The German producer has actually maintained all 3 of its complete professional chauffeurs for the year, with nine-time race winner Lucas AuerNurburgring and Macau GT victor Maro Engel and previous GT World Challenge champLuca Stolz all remaining on in the classification.
They will be participated Mercedes’ 2024 DTM line-up by 26-year-old Arjun Mainiwho was just recently promoted to ‘Performance’ chauffeur status in the marque’s factory GT lineup.
The 2 motorists who have actually been dropped from Mercedes’ DTM program are David Schumacher and Jusuf Owegaalthough both are anticipated to complete in other champions and races for the Stuttgart brand name.
Schumacher, child of previous Formula 1 and DTM ace Ralf, was extensively anticipated to lose his seat in the DTM after 2 frustrating seasons that yielded simply a single leading 10 surface. The previous Formula 3 race winner had actually likewise come under fire from other motorists for bad driving requirements.
Owega, on the other hand, had a relatively effective novice project after debuting at the age of 20, scoring points in half of the races and completing 22nd in the champion.
There is no area for a 5th chauffeur at Mercedes, with the Landgraf group that had actually broadened to the DTM after winning the GT Masters title in 2022 leaving ADAC’s flagship series after simply a single year.
Lucas Auer, Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD Mercedes-AMG GT3
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Landgraf’s exit has actually left simply HRT and Winward groups in Mercedes’ DTM line-up, with Engel crossing to Winward to replace the leaving Schumacher. He will be signed up with by 2022 title runner-up Auer, now a stalwart at Winward, while Stolz and Maini stay at Hubert Haupt’s team.
With 4 chauffeurs and 2 groups, Mercedes will have a