Porsche Motorsport has plans to run a second Formula E team from 2026/27 season which will make it six cars, as Ericsson brothers team-up in GT.
Porsche is underlining its ambitions in top-level electric motorsport: from the 2026/2027 Formula E season onwards, the current Manufacturers’ World Champion plans to field up to four cars itself. A Porsche customer team is also set to compete in Season 13. The six planned Porsche 99X Electric correspond to the next GEN4 generation of Formula E cars with over 600 kW of power. This means that the all-electric race cars are set to experience their biggest performance increase yet.
“Motorsport shapes our brand,” says Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Porsche Motorsport. “Our heritage in traditional motorsport is unique and is reflected in every Porsche. In the future, we want to be able to say the same about electric motorsport.”
Laudenbach continues: “Compared to other racing series, Formula E offers a very attractive balance between effort and return. It also gives us the opportunity to further develop technical solutions that are relevant to our production sports cars. Among other things, we want to use this operational shift to find and promote new talent at all levels, not just drivers.”
The second team is intended to also be based at the Porsche Development Centre in Weissach. “When marketing the additional cars, we want to create as much independence as possible, not just expand our current presence”, says Laudenbach. “Next year marks 75 years of Porsche Motorsport – a success story that will also be shaped by stories from electric motorsport in the future.”
Ericsson brothers –
Leipert Motorsport is thrilled to announce its participation in the brand-new Far East race, the MICHELIN 12H MALAYSIA, fielding a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo II. The GT3-class car will be driven by an all-Swedish quartet of stellar drivers: Hampus Ericsson, Thomas Karlsson, Axel Bengtsson, and Marcus Ericsson.
Hampus Ericsson, Super Trofeo World Finals 2025 Champion in Pro is also fresh off winning the 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North-America championship and is a familiar face for the team, having shared the #27 car in the Super Trofeo Asia with Ethan Brown earlier this year.
Thomas Karlsson, a well-known Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia driver with over 100 races and one of the most successful drivers in the Masters Cup of the Scandinavian one-make racing series. Axel Bengtsson made his mark by winning the Junior STCC title in 2022 at just 21, scoring a triumphant debut victory in TCR and has diversified his experience with entries in Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia and a full season in the ADAC GT4 Germany in 2025.
A proven veteran, Marcus Ericsson, is best known for his triumph at the 2022 Indianapolis 500. Combined with the experiences he gained in Formula 1 from 2014 to 2018, he brings world-class racing pedigree and maturity to Leipert Motorsport’s driver’s lineup for the 12H of Malaysia.
The German Lamborghini-powered racing outfit from Wegberg is ready to take on the challenge with preceding testing, practice and qualifying on Friday, 5 December, and the non-stop 12-hour race itself at Sepang on Saturday, 6 December.
[The story is as per press release]
