Project 1 Motorsport

{{Short description|German motorsport team}}

{{Infobox motor racing team

| name = {{flagicon|DEU}} Project 1 Motorsport

| logo =File:DTM Sachsenring (53184550462).jpg

| founded = 1993

| base = Lohne, Germany

| principal = Marcel Jürgens-Wichmann
Axel Funke

| founders = Hans-Bernd Kamps
Jörg Michaels

| current series =

| former series = 24H Series
DTM Trophy
FIA World Endurance Championship
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
BMW M2 Cup

| driver titles = 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

| current drivers = {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Cairoli
{{flagicon|USA}} P. J. Hyett
{{flagicon|USA}} Gunnar Jeannette
{{flagicon|POR}} Guilherme Oliveira
{{flagicon|POR}} Miguel Ramos
{{flagicon|DOM}} Efrin Castro
{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Wittmann
{{flagicon|GER}} Sandro Holzem

| team titles = Carrera Cup Germany:
2005, 2011, 2012, 2015
FIA WEC:
2018–19 GTE-Am

| folded =2024

|Website=[http://project-1.de/ www.project-1.de]|former names=tolimit Motorsport}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/bergmeister-lindsey-headline-project-1-porsche-lineup/|title=Bergmeister, Lindsey Headline Project 1 Porsche Lineup|publisher=Sportscar365|last=Kilshaw|first=Jake|date=9 February 2018|access-date=6 May 2018}} The team changed their name from tolimit Motorsport to Project 1 in 2013. Deutsche Post has sponsored the team since 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschepost.de/de/s/sportsponsoring/carreracup.html|title= Porsche Carrera Cup|publisher=Deutsche Post|access-date=6 May 2018}}

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.{{cite news|last1=Bonham|first1=Lee|title=PORSCHE MOBIL1 SUPERCUP: 2015 SEASON REVIEW – A ROUNDABOUT YEAR|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2015/11/169417/|access-date=6 May 2018|work=thecheckeredflag.co.uk|publisher=The Checkered Flag|date=24 November 2015|quote=So after another all action season in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, Philipp Eng stands tall as the latest victor of Porsche’s premier category.}}

The team filed for bankruptcy in early 2024.{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Jamie |date=27 February 2024 |title=Project 1 Motorsport Files for Bankruptcy |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/project-1-motorsport-files-for-bankruptcy/ |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=sportscar365}}

File:J Bleekemolen Monza 2011.jpg competing for tolimit Motorsport in the 2011 Porsche Supercup]]

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Current series results

= Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
valign="top"

! Year

! Car

! Drivers

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! D.C.

! T.C.

rowspan="2" |2023

| rowspan="2" |BMW M4 GT3

|{{flagicon|DEU}} Marco Wittmann

|16

|0

|0

|1

|0

|91

|13th

| rowspan="2" |11th

{{flagicon|DEU}} Sandro Holzem

|10

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|30th

Former series results

= DTM Trophy =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
valign="top"

! Year

! Car

! Drivers

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! D.C.

! T.C.

rowspan="2" |2022

| rowspan="2" |BMW M4 GT4

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Colin Caresani

|14

|4

|1

|4

|7

|188

|style="background:#dfdfdf;" |2nd

| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffffbf;" |1st

{{Flagicon|GER}} Louis Henkefend

|14

|1

|0

|0

|1

|91

|7th

References

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