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The Haupt Racing Team can look back on a successful season. In an exciting debut year with the Ford Mustang GT3, the team from Drees won the ADAC GT Masters championship and took class victory at the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring after continuous development. HRT also celebrated the American muscle car's first overall victory in the Nürburgring Endurance Series, as well as several podium finishes.

The Haupt Racing Team has a new strong partner at its side in Cordulus. The Danish company is one of Europe's leading providers of advanced weather solutions. Cordulus supports HRT as its Official Meteo Partner with accurate, highly localized weather data that the German GT team uses to optimize its racing strategies.

With victories in the drivers' and team championships in the ADAC GT Masters and its first title in karting, HRT's young talent program can look back on a successful year. The young talents from HRT also secured class victory at the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring. Ulrich Fritz, Chief Executive Officer of Haupt Racing Team, analyzes the debut year with the Ford Mustang GT3 in the junior program and the first season of karting involvement.

In its first year of cooperation with the SIM-ON kart team, Haupt Racing Team celebrated its first championship title in the German Kart Championship (DKM). At the final race of the season in Wackersdorf, Bavaria, Lars Ramaer triumphed over his competitors in the X30 Senior category.

Last weekend, the Haupt Racing Team celebrated the first overall victory of a Ford Mustang GT3 on the Nürburgring Nordschleife – securing itself a place in the rich motorsport history of the US car manufacturer. In the eighth round of the Nürburgring Endurance Series, Vincent Kolb and Frank Stippler staged an impressive comeback in the #6 car, driving from tenth on the grid to a historic overall victory. In an interview, Managing Director Ulrich Fritz explains why this success in the debut season with the Ford Mustang GT3 is so significant and why there is still a lot to learn.

The DTM kicks off the second half of the season at the Nürburgring next weekend. Ulrich Fritz, Managing Director of the Haupt Racing Team, gives a brief preview of the upcoming race weekend in the DTM, which is also HRT's home race. In addition, the Haupt Racing Team has made an updated DTM Media Guide available for download.

The Haupt Racing Team celebrated its first overall victory in the ADAC GT Masters with Salman Owega and Finn Wiebelhaus in the Ford Mustang GT3. Their teammates Max Reis and David Schumacher completed the one-two finish at the Nürburgring with second place. The front row was also occupied by HRT's Ford Mustang GT3s in both qualifying sessions of the weekend. In race one, the team was already able to cheer on victory in the Silver Cup and an overall podium finish. HRT CEO Ulrich Fritz sums up HRT's best team result of the season so far and looks ahead to the coming weeks.

The Ford Mustang GT3 passed its first major endurance test on the Nordschleife at the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring. Dennis Fetzer, Jusuf Owega, Salman Owega and David Schumacher (all GER) confidently secured class victory in the SP9 PRO-AM.

In the Haupt Racing Team's first outing with the Ford Mustang GT3 at the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring, Dennis Fetzer, Jusuf Owega, Salman Owega, and David Schumacher (all GER) raced the Ford Mustang GT3 #65 to fourth place overall, securing a commanding victory in the SP9 PRO-AM class.

With the switch to Ford Performance this year, the Haupt Racing Team has opened a new chapter in its success story. Supported by the renowned car manufacturer, the Haupt Racing Team is competing with a strong line-up in numerous prestigious championships and races in Europe. Along with the DTM races, the debut of the Ford Mustang GT3 in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring is a highlight of the season. The team also competes in the ADAC GT Masters, the GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS and the ADAC Nürburgring Endurance Series.