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Project 1 Motorsport, formerly known as tolimit Motorsport, was a German 
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...
team founded by Hans-Bernd Kamps and Jörg Michaels in 1993 to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, (currently known as Porsche SIXT Carrera Cup Deutschland; known as Porsche 944 Turbo Cup between 1986–1989) is a one-make racing series by Porsche based in Germany.
Champions
Circuits
* Adria International ...
and later the Porsche Supercup
The Porsche Supercup (officially known as Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, known as Porsche Michelin Supercup prior to 2007 and often abbreviated as PSC) is an international One-design racing, one-make production stock car racing series supporting the ...
. Based in Lohne, the team has won eighteen championships in the two Porsche series, and has expanded in 2018 to the FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...
. The team changed their name from tolimit Motorsport to Project 1 in 2013. Deutsche Post
(, ) is a brand of the DHL Group (listed as ), used for its domestic mail services in Germany. The services offered under the brand are those of a traditional mail service, making the brand the successor of the former state-owned mail monopoly ...
has sponsored the team since 1998.
Former Carrera Cup Germany champions for the team include Christian Menzel
Christian Menzel (born 22 June 1971 in Langenfeld (Rheinland)) is a German racing driver.
His career started in 1981 in Karts. Since 1991 he competed in ADAC BMW Formula Junior, later Formula Renault and since 1994 Formula 3.
In 1998 he won tog ...
, René Rast
René Rast (; born 26 October 1986) is a Germans, German professional racing driver and the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, 2017, 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, 2019 and 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, 2020 DTM champion. He last compete ...
, and Philipp Eng
Philipp Eng (born 28 February 1990 in Salzburg) is an Austrian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.
Career
Karting
Eng started karting in 2003, by competing in KF2, Intercontinental A Junior karts, competing in the Andre ...
, while Eng also won Project 1's sole Supercup title in 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
.
The team filed for bankruptcy in early 2024.
Current series results
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Former series results
DTM Trophy
References
External links
* {{Official, http://project-1.de Porsche Supercup teams FIA World Endurance Championship teams German auto racing teams 1993 establishments in Germany Auto racing teams established in 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans teams Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters teams ADAC GT Masters teams