1983 Porsche 956

This was one of the cars displayed by the Porsche Club Great Britain at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a 1983 Porsche 956, and appears to be one of the cars entered by the Rothmans Porsche Team in the 1983 Le Mans 24 Hour race. The three cars entered by the team had the flat 6-cylinder 2,649cc Turbocharged 935 engine, and were numbered 1,2 and 3 in the race. Car number 2 driven by Jochen Mass and Stefan Bellof retired after 21 hour of the race, Vern Schuppan, Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert in car number 3 won the race, and car number 1 driven by Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell finished in second place.