Porsche R11 R RS RSR

July 7, 2014

Porsche 911 R RSRSR, by John Starkey. Veloce, £40.

Everything you could wish to know about the racing 911 Porsches, stopping just short of the outrageous 935. Starkey covers the technical facts minutely, but lightens this with much verbatim personal recollection from drivers, builders and team personnel, including Norbert Singer, Porsche’s development engineer, drivers John Fitzpatrick and Nick Faure, and tuner Erwin Kremer. Pictures are comprehensive, if variable in quality, but the real strength is the chassis-bychassis record of RSR and 3-litre RS cars. G C

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Gordon Cruickshank

Deputy editor

Bravely ignoring his degree in industrial design after discovering night rallies in a Renault 8, GC joined Motor Sport by accident, in the Teesdale days around 1982 when Jenks and WB were office regulars and Mr Tee ruled with a rod of cardboard. He took part in some of the early historic rallies, winning one of the Pirelli Marathons, and regularly runs his Mk2 Jaguar in road events.

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