went head-to-head in the desert to get a glimpse of how the other half live. And boy, was it epic.
The sports car that took the reigns from Porsche’s stalwart 356 in 1964, the 911, was an improvement in almost every way. Yet the basic formula to which the 911 adhered — engine at the rear, rear-wheel drive, sporting pretentions — were all present in the 356. And so it goes at Porsche, an automaker obsessed with finesse and fine-tuning rather than radical change.
Leading up to tonight’s debut of the newest generation of the 911 … More
There are Porsche fans, and then there are the faithful—the pilgrims who flocked to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Rennsport Reunion VI – a celebration of the German carmaker that has stamped its indelible mark on the sports car landscape … More