Porsche Festival 2025
Porsche Festival 2026 at Brno Circuit
Raceborn — 75 Years of Porsche Motorsport and Devana best in class!
The Brno Circuit roared to life again on September 26–27, 2026, as the third edition of the Porsche Festival took over the Masaryk Circuit.
And this time, Porsche (and we) had a very good reason to make a little more noise than usual. For Porsche, it was the perfect occasion to celebrate 75 years of Porsche Motorsport; for us, it was an opportunity to showcase some of our prized cars and put some mileage on them as part of their recommissioning.
This year, we joined the festival with two cars:
... the latter starting directly from Italy. The road trip Ravenna–Munich–Prague–Brno–Graz–Tarvisio–Venice–Ravenna would be worth an article of its own ... maybe in the future.
Our thirsty steeds before departure.
We were part of the huge delegation from the Porsche Club Prague. That's to say, a bunch of motorheads who can identify obscure 911 variants at a glance.
The Porsche Festival was designed by Porsche Česko, the official importer of Porsche cars in the Czech Republic, as a true celebration for all ages. Visitors could admire a parade of Porsche cars around the circuit, explore an exclusive exhibition of historic and modern models, and participate in a variety of interactive activities.
Since the very first edition, Porsche Club has been an important part of the festival, and Porsche highly appreciates our long-term support and the enthusiasm with which we help create the unique atmosphere of this event.
The Legendary Brno Circuit
The Brno Circuit, also known as the Masaryk Circuit, is a legendary motorsport venue in the Czech Republic. Originally established in 1930 as a street circuit, it evolved through several configurations before the modern permanent track opened in 1987. The original layout was a daunting 29.194 km long with 128 turns, making it one of the most challenging circuits of its times.
Together with Spa Francorchamps, we believe it is the most fascinating and challenging to drive in Europe (Nordschleife being a category apart).
Like the city of Brno, the circuit itself has rooted ties with Italy: a pivotal moment in the circuit’s history occurred in 1949 when Giuseppe "Nino" Farina crashed his Maserati during the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix. The accident tragically killed two spectators and injured twelve others.
In 2010, a monument was unveiled at the site of the crash to commemorate the incident and its impact on motorsport safety awareness.
As in previous years, the Porsche Experience driving sessions gave participants the opportunity to experience Porsche cars on that famous asphalt.
Raceborn
Porsche's motorsport story officially began in 1951, when a Porsche 356 SL Coupé achieved a class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Seventy-five years later, the company has built an almost absurd collection of racing legends, from the 550 Spyder and 917 to the 935, 956, 962, GT1, 919 Hybrid, and today's 963 and Formula E cars.
We think that the "Raceborn" moniker is a rather appropriate one. Porsche's road-going sports cars have always carried a little bit of racing DNA — sometimes hidden beneath the surface, sometimes proudly and unashamedly on display.
This is certainly true of the cars we brought: mechanical fuel injection; six stacks with their ITBs; dry sump; LSD ... what more do you want?
All of that racing technology can also be found on the cars that the Porsche Museum brought to Brno: a 908/3 in the iconic Gulf colors; the 917/20 "Sau", aka "Pink Pig", in her outrageous livery, replicated by the more modern 911 RSR that raced at Le Mans in 2018 with the historically significant No. 92; the mighty 956, ex-Ickx/Mass, in Rothmans (unfortunately censored) livery; and the wild RSR 2.1 Turbo-Martini R12 (Chassis 9114609101), raced at Monza and used for Le Mans testing.
Each of these cars would require a volume of its own, and they were effectively brought to life by the famous TV commentator Martin Straka during a walk-around. For those readers who were not there ... we leave you to admire them in our pictures.
Among the various speakers and personalities present, a special mention goes to our friend Peter Olah, who talked about automotive design and also animated a colorful car-art workshop with other artists.
As a thank-you for our long-term support and representation of the brand, Porsche invited Porsche Club members and selected guests to a Saturday evening barbecue. It was great fun and a great opportunity for the Porsche community to meet, relax, and enjoy the evening together, dancing to the music of DJ Robin.
Image: Porsche Česko
The Parade
No track event is complete without a parade—so let the Porsche Parade begin! Alost 300 of multicoloured sports cars, from the earliest F-models to the latest 992 GT3 RS and ST, created a spectacle that words can hardly capture. We were in pole position, together with the 911 L Sporto of our friend Milo and a Signal Yellow 912 Targa of a friendly father-son crew from Slovakia.
But the best was yet to come.
Our friend Lukas kindly offered a last-minute polish to the Porsche Club Praha members' shortlisted cars ...
Porsche People's Choice Award
Starting on Sunday at 12:30, right after the Parade, visitors had the chance to admire exceptional Porsche vehicles and vote for the most impressive ones in the Porsche People's Choice Award via a QR code.
A panel of experts had pre-selected the entries and chosen finalists in each category, and Devana was among the 10 finalists.
We were just waiting to start the engine and enter the stage, driving onto the red carpet. We were the second to enter, after Kuba's beautiful Targa, when ... shit happens!
The oldtimer gremlins struck again, and the two small batteries in the trunk of our Devana decided they had had enough!
No panic! The staff was ready to give us a push and get us onto the stage with a little drama.
Let's jump out of the topless car, and here we are in the care of our guest, NASTY. That's the stage name of Petr Cerha, a Czech presenter, performer, and 2009 vice-world champion in beatboxing! You can imagine he talks a lot ... and so do we! Here we come with 10 minutes of Q&A — on the why, when, and how ... on what we like and what we like less, and so on.
Now we only have to wait until 16:00 for the final results.
And this is it! The most beautiful air-cooled 911 is Devana!
Let's jump onto the stage and get the trophy from the hands of Gabriela Jílková, Natři Gabi, one of the leading female figures in international motorsport.
Later on, that funny guy of our friend Lubos announced the results to the members of Porsche Club Praha, claiming that we had indeed won in a special category as well: Best Plug-in Hybrid Classic 911. 🤣🤣🤣
Well, indeed, the story is more or less the same ... we were in urgent need of recharging ... everybody wanted to be helpful ... we collected starters, battery chargers, connectors, and whatever else was needed ... the wonderful staff of Porsche Česko; PCP members; and even a bunch of tech-ready guys from Porsche Classics Club Poland! They were promptly alerted by our friend Patryk Mikiciuk, a Polish media personality and carnut, who also helped us with his 928 GTS.
After so much drama, it was time to leave and part ways ... Devana back to Prague and Mexico heading towards Italy ... but not before a bunch of kids seized her to shoot a movie in one of the forests near the circuit.
The rest of the trip was quite uneventful ... fuel consumption for both cars was in the order of 8 km/l ... not bad considering the characteristics of the engines! The break-in mileage is almost done for both ... the fine-tuning is a permanent challenge and part of the air-cooled 911 experience!
For further images, you may check our "X" account, tags: #porschefestivalbrno2026.
We would like to thank and wish farewell to our beloved Joanna Ogórek, Head of the Porsche Brand for the official importer of Porsche in the Czech Republic, who recently announced that she will be pursuing some sweet family plans.
Best of luck!
