Mercedes-AMG Motorsport starts the DTM 2021!

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In around two months, Mercedes-AMG will open a new chapter in its motorsport history: the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach will be competing in the DTM with five teams and a total of seven Mercedes-AMG GT3s. With Vincent Abril (FRA), Lucas Auer (AUT), Philip Ellis (SUI), Maximilian Götz (GER), Daniel Juncadella (ESP), Arjun Maini (IND) and Gary Paffett (GBR) there is a strong driver line-up in the cockpits. The racing series, which will be held with GT2021 vehicles for the first time in 3, comprises 16 sprint races on eight different racetracks in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands. The season starts on June 18, 2021 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. It is obvious that the goals are ambitious, because with eleven driver, 14 team and seven manufacturer titles, Mercedes-AMG is by far the number one in the all-time list of the best in the traditional motorsport series.

• DTM series with 16 sprint races on eight European race tracks
• Five teams with seven Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the field of participants in the DTM 2021
• Mercedes-AMG wants to continue the DTM success story with a high-class driver line-up

While the preparations for the season are in full swing for the participating teams, motorsport fans are also excitedly looking forward to the start of the DTM in 2021. After all, the popular series is taking place under new conditions this year: For the first time, vehicles compete for DTM points and race victories in accordance with the GT3 regulations of the FIA. The racing calendar has also been newly adapted: It consists of eight racing weekends with two races of 55 minutes each plus one lap. The season opener on June 18 will take place for the first time at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, one of the most traditional and famous race tracks in the world. In the further course of the season, the teams will compete on the sprint track of the legendary Nürburgring, the Circuit Zolder in Belgium, the TT-Circuit Assen in the Netherlands and the Red Bull Ring in Austria. The season ends with the 16th round on October 3rd at the Hockenheimring.

Five Mercedes-AMG teams at the start

In 2018, Mercedes-AMG ended its last DTM season to date with a historic triple title: Gary Paffett drove in the Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM to his second driver's title in an exciting finale ahead of teammate Paul di Resta in the sister car. Both drivers thus also secured the team title of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS and thus made a significant contribution to winning the manufacturers' championship.

This year, five teams will do everything in their power to continue writing the success story of Mercedes-AMG in the DTM. The main racing team (HRT) and WINWARD Racing will each start with two Mercedes-AMG GT3s. GruppeM Racing, Mücke Motorsport and GetSpeed ​​Performance each take part with a vehicle from Affalterbach.

GruppeM Racing, which has already celebrated numerous successes in the GT World Challenge and the Intercontinental GT Challenge, relies on Mercedes-AMG driver Daniel Juncadella in the cockpit of its GT3. The Spaniard has extensive racing experience in the DTM and has been a constant there with 94 starts since 2013.

The main racing team is sending two Mercedes-AMG GT3s into the DTM season. The two vehicles will be driven by the Mercedes-AMG drivers Maximilian Götz and Vincent Abril. Götz, most recently particularly successful in the ADAC GT Masters, the Intercontinental GT Challenge and the Nürburgring endurance series, is returning to the DTM for the first time since 2016. His team-mate, DTM debutant Vincent Abril, also has many years of racing experience in various GT series.

The WINWARD Racing team also has experienced GT3 drivers at the steering wheel who have already proven their skills on numerous occasions. One of the two team cars is driven by five-time DTM race winner Lucas Auer, who is returning to the DTM for Mercedes-AMG after a two-year break. Philip Ellis will celebrate his DTM premiere in the team's second GT3. He and his driver colleagues from WINWARD Racing last clinched the first victory of a Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Team in the GTD class of the traditional endurance race in January 2021 at the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

The 3 DTM champion, Gary Paffett, will be at the start with the Mercedes-AMG GT2018 from Mücke Motorsport. The native of London is returning to the series with the accumulated experience of 15 DTM seasons and is aiming for his third championship title in the drivers' championship after 2005 and 2018.

There is a premiere in the GT3 from GetSpeed ​​Performance: With Arjun Maini, a driver from India will be sitting in the cockpit of a DTM vehicle for the first time. Maini began his career in karting and formula racing and was active, among other things, in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship. For two years he has been driving endurance races in the European Le Mans Series and the Asian Le Mans Series; In 2019, he also demonstrated his driving skills at the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race.

Christoph Sagemüller, Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport: “It is great and of course also a great challenge that Mercedes-AMG Motorsport is now also competing in the DTM with the Mercedes-AMG GT3. With the entry into this traditional racing series, we are putting our successful Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Program on a further pillar. For our customer sports area and the Mercedes-AMG GT3, this offers a large and well-known platform to expand our brand presence. It is all the more gratifying that, together with our customer teams, we were able to set up such an extensive program with a total of seven Mercedes-AMG GT3s, deployed by five teams and a strong driver line-up.

Stefan Wendl, Head of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing: “We are all very much looking forward to the new DTM season and the return of Mercedes-AMG to the racing series. Since joining the company over 30 years ago, Mercedes-AMG has celebrated countless successes in the DTM, which is always made up of strong teams and drivers. These include many unforgettable moments: from the first DTM title in 1992 to the numerous records of our current brand ambassador Bernd Schneider to the highly emotional triple title in the 2018 farewell season. I am sure that, together with our teams and the top-class driver line up will again ensure success this year. We are very excited to see what the next chapter in the success story of Mercedes-AMG in the DTM will look like and wish all teams and drivers a good start. "

Mercedes-AMG teams with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the DTM 2021¹:

¹ The partners and designs of the two vehicles # 4 from HRT and # 8 from GruppeM Racing have not yet been finalized, but will be announced shortly.

Race calendar DTM season 2021 (race duration: 55 minutes each + 1 lap)²:

² subject to last minute changes.

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