Porsche has raised 600,000 euros for charity after their factory 963 Hypercars completed a total of 1,159 laps at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Porsche Penske works team at the FIA World Endurance Championship round raised funds for the non-profit children’s charities, Interplast Germany e.V. and Kinderherzen retten e.V..
Their Racing for Charity initiative has run for three consecutive Le Mans, having begun in 2023, during which 500 euros is donated for every lap completed by each of the Porsche Penske cars, of which there were three this year, following the #4 963’s win of the 2024 IMSA GTP championship title.
Porsche raised 579,500 euros for this year’s effort but has rounded that up to 600k.
Racing for Charity has raised over 2.4 million euros since 2023. Kinderherzen retten e.V. collaborates with the University Hospital Freiburg to provide children with life-changing, one-time surgeries.
Interplast Germany e.V. focuses on humanitarian plastic surgery for treatment addressing accidents, burns, congenital malformations, or chronic wounds.
Porsche Penske fought hard to challenge the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P, which won. Kevin Estre asserted a monstrous opening stint in the #6 Porsche from the back of the 21-car Hypercar field towards the front.
The #6 Porsche Penske crew of Estre, Laurens Vanthoor, and Matt Campbell ended up in the highest-placed finish out of the Porsche Penskes, in second place after completing 387 laps, just 14.084 seconds behind the winning #83 Ferrari.
Their #5 Porsche driven by Julien Andlauer, Michael Christensen and Mathieu Jaminet followed in sixth position (386 laps) and the #4 Porsche trio of Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy and Pascal Wehrlein in eighth (386 laps).
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