IMSA: Porsche GT line-ups announced

Porsche confirmed its works team line-ups for its 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2017 with CORE Autosport, fielding its new 911 RSR racecar.

"For the fourth season, Porsche will take on the competition with a factory entry in America's most important sportscar series, the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship," the manufacturer revealed at its "Night of Champions" media event in Weissach. "As in the FIA WEC, Porsche Motorsport GT fields two brand-new 911 RSR. Sharing the cockpit of the #911 vehicle are Patrick Pilet and Dirk Werner. At the long [distance] events such as the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours of Sebring, Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans, the duo will receive support from Frederic Makowiecki.

"The regular drivers in the number 912 vehicle are Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor, with Richard Lietz joining them for the four long-distance classics."

Vanthoor and Werner switch to Porsche from Audi and BMW, respectively. In addition to their enduro runs in IMSA, Makowiecki and Lietz are expected to run in the GTE-Pro class in the World Endurance Championship.