Photographer Martin Schoeller Captures Raw Emotions of Porsche’s 6 LMP1 Drivers

Capturing the raw emotion of Porsche's LMP1 drivers, photographer Martin Schoeller does just that for the September issue of Porsche Christophorus.

For their September 2017 issue, Porsche Christophorus — the official Porsche customer magazine and one of the oldest customer publications in the world, 65 years and running — is offering a newly launched boxed set that includes six different covers with portraits of each of the six LMP1 drivers in the FIA World Endurance Championship during the six-hour race on the Nürburgring in July 2016, published by Delius Klasing. 

Shot by acclaimed New York-based portrait photographer Martin Schoeller, he set up a mobile studio. He had the exhausted drivers pose for him as they immediately hopped out of their Porsche 919 hybrid- racing cars. The result? An accurate, timely depiction of the emotions of each driver after the long-distance race — all from a headshot. You can see and feel the vibe of all six drivers, including Mark Webber, Neel Jani, Brendon Hartley, Marc Lieb, Timo Bernhard, and Romain Dumas.

“I wanted to feel, understand and experience what goes on there… How exhausted the drivers feel after racing, how disappointed they are when they lose and how euphoric they are when they win,” Schoeller explains.

Grab your box set here – $89.95

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