PORSCHE | 911 991 RSR-19 4.2L TEAM WEATHERTECH RACING N 79 2nd LMGTE AM CLASS 24h LE MANS 2022 COOPER MACNEIL - JULIEN ANDLAUER - THOMAS MERRIL - WHITE

White as a pit-lane flashbulb and slashed with WeatherTech’s black-chrome stripes, the 4.2-litre RSR-19 roared into twilight with Julien Andlauer banging out 3:50s and hounding the class-leading Aston.
A midnight puncture scattered carbon shards at Tertre Rouge, yet Thomas Merril muscled the wounded Porsche back to the pits, mechanics torch-cutting the mangled diffuser while Cooper MacNeil prepped for the graveyard shift. Dawn mist rose over Arnage as the #79 dove inside the Northwest AMR Vantage, titanium skid-plates showering sparks across the curbs; a slow final fuel stop would deny them victory by barely a minute.
Still, 3,250 racing kilometres later, the trio climbed the podium silver-dusted, their RSR streaked with Champagne, brake dust and Bugatti-blue rubber smears.
The 1 : 18 replica freeze-frames that gritty charge: pit-lane tear-offs taped to the roof, battle-scarred rear diffuser, and the celebratory “P2 – Merci!” marker-penned on the carbon dive-plane by an overjoyed crew chief.
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