Porsche returned to the top class at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2023. 2023 marked the 100th anniversary of this race.
At the same time, Porsche celebrated their 75th anniversary and the fact that they are record holders with 19 victories in the overall standings. They celebrated all this with a tribute in their colour scheme.
At first glance, it looks like a rainbow or a random set of colours on the car. In reality, each colour represents a famous Porsche from the past.
The green is a reference to the Hippie Porsche 917 from the 1970s and the pink to the Pink Pig from the same period.
Orange comes from the famous Gulf colours, light blue from the Martini Porsches, dark blue from the Rothmans cars of the 1980s, Red/yellow from the Porsche RS Spyder of the 21st century and the red from the Salzburg Porsche that scored the 1st Le Mans victory for Porsche.
Unfortunately, Porsche did not score their 20th win in 2023, but we did get to enjoy their photogenic colourful car.
The photo was very appropriately taken in the Porsche corners. This is the stretch of track where the public road rejoins the permanent circuit. The beauty of this point is that they drive past a meadow, so you really get the feeling through this photo that this is no ordinary circuit.
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