From Formula 1 to Speedboats: MAHLE supports all areas of motorsports.
Since the fall of 2002, all core processes for racing applications have been brought together in our Fellbach motorsports plant. Highly motivated engineers, designers and technicians work closely together there under one roof. This helps us to react faster, and more flexibly, to the high demands of our customers. And also more efficiently transfer our experience from over 80 years of motorsports to series development.
Nothing supports the MAHLE Group's technology leadership as strongly as our achievements in international motorsports.
In the 2005 Formula 1 season, the top class of motorsports, MAHLE supplied pistons and engine components for six of the ten teams, including important parts of world champion Michael Schumacher's Ferrari engine. During the 2004 season, 16 of 18 Grand Prix races were won with MAHLE pistons and engine components.
Le Mans - an extreme endurance test for man and machine. For 16 years in a row, the winners of the best known long-distance race in the world have crossed the finish line powered by pistons and NIKASIL®-coated cylinder crankcase from MAHLE. And also with other great motorsports events - from Rally World Championships through IRL and NASCAR races in the USA to truck racing - regardless of who wins, MAHLE always wins.
However, product development for race engines results in more than sporting achievements. It is often the top technology used in today's motorsports products that ends up in tomorrow's series-produced automotive models. A Grand Prix race is the most severe test stand that you can imagine. In providing products that succeed here, we can also master the everyday requirements of public roads with no problem.