Kurt Thiel
' Winners' are dreamers who never give up' - Nelson Mandela
2024
Qatar Doha Race
First race of the season took place in Doha, Qatar on the Losail F1 circuit. A very challenging 5.4km race track with very few reference points. Very fun to race on. My 911 RSR 2.8l performaed flawlessly resulting in a P3 podium finish in the GT1 Class.
Tour Auto
SPA
2023
Estoril 2023
Race weekend started off with great weather and one major issuee. Tires! It turns out AVON was not able to deliver our size of tire so all weekend long I had to be very kind to my tires to make them last. We did quite well as during the race I was still able to move up in the leaderboard. I was running a comfortable 2nd in class when my good fortune ran out. I lost 3rd gear two laps from the end and so ended my weekend with a DNF. We still had a great time and once again my car performed exceptionally well until the gearbox failed.
Le Mans classic 24 hours 2023
Having missed both Dijon and SPA events due to the engine rebuild taking longer than planned, the Le Mans Classic 24hr was next on the schedule. This time I did not run in the official 24 hour event, rather only the Porsche Classic race commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Le Mans Race track.
A total of 85 cars were entered for this landmark event. A huge representation of Porsches starting with the 2.0l 911's and ending with 935s, 930 RSR Turbos as well as an armada of 11 Porsche RSR 3.0l and 5 RSR 2.8ls'.
Running my very own Porsche 911 RSR 2.8l we had two very good qualifying sessions ending in P15 overall.
The race on Saturday was great fun as the car ran flawlessly and I managed P8 overall and P1 of the 2.8ls, and ahead of all of the RSR 3.0l Porsches!!!
Join me below for a lap around the Legendary Le Mans race track!
Mugello 2023
First race of the year with Peter Auto in Mugello for the Mugello Classic driving my homebuilt 1973 Porsche 911 2.8L RSR for the 2nd year
in a row. For 2023 we have incorporated gen 2 Suspension elements as was the case with the original 2.8L factory cars. Handling was much improved however unfortunately half way through the race we suffered a significant engine issue causing our first DNF in a long while!!
2022
First race of the year with Peter Auto in Dijon for the Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or driving my homebuilt 1973 Porsche 911 2.8L RSR.
P3 in GT1. Performed flawlessly out of the box in it's first race!!
2nd race of the season at the Le Mans Classic 24 hours with a fabulous 3.0CSL BMW 'Batmobile'. This event is awesome b y nature of the Le Mans track , the number of participants (over 600 entries) and the number of spectators (230'000 visitors!).
Third race of the year was at the Circuit du Paul ricard for the Dix Milles tours again with my 2.8L RSR. P5 in class GT1 and P2 of the 2.8L Porsche RSRs!
2021
First race of the year 2021 Dubai 24 hrs with Leipert Motorsport. P1 and 13th overall with a 620 HP Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO
