OE Motorsport Turbochargers
Creating cutting-edge racing technology is our day job. Boosting champions is our passion.
Professional Motorsport Turbocharger Technology
Motorsport is where our innovators challenge the norm, push the boundaries of what’s possible, and reimagine the future – win after win.
As we continue to lead the advancements in automotive technology, Garrett OE Motorsport Turbochargers are put through their paces on the racetrack – as well as the test laboratory and the road – so when they land in your paddock, they are ready for peak performance.
Garrett: Motorsport Is in Our DNA
From the world’s most famous racetracks, rally courses, mountain curves, and everywhere in between, our most state-of-the-art technologies are forged in the crucible of top level racing to deliver the highest quality products. Motorsport is our real-world laboratory at Garrett, one we have used for decades.
Since the turn of the millennium, Garrett has supported every winning team at the world’s most famous endurance race – the 24 Hours of Le Mans – with industry leading technology and engineering expertise, continually evolving the strategy and enhancing products to meet the ever-rising challenges drivers face. These challenges exist for every race event – Formula 1®, Formula 2®, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, FIA World Rally Championship, Super Formula, Super GT, and more. . . and Garrett Motorsport continues to innovate at every turn.
In Motorsport, we know there is no luxury of time; timelines are measured in hours, days, and weeks, rather than weeks, months, and years as is standard in vehicle development. Technology must be developed at warp speed – from season to season, and even race to race.
Key Technical Competencies
Rapid development of high-tech boosting products per customer requirements
- Bespoke OE Motorsport-Specific Turbochargers: Tailored to each OE customer’s needs for unique racing engine programs
- Fuel Cell Compressors: One-stage and two-stage custom compressor developments with oil-less bearing technology to provide ultimate fuel cell performance, while preventing FC stack fouling
- Electric Turbos: custom developed, efficiency-optimized turbos combined with high-speed electric machines for max transient response (performance) and energy recuperation (fuel efficiency)
Product Features
- High-temperature turbine stages
- High-efficiency dual row ball bearing systems
- Mirror image turbochargers available
Bespoke
High Performance
Light weight
How We Support OE Motorsport Customers
- Dedicated Motorsport Development Engineers
- Independent from other Garrett businesses
- Authority and responsibility to run our business
- Vertically integrated to meet unique needs of OE Motorsport
- Dedicated Motorsport engineering group
- Dedicated and independent sales and operations
- Utilization of Motorsport specific, rapid response supply base
- Long term commitment to top-level Motorsport
- Highly valued by our OE clients
- Garrett Motorsport Group is here to take you racing!
First In Technology | First On The Track
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2024
Garrett Motorsport begins H2 ICE (hydrogen internal combustion) turbocharger development
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2023
Garrett begins implementing Fuel Cell Compressor technology for Motorsport customers
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2022
Garrett TR30R ULW (ultra light weight) turbo product line introduced
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2021
Garrett introduces titanium water-cooled center housings for TR turbo platforms
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2020
Garrett debuts the TR25R Gen2 and TR35R Gen2 turbochargers with the latest in low-inertia / high-flow turbine technology, and comprehensive refinements
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2018
Garrett debuts the TR30R Gen3 with the latest in low-inertia / high-flow turbine technology, and comprehensive refinements
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2016
Garrett TR25R ULW (ultra light weight) introduced for use in WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans
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2014
New Formula 1 turbo hybrid era begins with turbochargers incorporating an MGU-H (motor/generator unit – heat) coupled to the shaft
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2014
Garrett debuts DualBoost Axial Turbocharger: twin parallel compressors and axial turbine all on one shaft for WEC and the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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2014
2014 Garrett TR35R turbocharger debuts for Super GT and Super Formula series in Japan, used by all manufacturers in GT500 Class and Super Formula
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2011
Garrett introduces the GTR25R turbocharger for the 1.6L Global Racing Engine formula, which becomes the spec turbo in the FIA World Rally Championship
Championships Supported
First On The Track | First In Technology
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2024
With our customers in the Fanatec GT2 European Series Pro-Am category, Garrett celebrates 11 wins out of 12 races, or 92% for the season
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2022, 2023, 2024
Garrett celebrates 16 wins with our LMH Motorsport customers in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class, meaning Garrett TR-boosted Hypercars won 76% of WEC races including Le Mans in these 3 seasons
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2022, 2023, 2024
Garrett celebrates 7 wins with our LMDh Motorsport customers in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s GTP class during these 3 seasons
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2021
Garrett begins boosting the Hypercar era, kicked off with the Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and winning every other WEC race that season
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2019 – 2020
Garrett TR35R boosts all Class One car manufacturers in Germany’s DTM series: Audi, BMW, and Aston Martin
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2018
Garrett boosts Toyota to their first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in the TS050 LMP1
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2014
Garrett TR35R turbocharger debuts for Super GT and Super Formula series in Japan, used by all manufacturers in GT500 Class and Super Formula
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2011
Garrett introduces the GTR25R turbocharger for the 1.6L Global Racing Engine formula, which becomes the spec turbo in WRC and WTCC
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2006
Garrett turbocharged Audi R10 TDI becomes the first turbodiesel powered car to claim victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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2000
Twin Garrett TR30R turbochargers boost the Audi R8 LMP1 car to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Every Le Mans winner since has been boosted by Garrett Motorsport, including Audi, Bentley, Peugeot, Porsche, and Toyota
Product Comparison
Motorsport turbochargers are engineered and hand-built for each OE manufacturer’s program requirements and budget. Garrett engineers match compressor and turbine wheel aero based on engine parameters and pair it with the appropriate bearing system that can support the temperatures and turbo speeds. End housings can be designed for precise packaging and connection geometry requirements. Motorsport turbochargers are ~60% lighter than off-the-shelf production products thanks to thin-wall end housings with optional exotic materials.
Motorsport technology and know-hows flow into series production performance products like G Series and GTX Gen II. Series production performance turbochargers are available for non-OE Motorsport programs and supported globally by the Garrett distributor network. Engineered to support a range of horsepower and engine displacement, and therefore considered universal-fit because of the wide array of options, and end housing combinations available. Garrett is one of few manufacturers to subject series production turbos to OEM qualification tests to ensure safety and reliability.
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