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Porsche 911 GT1 #25 B. Wollek / T. Boutsen / H-J. Stuck 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43

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Porsche 911 GT1 #25 B. Wollek / T. Boutsen / H-J. Stuck 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43 403966625 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Porsche 911 GT1 reproduces car number 25 from the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1996, the GT1 programme's debut year, driven by Bob Wollek, Thierry Boutsen and Hans-Joachim Stuck to a podium finish behind the winning works prototype. The sealed zinc-alloy body carries the factory livery in crisp, tampo-printed detail across an unbroken shell, a genuine highlight for any Le Mans or Porsche GT racing display.
Porsche 911 GT1 #25 B. Wollek / T. Boutsen / H-J. Stuck 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43
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Car Brand
Porsche
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
403966625
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About the Porsche 911 GT1 #25 B. Wollek / T. Boutsen / H-J. Stuck 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Porsche 911 GT1 reproduces car number 25 from the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1996, the GT1 programme's debut year, driven by Bob Wollek, Thierry Boutsen and Hans-Joachim Stuck to a podium finish. The sealed zinc-alloy body carries the factory racing livery across a one-piece shell.

A road-car silhouette hid something entirely different underneath on the 911 GT1, a mid-engined racing chassis wearing a front end borrowed from Porsche's most famous model purely to satisfy homologation rules. Its first Le Mans outing in 1996 proved the concept immediately, and car number 25 was one half of that result.

The GT1 Programme's Debut Le Mans Campaign

A Purpose-Built Racer Wearing a 911's Face

Despite its name and its unmistakable 911-derived nose, the GT1 shared very little mechanical architecture with the road car it appeared to be based on. Porsche mounted the turbocharged racing engine ahead of the rear axle rather than behind it, in a purpose-built chassis designed from the outset for GT1-class competition rather than adapted from an existing production platform. That front end came from the 911 largely to satisfy homologation rules requiring some visual and technical connection to a road-going model, a common workaround among GT1-class manufacturers in the mid-1990s. The result was a car that looked familiar from the outside but behaved like a purebred racing prototype the moment it hit a straight or a braking zone.

Wollek, Boutsen and Stuck's Podium Run in 1996

Bob Wollek, Thierry Boutsen and Hans-Joachim Stuck shared car number 25 for the GT1's first Le Mans appearance in 1996, a trio with decades of combined experience between them across sportscars and, in Boutsen's case, Formula One. The car finished on the podium, second overall behind the winning works prototype, an immediate and emphatic result for a car making its competitive debut at the world's toughest endurance race. For a brand-new GT1-class programme to reach the podium first time out at Le Mans said as much about the car's fundamental soundness as any amount of pre-season testing could have.

A Podium Livery Reproduced in Sealed Diecast

Factory Graphics Without a Broken Panel Line

This 911 GT1 is a single sealed casting with no opening doors, bonnet or boot, the construction Minichamps uses across its 1:43 racing range, and one that suits a factory Le Mans livery loaded with sponsor and team graphics. The number 25 identification and the full sponsor artwork run in one continuous tampo-printed field across the doors and rear deck, without a shut line breaking the design at any point. Given how closely collectors compare a podium-finishing Le Mans livery against period photographs, that continuous, uninterrupted print quality matters more here than on a less scrutinised subject.

Zinc Alloy Build Quality for a Le Mans Highlight

Zinc alloy construction gives the model genuine weight in the hand, helping the GT1's distinctive long tail and rear wing assembly hold their moulded shape without warping across years of display. Panel fit around the wide arches and front splitter stays tight and consistent, with no visible casting flash. Wheels and tyres follow correct GT1-spec proportions, and the paintwork carries a deep, consistent gloss on the hard metal shell that holds up well under typical cabinet lighting. Nothing about the finish here reads like an afterthought squeezed into a lower price bracket.

A Genuine Highlight for a Le Mans Collection

This podium-finishing GT1 stands as one of the stronger subjects in any Porsche endurance racing display, marking both the model's debut season and a result serious enough to anchor a wider Le Mans-themed shelf. At 1:43, it sits naturally alongside the winning works prototype from the same race, or against later GT1 evolutions from the following season, letting a collector build the full story of Porsche's short but successful GT1 era. As with any sealed-body diecast at this scale, cockpit and roll cage detail stays simplified behind the glazing, a fair trade given how much of this subject's value comes from livery accuracy and race-proven history.

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