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FELLER CLAIMS MAIDEN DTM RACE WIN

A lot of action, a lot of overtaking, and two new faces on the DTM podium at the end: 22-year-old Swiss Ricardo Feller claimed the maiden win of his still young DTM career. Following René Rast’s victory on Saturday, it was the second win for the ABT Sportsline Audi team in Imola. Dev Gore finished […]

RAST WINS DTM RACE 1 AT IMOLA

René Rast is definitely back in DTM! After a one-year break in the 2021 season and a first podium finish at Lausitzring, the three-time champion secured his first race win after 587 days at Imola. Back then, in November 2020, the German had cemented his third title win at Hockenheim. In the Italian heat with […]

TIMO GLOCK TO RACE IN THE DTM AT IMOLA

Timo Glock is back in DTM! After only two race weekends, the ex-Formula 1 driver is making a surprising comeback. The BMW works driver will be a guest driver in the third DTM race weekend (17-19 June) at the legendary Imola Grand Prix circuit, and he will do so with the team of ex-DTM champion Roberto Ravaglia. “Racing in DTM together with Roberto Ravaglia and his team is a cool story,” the 40-year-old is looking forward to his comeback in the long-standing series.

SUCCESSFUL START FOR MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT IN THE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE AT IMOLA

For Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, the first season round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola ended with a double podium, a PRO-AM class victory and another class podium. After an action-packed race with numerous safety car interventions and full-course yellows, the #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of the Mercedes-AMG Team AKKODIS ASP ended up in second place overall while the #2 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed entry also made it onto the podium by finishing third. At the same time, the #20 SPS automotive performance car got the new year off to an optimal start with its PRO-AM success. The #5 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 secured another podium result during the premiere of the newly introduced Gold Cup as it finished third in this category.

MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT GOING INTO GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE CUP WITH TITLE AMBITIONS

Following promising test days at Circuit Paul Ricard in France, Mercedes-AMG will be starting the new Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS season from 1st till 3rd April. A three-hour race at Imola’s Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari will be the season opener of the high-class GT series with another four endurance races to follow in the course of the season. Seven Customer Racing Teams will be bringing a total of eleven Mercedes-AMG GT3s to the grid that are, among others, to secure the title defence in the global manufacturers’ standings. In the past three years, Mercedes-AMG had managed to decide this intercontinental championship in its favour.

JONATHAN HUI LAUNCHES GTWCE TITLE DEFENCE WITH SKY TEMPESTA RACING

Hong Kong driver, Jonathan Hui, has confirmed that he will continue to race with Sky Tempesta Racing for a fourth consecutive season at the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS championship (GTWC) in 2022. In 2021, Hui became the first driver from Hong Kong to secure a GT World Challenge Europe championship by winning both the teams’ and drivers’ Endurance Cup Pro-Am championship titles. He will be looking to continue to extend this run of incredible success, this year making the switch to a brand new Mercedes-AMG GT3.

RN VISION STS RACING TEAM DOMINATES TO TAKE SECOND GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES WIN AT IMOLA

Schouten and Piana took their #111 BMW M4 GT4 to a lights-to-flag victory at Imola, ultimately finishing almost nine seconds ahead of the #8 CMR Toyota GR Supra GT4. Allied-Racing secured their first 1-2 Pro-Am finish of the season, with Kasperlik and Buus beating teammates Møller-Madsen and Viebahn. Victory in the Am Cup went to the #89 AGS Events Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 of Nicolas Gomar and Gilles Vannelet.

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