Porsche brings the “Pink Pig” back, this time to Formula E
01/05/2026
From Le Mans icon to electric future
For its home race at the Berlin E-Prix, Porsche will run its Formula E 99X Electric in the iconic Pink Pig livery, a design that first shocked the motorsport world back in 1971. Originally created for the Porsche 917/20, the livery wasn’t meant to be subtle. Designed by Anatole Lapine, it mapped butcher-style cuts across the car’s bodywork, turning a race car into something that looked… unmistakably like a pig.
The car that shouldn’t have worked
The 917/20 itself was an experiment. A collaboration between Porsche and French aerodynamics specialists SERA, it combined elements of the short-tail 917K and long-tail 917LH. The result was a wider, rounder, more extreme interpretation, designed to reduce drag while maximizing stability.
Visually, it was unlike anything else on the grid. Competitively, it showed real promise. Running as high as third during the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Pink Pig looked set to prove itself. Until it didn’t. A brake failure ended its race prematurely. But by then, it had already secured something far more valuable than a victory, immortality.
Redemption, decades later
Porsche doesn’t forget its icons. In 2018, the Pink Pig returned, this time on a 911 RSR at Le Mans. And this time, the story ended differently. Driven by Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre, and Laurens Vanthoor, the #92 car didn’t just perform.
It won. After 344 laps, the Pink Pig finally delivered what it had been denied decades earlier, a victory in the GTE Pro class. A story completed. A legacy reinforced.
Now, Pink Pig meets electric racing
Fast forward to 2026. The Pink Pig now lands in Formula E, wrapped around the fully electric Porsche 99X Electric, marking a symbolic moment in Porsche’s 75 years of motorsport history. And the timing couldn’t be better.
The Berlin E-Prix is Porsche’s home race. The team arrives leading the Drivers’, Teams’, and Manufacturers’ standings, with Pascal Wehrlein at the top of the championship. On paper, Formula E couldn’t be further from Le Mans. Electric powertrains. Street circuits. Energy management instead of fuel strategy. But look closer, and the philosophy remains the same.
Efficiency. Innovation. Precision. The same values that defined the 917/20 now define the 99X Electric, just in a different era. And that’s exactly what makes this livery so powerful. It connects two worlds that, at first glance, shouldn’t overlap.
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We love this. And we mean that. Because in a world where electric racing sometimes struggles to create emotional connection, Porsche just found a way to bridge that gap instantly.
The Pink Pig isn’t just a design. It’s storytelling. It reminds people why they fell in love with motorsport in the first place, before lap times, before data, before algorithms.
