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NEW TO THE ADAC GT MASTERS ID RACING STARTS WITH A PORSCHE 911 GT3 R IN 2022

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.

MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT TO START THE 2022 SEASON WITH HIGH CLASS DRIVER LINEUP

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.

AUDI SPORT CONCLUDES 2021 SEASON WITH SIXTH INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE TITLE

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.

MADPANDA MOTORSPORT ENTERS THE ADAC GT MASTERS

Impressive new addition to the German GT Championship: The Madpanda Motorsport team will make its ADAC GT Masters debut with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the 2022 season. The Spaniards have set their sights on podium results in their first season with ‘Marga’, as they have nicknamed the car. Madpanda Motorsport is the first team from Spain in the German GT Championship and one of several newcomers in the 2022 season. The team will announce its two drivers shortly. The new ADAC GT Masters season kicks off in just three months, from 22nd to 24th April 2022, at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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