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Germany Proton Competition
Founded1996
Team principal(s)Christian Ried
Current seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
IMSA Sportscar Championship
GT World Challenge Europe
Former seriesBPR Global GT Series
FIA GT Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Le Mans Series
Current driversGermany Christopher Mies
Norway Dennis Olsen
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Belgium Alessio Picariello
United States Ryan Hardwick
Italy Giammarco Levorato
United States Corey Lewis
United Kingdom Ben Barker
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Italy Giorgio Roda
Italy Matteo Cairoli
France Macéo Capietto
Germany Jonas Ried
Germany Jonas Ried
Austria René Binder
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
France Julien Andlauer
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Switzerland Neel Jani
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Teams'
Championships
5 (LMS 2009, 2010, ILMC 2010) GT2, (ELMS 2018, 2020, 2023) GTE
Drivers'
Championships
3 (LMS 2009, 2010) GT2, (ELMS 2020) GTE
Websitehttp://proton-competition.com

Proton Competition (also formerly racing as Dempsey-Proton Racing or Team Felbermayr-Proton) is a German auto racing team is based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. It was founded by Gerold Ried, and is currently owned by his son Christian Ried. The team currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with a customer Porsche 963 and a factory-supported Ford Mustang GT3. It also competes in the European Le Mans Series with the Oreca 07 and the Porsche 911. They also have a racing program in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, racing with a customer Porsche 963 and a factory-supported Ford Mustang GT3.

History

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Beginnings and early years

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The team was founded in 1996 by Gerold Ried. Ried entered two GT2-spec Porsche 911 GT2 to compete it in the BPR Global GT Series. Both cars #51 and #69 got six points each in the Teams Championship. 1997 saw Proton compete in the inaugural FIA GT Championship season running one 911 GT2. The team earned only one point throughout the season. Proton also competed at that year's Daytona 24 Hours which saw the team finish 27th overall. Between 1998 and 2002 saw little success for the team. They competed in the same 911 GT2 between these years mostly with the father/son partnership of Gerold and Christian Ried. The team raced the same car in the first few races of the 2003 season before moving down a class from GT to N-GT after purchasing a Porsche 996 GT3-RS They only picked up one point in the season at the final round in Monza.

2004–2006

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Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 996 GT3-RS at the 2006 FIA GT Dubai 500km

Things picked up for the team in 2004 where the team finished fourth in the Teams Championship. Their best race finish was third at the opening round in Monza, the same venue where they scored their only point in the 2003 season. 2005 saw Proton finish second in the Teams Championship, although in a GT2 class that was simply dominated by Gruppe M Racing who won every race in the GT2 class that season. Proton earned 45 points, some 135 points behind Gruppe M. Team Cytosport finished fourth in the LMP1 teams championship. The team changed its name for the upcoming 2006 season to Team Felbermayr-Proton after Horst Felbermayr Sr. became part of the team. A new colour scheme was also introduced changing from the orange/red and black to a light blue livery, a similar livery to the one used by the team now. It did not bring them as much success as 2005 however, with the team finishing fifth in the Teams Championship. The driver pairing of Christian Ried and Horst Felbermayr Jr. finished eleventh in the Drivers Championship.

2007

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Seikel Motorsport/Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR in the pit garage at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans

2007 was the year that the team progressed into the Le Mans Series. They competed with three cars in the 2007 season in the GT2 class; No. 77 was a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR driven by Marc Lieb and Xavier Pompidou, No. 79 a 996 GT3-RSR driven by Gerold Ried, Horst Felbermayr Sr. and Philip Collin, and No. 88 a 997 GT3-RSR driven by Christian Ried and Horst Felbermayr Jr accompanied by a third driver in some races which included Thomas Grüber, Marc Basseng and Johannes Stuck.

The best of these trio of cars was No. 77 which took second place in the Teams Championship only three points behind winners Virgo Motorsport. The driver pairing of Lieb and Pompidou also took second in the Drivers Championship, 9 points behind Rob Bell of Virgo Motorsport and JMB Racing. Car 77 won three of the six races in the season. Car No. 88 only managed to pick up seven points finishing eleventh in the Teams Championship level on points with JMB Racing. Car No. 79 did not pick up any points.

The team also contested selected rounds in the FIA GT Championship that year finishing with only one points scoring race which was eight points at the Bucharest 2 Hours with cars No. 66 and 69 finishing second and seventh respectively.

2007 was also the year that the team made their début at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team contested the 75th running of the famous event partnering Seikel Motorsport. The father and son partnership of Horst Felbermayr Jr. and Sr. alongside Philip Collin were the drivers in car No. 71. Qualifying didn't go well with the car qualifying in 52nd position out of 54 cars. The race didn't last long either with the car retiring after 68 laps due to a problem with the electrics.

2008

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Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR at the 2008 1000km of Silverstone

Team Felbermayr-Proton's 2008 campaign was similar to 2007's. They would compete every round of the Le Mans Series, selected round in the FIA GT Championship and compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The team raced two cars in the LMS rather than three in 2007 with Marc Lieb joined by Alex Davison in car No. 77 while car No. 88 was piloted by the two Horst Felbermayrs and Christian Ried. Despite not winning any races, car 77 finished second in the Teams Championship finishing once again behind Virgo Motorsport with a gap of 5 points this time round. Car 88 finished eighth place with ten points, level with Farnbacher Racing.

The team only competed one round in FIA GT which was the FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours. The team scored no points in either of the two races that weekend.

The team made its full début at Le Mans with no partnership from Seikel Motorsport this time round. The teams' line up for Le Mans was Horst Felbermayr Sr. Alex Davison and Wolf Henzler. Qualifying went well with car 77 qualifying in second place in the GT2 class behind 2007 class winners IMSA Performance Matmut. They were not able to retain their second place qualifying position during the race but finished a respectable fifth place in class and 27th overall.

2009

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Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR at the 2009 1000 km of Spa

The 2009 season was Felbermayr-Proton's most successful season to date. Marc Lieb remained in car 77 for the 2009 season with Richard Lietz becoming his teammate replacing Alex Davison. Horst Felbermayr Jr. and Christian Ried remained in car 88 with Felbermayr Sr. replaced by Francisco Cruz Martins. It was car 77 that earned all of the success for the team winning three of the five races and winning the Teams Championship by just one point ahead of JMW Motorsport, with car 88 finishing tenth in the standings earning five points. The pair drivers of Lieb and Lietz also won the Drivers Championship beating JMW drivers Rob Bell and Gianmaria Bruni by a point. The team entered the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans with essentially two cars with No. 77 driven by LMS regulars Lieb and Lietz, who were joined by Wolf Henzler. They also partnered IMSA Performance Matmut who are long time Porsche competitors with car No. 70 with the two Felbermayrs racing alongside Matmut driver Michel Lecourt. The team were pretty confident going into the race after qualifying where they repeated their 2008 qualifying position of second in the GT2 class. The team narrowly missed out on pole position by only 0.030 seconds behind American Porsche competitors Flying Lizard Motorsports. Unfortunately their race came to a very early end after just 24 laps when car 77 ran out of fuel. The IMSA/Felbermayr car 70 soon followed by retiring on the 102nd lap. Felbermayr-Proton wrapped up their season when they contested the inaugural round of the Asian Le Mans Series and indeed the only round of the season in Asia. The race was at Okayama in Japan and the team brought over the two cars but mixed the driver pairings up a bit. All four drivers were German. Marc Lieb was joined by Le Mans teammate Wolf Henzler in No. 77 and Christian Ried was joined in No. 88 by Marco Holzer. Both cars finished second and fourth in class respectively.

2010

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Car No. 88 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR at the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans

The team hoped to continue their 2009 success in 2010. The team retained their No. 77 championship winning line up of Lieb and Lietz for the 2010 season with Christian Ried retaining his No. 88 seat alongside Martin Ragginger for the season. Porsche factory drivers Patrick Long and Romain Dumas also joined car 88 for a few of the LMS events. Car 77 once again was the force to be reckoned with winning three of the five races and once again winning the Teams Championship. They finished a comfortable 21 points ahead of second place team AF Corse. Car 88 was a lot more competitive than in previous years finishing fourth in the standings. Lieb and Lietz also retained their Drivers Championship titles beating the AF Corse trio of Jean Alesi, Giancarlo Fisichella and Toni Vilander by 21 points.

2010 was the inaugural season of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, a global endurance racing series that mixes in with events like the Le Mans Series and the American Le Mans Series. It is the first of its kind since the World Sportscar Championship last run in 1992. The 2010 edition was a sort of prologue to a proper season with three events with one event in Europe, America and Asia. Felbermayr-Proton took part in the European and Asian rounds at Silverstone and Zhuhai. The team won the championship with 72 points, 15 points ahead of LMS rivals AF Corse. As it was a series for teams and manufacturers, a drivers championship was not awarded.

For the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, the team hoped that their championship winning car could prove its status this time round after a disappointing early exit in last years edition. The previous year's car 77 trio of Lieb, Lietz and Henzler remained while car 88 saw the father/son duo of the Felbermayrs return being joined by Slovakian racer Miro Konopka. Qualifying went reasonably well for No. 77 qualifying fourth in class while No. 88 started second last. The race however was a completely different story with car 77 taking the GT2 class victory at Le Mans in 2010 beating Ferrari, Corvette and fellow Porsche factory teams. It was Marc Lieb's second class victory, winning the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GT2 category with Alex Job Racing. Richard Lietz also won his second class victory in 2010 after winning the GT2 class in his first Le Mans race in 2007 with IMSA Performance Matmut. It was Wolf Henzler's first class victory at Le Mans. Car 88 did reasonably well finishing eighth in a highly competitive GT2 class.

2011

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The 2011 Le Mans Series season saw the GT2 class split to two classes LM GTE Pro and LM GTE Am. GTE Pro was for teams using 2011 spec cars or older and were allowed have a fully professional (gold and platinum) driver line up. GTE Am was for teams with 2010 spec cars or older and could only have one professional or gold category driver in the line up. The team raced with two cars with once in each class. Car 77 was a 2011 spec Porsche 997 GT3-RSR in LM GTE Pro driven by champions Lieb and Lietz. Car 88 was an older spec GT3-RSR competing in the LM GTE Am class and was driven by Horst Felbermayr Jr. and Christian Ried with appearances from Felbermayr Sr. and Bryce Miller in some of the rounds. In GTE Pro, the team finished third in the Teams Championship, sadly not earning three championships in a row. The GTE Am Porsche also finished third in the championship out of four competitors and picked up a win in the opening round at Paul Ricard.

The team competed in that year's ILMC but only in the GTE Am class and restoring the old Proton Competition name of yesteryear. The car used was No. 63 and had many different driver combinations throughout the seven-round season with Christian Ried racing in all but one of the events. Proton finished third in the championship with 52 points.

The team went into the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans in two classes as well as being the reigning GT2 Le Mans winners. They kept the Lieb/Lietz/Henzler alliance that won Le Mans in 2010 for their No. 77 GTE Pro car while the GTE Am car No. 63 was driven by team boss Christian Ried and the two Felbermayrs. Proton also operated an extra 911 GT3-RSR No. 88 in the Pro class, driven by Nick Tandy, Abdulaziz al-Faisal and Bryce Miller. The two Pro cars qualified in the middle of the pack while the Am car qualified second fastest in class. Out of the three cars, No. 77 was the only one that finished which was fourth in class. Car No. 63's race came to an end near dawn on the 199th lap when the No. 74 Corvette Racing car in GTE Pro went to lap the Proton Competition car driven by Felbermayr Sr. at the time. Corvette driver Jan Magnussen who was leading in the Pro class at the time, tried to lap the Porsche on the inside of the final part of the Porsche Curves rather than around the outside. The Corvette C6.R went onto the grass and spun hitting the driver's side of the Porsche head on injuring Felbermayr Sr., who was the oldest driver competing at Le Mans in 2011. Car No. 88 retired thirty laps previously.

2012

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Proton Competition announced plans to campaign in the inaugural season of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 with two cars in GTE Pro and GTE Am. Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz would be the regular season pair in the GTE Pro car while Christian Ried and Gianluca Roda were scheduled to compete in the GTE Am Porsche.

2015

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Proton Competition teamed with Dempsey Racing at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1] The team qualified 5th and finished 2nd in the LM GTE-AM class with drivers Marco Seefried, Patrick Long, and Patrick Dempsey driving the number 77 Dempsey/Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR.[2]

Racing record

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Proton Competition's Porsche 963 at the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
Proton Competition's Ford Mustang GT3 at the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 77 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Australia Alex Davison
Austria Horst Felbermayr
Germany Wolf Henzler
LMGT2 309 27th 5th
2009 France IMSA Performance Matmut
Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton
70 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Austria Horst Felbermayr
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
France Michel Lecourt
LMGT2 102 DNF DNF
Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 77 Germany Wolf Henzler
Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
24 DNF DNF
2010 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 77 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Germany Wolf Henzler
Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
LMGT2 338 11th 1st
88 Austria Horst Felbermayr
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Slovakia Miro Konôpka
304 24th 8th
2011 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 77 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Germany Wolf Henzler
Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
LMGTE Pro 312 16th 4th
88 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal
United States Bryce Miller
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
169 DNF DNF
Germany Proton Competition 63 Austria Horst Felbermayr
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Germany Christian Ried
LMGTE Am 199 DNF DNF
2012 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 77 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Germany Wolf Henzler
Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
LMGTE Pro 185 DNF DNF
88 Germany Christian Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
LMGTE Am 222 DNF DNF
2013 United States Dempsey Del Piero-Proton 77 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Joe Foster
United States Patrick Long
LMGTE Am 305 28th 4th
Germany Proton Competition 88 Germany Christian Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
300 35th 8th
2014 United States Dempsey Racing-Proton 77 Porsche 911 RSR United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Joe Foster
United States Patrick Long
LMGTE Am 329 24th 5th
Germany Proton Competition 88 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Christian Ried
332 21st 2nd
2015 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Porsche 911 RSR United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Patrick Long
Germany Marco Seefried
LMGTE Am 331 22nd 2nd
Germany Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing 88 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Christian Ried
44 DNF DNF
2016 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Porsche 911 RSR Denmark Michael Christensen
Austria Philipp Eng
Austria Richard Lietz
LMGTE Pro 329 31st 8th
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing 88 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
United States Patrick Long
LMGTE Am 330 28th 3rd
Germany Proton Competition 89 United States Leh Keen
United States Cooper MacNeil[N 1]
United States Marc Miller
50 DNF DNF
2017 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Porsche 911 RSR Italy Matteo Cairoli
Germany Marvin Dienst
Germany Christian Ried
LMGTE Am 329 34th 6th
Germany Proton Competition 88 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Austria Klaus Bachler
Belgium Stéphane Lémeret
18 DNF DNF
93 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal
United States Mike Hedlund
United States Patrick Long
329 37th 9th
2018 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Porsche 911 RSR France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Christian Ried
LMGTE Am 335 25th 1st
88 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Giorgio Roda
225 DNF DNF
Germany Proton Competition 99 United States Patrick Long
United States Tim Pappas
United States Spencer Pumpelly
334 29th 4th
Italy Ebimotors[4] 80 Italy Fabio Babini
France Erik Maris
Denmark Christina Nielsen
332 31st 6th
2019 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Porsche 911 RSR France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Christian Ried
LMGTE Am 332 34th 4th
88 Italy Matteo Cairoli
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Italy Giorgio Roda
79 DNF DNF
99 Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United States Tracy Krohn
United States Patrick Long
0 WD WD
Germany Proton Competition 78 Monaco Vincent Abril
Monaco Louis Prette
Monaco Philippe Prette
332 36th 6th
2020 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Porsche 911 RSR Australia Matt Campbell
Italy Riccardo Pera
Germany Christian Ried
LMGTE Am 339 25th 2nd
88 United States Dominique Bastien
Belgium Adrien de Leener
Austria Thomas Preining
238 NC NC
99 France Julien Andlauer
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Switzerland Lucas Légeret
331 36th 10th
Germany Proton Competition 78 Italy Michele Beretta
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Netherlands Max van Splunteren
330 38th 12th
2021 United States WeatherTech Racing 79 Porsche 911 RSR-19 New Zealand Earl Bamber
United States Cooper MacNeil
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
LMGTE Pro 139 DNF DNF
Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Australia Matt Campbell
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Germany Christian Ried
LMGTE Am 335 31st 5th
88 France Julien Andlauer
Germany Lance David Arnold
United States Dominique Bastien
327 42nd 13th
Germany Proton Competition 99 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
France Florian Latorre
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
66 DNF DNF
Germany Absolute Racing[5] 18 Indonesia Andrew Haryanto
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Germany Marco Seefried
332 34th 7th
2022 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 Porsche 911 RSR-19 United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
Germany Christian Ried
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
LMGTE Am 336 47th 14th
88 Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Fred Poordad
United States Maxwell Root
340 38th 5th
Germany Proton Competition 93 Australia Matt Campbell
Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender
Canada Zacharie Robichon
329 51st 16th
United States WeatherTech Racing 79 France Julien Andlauer
United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Thomas Merrill
343 35th 2nd
United States Hardpoint Motorsport[N 2] 99 Indonesia Andrew Haryanto
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Estonia Martin Rump
338 44th 11th
2023 Germany Proton Competition 16 Porsche 911 RSR-19 United States Ryan Hardwick
Belgium Jan Heylen
Canada Zacharie Robichon
LMGTE Am 28 DNF DNF
88 Germany Jonas Ried
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
United States Don Yount
170 DNF DNF
911 Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender
Austria Richard Lietz
Estonia Martin Rump
246 DNF DNF
Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 77 France Julien Andlauer
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Germany Christian Ried
118 DNF DNF
Italy Iron Lynx[7] 60 Italy Matteo Cressoni
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
28 DNF DNF
Italy Iron Dames[7] 85 Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
312 30th 4th
2024 Germany Proton Competition 99 Porsche 963 France Julien Andlauer
Switzerland Neel Jani
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Hypercar 251 45th 16th
9 Oreca 07-Gibson France Macéo Capietto
Germany Jonas Ried
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
LMP2 86 DNF DNF
44 Ford Mustang GT3 United Kingdom John Hartshorne
Germany Christopher Mies
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
LMGT3 280 31st 4th
77 United Kingdom Ben Barker
United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
227 46th 17th
88 Norway Dennis Olsen
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Italy Giorgio Roda
280 30th 3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Pts
2012 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton LMGTE Pro 77 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
France Patrick Pilet
Germany Wolf Henzler
SEB
2
SPA
1
LMS
Ret
SIL
4
SAO
3
BHR
3
FUJ
1
SHA
2
3rd 133
LMGTE Am 88 Germany Christian Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
SEB
1
SPA
2
LMS
Ret
SIL
2
SAO
1
BHR
1
FUJ
3
SHA
2
2nd 153
2013 Germany Proton Competition LMGTE Am 88 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Germany Christian Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
SIL
5
SPA
5
LMS
8
SÃO
3
COA
5
FUJ
3
SHA
4
BHR
Ret
6th 84.5
2014 Germany Proton Competition LMGTE Am 88 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Germany Christian Ried
United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Wolf Henzler
SIL
4
SPA
4
LMS
2
COA
3
FUJ
4
SHA
5
BHR
4
SÃO
4
3rd 121
2015 Germany Dempsey Racing-Proton LMGTE Am 77 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Germany Marco Seefried
United States Patrick Long
United States Patrick Dempsey
Germany Christian Ried
SIL
6
SPA
5
LMS
2
NÜR
4
COA
4
FUJ
1
SHA
4
BHR
3
4th 131
Germany Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing 88 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Germany Christian Ried
Austria Klaus Bachler
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Italy Marco Mapelli
SIL
5
SPA
4
LMS
Ret
NÜR
6
COA
2
FUJ
5
SHA
7
BHR
2
5th 82
2016 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Pro 77 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Austria Richard Lietz
Denmark Michael Christensen
Austria Philipp Eng
SIL
6
SPA
4
LMN
8
NÜR
6
MEX
6
COA
6
FUJ
7
SHA
6
BHR
7
7th 88
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing LMGTE Am 88 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Austria Klaus Bachler
United States Patrick Long
France Kévin Estre
SIL
5
SPA
6
LMN
3
NÜR
4
MEX
1
COA
5
FUJ
5
SHA
4
BHR
1
2nd 151
2017 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am 77 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Germany Christian Ried
Germany Marvin Dienst
Italy Matteo Cairoli
SIL
3
SPA
2
LMS
6
NÜR
1
MEX
1
COA
4
FUJ
3
SHA
3
BHR
4
3rd 174
2018-19 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am 77 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Christian Ried
France Julien Andlauer
Italy Riccardo Pera
SPA
4
LMS
1
SIL
1
FUJ
DSQ
SHA
1
SEB
1
SPA
1
LMS
4
2nd 110
88 Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Giorgio Roda
United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Italy Gianluca Roda
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Italy Riccardo Pera
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
SIL
8
FUJ
DSQ
SHA
3
SEB
7
SPA
9
LMS
Ret
9th 26
2019-20 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am 77 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Italy Riccardo Pera
Germany Christian Ried
Australia Matt Campbell
Norway Dennis Olsen
SIL
5
FUJ
5
SHA
11
BHR
6
COTA
5
SPA
2
LMN
2
BHR
7
4th 107.5
88 Austria Thomas Preining
Italy Gianluca Giraudi
Mexico Ricardo Sánchez
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Belgium Adrien de Leener
New Zealand Will Bamber
Italy Angelo Negro
United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
United States Bret Curtis
Switzerland Lucas Légeret
United States Dominique Bastien
Germany Marco Holzer
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
SIL
11
FUJ
9
SHA
6
BHR
Ret
COTA
9
SPA
5
LMN
NC
BHR
3
9th 45.5
2021 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am 77 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 Australia Matt Campbell
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Germany Christian Ried
SPA
Ret
POR
Ret
MNZ
5
LMN
4
BHR
2
BHR
2
79 3rd
88 Germany Marco Seefried
Indonesia Andrew Haryanto
Belgium Alessio Picariello
France Julien Andlauer
United States Dominique Bastien
Germany Lance Arnold
United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Belgium Adrien De Leener
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
SPA
5
POR
9
MNZ
6
LMN
8
BHR
12
BHR
Ret
21 16th
2022 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am 77 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
Germany Christian Ried
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
SEB
4
SPA
1
LMN
14
MON
1
FUJ
Ret
BAH
8
83 6th
88 United States Fred Poordad
United States Patrick Lindsey
France Julien Andlauer
Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Maxwell Root
SEB
10
SPA
9
LMN
5
MON
6
FUJ
9
BAH
12
38 12th
2023 Germany Proton Competition Hypercar 59 Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Italy Gianmaria Bruni
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Switzerland Neel Jani
SEB POR SPA LMN MZA
Ret
FUJ
9
BHR
10
20th 4
Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am 77 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 France Julien Andlauer
Germany Christian Ried
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
SEB
2
POR
7
SPA
9
LMN
Ret
MZA
1
FUJ
6
BHR
6
4th 80
Germany Proton Competition 88 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Germany Jonas Ried
United States Don Yount
SEB
WD
POR
9
SPA
4
LMN
Ret
MZA
FUJ
BHR
14th 14
2024 Germany Proton Competition Hypercar 99 Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 France Julien Andlauer
Switzerland Neel Jani
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
QAT
9
IMO
SPA
LMN
SAP
COA
FUJ
BHR
9th* 3*
LMGT3 77 Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 United Kingdom Ben Barker
United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
QAT
11
IMO
SPA
LMN
SAP
COA
FUJ
BHR
12th* 0*
88 Norway Dennis Olsen
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Italy Giorgio Roda
QAT
9
IMO
Ret
SPA
8
LMN
3
SAP
13
COA
NC
FUJ
BHR
9th* 3*

Notes

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  1. ^ Cooper MacNeil was not allowed to drive the No. 89 Proton Porsche after becoming ill before the race. A last minute switch to reserve driver Gunnar Jeannette was denied by the ACO. The entry was allowed by the ACO to compete with only two drivers.[3]
  2. ^ Rob Ferriol, owner/driver of Hardpoint Motorsport who had received an automatic invitation via IMSA, withdrew his LMGTE Am-category Porsche 911 RSR-19 and relinquished the entry to Proton Competition. Proton gave it to the Absolute Racing customer squad, which raced under the Hardpoint Motorsport name in accordance with ACO regulations.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "WEC – Proton Competition (Porsche) announce Patrick Dempsey's Team Mates". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ Zhang, Benjamin (15 June 2015). "Patrick Dempsey gets emotional after a good finish at legendary French car race". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ Saal, Adam (18 June 2016). "WeatherTech Porsche to Race Without MacNeil". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Ebimotors s'associe à Proton au Mans et en ELMS". AutoHebdo (in French). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  5. ^ Euwema, Davey (17 August 2021). "Absolute Racing Le Mans debut would have been 'impossible' without Proton Competition". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. ^ Newbold, James (1 June 2022). "Absolute Racing Porsche team makes last-minute Le Mans return". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b Goodwin, Graham (11 January 2023). "Iron Lynx/ Iron Dames FIA WEC Campaign With Proton Porsches Confirmed". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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