{"id":9888,"date":"2023-11-03T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2023-11-04T09:39:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T09:39:30","slug":"grello-the-porsche-911-that-has-its-own-cult-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=9888","title":{"rendered":"Grello: the Porsche 911 that has its own cult following"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In issue 9, we delve deep into the history of a Porsche 911 that has its own Instagram page, its own following and a name that makes it sound like it comes straight out of a Peter Jackson movie: Grello.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grello of the N\u00fcrburgring. Sounds like a movie in the making already, doesn\u2019t it? In our special on 60 years Porsche 911<\/a>, George East does a deep dive in the history \u2013 ongoing \u2013 of one of the most famous 911 liveries ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green Hell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Germany, Grello has become an icon, a bit like a Marvel character, but 911-shaped. The myth grew over the last 17 years, through Manthey Racing\u2019s efforts on the N\u00fcrburgring 24 Hours, run on the Nordschleife. Nicknamed \u2018the Green Hell\u2019, the Nordschleife is still the world\u2019s toughest track, with foul weather \u2013 fog, showers, hail storms, you name it – often leading to near-impossible racing conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manthey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Porsche may be the undisputed ruler at Le Mans, but on the N\u00fcrburgring, it\u2019s track record was less glorious. Until Olaf Manthey \u2013 a former racer himself \u2013 put the full effort of his team behind it. As he points out in the article, Grello would not exist without its predecessor \u2018Dicke\u2019, or \u2018the little fat kid\u2019. Dicke in itself became a bit of a legend in the VLN races, run exclusively in the Green Hell. Choosing to run it in vivid green and yellow \u201cbecause it would be easier to spot in traffic\u201d, according to Manthey, proved the start of a legend. Manthey Racing would win the N\u00fcrburgring 24 \u2013 or N24 \u2013 no less than five times with one of the \u2018Dicke\u2019 911s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAlways spectacular\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, Manthey sold his team to Nicki and Martin Raeder, who kept the name Manthey Racing. It would prove to be a new start, with Porsche acquiring a stake as well, making Manthey a satellite factory team. The green and yellow theme was further developed, trademarked even. With different generations of the 911 GT3 R, more victories followed. As K\u00e9vin Estre says in issue 9: \u201cI always tend to do something spectacular with (Grello), whether it be winning the N24 or crashing it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vanthoor takes out Vanthoor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grello stands synonymous with drama, seldom better shown than in 2022, when Laurens Vanthoor<\/a> put himself in an impossible position with Grello, resulting in contact with his brother Dries. The move had disastrous consequences for Grello. A case of red mist, as Laurens Vanthoor quickly conceded. With Manthey operating in the vicinity of the N\u00fcrburgring, it is very much the home team, and it grew a cult following. The \u2018Green and Yellow\u2019 \u2013 Grello, yes? \u2013 fan club takes over town when N24 gears up. For them, all the other cars are 911s, but Grello, that\u2019s a special one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Issue 9, you can read the full story, told by Olaf Manthey, Nicki Raeder and K\u00e9vin Estre. Now available<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In issue 9, we delve deep into the history of a Porsche 911 that has its own Instagram page, its own following and a name that makes it sound like it comes straight out of a Peter Jackson movie: Grello. Grello of the N\u00fcrburgring. Sounds like a movie in the making already, doesn\u2019t it? In…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,190,111],"tags":[1396,1393,1390,1391,1392,1394,1395,521,541,137,138,1397,160],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-9888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-from-tazio-magazine","category-main-article","category-tazio-the-magazine","tag-dicke","tag-dries-vanthoor","tag-grello","tag-kevin-estre","tag-laurens-vanthoor","tag-manthey-racing","tag-nicki-raeder","tag-nurburgring","tag-olaf-manthey","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-911","tag-porsche-911-gt3-r","tag-tazio-magazine","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/N24H22D_7224.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9896,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions\/9896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9888"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fthb-sponsors&post=9888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}