Richard Lietz and Romain Dumas – the latter a former Le Mans 24-hour winner – just missed out on the GTE-Pro class podium in the new RSR, which is based on the 991-generation of Porsche 911.

That loud. The GTE-class 911 RSR has that exotic aura that tends to surround factory team cars out of Weissach. It’s clearly much more than just a highly developed 991: most obviously the engine ...