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This is Rothmans Porsche Porsche 962C No. 1, chassis 962-002. Designed by Norbert Singer and driven by Jackie Ickx and Jochen Mass in the World Sportscar Championship, the 962 was a lengthened evolution of the previous Porsche 956 where regulations didn't permit the car's length. Powered by a 2.6L Type 935/76 flat-6 with twin Künhle, Kopp & Kausch turbochargers, the 962 was designed to compete with IMSA's GTP regulations.
Rothmans Porsche entered two 962s for the 1985 WSC: numbers 1 and 2 were entered for the entire season, with Ickx and Mass driving car Number 1 and Derek Bell and Hans-Joachim Stuck driving Number 2. Car No. 3 was entered for Le Mans and Brands Hatch, driven by Al Holbert and Vern Schuppan.
The 962s consistently romped to victories in the races it participated in; in the hands of Bell and Ickx in particular the cars scored over 20 wins over a number of years. The 962 was so good that even other privateers decided to modify the cars to suit their needs or just straight up built their own. In fact, it was so good that Derek Bell described it as "a fabulous car, but considering how thorough Norbert Singer and the team were, it was really quite easy to drive"; in fact, they were so good that the cars took victories as late as 1994, when the cars were essentially obsolete, with Team Taisan taking the car's final victory in 1994 in the AJGTCC. 91 chassis were produced by Porsche; the car was then replaced by the WSC-95.
Now this casting was designed by Mark Jones and introduced in 2017 in the Race Day series. This casting has seen four known releases, the last being the above. All four releases feature liveries that were run on real 962s.
