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Vic Elford, Nürburgring 1971, Porsche 908 Hippe-Car 917LH as entered in 1970 Le Mans Winner of 1971 Sebring . Martini's first sponsorship program happened at the Daytona 3 hours in 1962 with two Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Troncas, but they had no Martini stickers or logos on them, only "Martini & Rossi Racing Team" written along the front quarter panels.
The original Porsche 935/78 "Moby Dick" in Martini Racing livery at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV.. In the 1960s, Porsche grew into a major competitor in sports car racing, sometimes entering half a dozen cars which were soon sold to customers.
The winning Porsche 917K of Herrmann/Attwood Martini Racing 917L in blue-green "psychedelic" livery, which placed 2nd overall driven by Larrousse/Kauhsen. This year there were 96 entries for the race, to which the ACO accepted 62 for qualifying. In the end 57 arrived for scrutineering in a very even split between the Prototypes, Sports and GT cars.
From the beginning of organised motor sport events, in the early 1900s, until the late 1960s, before commercial sponsorship liveries came into common use, vehicles competing in Formula One, sports car racing, touring car racing and other international auto racing competitions customarily painted their cars in standardised racing colours that indicated the nation of origin of the car or driver.
The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4.5 to 5.0 litres, the 917 was introduced in 1969 and initially proved unwieldy on the race track but continuous development improved the handling and it ...
Porsche 908 in silver livery of Martini Racing Now a traditional colour for road-cars in reference to the Silver Arrows , most German car companies have a shade of silver in their catalogues conforming to Silberpfeil-Grau , or Silver Arrow Grey .
The Martini Racing blue and green "psychedelic" livery on a 1970 917K. This car raced at Watkins Glen in 1970. Porsche has a record 19 outright wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. [101] Porsche is currently the world's largest race car manufacturer. In 2006, Porsche built 195 race cars for various international motor sports events.
Formula One sponsorship liveries have been used since the 1968 season. Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in 1968 the nationality of the team determined the colour of a car entered by the team, e.g. cars entered by Italian teams were rosso corsa red, cars entered by French teams were bleu de France blue, and cars entered by British teams (with several exceptions, such as cars entered ...