Porsche Won Major Races With EV, Hybrid, And ICE All In The Same Day

Nobody does it like Stuttgart. Last Saturday Porsche Motorsport found itself on the top step of the podium in all three of the major international racing classes that it entered, and each of the cars was propelled by a different type of drivetrain. The Porsche Penske 963 with a hybrid turbocharged V8 engine won the GTP class and took the overall victory at the Long Beach Grand Prix IMSA race, that team's third win in as many races. In the GTD category AO Racing's fan favorite "Rexy" 911 GT3 R won, also at Long Beach, with the 911's iconic high-revving all-gasoline flat six. And earlier in the day on the other side of the country the Tag Heuer Porsche 99X Electric team took the win in Formula E's Miami E-Prix. Gas, hybrid, and electric, Porsche wins with all three. 

After eleven seasons of Formula E this appears to be the first time a manufacturer has found victory in three different categories with three different drivetrains. I found this tidbit interesting and exciting. It definitely means that Porsche is pushing the boundaries of motorsport forward with diversified powertrains and incredible efforts in every series it runs. It's more than just marketing gobbledygook when Porsche says that racing is in the company's DNA. Even when the brand was in its infancy, it was winning endurance races at Le Mans and using what it learned on the track to make its road-going sports cars even better. 

If that wasn't enough for you, here's another interesting statistic. By winning the Formula E Miami E-Prix with driver Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche has a perfect record in the state of Florida for 2025. Back in January the Porsche Penske team kicked off the IMSA season with a legendary back-to-back win at the 24 Hours of Daytona, getting drivers Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor to the overall win after two trips around the clock in the #7 car.  Nasr, Tandy, and Vanthoor made their start to the season Penske perfect by winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in March as well, grabbing the unofficial trophy for the "36 Hours of Florida." After this weekend Porsche can tack another hour on to that for a record that will probably never be matched again. 

The German brand's motorsport arm can be real proud of its accomplishments last weekend, because it has all but proven that it has a mastery of every element of the racing world. Most brands would be proud to take any one of these individual wins, but to stack them up like that shows the depth and breadth of talent that Porsche has at its disposal. Incredible stuff.