
Porsche 935/76 Martini Racing #1 R. Stommelen / M. Schurti ADAC 1000km Nurburgring 1976 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 400766301
- Year
- 1976
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group 5 & Silhouette Racing
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Porsche 935/76 Martini Racing #1 R. Stommelen / M. Schurti ADAC 1000km Nurburgring 1976 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Porsche 935/76 is a sealed-body diecast of the factory Martini Racing entry driven by Rolf Stommelen and Manfred Schurti at the 1976 ADAC 1000km Nürburgring, the debut season for Porsche's Group 5 silhouette racer built from the 911 Turbo.
Group 5 rules of the mid-1970s let manufacturers push a production shape to its aerodynamic and mechanical limits, and Porsche's answer was the 935, a car whose flared arches and low nose barely hinted at its 911 origins. This 1:43 diecast puts Martini's factory colors on that silhouette.
The Porsche 935 and Group 5 Silhouette Racing
From 911 Turbo Platform to Homologation Special
Group 5 regulations of the era permitted extensive bodywork modification as long as the roof and basic monocoque of a homologated production car survived intact, and the 935 exploited that freedom fully. Starting from the 911 Turbo, Porsche's engineers widened the arches dramatically, lowered the nose into a smooth, slot-headlight profile, and fitted a rear wing sized for genuine downforce rather than styling. 1976 was the car's first season, run by the factory squad as the sport's new benchmark for what a silhouette racer could become, years before privateer teams pushed the concept further with flat-nose variants.
Martini Racing's Livery and Factory Backing
Martini's sponsorship of Porsche's competition program produced one of motorsport's most recognizable liveries, the wide red-and-blue stripe set against white that this car carries as entry number 1. Rolf Stommelen and Manfred Schurti, both established Porsche factory drivers through the 1970s, shared the cockpit for the ADAC 1000km at the Nürburgring, a round of the World Championship for Makes that tested the 935 across the Nordschleife's demanding combination of corners. Collectors assembling a Martini-liveried shelf will recognize the stripe treatment from Porsche's later 936 and 956 programs, a visual thread running across nearly a decade of factory racing.
Minichamps' Diecast Rendering of the #1 Car
Sealed Shell, Sharp Shutlines
At 1:43, Minichamps builds this 935 as a single fixed-body casting rather than engineering hinges for doors that, on the real Group 5 car, were themselves heavily reinforced racing components. That choice keeps the flared arches and rear wing mounts crisp, with no gap tolerance softening the wide bodywork's dramatic lines. The zinc alloy shell carries genuine weight for its footprint, a small but noticeable difference from lighter mass-market alternatives at the same scale, and the ride height sits notably low, exactly as the real car's aerodynamic package demanded.
Livery Registration and Period Correct Detail
The Martini stripes wrap continuously across the flared arches and rear wing without misalignment at the panel transitions, a registration challenge a sealed body actually simplifies since there is no shutline to interrupt the paint. Race number 1 is applied cleanly on the doors and nose, sponsor decals stay legible under magnification, and the deep front spoiler and vented rear arches carry proportions correct for the 1976-specification car. At Minichamps' collector-grade price point, that level of livery precision is what separates this piece from the simplified graphics typical of toy-aisle diecast covering the same subject, and the wheels carry period-correct centerlock detail that rewards a raking display light.
A Cornerstone for a Group 5 Collection
This 935 anchors any shelf built around Porsche's factory silhouette-racing era, pairing naturally with later Martini-liveried 936 and 956 models to trace the sponsorship across three very different regulatory periods. At 1:43, several such prototypes fit comfortably across one cabinet shelf, letting a collector build out an entire decade of Group 5 and Group C racing without the space demands of larger scales. Keep it away from direct light for long-term display, since the white base coat is the first area to show any fading over years on a shelf.















