PORSCHE | 911 991-2 RSR TEAM HUBAUTO RACING N 72 24h LEMANS 2021 MAXIME MARTIN - ALVARO PARENTE - DRIES VANTHOOR - YELLOW

A bolt of Michelin-yellow cut through the grey Sarthe dawn as HubAuto Racing became the first private Asian team to challenge Porsche’s factory might in GTE Pro.
Maxime Martin snatched a front-row grid slot in Thursday night’s shoot-out, the flat-six screaming a 3 min 47 lap that left works Corvettes blinking in disbelief.
When the flag dropped, Alvaro Parente surfed a rain-slick Mulsanne, spraying rooster-tails that turned the Porsche Curves into a kaleidoscope of headlights and drizzle.
A rogue LMP2 door panel sliced the front splitter at midnight; mechanics riveted on a new dive-plane in seven frantic minutes, sending Dries Vanthoor back out still on the lead lap.
Dawn brought a gearbox scare and an unscheduled splash, yet the yellow outsider clawed back time, trading sector purple with the factory #92 until the penultimate hour.
HubAuto crossed the stripe battered but unbowed—chequered dust clinging to its once-pristine paint, privateer pride proven against Europe’s finest.
This 1 : 18 replica captures every endurance scar: duct-tape patches on the nose, rubber “kisses” along the door sills, and the hand-penned kanji for “courage” mechanics scrawled on the rear wing just before the final stint.
Add the Porsche that turned underdog grit into GTE folklore—and splashed a burst of Asian sunshine across Le Mans’ centenary stage—to your collection.

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