 1960 Porsche Type 787 F2 car  1962 Porsche Type 804 F1 car |
Porsche plans to use the Goodwood Festival of Speed (24 – 26 June) to celebrate its single-seater racing heritage by demonstrating two classic race cars from the 1960s.
The 1960 Porsche Type 787 Formula 2 car and its bigger brother, the 1962 Porsche Type 804 Formula 1 car, are coming to the Sussex hill-climb from their home in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. These distinctive silver-bodied racers will be making a rare appearance in the UK and will be joining many other representatives from the racing history of Porsche in the stunning surroundings of Goodwood House.
Porsche will also be represented in the Sunday Times Supercar run with the latest 355bhp 911 Carrera 2 S and the 205mph Carrera GT. And on the BBC Top Gear stand, the new 2006-specfication 911 GT3 Cup race car will be making its public debut, ahead of racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship next year.
The Porsche Café Le Mans will again be situated on the outside of the track near the footbridge, offering meals and refreshments prepared by renowned chef Albert Roux. On the inside of the track, effectively opposite the Café Le Mans, is the Porsche Selection shop, which will be offering for sale the latest Porsche Design Driver’s Selection range of clothing and accessories.
1960 Porsche Type 787 Formula 2 Race Car
In 1957, Porsche converted its 1500 RS-K race-sports car with a four-cylinder, four camshaft engine, which had been so successful, into a centre-seat Spyder. Formula 2 regulations then permitted fully enclosed vehicles.
Its Grand Prix première was successful: on 4 August 1957 at the Nürburgring in Germany, Edgar Barth was fastest in practice and won the race as well. In 1958, at the Grand Prix of Europe at Reims, France, Jean Behra produced another victory. A second place at the Nürburgring and victory at Avus, Germany, rounded out the season and prompted Porsche to build a thoroughbred, monoposto (literally ‘single seat’) race car.
With this car, the Type 787, Porsche sought victories in Formula 2 throughout 1960. British drivers Stirling Moss and Graham Hill, along with Swede Joakim Bonnier, celebrated a triple triumph at Aintree in England, while the Nurburgring, Zeltweg (Belgium) and Modena (Italy) also witnessed Porsche successes.
These drivers, joined by Barth and Hans Herrmann, Wolfgang Count Berghe von Trips, Bonnier as well as Dan Gurney, faced strong competition from Lotus, Cooper and Ferrari but Porsche won the desirable ‘Coupe des Constructeurs’, the unofficial Formula 2 World Championship for Makes in 1960. A year later, new rules for Formula 1 brought a fresh chance for Porsche: in 1961, these modified single-seaters served as the company’s entry into Grand Prix racing.
- Engine: Four cylinder, normally-aspirated, air-cooled, two-valve engine, four shaft-driven overhead camshafts
- Output: 190bhp at 8000rpm
- Displacement: 1498cc
- Fuel system: Two Weber dual-downdraught carburettors, electric fuel pump, 100-litre fuel tank
- Driveline: Six-speed gearbox, limited-slip differential
- Chassis: Steel-tube space frame, independent suspension, torsion bars in front, coil springs in the rear, dual circuit drum brakes
- Wheelbase: 2300mm
- Weight: 456Kg
- Top speed: approx 155 mph (250 km/h)
- Chassis number: 718-2-03
1962 Porsche Type 804 Formula 1 Race Car
When the engine capacity for Formula 1 cars was reduced to 1.5-litres in 1961, the change of regulations helped motivate Porsche to enter the Grand Prix arena, since the new rules scarcely differed from those of the previous Formula 2 class.
Porsche nearly achieved its first Formula 1 victory in 1961 with its modified Type 787 F2 chassis, with Dan Gurney finishing second at Reims in France, and at the Grand Prix of Italy and the USA. However, in 1962, Porsche developed an eight-cylinder Grand Prix racer intent on claiming that first outright win.
In concept and chassis, the Type 804 was similar to contemporary mid-engined racers. It also used an interesting disc brake design and a horizontal cooling fan on top of its air-cooled eight-cylinder engine.
Everything came together in July 1962. Following a promising Monaco, the American Gurney won the Grand Prix of France at Rouen with a lap lead over South African Tony Maggs in a Cooper. A week later, Gurney beat Jim Clark’s Lotus to win again, this time in front of 300,000 enthusiastic spectators, at the the Solutide track in Stuttgart.
Towards the end of 1962, Porsche ceased its Formula 1 programme. Such technology, with only minimal carryover to production cars, required heavy financial outlays. Since motor racing was always the basis for new developments and improvements to production sports cars at Porsche, the company concentrated instead on GT cars and long-distance events once again.
- Engine: Eight cylinders, horizontally-opposed pistons, normally aspirated, air-cooled, two-valve, four shaft-driven overhead camshafts
- Output: 180bhp at 9200rpm
- Displacement: 1494cc
- Fuel system: Four dual-downdraught carburettors, 150 litre fuel tank
- Driveline: Six speed gearbox, limited-slip differential
- Chassis: Steel-tube space frame, independent suspension, torsion bars, Porsche disc brakes, 5.00 x 15 R front tyres, 6.50 x 15 R rear tyres
- Dimensions and weight: Wheelbase 2,300mm, length 3,600mm, weight 452Kg
- Performance: Top speed 168 mph (270 km/h)
- Chassis number: 804 - 04
Porsche Cars GB re-affirmed its long-term commitment to British motor sport by unveiling the car that will be used in the Carrera Cup GB for at least the next three years.
The all-new 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) will be introduced in the 2006 Carrera Cup and continue for 2007 and 2008 in a new three-year programme. The existing model (Type 996) has been used in the Carrera Cup GB since the championship was introduced in 2003.
The new model was officially unveiled at a reception at Porsche Cars Reading on the evening of Saturday 30 April, and will be displayed during the Goodwood Festival of Speed weekend on the BBC Top Gear stand.
Since it first supported the British Touring Car Championship in 2003, the Porsche Carrera Cup GB has become firmly established as the fastest single marque racing series on the UK’s premier national motor sport calendar. The combination of evocative sports coupe styling and characteristic rear-engine design makes the Porsche 911 a favourite for drivers seeking a precisely engineered, powerful race car, and one that is immediately recognisable by spectators and sponsors alike.
The next evolution of the Carrera Cup GB will build on this proven reputation and continue to offer competitors the same high level of support from Porsche Cars GB. This includes the prize fund, technical support, race centre hospitality, championship management, TV coverage and media services.
Engine: Six cylinders, horizontally-opposed pistons, normally aspirated, water-cooled, four-valve, four chain-driven overhead camshafts
Output: 400bhp at 7,300rpm
Fuel system: Sequential multi-point injection, 90 litre fuel tank
Driveline: Six speed sequential ‘dog-type’ gearbox, limited-slip differential
Chassis: Steel monocoque with welded-in roll cage and integral air jack system, carbon fibre doors, engine lid and rear bumper, independent suspension, blade type front and rear anti-roll bars, disc brakes with cockpit adjustable bias bar, six piston front and four piston rear brake callipers
Dimensions and weight: Wheelbase 2,350mm, weight 1,140Kg approx.
Performance: Top speed approx 180mph
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