Only a month after its completion, the Porsche 356 No. 1, the very first Porsche, won its class in a street race in Innsbruck, Austria. In 1951, the Porsche 356 Alu-Coupe achieved the first Le Mans class victory with impressive lap averages of 145 km/h. This time marks the beginning of Porsche's motor sports passion. Porsche lists more than 28,000 race victories in virtually every motor sports series worldwide. Porsche not only builds sports cars in order to win races, but also to gain development knowledge that is incorporated into the evolution of production vehicles. For Porsche, customer sports and the drive to innovation rank first.

With the start of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 1990, Porsche realized the idea of building a racing series around the sports car legend 911 and in the process, strengthening customer sports. In this racing series as well as in the six international Porsche Carrera Cups and the Porsche Michelin Supercup, Porsche teams and race drivers compete under the same technical conditions.

Porsche develops race cars and prototypes not only for its own series but also for a host of internationally significant racing series. The highest goal is to win races and to learn for the development of production vehicles. Porsche develops competitive race cars to make Porsche customer teams successful. And Porsche supports its customers at the race track technically and organizationally. Porsche Motorsport brings the reputation of the Porsche brand to the race tracks.

Porsche stands for pure motor sports. With thousands of victories over the years, Porsche has an unparalleled record both on and off the track.