1992 was supposed to signify the end of the World Sportscar Championship. Porsche pulled out after seeing that their 962 could not be a winning vehicle against the Peugot and Toyotas.
Jesus Pareja was contacted by Euroracing Lola, run by Dutchman Charles Zwolsmann. He accepted the drive and would be backed by Repsol –albeit not to the extent of his Brun Motorsport days.
Despite the death of the WSC series, other championships provided a competitive outlet, such as the Interserie, the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and many more. The big change was the vehicle requirement, which now specified convertibles.
Repsol continued to take part. Despite a move to GT Racing in 1994, sporadically brilliant performances such as the Jarama and Le Mans races live long in the memory. Kremer Motorsport took over from Brun, with brothers Erwin and Manfred Kremer (former winners at Le Mans and Daytona) using a K–8 which was a convertible Porsche 962 with a Thompson chassis.
Tomas Saldaña, at times accompanied by Alfonso de Orleans, was the fastest driver in the class. His participation at Le Mans behind the wheel of a K–8 ended with an engine breakage in a nighttime crash, but in 1996 he would take a podium there –as well as at Jarama. Repsol-Kremer took third and sixth in the 4 Hours of Jarama at the end of 1997, with entries which complemented the GT calendar. Saldaña and Orleans drove Porsches 911s that year.
