The rest of us may be focused on the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3, but there is an even more intense version that is just coming our way now. The 2021 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is the first model to be offered in North America as part of the Carrera Cup, with the first deliveries starting this week.
It first came to our attention through a series of tweets showing the cars arriving from Germany, neatly arranged and shining in their unadorned silver beauty. Those cars are now on their way to teams, which means we’re starting to see videos of what these machines personally look like. In one of 311RS Motorsport on YouTube, we see racers Leh Keen (yes, the Leh Keen) and Ryan Gates looking at the cars they will be driving in the first North American season of the Carrera Cup.
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They point to the cross-shaped headlights that refer to the old-fashioned lenses of vintage race cars, along with less obvious details, such as how the wing support points are also designed to keep the rear fatter while working on the engine. Brake bias can now be easily adjusted by a knob on the inside, while the digital instrument cluster provides a lot of information. Forged carbon parts also reduce the total weight, with an overall dry weight of just under 2800 pounds. He has 510 hp to move the mass around, so we would expect the 911 GT3 Cup to feel pretty fast.
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