In its latest Great Cars book
Porsche 962/88 – The Autobiography of 962 011 by Serge Vanbockryck
Porsche’s 962 and 962C won twice at Le Mans and over 50 times in IMSA races in America, also winning races and titles in Germany and Japan.
Of the 19 works Porsche 962s built, chassis 962 011 – the car featured in this book – was the most successful. This authoritative account by Porsche sports car specialist Serge Vanbockryck tells this very special car’s entire story, embracing 46 races and nine victories during a five-year active career that saw it compete in the highest echelons of sports car racing in Europe, America and Japan.
As well as winning the 1989 ADAC Supercup, Germany’s high-quality national sports car championship, in Bob Wollek’s hands, 962 011 scored the Porsche 956/962 family’s 39th and final world championship race victory, vanquishing the dominant Sauber-Mercedes at Dijon.
It then spent four more seasons criss-crossing the Atlantic, 1990–93, to race mainly in the IMSA Championship in America and the Interserie in Europe.
All of 962 011’s racing exploits are explained in detail and its top drivers receive in-depth profiles: Bob Wollek, Frank Jelinski, John Winter, Oscar Larrauri, Henri Pescarolo, Hurley Haywood, Jean-Louis Ricci, Danny Sullivan, Gianpiero Moretti, Manuel Reuter, Bernd Schneider, John Paul Jr and Chip Robinson.
The day-to-day history of chassis 962 011 is outlined in exhaustive technical detail, recording every test and every race with all available data, from fuel consumption figures to pitstop times.
Exclusive artwork depicts chassis 962 011 as it evolved over its five active seasons, while a special studio photoshoot and action photos of its recent outings bring the story right up to date.
Book highlights
Genesis of chassis 962 011 ahead of the 1989 season, developed by the Porsche factory in conjunction with the Joest Racing team.
A great first season for 962 011: Bob Wollek won the ADAC Supercup, Germany’s high-quality national sportscar championship, and with Frank Jelinski scored the Porsche 956/962’s final and 39th world championship victory, vanquishing the dominant Sauber-Mercedes at Dijon.
Four more seasons criss-crossing the Atlantic, 1990–93, to race mainly in the IMSA Championship in America and the Interserie in Europe, all explained in detail.
The car’s top drivers receive in-depth profiles: Bob Wollek, Frank Jelinski, John Winter, Oscar Larrauri, Henri Pescarolo, Hurley Haywood, Jean-Louis Ricci, Danny Sullivan, Gianpiero Moretti, Manuel Reuter, Bernd Schneider, John Paul Jr and Chip Robinson.
Day-to-day history of chassis 962 011 outlined in exhaustive technical detail, recording every test and every race with all available data, from fuel consumption figures to pitstop times.
Artwork: exclusive artwork depicts chassis 962 011 as it evolved over its five active seasons.
The car today: chassis 962 011 is shown in a special studio photoshoot and in action photos of its outings with various owner-drivers in recent years.
Porsche 962, 1989 season
Porsche 962/88 – The Autobiography of 962 011
Author: Serge Vanbockryck | Publication Dec. 2024 | Jacketed hardback | 285mm x 235mm | 320 pages | RRP £69.00 | ISBN 978-1-91308 -89-4 | over 530 images - Limited Edition also available
About the author
Since the late 1980s Serge Vanbockryck has been studying, documenting and gathering all possible racing and test data on the 200+ Porsche 956s and 962s, their derivatives and their immediate successors. One of the world’s foremost historians on the subject, he has conducted dozens of interviews with Porsche decision-makers, engineers, managers and drivers, and spent many hours researching every conceivable period document at Porsche’s corporate archives in Stuttgart. This long-time endeavour has led to two internationally acclaimed publications from Porter Press International: Ultimate Works Porsche 956 – The Definitive History (2019, two volumes) and Ultimate Works Porsche 962 – The Definitive History (2022, three volumes); for the latter, he received the Motorworld Buchpreis 2023 in Germany. Also for Porter Press International, he wrote a previous ‘Great Cars’ book, TWR-Porsche WSC95 – The Autobiography of WSC001, and this was awarded the Ehrenpreis of the Motorworld Buchpreis in 2024
About Porter Press International
Porter Press International is renowned for publishing top-quality motoring books. Founded in 2005 by acclaimed automotive author Philip Porter, the company is now firmly established worldwide as a leading motoring book publisher.
The unrivalled Porter Press team includes James Page, former editor of Classic & Sports Car and Steve Rendle, former commissioning editor for Haynes Publishing. Both liaise closely with chief design contributor, Martin Port, former art editor of Classic & Sports Car.
Porter Press is proud to have worked with motoring icons including Murray Walker, Martin Brundle, Derek Bell, Gordon Murray, Michael Turner and Stirling Moss.
Authors include Doug Nye, Ian Wagstaff, Keith Bluemel, James Page, Mick Walsh, Chas Parker, Rinsey Mills, J. Mac Hulbert, Richard Heseltine, Matthew Field, Malcolm McKay, Gordon Bruce, Mark Cole, Michael Kliebenstein, Serge Vanbockryck and Philip Porter.
