At Le Mans, the most public arena for trial and error in all of motorsport, Porsche engineering has proven itself. Sometimes painfully. Often gloriously.

Le Mans has been at the core of Porsche's research and development program almost since the very beginning. Is the latest idea an improvement? Take it to Le Mans and find out. Can it run flat out for 24 hours? If it can't, it simply won't find its way into a production Porsche.

At Le Mans, Porsche engineers have pursued the pure answer. To questions about aerodynamics, about turbocharging. About brake cooling. Even about what color to paint the windshield wipers.

And in seeking such answers, two things have happened.

We've won. A lot. At first, the victories were best-in-class wins. But since 1970, Porsche has recorded 15 overall victories at Le Mans - an achievement unequalled by any other manufacturer.

More important, we've created a lot of remarkable sports cars. The 356 and 550 Spyder of the '50s. The 904 and 908 of the '60s. The 917 of the '70s. The 962 of the '80s. And the current GT1.

Check out Porsche at Le Mans - the history, the circuit, the entries and the race coverage.