Eibach, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality suspension and chassis systems, and the Haupt Racing Team are entering into a technological partnership. The focus of the cooperation is the further development of the suspension components of the Ford Mustang GT3.
HRT can welcome another strong partner to its side: with immediate effect, the German GT team will be supported by Eibach as its new official technology partner. The Finnentrop-based company with its many years of experience in suspension and chassis technology and the successful team from Drees will work together on the further development of Eibach products and the Ford Mustang GT3. In addition, both partners will use the mutual exchange of data to further optimize HRT's racing performance with the knowledge gained.
In the upcoming challenges, both partners can fully contribute their wealth of experience to further advance the development of Eibach suspension and chassis systems. In the 2025 season, the Haupt Racing Team will compete in the DTM, the ADAC GT Masters, the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe, the Nürburgring Endurance Series and the ADAC RAVENOL 24-Race at the Nürburgring with the Ford Mustang GT3.
Ulrich Fritz, Chief Executive Officer Haupt Racing Team GmbH: “We have set ourselves the task of continuously developing the Ford Mustang GT3. The partnership with Eibach is an important cornerstone of this. Eibach's expertise and experience will help us to take the Mustang GT3 to the next level. Here's to an exciting and constructive collaboration!”
Stephan Stöcker Head of Motorsport and Development IAM, Heinrich Eibach GmbH: “We are very much looking forward to the cooperation with HRT. Working with such an experienced team offers a good opportunity to test our products under extreme conditions and to apply the knowledge gained here to other product groups. The deployment of the new Ford Mustang GT3 gives us additional motivation to establish and expand a successful technology partnership. We would like to support HRT to the maximum with our know-how.”
About Heinrich Eibach GmbH
Eibach enjoys a worldwide reputation as a leading manufacturer of high-quality suspension and chassis systems as well as special technical springs for demanding applications. The range of applications is very broad and covers almost all areas of industrial and automotive engineering. Eibach combines the highest quality with the greatest possible flexibility and cost-effectiveness, both for smaller batch sizes and larger series. The Eibach Group - with Eibach Industries GmbH as the holding company - is represented with its own production plants in Europe (Finnentrop, Germany), North America (Corona, CA, USA) and Asia (Taicang, China) as well as with its own engineering and sales companies in Australia, England and South Africa. Eibach serves customers in a further 80 countries with the support of regional partners.
About HRT
The Haupt Racing Team (HRT) was founded in 2020 by racing driver and entrepreneur Hubert Haupt and has firmly established itself in international GT3 sport. Its greatest successes to date include the 2021 DTM Drivers' Championship, the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Drivers' and Teams' Titles (Sprint and Silver Cup) and the 2023 and 2024 ADAC GT Masters Teams' Titles, as well as class wins and podium finishes in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps. From the 2025 season, HRT will run the Ford Mustang GT3 with factory support from Ford Performance in several high-profile racing series and championships. HRT is also actively involved in the promotion of young talent, covering the entire pyramid of driver development from entry into motorsport in the HRT Kart Team to the highest level of GT racing in the DTM. The joint operations center is the state-of-the-art HRT RACE BASE in Drees at the Nürburgring, where technical development projects and motorsport events of all kinds are also carried out.
