We have something very special for you in the next issue of Classic & Sports Car.
In our October 2023 edition – on sale 7 September – we’re bringing you a magazine exclusive drive of a very special Porsche 911.
Known as ‘R7’, this is the 1973 Le Mans works team RSR, acknowledged as being one of Stuttgart’s most important competition cars.
‘Despite test track conditions verging on perilous, we had the opportunity to capture the essence of this legendary RSR’
Despite test track conditions verging on perilous, we had the opportunity to capture the essence of this legendary RSR, its semi-cut slicks struggling to clear standing water as, time after time, we relished the evocative sound of its near un-silenced flat-six at redline revs.
But it was worth it.
R7 was one of eight special ‘R-numbered’ RSRs built by Porsche, only four of which wore its famous Martini Racing livery.
Of those four, three survive, and R7 is the best-preserved and most-original example. No pressure, then…
The ‘Mary Stuart’ rear spoiler (left); this Porsche 911 Carrera RSR’s all-alloy, 3-litre, flat-six engine
