| Icons of Porsche, Sunstede Silverstone Edition – a festival dedicated to Porsche – will take place at Silverstone Grand Prix circuit on 20/21 JuneOne-off celebration marks 75 years of Porsche in the UK, since the first 356 coupe arrived in London for the Earls Court Motor Show in October 1951Tickets available via porsche.silverstone.co.uk/contentHighlights to include world and UK public premieres of new modelsNick Tandy, British factory Porsche race driver, to lead programme of high-speed track demonstrations in renowned historic race carsEvent also marks 65 years of the Porsche Club GB, and 75 years of Porsche Motorsport |
| This year, Porsche celebrates the 75th anniversary of its first car arriving in Great Britain. To mark this milestone, Icons of Porsche, Sunstede Silverstone Edition will open its doors on 20/21 June at the world-famous circuit. The track will echo to the sounds of Le Mans-winning Porsche race cars, and the surroundings will hum with the excitement of themed displays of heroes from the past, present and future of the German sports car manufacturer. |
Over a weekend of action around the Porsche Experience Centre and the renowned Silverstone Grand Prix circuit on 20/21 June, we will be sharing our success and welcoming owners, fans, enthusiasts and their families to Icons of Porsche, Sunstede Silverstone Edition.
The unique two-day event is dedicated to celebrating the stories that have helped grow and develop the Porsche passion in this country from the grass roots right up to the global stage.
It promises to be a very special party, for in addition to it being 75 years since the first Porsche arrived in the UK, this year also sees Porsche Motorsport celebrating its own 75th anniversary, while the Porsche Club GB is marking 65 years since it was founded.
In support of this will be a programme of dynamic, on-track demonstrations and curated displays featuring highlight race and road cars that will tell the story of Porsche in motorsport, as well as many of the people who have helped write the Porsche story both at home and abroad.
And in recognition of the individual contribution to our success over the years by all our fans and enthusiasts, we are encouraging owners to bring along their own special road and race cars and show them with pride, as well as share their personal history with Porsche.
Legendary line-up of Le Mans winners
The Porsche Museum will be bringing a sensational sextet of treasures from its stunning collection in Stuttgart, each with a Le Mans related story to share.
A selection of the exotic race cars will be participating in daily track demonstrations, with drivers from the global roster of top Porsche talent behind the wheel. Heading the line-up is Britain’s Nick Tandy, winner of the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours in the Porsche 919 Hybrid. Nick is also one of few drivers to have won the iconic quartet of international 24 Hour motor races, Le Mans, Daytona, Nürburgring and Spa.
Another driver with a literal track record in the 919 Hybrid is Timo Bernhard. In 2018, the German set a new benchmark lap time around the fearsome Nürburgring circuit in the 919 Evo, cementing his place among the legends of the sport, and adding to his many considerable achievements racing for Porsche around the world.
Joining Nick and Timo is ‘Mr 911’ himself, Joerg Bergmeister. The German has raced every version of the 911 GT3 RSR and also contributes to the testing and development of 911 GT road cars by setting the record Nürburgring lap times that complete the company’s sign-off procedure.
Tickets are available to purchase via https://porsche.silverstone.co.uk/content
For more information, visit https://www.porsche.com/uk/events-and-partnerships/sunstede/