Picture-perfect Porsches: Manthey and Iron Dames reveal new look for 2025
Manthey Racing and the Iron Dames have presented the pair of Porsches that will gun for glory in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s fiercely-contested LMGT3 category this year.
It was announced in November that the Iron Dames would join forces with Manthey for the 2025 FIA WEC campaign, uniting the team that dominated proceedings in LMGT3 last season – winning four of the eight rounds to wind up first and second in the final standings – with the 2023 championship runners-up.
Notably, the Iron Dames’ success two years ago – which included an historic maiden victory for an all-female crew in the series in Bahrain – was achieved in Porsche machinery. Michelle Gatting was one of the drivers back then and is still a member of the pioneering project – a fusion of power, passion and purpose – today.
“I’m super-excited to start the FIA WEC season very soon together with Manthey,” enthused the 31-year-old Dane, who was recently elevated to official Porsche driver status. “I would be lying if I said I didn’t have high expectations, because of the positive reputation that the team has. I’m looking forward to learning a lot from them, and hopefully pulling off some great accomplishments together.
“I’m also looking forward to racing with our new livery that will make it easy for fans to find and follow us on-track. The fans already connect us with pink, and we now have even more colour using different shades.”
Gatting will be partnered in the #85 Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 by long-standing Iron Dames stablemate Rahel Frey and FIA WEC rookie Célia Martin, while in the sister #92 entry – running under the Manthey 1st Phorm banner – defending 24 Hours of Le Mans class-winner Richard Lietz will be flanked by newcomers Riccardo Pera and Ryan Hardwick.
“I’m thrilled to race for Manthey, the team that has proven to be the one to beat in this championship,” enthused Hardwick, who campaigned a Ford Mustang in the series in 2024, scoring points in half of the races.
“As for the livery, we’ve combined two iconic designs – the distinctive Manthey arrow and the iconic 1st Phorm blue, which has been seen on many race and championship-winning Porsches in North America. It’s really special to have these two great liveries come together on one car!”
The action will get underway with the Qatar 1812km on 28 February, preceded by the traditional ‘Prologue’ group test at the same circuit.
