Proton Competition

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Proton Competition

Founded| 1996
Base| Ummendorf
Team principal(s)| Christian Ried
Current series| FIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
IMSA Sportscar Championship
GT World Challenge Europe
Former series| BPR Global GT Series
FIA GT Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Le Mans Series
Current drivers|  Christopher Mies
Dennis Olsen
Frédéric Vervisch
Gianmaria Bruni
Alessio Picariello
Ryan Hardwick
Giammarco Levorato
Corey Lewis
Ben Barker
Zacharie Robichon
Mikkel O. Pedersen
Giorgio Roda
Matteo Cairoli
Macéo Capietto
Jonas Ried
René Binder
Bent Viscaal
Julien Andlauer
Matteo Cressoni
Claudio Schiavoni
Neel Jani
Harry Tincknell
Nicolás Pino
Nicolás Varrone
Teams'
Championships| 5 (LMS 2009, 2010, ILMC 2010) GT2, (ELMS 2018, 2020, 2023) GTE
Drivers'
Championships| 3 (LMS 2009, 2010) GT2, (ELMS 2020) GTE
Website| http://proton-competition.com

Proton Competition (also formerly racing as Dempsey-Proton Racing or Team Felbermayr-Proton) is a German auto racing team 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 and prepare Porsche 911s for the Iron Dames program.

## 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
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2008 |  Team Felbermayr-Proton  | 77  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  |  Alex Davison
Horst Felbermayr
Wolf Henzler | LMGT2  | 309  | 27th  | 5th
2009 |  IMSA Performance Matmut
Team Felbermayr-Proton  | 70  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  |  Horst Felbermayr
Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Michel Lecourt  | LMGT2  | 102  | DNF  | DNF
Team Felbermayr-Proton  | 77  |  Wolf Henzler
Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz | 24  | DNF  | DNF
2010 |  Team Felbermayr-Proton  | 77  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  |  Wolf Henzler
Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz | LMGT2  | 338  | 11th  | 1st
88  |  Horst Felbermayr
Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Miro Konôpka | 304  | 24th  | 8th
2011 |  Team Felbermayr-Proton  | 77  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  |  Wolf Henzler
Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz | LMGTE Pro  | 312  | 16th  | 4th
88  |  Abdulaziz Al Faisal
Bryce Miller
Nick Tandy | 169  | DNF  | DNF
Proton Competition  | 63  |  Horst Felbermayr
Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Christian Ried | LMGTE Am  | 199  | DNF  | DNF
2012 |  Team Felbermayr-Proton  | 77  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  |  Wolf Henzler
Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz | LMGTE Pro  | 185  | DNF  | DNF
88  |  Christian Ried
Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti | LMGTE Am  | 222  | DNF  | DNF
2013 |  Dempsey Del Piero-Proton  | 77  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  |  Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster
Patrick Long | LMGTE Am  | 305  | 28th  | 4th
Proton Competition  | 88  |  Christian Ried
Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti | 300  | 35th  | 8th
2014 |  Dempsey Racing-Proton  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR |  Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster
Patrick Long | LMGTE Am  | 329  | 24th  | 5th
Proton Competition  | 88  |  Khaled Al Qubaisi
Klaus Bachler
Christian Ried | 332  | 21st  | 2nd
2015 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR |  Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Long
Marco Seefried | LMGTE Am  | 331  | 22nd  | 2nd
Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing  | 88  |  Khaled Al Qubaisi
Klaus Bachler
Christian Ried | 44  | DNF  | DNF
2016 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR |  Michael Christensen
Philipp Eng
Richard Lietz | LMGTE Pro  | 329  | 31st  | 8th
Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing  | 88  |  Khaled Al Qubaisi
David Heinemeier Hansson
Patrick Long | LMGTE Am  | 330  | 28th  | 3rd
Proton Competition  | 89  |  Leh Keen
~~Cooper MacNeil~~ [N 1]
Marc Miller | 50  | DNF  | DNF
2017 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR |  Matteo Cairoli
Marvin Dienst
Christian Ried | LMGTE Am  | 329  | 34th  | 6th
Proton Competition  | 88  |  Khaled Al Qubaisi
Klaus Bachler
Stéphane Lémeret  | 18  | DNF  | DNF
93  |  Abdulaziz Al Faisal
Mike Hedlund
Patrick Long | 329  | 37th  | 9th
2018 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR |  Julien Andlauer
Matt Campbell
Christian Ried | LMGTE Am  | 335  | 25th  | 1st
88  |  Khaled Al Qubaisi
Matteo Cairoli
Giorgio Roda | 225  | DNF  | DNF
Proton Competition  | 99  |  Patrick Long
Tim Pappas
Spencer Pumpelly | 334  | 29th  | 4th
Ebimotors[4] | 80  |  Fabio Babini
Erik Maris
Christina Nielsen | 332  | 31st  | 6th
2019 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR |  Julien Andlauer
Matt Campbell
Christian Ried | LMGTE Am  | 332  | 34th  | 4th
88  |  Matteo Cairoli
Satoshi Hoshino
Giorgio Roda | 79  | DNF  | DNF
99  |  Niclas Jönsson
Tracy Krohn
Patrick Long | 0  | WD | WD
Proton Competition  | 78  |  Vincent Abril
Louis Prette
Philippe Prette  | 332  | 36th  | 6th
2020 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR |  Matt Campbell
Riccardo Pera
Christian Ried | LMGTE Am  | 339  | 25th  | 2nd
88  |  Dominique Bastien
Adrien de Leener
Thomas Preining | 238  | NC  | NC
99  |  Julien Andlauer
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Lucas Légeret | 331  | 36th  | 10th
Proton Competition  | 78  |  Michele Beretta
Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Max van Splunteren  | 330  | 38th  | 12th
2021 |  WeatherTech Racing  | 79  | Porsche 911 RSR-19 |  Earl Bamber
Cooper MacNeil
Laurens Vanthoor | LMGTE Pro  | 139  | DNF  | DNF
Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  |  Matt Campbell
Jaxon Evans
Christian Ried | LMGTE Am  | 335  | 31st  | 5th
88  |  Julien Andlauer
Lance David Arnold
Dominique Bastien  | 327  | 42nd  | 13th
Proton Competition  | 99  |  Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Florian Latorre
Harry Tincknell | 66  | DNF  | DNF
Absolute Racing[5] | 18  |  Andrew Haryanto
Alessio Picariello
Marco Seefried | 332  | 34th  | 7th
2022 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR-19 |  Sebastian Priaulx
Christian Ried
Harry Tincknell | LMGTE Am  | 336  | 47th  | 14th
88  |  Jan Heylen
Fred Poordad
Maxwell Root  | 340  | 38th  | 5th
Proton Competition  | 93  |  Matt Campbell
Michael Fassbender
Zacharie Robichon | 329  | 51st  | 16th
WeatherTech Racing  | 79  |  Julien Andlauer
Cooper MacNeil
Thomas Merrill | 343  | 35th  | 2nd
Hardpoint Motorsport[N 2] | 99  |  Andrew Haryanto
Alessio Picariello
Martin Rump | 338  | 44th  | 11th
2023 |  Proton Competition  | 16  | Porsche 911 RSR-19 |  Ryan Hardwick
Jan Heylen
Zacharie Robichon | LMGTE Am  | 28  | DNF  | DNF
88  |  Jonas Ried
Harry Tincknell
Don Yount  | 170  | DNF  | DNF
911  |  Michael Fassbender
Richard Lietz
Martin Rump | 246  | DNF  | DNF
Dempsey-Proton Racing  | 77  |  Julien Andlauer
Mikkel O. Pedersen
Christian Ried | 118  | DNF  | DNF
Iron Lynx[7] | 60  |  Matteo Cressoni
Alessio Picariello
Claudio Schiavoni | 28  | DNF  | DNF
Iron Dames[7] | 85  |  Sarah Bovy
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting | 312  | 30th  | 4th
2024 |  Proton Competition  | 99  | Porsche 963 |  Julien Andlauer
Neel Jani
Harry Tincknell | Hypercar  | 251  | 45th  | 16th
9  | Oreca 07-Gibson |  Macéo Capietto
Jonas Ried
Bent Viscaal | LMP2  | 86  | DNF  | DNF
44  | Ford Mustang GT3 |  John Hartshorne
Christopher Mies
Ben Tuck | LMGT3  | 280  | 31st  | 4th
77  |  Ben Barker
Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon | 227  | 46th  | 17th
88  |  Dennis Olsen
Mikkel O. Pedersen
Giorgio Roda | 280  | 30th  | 3rd
2025 |  Proton Competition  | 99  | Porsche 963 |  Neel Jani
Nico Pino
Nicolás Varrone | Hypercar  | 383  | 13th  | 13th
Iron Lynx – Proton  | 9  | Oreca 07-Gibson |  Macéo Capietto
Reshad de Gerus
Jonas Ried | LMP2  | 365  | 21st  | 4th
Proton Competition  | 11  |  René Binder
Giorgio Roda
Bent Viscaal | LMP2 (Pro-Am)  | 365  | 23rd  | 3rd
77  | Ford Mustang GT3 |  Ben Barker
Bernardo Sousa
Ben Tuck | LMGT3  | 338  | 41st  | 9th
88  |  Stefano Gattuso
Giammarco Levorato
Dennis Olsen | 46  | DNF  | DNF

### 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

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2012 |  Team Felbermayr-Proton  | LMGTE Pro  | 77  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz
Patrick Pilet
Wolf Henzler | SEB
2  | SPA
1  | LMS
Ret  | SIL
4 | SAO
3  | BHR
3  | FUJ
1 | SHA
2  |  | 3rd  | 133
LMGTE Am  | 88  |  Christian Ried
Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti | SEB
1  | SPA
2  | LMS
Ret  | SIL
2  | SAO
1  | BHR
1  | FUJ
3  | SHA
2  |  | 2nd  | 153
2013 |  Proton Competition  | LMGTE Am  | 88  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Christian Ried
Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti | SIL
5  | SPA
5  | LMS
8  | SÃO
3  | COA
5  | FUJ
3  | SHA
4  | BHR
Ret  |  | 6th  | 84.5
2014 |  Proton Competition  | LMGTE Am  | 88  | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Christian Ried
Khaled Al Qubaisi
Klaus Bachler
Wolf Henzler | SIL
4  | SPA
4  | LMS
2  | COA
3  | FUJ
4  | SHA
5  | BHR
4  | SÃO
4  |  | 3rd  | 121
2015 |  Dempsey Racing-Proton  | LMGTE Am  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Marco Seefried
Patrick Long
Patrick Dempsey
Christian Ried | SIL
6  | SPA
5  | LMS
2  | NÜR
4  | COA
4 | FUJ
1  | SHA
4  | BHR
3  |  | 4th  | 131
Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing  | 88  |  Khaled Al Qubaisi
Christian Ried
Klaus Bachler
Earl Bamber
Marco Mapelli | SIL
5  | SPA
4  | LMS
Ret  | NÜR
6  | COA
2  | FUJ
5  | SHA
7  | BHR
2  |  | 5th  | 82
2016 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Pro  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Richard Lietz
Michael Christensen
Philipp Eng | SIL
6  | SPA
4  | LMN
8  | NÜR
6  | MEX
6  | COA
6  | FUJ
7  | SHA
6  | BHR
7  | 7th  | 88
Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Am  | 88  |  Khaled Al Qubaisi
David Heinemeier Hansson
Klaus Bachler
Patrick Long
Kévin Estre | SIL
5 | SPA
6  | LMN
3  | NÜR
4 | MEX
1 | COA
5  | FUJ
5  | SHA
4  | BHR
1  | 2nd  | 151
2017 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Am  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Christian Ried
Marvin Dienst
Matteo Cairoli | SIL
3  | SPA
2  | LMS
6  | NÜR
1  | MEX
1 | COA
4  | FUJ
3  | SHA
3  | BHR
4  | 3rd  | 174
2018-19 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Am  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Matt Campbell
Christian Ried
Julien Andlauer
Riccardo Pera | SPA
4  | LMS
1  | SIL
1  | FUJ
DSQ  | SHA
1  | SEB
1  | SPA
1  | LMS
4  |  | 2nd  | 110
88  |  Matteo Cairoli
Giorgio Roda
Khaled Al Qubaisi
Gianluca Roda
Satoshi Hoshino
Riccardo Pera | SPA
6  | LMS
Ret | SIL
8  | FUJ
DSQ  | SHA
3  | SEB
7  | SPA
9  | LMS
Ret |  | 9th  | 26
2019-20 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Am  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |  Riccardo Pera
Christian Ried
Matt Campbell
Dennis Olsen | SIL
5  | FUJ
5  | SHA
11  | BHR
6  | COTA
5  | SPA
2 | LMN
2  | BHR
7  |  | 4th  | 107.5
88  |  Thomas Preining
Gianluca Giraudi
Ricardo Sánchez
Satoshi Hoshino
Adrien de Leener
Will Bamber
Angelo Negro
Khaled Al Qubaisi
Bret Curtis
Lucas Légeret
Dominique Bastien
Marco Holzer
Jaxon Evans | SIL
11  | FUJ
9  | SHA
6  | BHR
Ret  | COTA
9  | SPA
5  | LMN
NC  | BHR
3 |  | 9th  | 45.5
2021 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Am  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 |  Matt Campbell
Jaxon Evans
Christian Ried | SPA
Ret  | POR
Ret  | MNZ
5  | LMN
4  | BHR
2  | BHR
2  |  |  |  | 79  | 3rd
88  |  Marco Seefried
Andrew Haryanto
Alessio Picariello
Julien Andlauer
Dominique Bastien
Lance Arnold
Khaled Al Qubaisi
Adrien De Leener
Axcil Jefferies | SPA
5  | POR
9  | MNZ
6  | LMN
8 | BHR
12  | BHR
Ret  |  |  |  | 21  | 16th
2022 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Am  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 |  Sebastian Priaulx
Christian Ried
Harry Tincknell | SEB
4  | SPA
1  | LMN
14 | MON
1  | FUJ
Ret  | BAH
8  |  |  |  | 83  | 6th
88  |  Fred Poordad
Patrick Lindsey
Julien Andlauer
Jan Heylen
Maxwell Root  | SEB
10  | SPA
9  | LMN
5  | MON
6  | FUJ
9  | BAH
12  |  |  |  | 38  | 12th
2023 |  Proton Competition  | Hypercar | 59  | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 |  Gianmaria Bruni
Harry Tincknell
Neel Jani | SEB | POR | SPA | LMN | MZA
Ret  | FUJ
9  | BHR
10  |  |  | 20th  | 4
Dempsey-Proton Racing  | LMGTE Am  | 77  | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 |  Julien Andlauer
Christian Ried
Mikkel O. Pedersen | SEB
2  | POR
7  | SPA
9  | LMN
Ret  | MZA
1  | FUJ
6  | BHR
6  |  |  | 4th  | 80
Proton Competition  | 88  |  Harry Tincknell
Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Jonas Ried
Don Yount  | SEB
WD  | POR
9  | SPA
4  | LMN
Ret  | MZA
| FUJ
| BHR
|  |  | 14th  | 14
2024 |  Proton Competition  | Hypercar | 99  | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 |  Julien Andlauer
Neel Jani
Harry Tincknell | QAT
9  | IMO
Ret  | SPA
5  | LMN
14  | SAP
15  | COA
11  | FUJ
11  | BHR
12  |  | 15th  | 13
LMGT3  | 77  | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 |  Ben Barker
Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon | QAT
11  | IMO
9  | SPA
9  | LMN
13  | SAP
7  | COA
6  | FUJ
15  | BHR
Ret  |  | 17th  | 8
88  |  Dennis Olsen
Mikkel O. Pedersen
Giorgio Roda
Christian Ried
Ben Keating
Giammarco Levorato  | QAT
9  | IMO
Ret  | SPA
8  | LMN
3  | SAP
13  | COA
NC  | FUJ
16  | BHR
Ret  |  | 13th  | 37

## 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.

## External links

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