Washington, DC - On Sunday, July 26, three young Hungarian boys had the chance to attend the Formula 1 Grand Prix race and watch the Porsche Supercup from a VIP box. They got to meet a real international race car driver and even walk down to the pit to see the car up close. An opportunity like this does not come along often for anyone, let alone these young boys.

The boys participate in programs run by the Tudor Foundation, a GFC grantee partner in Hungary that works with gifted youth who do not have the means to develop their abilities or continue their education past the primary years. Tudor’s workshops help children build self-confidence, gain critical-thinking skills, and begin to set goals and form aspirations for the future. These boys were the lucky recipients of a prize for winning a competition put together by the Tudor Foundation.

This special opportunity for the boys was set up by GFC’s new partner, Porsche Supercup and the Sanitec racing team. Will Langhorne, the team’s captain and driver from the United States, spent time walking through the Porsche Supercup paddock with the boys, talking about his life and inspiring them to dream big.

In Budapest, William and Sanitec sponsored a very special event for local children.

“Together with my partner SANITEC, the Global Fund for Children and the National Child Relief organizations we try to give our young visitors a very special day at a motosports weekend to to take them out of their everyday and sometimes difficult lives”, says PMSC driver Will Langhorne when he arrived in the paddock on Saturday morning. For almost two hours he makes time for his young visitors. "The children will have a walk through the paddock and then they will visit me in the starting grid for the qualifying session. Later on the kids will watch Saturday's sessions of the Formula 1.”

Read more about Will's charity event on the Racecam website.

Read a great interview / profile piece of William Langhorne, Sanitec and the 2009 racing season on Racecam.de -  the only website covering PMSC live from the track.

Will Langhorne Racing announces that William, sponsored by Sanitec Industries, will compete a full season in PMSC 2009!

    "The slogan of Barack Obama has become a worldwide call for hope as well as the dawning of a new era. The same headline could also be used for William Langhorne and his new team competing in the Supercup. A new team – powered by MRS-Racing – has formed around the USA-boy and his partner Luigi Ferrara."

Slick in the #7 brilliant red and white detailed Porsche, the 2009 Sanitec team is co-managed by William and supported by a dedicated German crew from MRS Racing. 

We're getting our first glimpses of the newly painted car, and we like what we've seen in testing!
Best of luck for the upcoming season Will & Luigi!

Courtesy of Racecam reporting live from the PMSC as the news breaks in Europe: 

Magny Cours. At the past weekend, the 5th course to the Porsche MOBIL1 Supercup in frame of the formula took place in the French Magny Cours-1 GP of France...

Olivier Maximin, #14: "I made error, which cost us valuable points. My debt, sorry for it. I even annoy me very most, my car ran perfectly and in running I everything correct made."

Will Langhorne, #15: "I am somewhat sadly because the good achievement by the team was not recompenced. The fourth place of Olivier would have done to the point account already well. I am natural happy over mean ninth rank, rain seem for me to really be appropriate. I look forward to Silverstone and hope to the good results to tie to be able."

Karsten Molitor, team head: "the decision of the sport commissioners is naturally very hard and meets the whole team. A milder judgement would have probably also been sufficient. However, we have to accept. For Will Langhorne makes happy it us naturally much, after his 10th rank in Monaco, now a ninth rank here in Magny Cours."

Straßenkampf

Monte Carlo. Am vergangenen Wochenende fand auf den Straßen von Monte Carlo der 4. Lauf zum Porsche MOBIL1 Supercup in Rahmen des Formel-1 GP von Monaco statt. Für den, in der Nähe von Nizza lebenden MRS-Piloten Olivier Maximin, ist das Stadtrennen in Monaco so eine Art Heimspiel. Der US Amerikaner Will Langhorne hat seine Erfahrungen mit dem anspruchsvollen Kurs bereits in der Formel-3000 gemacht. So waren beide MRS Piloten bestens auf dieses Rennen eingestellt.
Bereits mit seinem ersten Reifensatz konnte Will Langhorne im Qualifying seinen gelb/blauen MRS Renner auf einen achtbaren, elften Rang platzieren. Olivier Maximin hingegen, hatte immer wieder Probleme mit dem Verkehr auf der Strecke und bekam keine wirklich schnelle Runde zusammen. Als das Qualifying kurz vor dem Ende wegen eines Unfalls unterbrochen werden musste, montierte die MRS Crew nochmals einen neuen Satz Reifen, in der Hoffnung, dass Olivier Maximin die letzten fünf Minuten zu einer Positionsverbesserung nutzen konnte. Ausgerechnet Teamkollege Will Langhorne war es dann, der in die Leitplanken der St. Devot einschlug und Teile seiner Hinterradaufhängung verlor. Maximin, der hinter Langhorne fuhr, wurde von den Teilen getroffen, diese beschädigten sein Auto so stark, dass er das Qualifying beenden musste. Ein 14. Startplatz war die Ausbeute eines enttäuschten Olivier Maximin.

Will Langhorne Joins Porsche Michelin Supercup Series; Debuts this weekend at US Grand Prix with Germany's Team MRS .

Washington, DC & Stuttgart, Germany -- June 28, 2006 -- Molitor Racing Systems (Team MRS) today announced that American driver Will Langhorne will race for the German motorsports syndicate for the remainder of this year's prestigious Porsche Michelin Supercup series.