Porsche to donate $750 per lap at Le Mans 24 Hours

About 380 laps x $750 x 3 cars

The 24 Hours of Le Mans will be held on June 10-11, 2023.

Porsche Penske Motorsport (PPM) prepared three Porsche 963s in special colors for this occasion.

The livery pays homage to historically significant motorsport colors and combines the 75th anniversary of Porsche with the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Also announced this time is another reason why the new hybrid prototype cars are competing in the race. That is that these Porsches "run (also) for charity".

For Porsche's 75th anniversary, Porsche will donate $750 for each lap it completes, with the purpose of the donation being to help sick children around the world. . → Donate to Kinderherzen retten eV, Interplast Germany eV, and the Ferry Porsche Foundation

Porsche is $750 instead of $75 per lap.

By the way, in the 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, the maximum number of laps is 380, so in that case 380 x $750 = $285,000 (about 40 million yen).

Certainly $7,500 per lap is too high (more than hundreds of millions), and $75 is too little.

But what's even more amazing is that it seems that not only one of the three participating cars will donate the number of laps, but the maximum number of laps is about 380 x 3 cars = 1,140 laps, that is, 1,140 x $750 = $855,000 (about 120 million dollars). yen) will be donated.

I think this is a great offer to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Porsche and the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Donation is not the only purpose, but I would like to expect Porsche's consideration at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ^ ^

★Postscript (2023.6.16)★
Afterwards, as a result of the race, the Porsche Penske Motorsport Hybrid Prototype completed a total of 733 laps, which resulted in a donation of 549,750 euros, which was increased to 911,000 euros and donated to three charities (source teethHere).

Source: (Official)Racing for Charity – Porsche's donation initiative in Le Mans

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).