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The Haupt Racing Team was in action in four race series last weekend. At the 24h Qualifiers at the Nürburgring, HRT recorded two class wins with the new Mercedes-AMG GT2 and a second place in the GT4 class. The opening weekend of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS in Monza was also successful. Here, the team from Drees took a class podium in the Bronze Cup as well as the race win in the new SRO Esports SIM Pro Series.

The Haupt Racing Team will enter the new Mercedes-AMG GT2 in racing conditions for the first time this coming weekend.

The Haupt Racing Team will also be on the grid in the upcoming season of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. Hubert Haupt's team will field a maximum of two Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the races of the top-class SRO series throughout the season.  

Haupt Racing Team will line up in the ADAC GT Masters for the first time in 2023. The team from Drees will run a Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the “League of Super Sports Cars”, with drivers Ralf Aron (EST) and Alain Valente (SUI) set to contest the full season.

In the 2023 season of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS), the Haupt Racing Team will field three race cars in three different classification classes for the first time. The two top-class Mercedes-AMG GT3s will be joined by a Mercedes-AMG GT4 with an equally strong driver line-up. The start of the season on the Nordschleife also marks the beginning of the hot phase of preparation for the 24-hour highlight at the end of May for the successful GT team from Drees.

In 2023, a successful cooperation enters its fourth year: Haupt Racing Team and technology partner BILSTEIN are attacking together again in this year's motorsport season.  

Merbag and Haupt Racing Team are extending the partnership launched last year and expanding it for the 2023 season. 

When the DTM starts its first season under the patronage of the ADAC at the end of May, HRT will also be back. The team of former DTM driver Hubert Haupt will field two Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the prestigious racing series. In terms of drivers, Mercedes-AMG Team HRT is banking on continuity: Like last year, Luca Stolz and Arjun Maini will be behind the wheel. Stolz, a recent Bathurst 12 Hour-winner, impressed last year with a DTM victory at the Nürburgring. Maini was the first Indian race driver on a DTM podium in 2021. In 2022 he confirmed his potential with further top finishes. The team has again set itself high targets for the 2023 DTM season.

Al Faisal Al Zubair (OMA), Martin Konrad (AUT) and Luca Stolz (GER) secured the GT victory in rounds 3 and 4 of the Middle East-based Asian Le Mans Series. With their race strategy working out perfectly on both Saturday and Sunday, the driver trio put their black #7 Mercedes-AMG GT3 on the top step of the podium in both races at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, as well as finishing runners-up in the championship.

After a podium finish at the first race weekend of the Asian Le Mans Series, HRT heads into the final two races of the ACO series at the Yas Marina Circuit with confidence.