page_title: Proton Competition
section_title: 2004-2006
hierarchical_section_title: Proton Competition / History / 2004-2006
caption_attribution_description: The Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 996 GT3-RS at the Dubai Motorcity 500
context_page_description: Proton Competition is a German auto racing team founded by Gerold Ried. The team is based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. They currently operate a Porsche 911 RSR sports car in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 996 GT3-RS at the 2006 FIA GT Dubai 500km
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