Porsche 962-004 Works

One of three Rothmans-backed works cars, this was the number one car driven by Jackie Ickx (who won Le Mans six times), in his final year before retirement and Jochen Mass. Went on to take pole position in 1986 Le Mans 24hrs.

Porsche 962-004 Works

Chassis 004

1 of 3 Rothmans backed 962s

No.1 car driven by Jackie Ickx

Driven by Jochen Mass

Pole at Le Mans 24hrs 1986

2nd - Nurburgring 1,000 km

4th - Jerez - 1988

5th - Spa - 1987

5th - Le Mans - 1988
As the first 962 was the IMSA test bed, next to be built were the first three works 962Cs.

Chassis 004 duly lined up in fifth position as car number three at its debut at the 1985 Le Mans driven by Al Holbert, John Watson and Vern Schuppan. But the race did not go the way of the factory team, despite locking out the front of the grid in qualifying.

Various issues relegated the 002 and 003 cars to tenth and third at the flag. 004 started from fifth place and worked its way up to second after the first six hours or so; the position it held for the following ten hours.

A rare engine problem dropped it back to fifth at around 9am the following morning, with final retirement due to engine trouble with just three hours of the race remaining. Happily, thanks to the Porsche customer programme, a Joest New Man 956 was there to pick up the pieces, winning the race and sparing Porsche any corporate blushes, with the Richard Lloyd Canon 956 finishing second and eight Group C Porsches finishing within the top ten.

004 did three more races that year, all running as car number one, with the Jacky Ickx/Jochen Mass A-team at its wheel, finishing in second place at Mosport, but with non- finishes at Hockenheim and Spa. Ickx would call time on his remarkable year and retired at the end of the season.

For 1986, Mass was joined by Bob Wollek but the luck of 962/004 did not change. There were no wins and despite qualifying on pole for Le Mans, being joined by Vern Schuppan and sitting in second and third positions for almost half the race, retirement awaited. Then, at the Nürburgring, Stuck’s sister car hit Mass in appalling weather, and that was the end of the 1986 season for both 962/003 and 004.

The factory rebuilt 004, which had come off with far lighter damage than 962/003, was sold to Joest to campaign as the satellite factory supported team in 1987, after the works team withdrew from the world championship after winning Le Mans that year. It raced with the works pairing of Derek Bell and Hans Stuck, in Rothmans livery at the Nürburgring 1000km, finishing second to the totally dominant Jaguar XJR 8, and also at Spa, finishing fifth – both sporting the famous Joest lucky number seven.

004 was also driven very successfully by works drivers Bob Wollek and Klaus Ludwig in a number of different liveries that year, including Blaupunkt, Camel and SAT, with results including a heat win for Bob at Kyalami and second overall and a couple of podiums for Frank Jelinski in the ADAC Supercup.

For 1988, it sported the Blaupunkt livery, with a podium finish at the first world championship round in Jerez, with Wollek and Ludwig, and it finally finished Le Mans at the third attempt, with a creditable fifth place for David Hobbs, Franz Konrad and Didier Theys, behind two Jaguar XJR9s. At the end of 1988, 004 was acquired by a collector in the USA and retired.

The car has now been restored to its original Rothmans livery, sprint bodywork and fitted with a 2.85-litre engine with Motronic engine management.

962-004 Works Competition History

1985 Season - 2.6T

Race Date
Race
Drivers
Car No.
Result

Race Date

17/18/06/1985

Race

24hrs Le Mans

Drivers

A.Holbert / J. Watson / V. Schuppan

Car No.

Result

DNF

Race Date

14/07/1985

Race

1000Km Hockenheim

Drivers

J. Mass / J. Ickx

Car No.

Result

DNF

Race Date

11/08/1985

Race

1000Km Mosport Park

Drivers

J. Mass / J. Ickx

Car No.

Result

2nd

Race Date

01/09/1985

Race

Spa-Francorchamps 1000Km

Drivers

J. Mass / J. Ickx

Car No.

Result

DNF

1986 Season

Race Date
Race
Drivers
Car No.
Result

Race Date

20/04/1986

Race

Kouros Cup, Monza

Drivers

J. Mass / B. Wollek

Car No.

Result

6th

Race Date

05/05/1986

Race

1000Km Silverstone

Drivers

B. Wollek / J. Mass

Car No.

Result

DNF

Race Date

31/05 - 01/06/1986

Race

24hrs Le Mans

Drivers

B. Wollek / J. Mass

Car No.

Result

DNF

Race Date

24/08/1986

Race

1000Km Nurburgring

Drivers

J. Mass / B. Wollek

Car No.

Result

DNF Acc.

1987 Season

Race Date
Race
Colours
Drivers
Car No.
Result

Race Date

28/06/1987

Race

200 Milen Norisring

Colours

Blaupunkt

Drivers

F. Jelinski/ K. Ludwig

Car No.

Result

DNF

Race Date

05/07/1987

Race

ADAC Preis Hockenheim

Colours

Blaupunkt

Drivers

F. Jelinski

Car No.

Result

3rd

Race Date

02/08/1987

Race

Wunstorf, I.S

Colours

Sat

Drivers

F. Jelinski

Car No.

Result

4th / DNF

Race Date

30/08/1987

Race

1000 Km Nurburgring

Colours

Joest

Drivers

D. Bell / H. Stuck

Car No.

Result

2nd

Race Date

13/09/1987

Race

1000 Km Spa

Colours

Joest Rothmans

Drivers

H. Stuck / B. Wollek

Car No.

Result

5th

Race Date

28/11/1987

Race

500Km Kyalami

Colours

Camel

Drivers

B. Wollek

Car No.

Result

2nd

1988 Season

Race Date
Race
Colours
Drivers
Car No.
Result

Race Date

06/03/1988

Race

800Km Jerez

Colours

Blaupunkt

Drivers

B. Wollek / K. Ludwig

Car No.

Result

3rd

Race Date

13/03/1988

Race

360Km Jarama

Colours

Blaupunkt

Drivers

K. Ludwig / B. Wollek

Car No.

Result

DNF

Race Date

11 - 12/06/1988

Race

24 Hours Le Mans

Colours

Blaupunkt

Drivers

D. Hobbs / D. Theys / F. Konrad

Car No.

Result

5th

Race Date

26/06/1988

Race

200 Meilen Norisring

Colours

Blaupunkt

Drivers

F. Konrad

Car No.

Result

DNF

Race Date

07/08/1988

Race

ADAC Diepholz

Colours

Abtel

Drivers

F. Konrad

Car No.

Result

6th

Race Date

25/09/1988

Race

ADAC Supersprint Nurburgring

Colours

Blaupunkt

Drivers

F. Konrad

Car No.

Result

8th

Race Date

26/11/1988

Race

500Km Kyalami

Colours

Sachs

Drivers

John Winter / F. Jelinski

Car No.

Result

4th

​Porsche 962-004 Works

​​​​One of three Rothmans-backed works cars, this was the number one car driven by Jackie Ickx (who won Le Mans six times), in his final year before retirement and Jochen Mass. Went on to take pole position in 1986 Le Mans 24hrs.

Porsche 962-004 Works

As the first 962 was the IMSA test bed, next to be built were the first three works 962Cs.

004 did three more races that year, all running as car number one, with the Jacky Ickx/Jochen Mass A-team at its wheel, finishing in second place at Mosport, but with non- finishes at Hockenheim and Spa. Ickx would call time on his remarkable year and retired at the end of the season.

962-004 Works Competition History

1985 Season - 2.6T

1986 Season

1987 Season

1988 Season

Porsche 962-004 Works

One of three Rothmans-backed works cars, this was the number one car driven by Jackie Ickx (who won Le Mans six times), in his final year before retirement and Jochen Mass. Went on to take pole position in 1986 Le Mans 24hrs.