This weekend the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) series heated up again after a long summer break at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA). As the Official Timing Partner of Porsche Motorsport since the beginning of the season, Chopard was proud to support the Porsche teams in the Austin, TX FIA WEC as the Porsche 911 RSR teams came in second and fourth position and the Porsche 919 Hybrid cars ended at the fourth and fifth place.
After significant qualifying performances and a long time in the lead in the race the two Porsche 919 Hybrids only finished fourth and fifth in the six-hour race on Saturday. Car number 14, driven by Romain Dumas (France), Neel Jani (Switzerland) and Marc Lieb (Germany), was leading the race for a long time, but suffered problems at the end and finished just in front of its counterparts’ car in Austin, Texas (USA). Timo Bernhard (Germany), Brendon Hartley (New Zealand) and Mark Webber (Australia) brought their number 20 car home in fifth place after an action packed fourth round, which was held half at night.
Chopard is proud to be the Official Timing Partner of Porsche Motorsport. Perfectly in line with the spirit of the Superfast watch collection, this prestigious partnership is an extension of Chopard’s longstanding commitment to automotive sports.
United by shared values such as the constant quest for performance and excellence, Porsche Motorsport and Chopard naturally gravitated towards each other around their passion for racing.
Born of a joint desire to pursue reliability and innovation, the exceptional mechanics emerging from the Porsche Motorsport or Chopard workshops have significantly influenced their respective fields and remain benchmarks for aficionados of motorsports and watchmaking.
He has also taken part in the famous Mille Miglia race at the wheel of a Porsche 550 Spyder along side Chopard’s Co-President, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, an avid motorsport enthusiast and vintage racing car collector.
The FIA World Endurance Championship will continue through October and November with races in Fuji/Japan, Shanghai/China, Sakhir/Bahrain and Sao Paulo/Brazil.
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