Barrie Horne/Gordon Robertson Porsche 911. Photo: Jakob Ebrey
A pulse-quickening parade of more than 1,200 Porsche 911 sports cars took to the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit on Sunday July 28—setting a new world record—as the Silverstone Classic celebrated the 50th anniversary of the iconic coupe. The plan to produce a parade of 911 x 911s was almost immediately exceeded when the celebrations were announced, with registrations building hugely in the months leading up to the event. Rather than settling for the initial target, the Porsche Club GB and Silverstone Classic organizations squeezed an incredible 1,208 examples of the 911 on to a packed circuit creating a breathtaking sight in the process. The sensational spectacle, which raised funds for the Hope for Tomorrow cancer charity, was led by a number of famous Porsche personalities as tens of thousands of fans looked on. Mark Porsche, son of 911 designer, Ferdinand Alexander Butzi Porsche, and great-grandson of the marque’s original founder,
Ferdinand Porsche, got the proceedings under way and was joined by a number of the sports car manufacturers most successful racing drivers.
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