RNW Staff

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.

Harry King will join the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup on a full-time basis in 2022 after agreeing a deal with series front-runners BWT Lechner Racing.

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Kay van Berlo will return to the team for the 2022 European Le Mans Series.

Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific Selected Driver Yifei Ye will aim to defend his European Le Mans Series (ELMS) LMP2 title in 2022, as he returns to the category with Swiss outfit COOL Racing.

United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Bailey Voisin and Josh Caygill will join their European Le Mans Series LMP3 team for the 2022 season.

Green light for a new team: ID Racing will line up in this season’s ADAC GT Masters with a Porsche 911 GT3 R. ID Racing joins ZVO Racing, Allied Racing and Madpanda Motorsport as one of many newcomers to the German GT Championship. Iris Dorr’s newly-formed outfit from Lonsee in southern Germany will contest the season with a well-versed team, which can call on a wealth of experience gained in the German GT Championship in the past. The crew made its debut in the series with MRS GT-Racing in 2011, since when it has won three races. The victory in the 200th ADAC GT Masters race at the Red Bull Ring in Austria in 2020 remains steeped in history.

With an updated and expanded driver line-up, Mercedes-AMG Motorsport is underlining its ambitions for the next successful GT season. The Mercedes-AMG family has been strengthened further by the new exclusive signings of DTM race winner Lucas Auer (AUT) and IMSA stalwart Mikaël Grenier (CAN). As a result, the high-class line-up for 2022 includes a total of 17 drivers who will support the international Customer and Performance Teams in selected race participations.

A highly decorated history precedes the K-PAX Racing brand, which has touched the hearts of fans worldwide, as well as wreaked havoc for competitors at a variety of GT racing’s most marquee international circuits. The team, in its sophomore season with Lamborghini Squadra Corse, will have the opportunity to not only expand even further, but also defend its title stateside.

Team Redline Racing will be back to defend their Porsche Carrera Cup title this year, with a multi-car entry kicked off by the signing of 2022/23 Porsche GB Junior driver Adam Smalley.

Oregon Team gears up for International GT Open season, fielding two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evos. 

Team Parker Racing is very happy to welcome Will Newnham to the team as the youngster makes his debut in the competitive Porsche Sprint Challenge GB for the 2022 season.

While waiting for the official tests, which will kick off the 2022 European Le Mans Series season on April 11th and 12th at the Paul Ricard Circuit (five days before the first race), the Panis Racing team has been working hard in the Toulouse workshop preparing the car and finalising the drivers’ recruitment.

AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG have won the 2021 Joburg Kyalami 9 Hour while Audi Sport and Ferrari’s Come Ledogar and Alessandro Pier Guidi wrapped up the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ titles, respectively, in South Africa.

After the pandemic forced a postponement of the IGTC final race from December 4, 2021, to February 5, 2022, Audi Sport customer racing concluded the 2021 season with another title success: in 2016, 2017 and 2018, Audi Sport was already the best manufacturer in the only global GT3 racing series, and now the company has left four other sports car brands behind by winning the title at Kyalami.

Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP will start the Joburg Kyalami 9 Hour from pole position thanks to Jules Gounon’s fastest time in Pre-Qualifying after heavy rain washed out both Qualifying proper and Superpole this afternoon.

British-Korean racing driver Jack Aitken will make his debut in prototype sportscar racing this season when he competes in the European Le Mans Series in its top LMP2 category.

The Fanatec GT2 European Series will burst back into life at Imola, Italy, on April 1 and is set to build upon a strong debut season last year by being bigger, better and more challenging than ever.

After claiming his record-breaking third-straight Am title in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, Team Parker Racing is delighted to welcome Justin Sherwood back for the 2022 campaign as he aims to continue his impressive run.

United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Duncan Tappy will join their LMP2 team for the 2022 season, racing in the European Le Mans Series and making a one off IMSA appearance at the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.