More than one hundred and fifty private teams from around the world also achieve success with the Škoda racing cars.
One of these categories was for motorcycles and motor tricycles, which saw a total of 10 riders, including Narcis Podsedníček, a mechanic and workshop master at the former factory in Mladá Boleslav.
The successes continued in 1902 when Klement won the first prize and Podsedníček took second place on a 4.2 km track in the race on Exelberg hill in the Austro-Hungarian territory.
Another triumph for L&K (Laurin & Klement, the previous name of ŠKODA) came in the Semmering hill climb race in 1908, which was won by the aforementioned Otto Hieronimus.
In 1912, the Alpine Ride competition was announced, stating that the automaker whose car would win three consecutive annual races without incurring penalty points would be awarded a perpetual trophy.
The Mladá Boleslav car manufacturer participated in five races and won all of them, with Kolowrat behind the wheel in three of those victories.
Due to financial difficulties faced by the car manufacturer after the end of World War I, the year 1925 marked the merger of L&K with the Plzeň-based Škoda Works.
The aforementioned success of the duo Komár - Houšť resulted in the motivation to create the Škoda Popular Sport roadster with a rear axle and a more powerful engine from the larger Rapid model for the Monte Carlo Rally in 1936.
The company quickly responded by presenting the sporty model Škoda Popular Sport Monte Carlo.
In 1961, the crew Keinänen - Eklund took part in the prestigious Rallye Monte Carlo with this model and finished sixth overall, winning their class.
Additionally, a single-seater car (monopost) for circuits was developed based on the Škoda 1000 MB, and in 1968, Miroslav Fousek won the Eastern European Formula 3 Championship with it.
The Octavia became a suitable platform for Škoda Motorsport to compete at the top level on the world's racing tracks.
However, the most successful year was 2016 when the Thiry - Prévot crew won the WRC 2 category in the FIA World Rally Championship, securing both the team and driver titles.
This model was homologated on April 1, 2019, and it debuted at one of the events in the Czech Rally Championship in Český Krumlov, where the crew Kopecký - Dresler secured the first place.
Škoda Motorsport also had exceptional success in the FIA World Rally Championship, where they won the team title in the WRC 2 Pro category, and the Finnish crew Rovanperä - Halttunen became the world champions in the WRC 2 Pro category for drivers and co-drivers.
Additionally, Škoda Motorsport began a unique collaboration with the young and talented driver Oliver Solberg, providing support for selected events in the FIA World Rally Championship.
In 2022, Škoda Motorsport focused primarily on its customer program and provided engineering and technical support to the Toksport WRT team, which achieved success in the WRC2 category.
The team also started testing the new Rally2 spec car based on the fourth generation of the Škoda Fabia production model.
After purchasing a rally car, Škoda Motorsport can offer its customer teams a wide range of services, from supplying spare parts to technical support, upon request.
[7][8] The Škoda Fabia S2000 is a racing car belonging to the Super 2000 class, which successfully underwent homologation at the beginning of 2009.
Undoubtedly, the biggest customer success of 2019 was the victory of Perre-Louis Loubet in the World Championship, where he won the WRC2 category designated for private teams.
In 2020, a unique collaboration was established with the young talented driver Oliver Solberg, who received support in selected events within the World Rally Championship.
The new Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 is a completely newly developed Rally2 category racing car, boasting the best aerodynamics in its class and a high body stiffness derived from the production model.
From the summer of 2021, testing drives took place in the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and extreme winter conditions in northern Finland.