Timo Rumpfkeil founded Team Motopark after a career as a racing driver himself, reaching the German Formula Three Championship. The team established its base at Oschersleben to have direct access to the race track and its facilities. Motopark began its involvement in racing with Formula Koenig and subsequently moved into Formula Renault Eurocup. Concurrently, Rumpfkeil expanded the team's operations into the European and German Formula Three Championships.
Motopark achieved significant success in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, winning the teams' championship in 2004 with Scott Speed, who also secured the drivers' title. Filipe Albuquerque continued this success by winning the drivers' title in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006.
Team Motopark dominated the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, securing all four drivers' championships from 2006 to 2009. The drivers who won titles in this series for Motopark were Filipe Albuquerque (2006), Frank Kechele (2007), Valtteri Bottas (2008), and António Félix da Costa (2009). The team also claimed the Teams' Championship in this series in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Following its success in Formula Three, Team Motopark expanded into the GP2 Series and Japanese Super Formula. In 2013, Motopark partnered with Igor Mazepa to establish Russian Time for competition in the GP2 Series. Russian Time achieved its first victory in the Bahrain round of the championship with Sam Bird winning the sprint race. Bird secured a second victory at Monaco.
The team's plans for the 2014 season were impacted by the death of Igor Mazepa in February 2014. Following Mazepa's passing, Motopark ended its partnership with Russian Time on February 18, 2014.
Team Motopark has also competed in GT Racing, achieving pole positions and race wins in Porsche Supercup. In 2018, Motopark competed in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with drivers including Jonathan Aberdein, Sebastián Fernández, Fabio Scherer, Marino Sato, Dan Ticktum, and Jüri Vips. The team also planned to enter Super Formula and Japanese Formula 3 in collaboration with B-Max Racing for the 2019 season. The team switched to the Euroformula Open Championship after the cancellation of the Formula European Masters Championship.
Motopark is recognized as one of the most successful teams in feeder series for single-seaters, with over 302 race wins and 38 championship titles. The team has also been a two-time winner of the Formula Three World Cup. Drivers who have learned their craft at Team Motopark include Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas, Kevin Magnussen, Sébastien Buemi, and Bruno Senna.
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