Project 1 Motorsport

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Project 1 Motorsport, formerly known as tolimit Motorsport, was a German auto racing team founded by Hans-Bernd Kamps and Jörg Michaels in 1993 to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and later the Porsche Supercup. 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.[1] The team changed their name from tolimit Motorsport to Project 1 in 2013. Deutsche Post has sponsored the team since 1998.[2]

Founded1993
Founder(s)Hans-Bernd Kamps
Jörg Michaels
Folded2024
Former namestolimit Motorsport
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Germany Project 1 Motorsport
Founded1993
Founder(s)Hans-Bernd Kamps
Jörg Michaels
Folded2024
Former namestolimit Motorsport
BaseLohne, Germany
Team principal(s)Marcel Jürgens-Wichmann
Axel Funke
Former series24H Series
DTM Trophy
FIA World Endurance Championship
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
BMW M2 Cup
Current driversItaly Matteo Cairoli
United States P. J. Hyett
United States Gunnar Jeannette
Portugal Guilherme Oliveira
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Dominican Republic Efrin Castro
Germany Marco Wittmann
Germany Sandro Holzem
Teams'
Championships
Carrera Cup Germany:
2005, 2011, 2012, 2015
FIA WEC:
2018–19 GTE-Am
Drivers'
Championships
Carrera Cup Germany:
2005: Christian Menzel
2012: René Rast
2014: Philipp Eng
2015: Philipp Eng
Porsche Supercup:
2015: Philipp Eng
FIA WEC:
2018–19 GTE-Am
Websitewww.project-1.de
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Former Carrera Cup Germany champions for the team include Christian Menzel, René Rast, and Philipp Eng, while Eng also won Project 1's sole Supercup title in 2015.[3]

The team filed for bankruptcy in early 2024.[4]

Jeroen Bleekemolen competing for tolimit Motorsport in the 2011 Porsche Supercup

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans

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Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 Germany Team Project 1 56 Porsche 911 RSR Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
LMGTE Am 332 34th 7th
2019 Germany Team Project 1 56 Porsche 911 RSR Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
LMGTE Am 334 31st 1st
2020 Germany Team Project 1 56 Porsche 911 RSR Italy Matteo Cairoli
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Netherlands Larry ten Voorde
LMGTE Am 339 27th 4th
57 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Ben Keating
326 40th 14th
89 France "Steve Brooks"
Greece Andreas Laskaratos
France Julien Piguet
313 43rd 16th
2021 Chinese Taipei HubAuto Racing[5][6] 72 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Belgium Maxime Martin
Portugal Álvaro Parente
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
LMGTE Pro 227 DNF DNF
Germany Team Project 1 46 Norway Anders Buchardt
United States Robby Foley
Norway Dennis Olsen
LMGTE Am 138 DNF DNF
56 Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Riccardo Pera
Norway Egidio Perfetti
84 DNF DNF
2022 Germany Team Project 1 46 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Italy Matteo Cairoli
Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
LMGTE Am 77 DNF DNF
56 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
241 DNF DNF
2023 Germany Project 1 – AO 56 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Italy Matteo Cairoli
United States P. J. Hyett
United States Gunnar Jeannette
LMGTE Am 309 35th 7th
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Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2023 BMW M4 GT3 Germany Marco Wittmann 16 0 0 1 0 91 13th 11th
Germany Sandro Holzem 10 0 0 0 0 0 30th
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DTM Trophy

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2022 BMW M4 GT4 Netherlands Colin Caresani 14 4 1 4 7 188 2nd 1st
Germany Louis Henkefend 14 1 0 0 1 91 7th
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