RNW Staff

British racing driver Esmee Hawkey will be competing in DTM in 2022 as well. Like last year, the 23-year-old will be participating in the 16 sprint races with a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo run by T3 Motorsport. Following the first official test days at Hockenheim in early April, the DTM will get its 36th season underway at Portimão in Portugal from 29 April until 1 May.

David Schumacher will be racing in the 2022 DTM for the very first time. The 20-year-old will be competing for german-texan team Mercedes-AMG team WINWARD, based in Altendiez near Limburg. The team is expanding its involvement in DTM for the new season and will be running a total of three Mercedes-AMGs. The son of ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who raced a Mercedes in DTM himself from 2008 till 2012, will become teammate to reigning DTM champion Maximilian Götz and seven-time DTM race winner Lucas Auer from Austria. David Schumacher is making the transition from single-seater racing to DTM.

Triple Eight JMR are returning to Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS full-time this year with Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim, Jazeman Jaafar and Mercedes-AMG.

Oregon Team completes its International GT Open line-up. After announcing the first of two Pro duos formed by Kevin Gilardoni and Glenn van Berlo – who will share the #19 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo – the squad headed by Jerry Canevisio and Giorgio Testa unveils the agreement with Benjamín Hites for its first season in the series.

Familiar team, new car – Rutronik Racing will again feature on the starting grid in season four of the ADAC GT Masters in 2022. The 2019 champions have put their faith in the evolution of a proven winner and will run two new Audi R8 LMS evo II in the German GT Championship. The modified […]

Team Redline Racing will be targeting Pro Am title glory in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this season with the signing of 2021 class race-winner Nathan Harrison.

SRO Motorsports Group will celebrate its 30th anniversary in style at this year’s TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa (28-31 July) with a historic GT event organised by Peter Auto raising the curtain ahead of season’s marquee race.

With two-time runner-up Nico Müller and the further developed Audi R8 LMS evo II, Team Rosberg intends to be one of the title contenders in the 2022 DTM. The team, founded by ex-Formula 1 world champion Keke Rosberg, opts for continuity as the driver line-up remains unchanged. Alongside Swiss Nico Müller, American Dev Gore will again be racing the second Audi. The new season gets underway at the beginning of April with the official DTM test days at Hockenheim, the home track of the team based in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The first races will be held from 29 April until 1 May at Portimão in Portugal.

Action Express Racing (AXR) has enlisted José María López (Argentina) to join Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) in the No. 48 Ally Cadillac DPi-V.R for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts to run at Sebring International Raceway, March 16-19.

The new LMDh prototype from Porsche Penske Motorsport has passed its first test on an international stage with flying colours. On the Circuit de Catalunya close to the Spanish metropolis of Barcelona, the vehicle covered more than 2,000 kilometres over the last few days. The focus of the test runs was to set up the systems, develop the tyres and optimise the interaction between the V8 Turbo engine and the hybrid elements as prescribed by the regulations. Over several days of testing, the new Porsche works drivers Felipe Nasr (Brazil) and Dane Cameron (USA) were among those who drove the ca. 500 kW (680 PS) car.

Falken’s iconic teal and blue livery will return to the ‘Green Hell’ again for the 2022 season, with Falken Motorsports announcing that it will send two Porsche 911 GT3 R and a stable of eight drivers to the Nordschleife for the annual 24-hour race and select Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) rounds.

Walkenhorst Motorsport and Schubert Motorsport are the two BMW M Motorsport teams which will compete with the new BMW M4 GT3 in the 2022 DTM season. They will run a total of four cars, with the three BMW M Motorsport works drivers Marco Wittmann (GER), Sheldon van der Linde (RSA) and Philipp Eng (AUT) among those at the wheel. The season kicks off with the opening weekend from 29th April to 1st May at Portimão, Portugal.

Charles Bateman is set to make his return to motorsport after nine years on the sidelines and 13 years away from Team Parker Racing, as he enters the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this season.

The BMW Junior Team enters its third year in 2022, and will be in action on two fronts with the BMW M4 GT3. Dan Harper (GBR), Max Hesse (GER) and Neil Verhagen (USA) will team up with BMW M Team RMG at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (GER), as they look to challenge for overall victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. More highlights await the trio in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. There, the BMW Junior Team and ROWE Racing will contest five endurance races, with the highlight being the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL). At the wheel of the second ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 will be BMW M works drivers Nick Catsburg (NED), Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Nick Yelloly (GBR).

GRT and Lamborghini Squadra Corse are gearing up for their exciting new challenge in the DTM. The squad of four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs will feature two further top-class drivers from the world of GT3 racing plus a newcomer alongside Clemens Schmid. Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver Mirko Bortolotti and successful Silver category ace Rolf Ineichen will remain with GRT in their 2022 DTM campaign. Completing the line-up is GT3 newcomer and Lamborghini Squadra Corse junior driver Alessio Deledda, who performs the switch from Formula 2 to DTM driving for the Austrian outfit.

Daniel Harper will continue competing with factory support from BMW this season, with a fantastic 2022 race programme seeing him return to the Nürburgring Endurance Series as well as tackle the GT World Challenge Europe for the first time.

In preparation for the 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season, DXDT Racing has confirmed its lineups in the Pro/Am class, entering two Mercedes AMG GT3 cars in the upcoming championship. David Askew and Dirk Müller will race in the No. 63 Mercedes AMG GT3, joined by Scott Smithson and Bryan Sellers in the No. 08 Mercedes AMG GT3.

When the Mercedes-AMG GT3 enters the DTM grid, one thing is different: The Space Drive technology carrier with the #18 has no mechanical connection between the steering unit and the steering gear. All steering signals are passed on electronically and information on the road conditions is fed back to the driver in real time. In the 2022 season, Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport, together with Mercedes-AMG GT3 driver Maximilian Buhk, will continue to focus on technology development in motorsport and will once again work in cooperation with Schaeffler Paravan Technologie GmbH & Co. KG to further develop the steer-by-wire technology Space Drive under the extremely demanding conditions of the DTM.

Mercedes-AMG is providing plenty of variety in DTM: defending champion Maximilian Götz is changing the team, Maro Engel is making his second comeback and with Canadian DTM newcomer Mikaël Grenier, the long-standing series is becoming even more international. Only two drivers of the brand from Affalterbach will be racing in the new season for the same team as in the previous year: Lucas Auer and Maximilian Buhk. Between them, Mercedes-AMG Teams GruppeM Racing, HRT, Mücke Motorsport and WINWARD Racing are running seven around 550 hp strong Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the 2022 DTM that is getting its new season underway at Portimão in Portugal from 29 April till 1 May and includes eight race weekends.

A DTM contract for his birthday: young talent Marius Zug signed the contract for his debut in DTM on 6 February, his 19th birthday. The driver from Pfaffenhofen will be participating in the season’s eight race weekends in the long-standing series with an Audi R8 LMS evo II run by Attempto Racing from Hanover. The season opener will be held at Portimão in Portugal from 29 April-1 May.