One thing is the crash. The other things is we need to pass trucks, ambulances at this speed constantly. I absolutely love this race but it’s going over the limit.
I’m proud to announce that I will be part of the
@PorscheRaces
@Team_Penske
team in LMDh. I’ve been dreaming this the last 10 years and today it’s coming true.
Competing in the highest class in Le Mans and Daytona is the ultimate and last step I wished to achieve in my career.
Jacqueline and myself are proud to tell that our baby daughter has arrived. After an 18h race, Emily Kaya Vanthoor has crossed the finish line at 18:14 on January the 4th. She passed scrutineering with a weight of 3.450 grams and a length of 51 cm.
3/3 I regret it badly, it was unprofessional.
I have no hard feelings towards Dries, in the contrary, I’m a proud brother. In the future we will have each others back.
Today was a black day in my career. I will regret it for a very long time but that’s how life works.
On my way back to the paddock I got hit by a quad while riding my step. I landed heavily on my head and have multiple wounds in my face. I’m doing fine but currently at the hospital for further checks and stitches.
I’ll still be driving a Porsche in 2022 as a Porsche Worksdriver. Even better, I’ll be back in Le Mans on the
#92
and on the
#911
“Grello” in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.
2022 is starting to look exciting!
Notes from Le Mans 2021 :
- Remove car rollers before formation lap.
- Driving backwards before Porsche corners is a bad idea.
- Stricter eyesight test to get a license.
- Don’t let people with 🏁 flags walk on the track.
Anything else ?
1/3 I’ll probably never be ready to put this into words.. What happened yesterday was a nightmare. I know I’m smarter, I know you don’t take that amount of risk in a 24h race.
It’s painful to be this open in public but the reason behind is that I was racing my brother.
24 Hours of Daytona: P5.
We knew that we were going to be off the pace by two seconds. So our strategy was to stay out of trouble and be smart on strategy to stay on the lead lap. And that’s what we did.. We executed a perfect race without any mistakes but P5 is what we got.
🇧🇪Not what we wanted today. Racing incident, but Oscar was too optimistic. He was never side by side and that move has never really worked in Spa. Congrats to the team and Charles on an encouraging result. We’ll keep pushing after the break!
👉
2/3 My emotions took over and my brain stopped working. We’ve been competing against each other since we were kids, never backing off and rather breaking a leg then loosing to each other. Unfortunately this competitiveness took the upper hand yesterday.
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Yes, it's true. Porsche will pull the plug on our GTLM program in IMSA at the end of this year. No words can describe how this feels. Over the years we build up such a strong team of people. This was always my dream program to do.. It's such a shame that this had to end.
Porsche will join LMDh in 2023. Fighting for overall victory in
@FIAWEC
and
@IMSA
! My dream to win Le Mans/Daytona might come true after all. Super exciting news for all of us.
One more sleep at home before heading to Le Mans. It will be a dream come true. It will be madness. It will be stressful. But it will be worth it. I can’t be more ready then I am the moment. Le Mans, bring it on.
Stitches and slightly fractured nose. Nothing more luckily besides wounds. I’m going to have some rest and support my teammates. It hurts more not being able to drive anymore, even though I seriously want to.
We won the 12 hours of Sebring in GT. Not a bad day for just showing up in the morning!
My super Sebring is done and dusted, and so am I. More later, but for now: ✌🏻
Surprise surprise.. In 2022 I will be joining SSR Performance in the
#92
GT3R Porsche in DTM.
Back to Europe and ready for a new chapter in my career. The level of competition will be enormous so I’m very excited to the challenge ahead !
#ssrperformance
#gt3r
#dtm
Tomorrow it’s time to go. It’s not a secret anymore that we are not the favorite and won’t have the speed to fight the others on pace. But we will use every tool in the shed to keep 1% chance alive. It’s not an easy task but it’s the only option we’ve got. Let the games begin.
A Formula E simulator test clash will force Lotterer to miss a
#WEC
race for the first time next month, as Rebellion drafts dropped Beche back into line-up for Sebring round
New for 2024! As
@vanthoordries1
and myself will compete in 90% of our races together this year, we will try and do a podcast episode within 24 hours after the flag drops.
The best way to get the purest and most emotional review. Due to this, these episodes will only be…
Unfortunately Le Mans is over. Cooper had an accident at night which damaged the chassis. We fought hard and we had a great car but it wasn’t meant to be. Nevertheless I enjoyed every lap I did, felt great in the car and I’ll take that home. See you next year Le Mans. Au revoir.
We finished second in Daytona. We fought 23h30 for the lead but lost. Yes, it‘s shit. I dreamed of winning this one very badly. But we did not make any mistake and should be proud of our performance. The dream stays for another year.
#24hDaytona
2018 is over. I did 21 raceweekends over 5 continents. I had the privilige to compete in all 4 major 24h races. Le Mans/Spa/Nurburgring/Daytona. I brought home 7 trophies and put my name in the Le Mans books. 2019 is coming soon and I’m hungry for more. Thanks to everybody.
Macau 🇲🇴 here I come. Very excited to return to the FIA World Cup in Macau with Toro Racing in our 992 GT3R. One of my favorite events in the year. The entry list this year is probably the best it has ever been so it promises to be a great edition.
Twitter, before some of you think I‘m drunk, have mental health issues or am tired of life... I‘m just having a bit of fun on a very sad day for all of us. 😘
Absolutely insane. We won the
@24HoursofSpa
! Leading by two seconds with 1,5 laps to go, drivetrain breaks ! Oil dropped on the track and the ones behind had to back off and we could limp home. I will have nightmares of it..
#Proud