At last, a good Porsche works livery

dear Sir,

Great to see Porsche, in its 70th year, has revived a series of iconic liveries for its 911s at Le Mans. To my mind, the sight of a Porsche – albeit a 911 and not a 956 – hurtling down the Mulsanne adorned with the Rothmans colourway on its bodywork made for an evocative sight. While I’m still sad about the fact Porsche won’t be competing in the top category of racing at Le Mans any longer (we’d just got used to it again and so Le Mans wasn’t the same this year), the move to re-introduce these liveries is a positive move. Not only has it reminded me of my early trips to watch this racing spectacle in northern France but, actually, it’s about time a factory Porsche will carry a noteworthy racing livery – it’s been years! I wonder if Porsche Motorsport has looked at the tribulations of your regular columnist, Ben Barker, and his team in sporting the Gulf colours. Simply put, an iconic car such as the 911 should sport an iconic livery! Michael Kilkenny

We have to say we completely agree with you, Michael, though total 911’s friend and former columnist, nick tandy, is keen to interject. asked after the race if he was disappointed his no.93 works rsr didn’t get a remake of an iconic livery to match the sister no.91 and 92 cars at La Sarthe, the Brit replied: “I was perfectly happy to have the normal livery for Le Mans this year – remember in 2015 which car livery won the race!”